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The United States may soon "make a deal" to denuclearize North Korea.

That's coming from President Donald Trump who cited "very positive" behind-the-scenes

developments between the two sides.

He also held a rare solo press conference on Wednesday.

Oh Soo-young shares with us his remarks.

The United States is making "positive progress" on striking a deal with North Korea on denuclearization,...

but isn't rushing to specify a timeline just yet.

This according to U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday,... after attending a gathering

of world leaders at the UN General Assembly.

Addressing criticism he failed to secure a timeline on denuclearization or concrete pledges

from the North,... Trump said there had been substantial follow-up action after his June

12th summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

He said "many things are happening behind the scenes, away from the media," noting U.S.

officials have been holding secret meetings with the North.

Such progress, he said, is likely to produce "good news" in the "coming months and years."

The president also praised North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, as a man he knows and likes,...

expressing confidence Kim also wants a deal to secure peace and prosperity for his regime.

At a press conference later in the day,...

President Trump reiterated he isn't in a hurry to specify a timeline on denuclearizing North

Korea,... saying he has all the time in the world.

"Steve.

I don't wanna get into the time game.

You know why?

I told Mike Pompeo, I said, Mike, don't get into the time.

They're taking down plants, they're taking down a lot of different testing areas.

They're going to take down some more, you'll be hearing about that very soon.

I don't want to get ahead of myself, but you'll be hearing about that soon."

He also insisted he hadn't "given Kim Jong-un anything" amid criticism their Singapore summit

had seen few concessions from North Korea.

President Trump said "until denuclearization occurs," international sanctions on the North

must remain intact,... including those on ship-to-ship transfers which he previously

said are being breached by certain nations.

Oh Soo-young, Arirang News.

For more infomation >> U.S. likely to make deal with North Korea, but no rush for timeline on denuclearization: Trump - Duration: 2:06.

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to travel to North Korea in October - Duration: 2:13.

America's top diplomat will travel to North Korea next month.

Mike Pompeo's expected to make some progress on talks to dismantle the regime's nuclear

program...

AND help prepare a second summit between the leaders of Pyeongyang and Washington.

For details let's turn to our Lee Ji-won.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be traveling to North Korea in October in a fresh

bid to breathe life into the stalled talks between Pyeongyang and Washington.

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert confirmed the trip on Wednesday shortly after

Secretary Pompeo's meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on the sidelines

of the UN General Assembly.

She said Pompeo accepted the North Korean leader's invitation to travel to Pyeongyang

next month to make further progress on the implementation of the Singapore declaration,

including the final, fully verified denuclearization of the North, as well as to prepare for a

second summit between the two leaders.

The trip would be Pompeo's fourth to North Korea, which was initially planned for August

until it got canceled by President Trump as he thought there hadn't been enough progress

made on denuclearization.

Pompeo also tweeted about his "very positive" meeting with his North Korean counterpart.

He uploaded two pictures of them, shaking hands and talking,... and said they discussed

the upcoming summit and the next steps towards the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

Pompeo added that much work remains, but they will continue to move forward.

This comes just hours after Pompeo gave an interview to CBS, where he said the U.S. is

working to get the conditions right so it can accomplish as much as possible during

the second summit.

He added that the summit may happen in October, but it's more likely to happen sometime after

that.

President Trump has also been repeatedly saying during his trip to the UN that he will be

meeting with Kim Jong-un soon.

He said their second meeting will take place much like their first, except for the location.

The two leaders had their historic first-ever North Korea-U.S. summit in Singapore in June.

Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.

For more infomation >> U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to travel to North Korea in October - Duration: 2:13.

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At UN Security Council, U.S. at odds with China, Russia over N. Korea sanctions - Duration: 2:36.

The UN Security Council met Thursday to discuss the positive developments recently in negotiations

between North Korea and the U.S.

But there was tension between the U.S.... and North Korea's two allies, China and Russia,

over whether the sanctions on the North should stay in place.

Oh Jung-hee reports.

The 15 member nations of the UN Security Council gathered Thursday on the sidelines of the

UN General Assembly... to discuss North Korea.

The meeting came after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accepted North Korean leader Kim

Jong-un's invitation to Pyeongyang... and after President Trump revealed that he received

another letter from Kim.

Against that backdrop, it was a standoff between the U.S. and North Korea's neighbors China

and Russia... over sanctions.

Secretary Pompeo said they'll have to stay in place until North Korea denuclearizes,

and he credited the sanctions for the progress made up 'til now.

"We must not forget what's brought us this far - the historic, international pressure

campaign that this council has made possible through the sanctions that it imposed.

Enforcement of U.N. Security Council sanctions must continue vigorously and without fail

until we realize the fully, final, verified de-nuclearization."

China and Russia, on the other hand, said the sanctions need to be eased.

China's foreign minister Wang Yi pointed out that one of the Security Council provisions

allows sanctions to be modified if Pyeongyang is found to be complying with them.

"Given the positive developments, China believes that the Security Council needs to consider

invoking in due course this provision to encourage North Korea and other relevant parties to

move denuclearization further ahead."

And Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said...

sanctions can't become an "instrument of collective punishment."

"I would just like to remind you that any negotiations are a two-way street.

North Korea's actions towards gradual disarmament should be followed by easing of sanctions.

There should be reaction towards every action."

North Korea promised it will invite international experts when it dismantles its missile engine

test site... and hinted it could get rid of its key nuclear complex once the U.S. takes

corresponding measures.

But differences remain between the U.S. and the two allies of the North over what comes

next -- Washington in favor of dialogue and sanctions -- Beijing and Moscow calling for

rewards as the process goes forward.

Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.

For more infomation >> At UN Security Council, U.S. at odds with China, Russia over N. Korea sanctions - Duration: 2:36.

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U.S. Supreme Court nominee angrily denies allegations of sexual assault - Duration: 1:09.

U.S. President Donald Trump's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court has angrily and tearfully

denied allegations of sexual assault.

Brett Kavanaugh said the claims made by university professor Christine Blasey Ford were false,

adding his confirmation process had become a "national disgrace".

"This whole two week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit fueled with

apparent pent up anger about President Trump and the 2016 election…...

This grotesque and coordinated character assassination will dissuade confident and good people of

all political persuasions from serving our country….."

Ford testified during Thursday's hearing that she was "100 percent" certain that Kavanaugh

was the one who sexually assaulted her during high school.

Kavanaugh was careful not to denounce Ford, saying he didn't doubt the professor may have

been sexually assaulted by someone in some place at some time, but he insisted he had

never assaulted her or anyone.

For more infomation >> U.S. Supreme Court nominee angrily denies allegations of sexual assault - Duration: 1:09.

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On the Mark: The state of American politics in the wake of the Kavanaugh/Ford testimony - Duration: 2:09.

For more infomation >> On the Mark: The state of American politics in the wake of the Kavanaugh/Ford testimony - Duration: 2:09.

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U.S. likely to make deal with North Korea, but no rush for timeline on denuclearization: Trump - Duration: 2:05.

The United States may soon "make a deal" to denuclearize North Korea.

That's coming from President Donald Trump who cited "very positive" behind-the-scenes

developments between the two sides,... and a rare solo press conference on Wednesday.

Oh Soo-young shares with us his remarks.

The United States is making "positive progress" on striking a deal with North Korea on denuclearization,...

but isn't rushing to specify a timeline just yet.

This according to U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday,... after attending a gathering

of world leaders at the UN General Assembly.

Addressing criticism he failed to secure a timeline on denuclearization or concrete pledges

from the North,... Trump said there had been substantial follow-up action after his June

12th summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

He said "many things are happening behind the scenes, away from the media," noting U.S.

officials have been holding secret meetings with the North.

Such progress, he said, is likely to produce "good news" in the "coming months and years."

The president also praised North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, as a man he knows and likes,...

expressing confidence Kim also wants a deal to secure peace and prosperity for his regime.

At a press conference later in the day,...

President Trump reiterated he isn't in a hurry to specify a timeline on denuclearizing North

Korea,... saying he has all the time in the world.

"Steve.

I don't wanna get into the time game.

You know why?

I told Mike Pompeo, I said, Mike, don't get into the time.

They're taking down plants, they're taking down a lot of different testing areas.

They're going to take down some more, you'll be hearing about that very soon.

I don't want to get ahead of myself, but you'll be hearing about that soon."

He also insisted he hadn't "given Kim Jong-un anything" amid criticism their Singapore summit

had seen few concessions from North Korea.

President Trump said "until denuclearization occurs," international sanctions on the North

must remain intact,... including those on ship-to-ship transfers which he previously

said are being breached by certain nations.

Oh Soo-young, Arirang News.

For more infomation >> U.S. likely to make deal with North Korea, but no rush for timeline on denuclearization: Trump - Duration: 2:05.

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U.S. Supreme Court nominee angrily denies allegations of sexual assault - Duration: 1:08.

U.S. President Donald Trump's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court has angrily and tearfully

denied allegations of sexual assault.

Brett Kavanaugh said the claims made by university professor Christine Blasey Ford were false,

adding his confirmation process had become a "national disgrace".

"This whole two week effort has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit fueled with

apparent pent up anger about President Trump and the 2016 election…...

This grotesque and coordinated character assassination will dissuade confident and good people of

all political persuasions from serving our country….."

Ford testified during Thursday's hearing that she was "100 percent" certain that Kavanaugh

was the one who sexually assaulted her during high school.

Kavanaugh was careful not to denounce Ford, saying he didn't doubt the professor may have

been sexually assaulted by someone in some place at some time, but he insisted he had

never assaulted her or anyone.

For more infomation >> U.S. Supreme Court nominee angrily denies allegations of sexual assault - Duration: 1:08.

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to travel to North Korea in October - Duration: 2:14.

America's top diplomat will fly to North Korea next month.

Mike Pompeo's expected to make some progress on talks to dismantle the regime's nuclear

program...

AND help prepare a second summit between the leaders of Pyeongyang and Washington.

For details let's turn to our Lee Ji-won.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be traveling to North Korea in October in a fresh

bid to breathe life into the stalled talks between Pyeongyang and Washington.

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert confirmed the trip on Wednesday shortly after

Secretary Pompeo's meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on the sidelines

of the UN General Assembly.

She said Pompeo accepted the North Korean leader's invitation to travel to Pyeongyang

next month to make further progress on the implementation of the Singapore declaration,

including the final, fully verified denuclearization of the North, as well as to prepare for a

second summit between the two leaders.

The trip would be Pompeo's fourth to North Korea, which was initially planned for August

until it got canceled by President Trump as he thought there hadn't been enough progress

made on denuclearization.

Pompeo also tweeted about his "very positive" meeting with his North Korean counterpart.

He uploaded two pictures of them, shaking hands and talking,... and said they discussed

the upcoming summit and the next steps towards the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

Pompeo added that much work remains, but they will continue to move forward.

This comes just hours after Pompeo gave an interview to CBS, where he said the U.S. is

working to get the conditions right so it can accomplish as much as possible during

the second summit.

He added that the summit may happen in October, but it's more likely to happen sometime after

that.

President Trump has also been repeatedly saying during his trip to the UN that he will be

meeting with Kim Jong-un soon.

He said their second meeting will take place much like their first, except for the location.

The two leaders had their historic first-ever North Korea-U.S. summit in Singapore in June.

Lee Ji-won, Arirang News.

For more infomation >> U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to travel to North Korea in October - Duration: 2:14.

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Does Affirmative Action Make Us Less Equal? - Duration: 14:25.

Hi, welcome to America Uncovered. I'm your host Chris Chappell.

Asian Americans. Such an incredibly diverse group of people.

Chinese, Indian, Hmong, Cambodian, Bangladeshi...

there are 23 countries in what most people think of as Asia.

That does not include the Middle East, Central Asia,

or that giant part of Russia that everyone forgets about.

Oh, and as if Asians weren't diverse enough,

we throw Pacific Islanders in with them,

because where else are they going to go?

They're stuck in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

So the question is

how can we lump these people all together to check off a box on a form?

But wait, I know what all Asian Americans have in common!

They're not nearly as likable as other ethnicities.

No, that's not me saying that.

That's what Harvard University says, according to a lawsuit.

"Harvard consistently rated Asian-American applicants lower

than others on traits like 'positive personality,'

likability, courage, kindness and being 'widely respected.'"

Those are allegations in a lawsuit filed against Harvard in 2015

by a coalition of more than 60 Asian American groups.

They're now being represented by Students for Fair Admissions—SFFA.

The group "largely focuses on Asian Americans."

And it's headed by Edward Blum,

a staunch opponent of affirmative action policies.

The lawsuit alleges Harvard University discriminates against Asian Americans

in admission practices—that it's basically affirmative action gone wrong.

Asian Americans as a whole are more likely to have

higher test scores, better grades, and more extracurricular activities.

But despite that,

they have a tougher time gaining access to an Ivy League education.

Which if you think about it,

just perpetuates the problem in a never-ending cycle of Tiger moms.

Harvard has admitted that in a 2013 internal review,

"If Harvard considered only academic achievement,

the Asian-American share of the class would rise to 43 percent

from the actual 19 percent."

Now that would be similar to numbers at universities

like the California Institute of Technology, or the University of California,

where admission is based strictly on academics.

The SFFA adds to their lawsuit claim,

"An Asian-American male applicant with a 25 percent chance of admission

would have a 35 percent chance if he were white,

75 percent chance if he were Hispanic

and 95 percent chance if he were black."

But despite the findings of Harvard's 2013 internal review,

"Instead of taking even the most minor steps to address this problem,

or conducting any further investigation,

Harvard killed the investigation and buried the reports," according to SFFA.

In fact, Harvard has a history of discrimination against Asian Americans.

Asians weren't even recognized as a minority group until 1976,

the same year the school

"[refused] to admit two Chinese women

to a freshman minority orientation banquet."

The SFFA "compare[s] Harvard's treatment of Asian-Americans

with its well-documented campaign

to reduce the growing number of Jews

being admitted to Harvard in the 1920s."

Back then, Harvard didn't want a blatant quota system

since it could generate bad publicity.

Instead, they used a vague, subjective criteria

based on "character, personality and promise."

The court documents call Harvard's discrimination against Jews

the original sin of holistic admissions,

which is a term for accepting students based on qualities that can't be measured.

What's that, Shelley?

Harvard sucks and who would want to go there anyway?

You...got rejected from Harvard, didn't you?

Ok, I won't tell your parents.

The point is, Harvard, like many universities,

has a bad history of racial discrimination.

But attempts to address that discrimination have also been controversial.

Race quotas were ruled unconstitutional in a 1978 Supreme Court case.

But in a 2003 case, the Supreme Court

established that student diversity has inherent value.

And in a 2016 case, the Supreme Court ruled that

"considerable deference is owed to a university

in defining those intangible characteristics,

like student body diversity,

that are central to its identity and educational mission."

Effectively, these Supreme Court decisions

mean that race can be used as one factor among many

to promote student body diversity.

So while having quotas for race is illegal,

you can use other methods to get more students of a certain race

as long as these methods are not based only on race.

And really, is it Harvard's fault if Asians just don't have "positive personalities"?

And if you think that all sounds complicated and vague

in ways that can easily lead to unfairness

you would be right!

Statistically in the US,

Asian Americans outperform Blacks, Latinos, and whites

in high school grades and on SATs.

So under policies like Harvard's,

it's disproportionally harder for Asian Americans to be granted admission.

And this can be even more unfair for some Asian Americans.

Because while lots of Chinese American students make it into top universities,

a lot fewer Laotian, Cambodian, and Hmong students do.

They're even less represented in universities than Blacks,

and often come from poorer backgrounds.

But for admissions purposes,

all Asians get lumped together in a single group.

That's what they get for coming from the largest landmass in the world.

If only Pangea had broken up into smaller pieces.

One Princeton University study

looked at how much advantage and disadvantage

each broad racial group has when applying to elite universities.

It found that "The bonus for African-American applicants

is roughly equivalent to an extra 230 SAT points"

and "185 points for Hispanics".

But "The Asian disadvantage is comparable to a loss of 50 SAT points."

Which means that, on average,

an Asian American would need to score

50 SAT points higher than a white person,

and a whopping 280 points higher than a Black person,

to get merely an equal shot at being admitted.

Wait a minute.

Asian Americans effectively get a 50-point penalty on the SATs?

I think that means that I actually scored higher on the SATs than Shelley! Yes!

Ahem.

Here's a different Princeton study on affirmative action.

It's called "Ending affirmative action

would devastate most minority college enrollment".

Sounds like ending Affirmative Action

would be bad for minority students, right?

Well according the study,

it would result in "sharp declines in the numbers

of African Americans and Hispanics

accepted with little gain for white students."

But "Asian students would fill

nearly four out of every five places in the admitted class

not taken by African-American and Hispanic students."

So in a way, affirmative action sounds like

it's become a form of institutionalized racism

where the biggest victims are Asian Americans.

So what has been the response to the lawsuit against Harvard

the one brought by Students for Fair Admissions?

Well, Harvard has denied wrongdoing.

It defended universities' right to use race as a factor in college admissions.

Others were quick to defend Harvard,

saying this whole thing is a plot by Edward Blum

and the Trump Administration to promote a racist agenda.

This brief in support of Harvard from students and alumni

"condemn" the ones suing Harvard for their

"attempt to manufacture conflict between racial and ethnic groups

in order to revive an unrelenting agenda

to dismantle efforts to create a racially diverse

and inclusive student body through college admissions."

Jeannie Park, the head of the Harvard Asian-American Alumni Alliance

and co-founder of the Coalition for a Diverse Harvard, said

"It's alarming that Trump is aligning himself

with anti-civil rights activist Edward Blum

in this subversive attempt to say that civil rights protections cause discrimination.

Trump does not speak for Asian-Americans, just as Blum does not."

Vox says this is a case of

"The 'racial mascoting' of Asians" by whites

to eliminate Affirmative Action.

But SFFA says it has no intention of promoting a pro-white agenda.

Especially since "White applicants would be most hurt

if Asian-American admissions rose."

In other words, the Trump administration

is being accused of racism

for pushing for universities to ignore race

even though this move would actually hurt white applicants.

So you might be wondering

how is the Trump administration involved in all this?

Well, the Justice Department, which is part of the executive branch,

released this statement of interest about the case.

It says, "Harvard's race-based admissions process

significantly disadvantages Asian-American applicants

compared to applicants of other racial groups

including both white applicants and applicants

from other racial minority groups."

It goes on to say, you know,

Harvard gets millions of taxpayer dollars every year

so the case really should at least be heard in court,

instead of dismissed before trial, like Harvard wants.

That could mean the case eventually goes

all the way to the US Supreme Court,

just like many affirmative action-related cases have

over the last 40 years.

And by that point, the Supreme Court will have

at least two justices appointed by Trump.

And depending on how the Supreme Court rules,

that could change the way colleges and universities

across the country look at affirmative action forever.

This is not the first time the Trump administration

has been accused of setting its sights on affirmative action.

In July, the Education and Justice department

reversed Obama era guidelines on affirmative action.

They said those Obama era guidelines

went beyond what was called for in the Constitution.

Then in August, the New York Times reported the Department of Justice

was redirecting resources to investigate and sue universities

over affirmative action policies that discriminate against whites.

Although as it turns out,

that New York Times report had a major error.

The Justice Department corrected them, saying,

no, the investigation was on the Harvard case

about discrimination against Asian Americans, not whites.

So how did all this whole Affirmative Action thing get started?

Affirmative action began in 1961,

in an executive order by President John F Kennedy.

It called on government contractors to, quote,

"take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed

without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin."

In other words, under President Kennedy,

affirmative action meant being blind to race.

But then in 1969, President Richard Nixon

issued the revised Philadelphia Plan.

It called on requiring government contractors to, quote,

"take affirmative action to hire minority workers"

as a way to compensate for the injustices minorities

often faced when they applied for jobs.

Bet you don't think of Nixon promoting affirmative action.

Anyway, as time went on, affirmative action evolved

to not just compensate for the disadvantages minorities may face presently,

but also to compensate for the historical injustices

that minorities have faced in the past.

But redressing historical injustices can be dicey.

Especially considering that Chinese

also faced serious discrimination in the US,

including the Chinese Exclusion Act,

which didn't effectively end until 1965

the same era as the Civil Rights Movement.

But today, Chinese Americans significantly outperform whites in school.

So affirmative action is not helping them.

So there's a wide range of views on affirmative action.

Some say it was necessary once,

but there's been so much progress in 50 years

it's no longer necessary.

Others say we still need it,

because admissions and hiring are still unequal across races.

Still others say that the way current system is being implemented,

it's turned into a form of systemic racism against Asian Americans.

And yet others say white people

are using so-called discrimination of Asian Americans

to justify destroying affirmative action

and oppressing other minorities.

The most recent Supreme Court decision in 2016

on affirmative action was split 4 to 3.

And the court said that that particular case was unique

and their decision to uphold the University of Texas's admissions policy

did not mean that all affirmative action policies were constitutional.

In fact, they said that

"It remains an enduring challenge to our Nation's education system

to reconcile the pursuit of diversity

with the constitutional promise of equal treatment and dignity."

So if the Harvard lawsuit makes it to the Supreme Court,

it could be an interesting case to follow.

So what do you think about the lawsuit against Harvard?

Leave your comments below.

And before you go,

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That's why Shelley, Matt, and I rely on viewer support

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Thanks for watching America Uncovered.

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US economy grows 4.2% in second quarter - Duration: 6:56.

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The National for September 27, 2018 — U.S. Senate Testimony, NAFTA, At Issue - Duration: 46:36.

>> TO WHAT DEGREE OF CERTAINTY

DO YOU BELIEVE BRETT KAVANAUGH

ASSAULTED YOU?

>> 100%.

>> I'M NOT QUESTIONING THAT DR.

FORD MAY HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY

ASSAULTED BY SOME PERSON, IN

SOME PLACE, AT SOME TIME.

BUT I HAVE NEVER DONE THIS TO

HER OR TO ANYONE.

>> Rosemary: ON THIS THURSDAY

NIGHT, HE SAID-SHE SAID,

TESTIMONY THAT DIVIDES PEOPLE,

POLITICAL PARTIES AND AN ENTIRE

NATION.

CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD AND BRETT

KAVANAUGH TELL THEIR STORIES AS

A CONSERVATIVE AND LIFETIME

SUPREME COURT SEAT HANGS IN THE

BALANCE.

>> Andrew: WE'LL LACK AT WHAT

THEY SAID, HOW WAS RECEIVED

INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE ROOM AND

WHY REPUBLICAN SENATORS LEFT

THEIR QUESTIONS TO A FEMALE

PROSECUTOR.

EDGE OF THE SEAT MIX OF MEMORY,

POLITICS AND CULTURE.

THIS IS "THE NATIONAL".

>> Rosemary: IT WAS EMOTIONAL,

DRAMATIC AND AT TIMES EXTREMELY

POLITICAL.

A U.S. SUPREME COURT

CONFIRMATION HEARING THAT FELT

MORE LIKE A TRIAL.

FOR BOTH BRETT KAVANAUGH AND THE

WOMAN ACCUSING HIM OF SEXUAL

ASSAULT.

PAUL HUNTER WALKS US THROUGH

WHAT WAS AN EXPLOSIVE DAY IN

WASHINGTON.

>> DO YOU WARE SWEAR --

>> Reporter: THERE SHE WAS,

CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD SET TO GO.

AND THEN SEPARATELY BRETT

KAVANAUGH.

BOTH SWEARING TO TELL THE TRUTH

EACH WITH AN UTTERLY DIFFERENT

STORY.

>> WHEN I GOT THE TO THE --

>> Reporter: FIRST, IT WAS

FORD'S HARROWING TALE OF SEXUAL

ASSAULT AT A HIGH SCHOOL

GATHERING 36 YEARS AGO.

>> I WAS PUSHED ONTO THE BED.

AND BRETT GOT ON TOP OF ME.

>> Reporter: LOCKED IN A

BEDROOM, SHE DESCRIBED KAVANAUGH

AS VISIBLY DRUNK, GROPING HER,

PULLING AT HER CLOTHES.

>> I BELIEVED HE WAS GOING TO

RAPE ME.

I TRIED TO YELL FOR HELP.

WHEN I DID, BRETT PUT HIS HAND

OVERMY MOUTH.

I THOUGHT BRETT WAS GOING TO

ACCIDENTALLY KILL ME.

>> Reporter: KAVANAUGH AND A

FRIEND WITH HIM WERE LAUGHING,

AS SHE PUT IT UPROARIOUSLY.

IT'S HAUNTED HER EVER SINCE.

>> THIS COULD NOT BE A CASE OF

MISTAKEN IDENTITY?

>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.

>> Reporter: SHE'S COMING

FORWARD FOR CIVIC DUTY.

BUT IF FORD WAS MEASURED, COME

HIS TURN, KAVANAUGH SEEMED

ENRAGED.

>> THIS IS A CIRCUS.

THE CONSEQUENCES WILL EXTEND

LONG PAST MY UNANIMOUS NATION.

THE CONSEQUENCES WILL BE WITH US

FOR DECADES.

YOU'VE REPLACED ADVICE AND

CONSENT WITH SEARCH AND DESTROY.

>> Reporter: HE CALLED IT

LAST-MINUTE SMEARS, A LEFT WING

CONSPIRACY DENYING EVERY

ACQUISITION.

AT TIMES CHOKING UP.

HERE, NOTING HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER

PRAYS FOR CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD.

>> WE MEAN NO ILL-WILL.

>> Reporter: STILL KAVANAUGH'S

FURY WAS EVIDENT, CONDEMNING THE

PROCESS, BLAMING DEMOCRATS FOR A

CALCULATED POLITICAL HIT AND

EMPHASIZING --

>> I WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED

INTO WITHDRAWING FROM THIS

PROCESS.

YOU'VE TRIED HARD.

>> Reporter: LIKEWISE DEMOCRATS

WERE UNDETERRED, PRESSING

KAVANAUGH ON ASPECTS HE WAS

UNCOMFORTABLE WITH.

IS HE NOW OPEN TO A DEEPER

INVESTIGATION.

>> I WELCOME WHATEVER THE

COMMITTEE WANTS TO DO BECAUSE

I'M TELLING THE TRUTH.

>> I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU WANT

TO DO, JUDGE.

>> I'M INNOCENT OF THIS.

THEY DO INVESTIGATE QUESTIONS.

AND YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS,

JUDGE, YOU CAN'T SAY HERE IN THE

BEGINNING --

>> I WANT --

>> -- ANY KIND OF INVESTIGATION.

>> THIS THING WAS SPRUNG ON ME.

>> Reporter: SO IT WENT, WITH

KAVANAUGH ALWAYS RETURNING TO

ONE MAIN POINT.

>> BUT I SWEAR TODAY UNDER OATH

BEFORE THE SENATE AND THE

NATION, BEFORE MY FAMILY AND

GOD, I AM INNOCENT OF THIS

CHARGE.

>> Reporter: HAVING HEARD ALL OF

THAT, THE QUESTION FOR U.S.

SENATORS NOW IS BRETT KAVANAUGH

WORTHY OF SITTING ON THE SUPREME

COURT FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE?

IS THERE ANY REASON TO THINK HE

MAY BE UNFIT FOR THE JOB?

DO YOU BELIEVE HIM OR HER?

>> Rosemary: THE PRESIDENT HAS

BEEN VOCAL ABOUT THIS, SAYING

YESTERDAY HE WAS GOING TO WATCH

AND SEE HOW IT PLAYED OUT.

WHAT IS HE SAYING TONIGHT?

>> Reporter: RECALL LAST NIGHT

DONALD TRUMP SUGGESTED WHILE HE

STILL BACKED KAVANAUGH, HIS MIND

COULD CHANGE ON THAT DEPENDING

ON TODAY'S TESTIMONY.

NO SOONER DID IT END HE TWEETED.

HIS TESTIMONY WAS POWERFUL,

HONEST AND RIVETING.

HE LABELLED DEMOCRATS

DISGRACEFUL AND THE PROCESS A

SHAM.

>> Rosemary: KAVANAUGH'S

SELF-DEFENCE WAS FIERCE AND

MOTIVATED HIS SUPPORTERS INSIDE

THE COURTROOM AND OUT OF THE

COMMITTEE HEARING ROOM.

WHILE FORD'S ENERGY WAS CALMER,

IT WAS NO LESS POWERFUL.

>> THE ASSAULT ON ME DRASTICALLY

ALTERED MY LIFE.

FOR A LONG TIME I WAS TOO AFRAID

TO TELL ANYONE THESE DETAILS.

I DID NOT WANT TO TELL MY

PARENTS THAT I AT AGE 15 WAS IN

A HOUSE WITHOUT ANY PARENTS

PRESENT DRINKING BEER WITH BOY.

ONCE HE WAS SELECTED AND IT

SEEMED IT WAS A SURE VOTE, I WAS

CALCULATING DAILY THE RISK

BENEFIT FOR ME OF COMING FORWARD

AND I WOULD JUST BE PERSONALLY

ANNIHILATED.

>> WHAT IS THE STRONGEST MEMORY

YOU CANNOT FORGET?

>> THE LAUGHTER, THE UPROARIOUS

LAUGHTER BETWEEN THE TWO.

AND THEIR HAVING FUN AT MY

EXPENSE.

I WAS UNDERNEATH ONE OF THEM

WHILE THE TWO LAUGHED.

TWO FRIENDS HAVING A REALLY GOOD

TIME WITH ONE ANOTHER.

>> Rosemary: IT WASN'T JUST HIGH

EMOTION INSIDE THE ROOM.

DEMONSTRATORS ON BOTH SIDES

TURNED OUT IN BIG NUMBERS.

WE'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE BACKING

JUDGE KAVANAUGH A LITTLE LATER,

BUT HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF

THOSE WHO STOOD BEHIND FORD.

[ * ]

* GOING TO KEEP ON WALKING

>> Rosemary: SOME PEACEFULLY

SANG TO SHOW SOLIDARITY.

OTHERS STRUCK A MORE FORCEFUL

TONE.

>> WE BELIEVE!

>> Rosemary: THESE DEMONSTRATORS

MADE NO BONES ABOUT WHAT THEY

WANTED TO SEE.

>> WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO

KEEP BRETT KAVANAUGH OFF THE

SUPREME COURT.

>> WE BELIEVE IN HER!

>> Rosemary: ONE LARGE GROUP OF

PROTESTERS TRIED TO BLOCK THE

STREET ACROSS FROM THE SUPREME

COURT UNTIL THE POLICE MOVED IN.

IN NEW YORK, A GROUP OF WOMEN

DID MORE THAN SPEAK UP FOR

BLASEY FORD, THEY SCREAMED AT

THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS.

STEVEN D'SOUZA TELLS US WHY.

>> WE BELIEVE CHRISTINE!

WE BELIEVE SURVIVORS!

>> Reporter: AS THE HEARING

BROKE FOR LUNCH, THE EMOTION

THESE WOMEN FELT WATCHING

CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD ERUPTED.

[SCREAMING]

>> Reporter: THEIR RAGE IS

PROMPTED BY THIS.

>> BRETT PUT HIS HAND OVER MY

MOUTH TO STOP ME FROM YELLING.

>> I THINK WHEN WE WERE ALL

TOGETHER HERE, IT SEEMED TO MAKE

SENSE TO SCREAM ON HER BEHALF.

>> IT FELT LIKE SHE WAS ON TRIAL

AS THE VICTIM WHICH IS REALLY

PAINFUL TO WATCH.

WHEN SHE TALKS ABOUT SMALL

DETAILS LIKE REMEMBERING THEIR

LAUGHTER.

THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT

RINGS TRUE.

AND I THINK IT PROBABLY AFFECTS

MORE WOMEN THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE

ARE AWARE OF.

>> Reporter: BRINGING THAT

PERSONAL STRUGGLE TO A VERY

PUBLIC STAGE IS WHY SOME CALL

THIS A DEFINING MOMENT FOR

AMERICA.

>> THE IMPORTANT THING, THERE IS

PUBLIC OUTRAGE.

THERE IS A POLITICAL, LARGER

POLITICAL MOVEMENT AND RECKONING

THAT IS NOT OK, THIS IS NOT

ACCEPTABLE.

>> Reporter: STILL SOME WORRY

KAVANAUGH'S NOMINATION WILL GO

AHEAD REGARDLESS OF WHAT WAS

SAID TODAY.

>> IT KIND OF DESTROYS ME.

IT TAKES AWAY A LOT OF FAITH IN

OUR SYSTEM.

>> Reporter: A MESSAGE THEY FEAR

THAT SOME IN THE SENATE WON'T

EVEN CONSIDER.

STEVEN D'SOUZA, CBC NEWS, NEW

YORK.

>> Rosemary: WE'VE HEARD MANY

TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR AND

MORE HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR

WOMEN TO COME FORWARD WITH THESE

ALLEGATIONS OF PAST SEXUAL

ASSAULT.

THAT TODAY'S LANDMARK HEARING,

DID IT OPEN ANY SPACE THERE FOR

OTHERS TO TAKE THE LEAP OF

FAITH?

IOANNA ROUMELIOTIS ASKED SOMEONE

WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH SOMETHING

LIKE THIS IN CANADA.

>> Reporter: BEFORE #METOO, THE

STORIES WERE LONELIER.

AS ONE OF JIAN GHOMESHI'S

ACCUSERS, LINDA REDGRAVE'S

TESTIMONY WAS SHREDDED.

WATCHING THIS BRINGS IT ALL

BACK.

>> IT'S SO HARD TO BE UP THERE

IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC AND

TRYING TO TELL YOUR STORY AND

HAVE THEM DISSECTING IT.

>> Reporter: THE JIAN GHOMESHI

TRIAL STARTED THE RECKONING OF

THE SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

BUT FOR EVERY NEW HASH TAG,

REDGRAVE SAYS THERE IS STILL THE

SAME OLD QUESTIONS.

>> PEOPLE ARE NOW STARTING TO

UNDERSTAND THERE ISN'T A CERTAIN

SCIENCE TO THE WAY PEOPLE

RESPOND AND REACT TO TRAUMA OR

TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

I THINK WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN

THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND I'M

REALLY HAPPY FOR THAT, BUT I'M

REALLY SAD THERE ARE SO MANY

PEOPLE THAT NEEDED TO SUFFER

PUBLICLY BECAUSE OF IT.

>> HOW OLD WERE YOU AT THE TIME?

>> I WAS IN THE SECOND GRADE.

>> Reporter: AND MORE WOMEN ARE

SPEAKING OUT.

A POLITICAL SHOW GOT AN

UNEXPECTED CALL PROMPTED BY

TODAY'S TESTIMONY.

>> AND I THOUGHT I WAS OVER

THIS --

>> Reporter: A 76-YEAR-OLD WOMAN

SHARING THE STORY OF HER ASSAULT

WHEN SHE WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL.

AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA, CELEBRITIES

BROKE THEIR SILENCE.

>> OUR MISSION IS TO INVESTIGATE

EVERY CASE --

>> Reporter: POLICE IN TORONTO

BELIEVE THE #METOO MOVEMENT IS A

BIG FACTOR BEHIND A 16% SPIKE IN

REPORTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE

LAST YEAR.

BUT WHILE THE FLOODGATES OPEN,

AND HOT LINES, TOO, CRISIS

CENTRES LIKE THIS ONE ADMIT THEY

DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO KEEP

UP.

>> THEY MIGHT CALL US AND ASK

FOR SUPPORT AND WE HAVE TO TELL

THEM THERE IS A TWO-YEAR WAIT

LIST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE

ENOUGH FUNDING.

I THINK IT BEGS THE QUESTION,

WHAT ARE WE ASKING SURVIVORS TO

COME INTO?

>> Reporter: IT CAN BE AVOIDED.

REDGRAVE CREATED HER OWN SUPPORT

GROUP FOR SURVIVORS AND SEES

TODAY AS A WIN.

>> SO WHERE IS THE VICTORY?

>> THE VICTORY IS IN HER BEING

BRAVE ENOUGH TO COME FORWARD AND

SPEAK OUT AGAINST SOMEBODY.

>> Reporter: WHATEVER THE

OUTCOME.

IOANNA ROUMELIOTIS, CBC NEWS,

TORONTO.

>> Rosemary: WE SHOULD MAKE IT

CLEAR THAT BRETT KAVANAUGH HAS

HIS OWN SUPPORTERS AND MANY ARE

WOMEN.

SOME OF THEM VOICED THAT SUPPORT

TODAY.

>> WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE,

UNFORTUNATELY, IS A PATTERN OF

DEMOCRATS PUSHING FORWARD

ALLEGATIONS THAT AS SOON AS YOU

PRESS ON THEM, START TO FALL

APART.

THEY DON'T ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT

WHAT HAPPENED 35 YEARS AGO.

THEY CARE ABOUT WHAT HE'S GOING

TO DO FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS.

WE HAVE LEADERS WHO ARE WILLING

TO TURN UPSIDE DOWN A SACRED

PRINCIPLE OF THE PRESUMPTION OF

INNOCENCE FOR WHATEVER MOTIVE.

THAT IS DANGEROUS.

AS WOMEN, AS MOMS, AS WIVES, AS

SISTERS, AS DAUGHTERS, WE SHOULD

BE VERY CONCERNED AND DEMAND

NOTHING BUT FAIRNESS.

>> Rosemary: WE HEAR FROM THE

NOMINEE IN PAUL'S PIECE THERE,

BUT BRETT KAVANAUGH LASHED OUT

AT THE WAY THE ALLEGATIONS HAVE

BEEN TREATED AND GOT FIERY

SUPPORT FROM A POLITICAL

VETERAN.

>> THIS GROTESQUE AND

COORDINATED CHARACTER

ASSASSINATION WILL DISSUADE

COMPETENT AND GOOD PEOPLE OF ALL

POLITICAL PERSUASIONS FROM

SERVING OUR COUNTRY.

YES, WE WENT TO PARTIES, YES, OF

COURSE, WE WENT TO PARTIES AND

THE YEARBOOK PAGE DESCRIBES THAT

AND KIND OF MAKES FUN OF IT.

AND YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO SIT

HERE AND TALK ABOUT WHETHER A

SUPREME COURT NOMINATION SHOULD

BE BASED ON A HIGH SCHOOL

YEARBOOK PAGE, I THINK THAT'S

TAKING US TO A NEW LEVEL OF

ABSURDITY.

>> THIS IS THE MOST UNETHICAL

SHAM SINCE I'VE BEEN IN

POLITICS.

AND IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO KNOW

THE TRUTH, YOU SURE AS HELL

WOULDN'T HAVE DONE WHAT YOU'VE

DONE TO THIS GUY.

ARE YOU A GANG RAPIST?

>> NO.

>> I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT YOU AND

YOUR FAMILY HAVE GONE THROUGH.

BOY, YOU WANT POWER, GOD I HOPE

YOU NEVER GET IT.

>> Rosemary: DAVID WAS TODAY A

FAIR EXERCISE, A USEFUL ONE?

>> IT CERTAINLY IS NOT.

THE PEOPLE WHO HAD POWER OVER

THE HEARING CERTAINLY ARE NOT

HERE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF

WHAT HAPPENED.

THEY'RE HERE TO NOT SEEM TO

SQUELCH DR. FORD THE WAY ANITA

HILL WAS.

IN THAT SENSE, IT'S DESIGNED TO

SIMULATE A FAIR PROCESS, BUT

IT'S NOT A FAIR PROCESS.

WE ALL THINK WE'RE GOOD JUDGES

OF OTHER PEOPLE.

WE PROJECT OURSELVES ON OTHER

PEOPLE.

WE LOOK AT THE WORST KIND OF

EVIDENCE IS THIS WITNESS

TESTIMONY.

BECAUSE WHAT WE HEAR, WE THINK

WE'RE HEARING SOMEONE ELSE,

WE'RE LOOKING INTO A MIRROR AND

HEARING OURSELVES.

>> Rosemary: WHAT STRUCK ME WAS

WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT HE

WAS A VICTIM OF THE CLINTONS

BECAUSE OF HIS INVOLVEMENT IN

THE KEN STARR REPORT.

HERE'S PART OF THE OPENING

STATEMENT.

>> THIS WHOLE TWO-WEEK EFFORT

HAS BEEN A CALCULATED AND

ORCHESTRATED POLITICAL HIT

FUELLED WITH APPARENT PENT-UP

ANGER ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND

THE 2016 ELECTION, FEAR THAT HAS

BEEN UNFAIRLY STOKED ABOUT MY

JUDICIAL RECORD, REVENGE ON

BEHALF OF THE CLINTONS, AND

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN MONEY

FROM OUTSIDE LEFT WING

OPPOSITION GROUPS.

>> Rosemary: SO WHAT DOES THAT

TELL US ABOUT HIM AND WHETHER HE

IS GIVING THAT RATHER PARTISAN

GIVEN, WHETHER HE'S EVEN SUITED

FOR THE JOB?

>> WELL, IT IS TRUE HE IS --

WE'VE HAD PARTISAN SUPREME COURT

JUSTICES BEFORE.

LET'S NOT HAVE ILLUSIONS ABOUT

THAT.

BUT WHAT WAS STRIKING ABOUT THE

OPENING STATEMENT HOW MUCH WAS

FOR THE FOX NEWS AUDIENCE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE KNOW

WHAT BORKING IS, WITH HEARINGS

OF ROBERT BORK.

IT WAS A STATEMENT FROM THE

HEART OF THE CONSERVATIVE WORLD

SPEAKING TO A CONSERVATIVE

AUDIENCE.

JUST AS DONALD TRUMP IS TRYING

TO BE PRESIDENT FOR ONLY PART OF

THE AMERICA, BRETT KAVANAUGH IS

SPEAKING TO PART OF AMERICA TO

SUPPORT HIM TO GET HIMSELF ONTO

THE SUPREME COURT.

>> Rosemary: WATCHING THAT FROM

HERE, IT WAS ASTOUNDING.

WHAT SHOULD WE AS CANADIANS TAKE

FROM THE FACT THAT THIS IS

PLAYING OUT THERE IN THE WAY

THAT IT IS?

>> WELL, IT CERTAINLY MAKES YOU

THINK THAT AMERICAN SYSTEM OF

NOMINATING AND APPROVING JUDGES

IS ONE NOT TO BE EMULATED.

WHAT YOU WANT IS HAVE THESE

ALLEGATIONS HEARD IN PRIVATE,

BECAUSE IT'S A COMPLICATED

MATTER.

IF BRETT KAVANAUGH IS RIGHT, HIS

REPUTATION WILL NEVER RECOVER

FROM THESE THINGS AIRED IN

PUBLIC.

THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN SCREENED

BY THE F.B.I. IN PRIVATE.

AND DOES THAT PRIVATE FACT

FINDING SHOULD HAVE BEEN SETTLED

BEFORE THE HEARING TOOK PLACE.

THE WAY THIS IS BEING BATTLED IS

ONE THAT IF HE IS CONFIRMED WILL

LEAVE MANY PEOPLE FEELING THE

SUPREME COURT CONTAINS A PERSON

GUILTY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

IF HE IS DEFEATED, AGAIN IT WILL

CONTINUE TO POLITICIZE THE

SUPREME COURT.

>> Rosemary: YOU SAY IT'S LESS

LIKELY HE'LL BE TURNED DOWN?

>> THE REPUBLICANS HAVE THE

VOTE.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MORE PROBABLE

THAN NOT HE WOULD GET CONFIRMED.

BUT THE THING THAT WOULD CHANGE

THIS, IF THE REPUBLICANS SEE A

LOT OF POLLS THAT A LOT OF

REPUBLICAN SEATS ARE IN TROUBLE

THAN WERE IN TROUBLE THREE DAYS

AGO, THAT MAY CHANGE MINDS.

>> Rosemary: HOW MUCH IS ABOUT

THE MIDTERMS AND THE POLITICAL

CLIMATE?

>> A LOT OF IT IS ABOUT THE

MIDTERMS, BUT REPUBLICANS ARE

WILLING TO TRADE SENATE SEATS

FOR THE SUPREME COURT SEAT.

IS IT ONE THAT LOCKS IN A COURT

THAT HAD A 4-4 DIVISION WITH ONE

FLOATING JUDGE, JUDGE ANTHONY

KENNEDY, HIS NOMINATION,

KAVANAUGH'S NOMINATION LOCKS IN

A 5-4 CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY.

>> Rosemary: THANK YOU FOR YOUR

TIME TONIGHT.

THE SENATE COMMITTEE IS

SCHEDULED TO VOTE ON THIS

TOMORROW AND IF THEY APPROVE

JUDGE KAVANAUGH'S NOMINATION,

THEY WILL MOVE TO A VOTE OF THE

FULL SENATE.

>> Andrew: IT BEARS MENTIONING

AS THE FORD-KAVANAUGH HEARING

WAS PLAYING OUT, DONALD TRUMP

WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH DEPUTY

ATTORNEY GENERAL, ROD

ROSENSTEIN, AND THERE WAS

SPECULATION HE WOULD BE FIRED.

THAT MEETING WAS PUT OFF.

THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS BOTH SIDES

AGREED TO MEET NEXT WEEK TO

AVOID INTERFERING WITH THE

HEARING.

AT ISSUE, A "NEW YORK TIMES"

REPORT THAT ROSENSTEIN DISCUSSED

RECORDING TRUMP AND WORK TO

REMOVE HIM FROM OFFICE.

>>> HERE IN CANADA, THE HOUSE OF

COMMONS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO

STRIP MYANMAR'S LEADER AUNG SAN

SUU KYI OF HER HONORARY CANADIAN

CITIZENSHIP.

THERE HAD BEEN GROWING PRESSURE

TO DO SO IN THE WAKE OF THE

ROHINGYA CRISIS.

SOMETHING THIS COUNTRY HAS

CHARACTERIZED AT GENOCIDE.

THE MOVE DOES REQUIRE A GREEN

LIGHT FROM THE SENATE.

>>> I'M CALLING GALLANT TO DO

THE HONOURABLE THING AND

RECOGNIZE HE LOST THE ELECTION.

>> Andrew: ANOTHER DAY AND

POLITICAL DRAMA IN NEW

BRUNSWICK.

BLAINE HIGGS CALLS ON THE

LIBERAL LEADER TO RESIGN.

NEITHER PARTY WON ENOUGH SEATS

IN MONDAY'S ELECTION FOR A

MAJORITY, BUT WHILE THE P.C.s

CAME OUT AHEAD, THE LIBERALS

HOPE AN ALLIANCE WITH THE GREENS

WILL KEEP THEM IN POWER.

HIGGS WANTS THE LEGISLATURE

CALLED BACK AND A CONFIDENCE

VOTE HELD, WHICH DEPENDING ON

HOW IT GOES, COULD PUT THE P.C.s

IN A POSITION TO GOVERN.

STILL AHEAD... CRITICS CALL HIS

VIEWS ANTI-MUSLIM, BUT TOMMY

ROBINSON SEES HIMENTS AS --

HIMSELF AS A FREE SPEECH

ACTIVIST.

>> Rosemary: COULD WE SEE THE

SAME STORY PLAY OUT IN QUÉBEC?

>> TRUMP SAYS HE DOESN'T LIKE

CHRYSTIA FREELAND.

WHY THAT MIGHT PLAY A BIG PART

IN THE NAFTA NEGOTIATIONS.

>> Prime Minister Justin

Trudeau: AMERICANS ARE FINDING

THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE TOUGH

BECAUSE CANADIANS

>> Andrew: YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD

ABOUT DONALD TRUMP'S HARSH

COMMENTS ABOUT FOREIGN AFFAIRS

MINISTER CHRYSTIA FREELAND.

TONIGHT, TRUMP'S ENVOY TO CANADA

IS DIALLING THAT BACK AND DOING

DAMAGE CONTROL.

KELLY CRAFT IS CALLING FREELAND

SMART, ARTICULATE AND HER

COMMENTS CAP A WHOLE DAY OF

SUPPORT FOR FREELAND.

HERE'S KATIE SIMPSON.

>> Reporter: IF THE PRIME

MINISTER IS BOTHERED BY DONALD

TRUMP'S INSULTS, HE'S NOT

LETTING IT SHOW.

>> Prime Minister Justin

Trudeau: THE AMERICANS ARE

FINDING THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS

ARE TOUGH, BECAUSE CANADIANS ARE

TOUGH NEGOTIATORS.

>> Reporter: MEMBERS OF CABINET

FIERCELY DEFENDED THE WOMAN

LEADING CANADA'S NAFTA

NEGOTIATION TEAM.

>> I THINK MINISTER FREELAND IS

DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB AT A

DIFFICULT TASK ON BEHALF OF ALL

CANADIANS AND I THINK ALL

CANADIANS OUGHT TO BE VERY

GRATEFUL.

>> Reporter: THERE WERE NO KIND

WORDS FROM DONALD TRUMP

YESTERDAY WHEN HE LASHED OUT AT

CHRYSTIA FREELAND WITHOUT USING

HER NAME.

>> WE'RE VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE

NEGOTIATIONS AND THE NEGOTIATING

STYLE OF CANADA.

WE DON'T LIKE THEIR

REPRESENTATIVE VERY MUCH.

>> Reporter: IT IS NO SECRET

THERE IS TENSION IN THE NAFTA

NEGOTIATING ROOM WHERE BIG

PERSONALITIES COMPETE AND AT

TIMES CAN CLASH.

THE QUESTION IS WHETHER SOME OF

THAT ANIMOSITY IS

SELF-INFLICTED.

>> COMPETENT AND HONESTY AMONG

ELECTED LEADERS AND IN OUR

PUBLIC SERVICE MATTER.

>> Reporter: THE U.S. NOTICED

WHEN FREELAND CRITICIZED TRUMP

AT A REWARDS RECEPTION IN

WASHINGTON THIS SUMMER AND

PARTICIPATED IN A PANEL

DISCUSSION IN TORONTO CALLED

TAKING ON THE TYRANT, WHERE A

VIDEO COMPARED TRUMP TO THE

REGIME OF RUSSIA AND CHINA.

THIS FORMER TRADE NEGOTIATOR

SAYS TRUMP APPEARS TO BE

OVERREACTING.

>> IF HE ALLOWS THAT KIND OF

PETTY ISSUE TO NAG HIM, THEN HE

IS TELLING US MORE ABOUT HIMSELF

THAN HE SHOULD.

>> Reporter: TRUMP'S PERSONAL

TEMP RA MMENT MAY BE A FACTOR.

>> THE PRESIDENT SEEMS TO HAVE

DIFFICULTY WITH WOMEN, SO STRONG

SMART WOMEN CAUSE THEM PROBLEMS.

>> Reporter: WHETHER THEY LIKE

EACH OTHER OR NOT, FREELAND HAS

TO SIT DOWN WITH U.S.

NEGOTIATORS AT SOME POINT, BUT

RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO CONCRETE

PLANS FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF

FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS.

>> Rosemary: STILL AHEAD ON "THE

NATIONAL", FIRST WE SAW A

MINORITY GOVERNMENT IN B.C.

THEN IN NEW BRUNSWICK, VOTERS

ARE SENDING A MESSAGE.

BUT IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

LISTENING?

THE "AT ISSUE" PANEL IS HERE.

>> Andrew: ALL EYES WERE ON THE

KAVANAUGH HEARING.

HOW THE WORLD SEEMED TO STOP AND

WATCH.

>> I THINK OUR KIDS A

ASK OUR OFFICIALS TO REACH OUT

TO HOPEFULLY START DISCUSSIONS

WITH THE GREEN PARTY TO SEE IF

THERE COULD BE SOME TYPE OF

AGREEMENT WHERE WE COULD

MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENCE OF THE

HOUSE.

IT'S EVIDENT HE'S DESPERATE TO

HOLD ONTO POWER.

>> Rosemary: NEW BRUNSWICK IS IN

A POLITICAL DEAD LOCK.

WORDS YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D

HEAR ME SAY.

LIBERAL LEADER, THE PREMIER

STILL, BRIAN GALLANT WANTS THE

FIRST CRACK AT FORMING

GOVERNMENT.

HE'S TURNED TO THE GREEN PARTY

FOR HELP.

THE CONSERVATIVE LEADER BLAINE

HIGGS IS NOT GOING DOWN WITHOUT

A FIGHT.

ALL THIS DAYS BEFORE ANOTHER BIG

ELECTION IN THE COUNTRY, QUÉBEC.

COULD THERE BE THE SAME KIND OF

OUTCOME AND HOW IS OTTAWA

READING THE RESULTS?

"AT ISSUE" IS HERE WITH THAT AND

MORE.

ANDREW COYNE, ALTHIA RAJ.

IT'S NOT OFTEN WE DO "AT ISSUE"

ABOUT PROVINCIAL POLITICS, BUT

THERE ARE INTERESTING THINGS

HAPPENING HERE.

I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT WRIT

LARGE, FEDERALLY.

LET'S START WITH WHAT HAPPENED

IN NEW BRUNSWICK.

I'LL PUT THIS ONE TO YOU,

ANDREW.

HOW DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD READ

THE RESULTS?

WE KNOW THE LIBERALS ARE GOING

TO TRY TO HOLD ONTO POWER, EVEN

BRIAN GALLANT SAYING UNTIL

CHRISTMAS, BUT WHAT DOES THAT

TELL US ABOUT THE WAY

FIRST-PAST-THE-POST IS WORKING

IN THIS COUNTRY OR AT LEAST IN

NEW BRUNSWICK RIGHT NOW?

>> WELL, IT'S DEJA VU, THIS

LOOKS LIKE THE B.C. ELECTION

LAST YEAR.

AND THERE IS COMMONALITIES.

ONE IS WE'RE STARTING TO SEE

MORE PARTIES IN THE POLITICAL

LANDSCAPE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO TWO-PARTY

POLITICS IN A LOT OF THE

PROVINCES.

AND FIRST-PAST-THE-POST IS

REALLY SUITED TO THAT, YOU GET

CLEAR RESULTS WHEN THERE IS A

TWO-PARTY SYSTEM, BUT WHEN YOU

GET, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, IT GETS

COMPLICATED AND YOU CAN GET

THESE RESULT, NOT ALWAYS OF

COURSE, BUT WHERE YOU HAVE TWO

PARTIES WITH ALMOST THE SAME

STANDING AND THIS KIND OF

SHOWDOWN THAT COMES AFTERWARDS.

I THINK WHAT IS ALSO INTERESTING

TO POINT OUT IS WHAT IS NOT

HAPPENING.

IT'S HAPPENING IN B.C. AS WELL.

YOU DON'T SEE THE PARTIES

CAPITULATING TO ONE ANOTHER.

YOU DON'T SEE THE LARGER PARTY

GIVING THE SMALL PARTY WHATEVER

THEY WANT.

THIS IS RELEVANT BECAUSE WHEN

PEOPLE TALK ABOUT PROPORTIONAL

REPRESENTATION, THEY SAY THIS IS

THE SCENARIO YOU'LL GET WITH THE

LARGE PARTIES AND SMALL PARTIES

AND THE LARGE PARTIES WILL GIVE

IN TO THE EXTREMIST FRINGE

PARTIES.

THE REASON YOU'RE NOT SEEING

THAT HAPPEN, THEY'RE ALL GOING

TO HAVE A FACE ELECTION AGAIN.

IF THE LARGE PARTY IS SEEN TO

HAVE SOLD OUT TO AN EXTREMIST

PARTY OR THE SMALL PARTY SOLD

OUT TO THE LARGE PARTY, THEY'RE

GOING TO PAY A PRICE WITH THE

SUPPORTERS.

THERE IS GOING TO BE NEGOTIATING

AND EVERYBODY HAS TO WUT WATER

IN THEIR WINE.

>> Rosemary: YOU WROTE ABOUT

THIS PLAYING OUT IN QUÉBEC.

THE ELECTION IS MONDAY.

THINGS ARE TIGHT BETWEEN THE KRK

AND THE LIBERALS AND PEOPLE ARE

LOOKING AT OTHER PARTIES THEY

MAY NOT HAVE LOOKED AT IN THE

PAST, BECAUSE THEY REALIZE A

REFERENDUM IS NO LONGER IN THE

OFFERING.

I'M GOING TO PUT UP THE POLL

TRACKER.

>> WELL, YES, BUT IT'S A MIX OF

THINGS.

IT'S NOT JUST THERE IS NOT

SOVEREIGNTY AND THEY'RE LOOK AT

OTHER PARTIES, IT'S ALSO CO-- AS

IN NEW BRUNSWICK, THERE ARE MORE

PARTIES ON THE BALLOT.

THE CONSERVATIVES AND THE

LIBERALS AND THEN THE BLOC

QUEBECOIS CAME ALONG AND NOW THE

N.D.P. IS ALSO A PARTY TO RECKON

WITH.

THAT'S HAPPENING PROVINCIALLY,

TOO.

AND FROM WHAT WE SEE IN THIS

ELECTION AT LEAST, AND I SUSPECT

IT PLAYS OUT IN OTHER PROVINCES

WHERE THE GREENS HAVE DONE WELL,

THE MILLENNIALS WHO ARE BECOMING

THE LARGER CORE OF THE

ELECTORATE, FOR SOME REASON HAVE

FIGURED OUT POSSIBLY BETTER THAN

WE DID, THAT TO MAKE A NATIONAL

ASSEMBLY OR PARLIAMENT WORK, YOU

NEED DIVERSITY OF VOICES.

YOU DON'T NEED TO VOTE TO WIN,

YOU VOTE TO HAVE DIFFERENT

VOICES YOU LIKE IN THE

LEGISLATURE AND THE RESULT IS

MORE FRAGMENTED ELECTORATE AND

RESULTS THAT ARE UNPREDICTABLE.

ANDREW DIDN'T NEGLIGENCE THAT,

BUT IN THE -- MENTION THAT, BUT

IN THE CASE OF NEW BRUNSWICK,

THE LIBERALS DID WIN QUITE A FEW

MORE VOTES THAN THE

CONSERVATIVES.

BUT THAT'S AN ADDED TWIST THAT

YOU'VE GOT A PARTY THAT HAS GOT

A LOT MORE VOTES THAT CAME

SECOND IN TERMS OF SEATS.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO CLAIMING

LEGITIMACY, BOTH OF THEM HAVE A

CLAIM.

>> Rosemary: HOW DO YOU THINK

THAT WILL PLAY OUT IN THE

ELECTION ON MONDAY WATCHING FROM

HERE, HOW WILL THAT -- DON'T

PREDICT THE ELECTION, BUT -- HOW

DO YOU THINK THE ISSUES WILL

FACTOR IN?

>> I THINK A LOT OF THE VOTERS

IN QUÉBEC ARE VOTING FOR CHANGE.

SO WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE

OFFERING, THEY HAVE MORE OPTIONS

TO LOOK AT.

WHAT WE'VE SEEN NATIONALLY AND

IN OTHER PROVINCIAL

LEGISLATURES, EVEN IF YOU'RE A

SMALL PARTY YOU CAN HAVE A

DIFFERENCE AND SOMETIMES YOUR

PARTY CARRIES MORE WEIGHT.

YOU THINK OF ELIZABETH MAY IN

THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, SHE HAS

QUITE A BIT OF WEIGHT AND SHE'S

ONE LONE PERSON AND A LIBERAL

BACK BENCHER WHO MAY NOT ALWAYS

AGREE WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND

KEEPS THEIR MOUTH SHUT.

MILLENNIALS, AND I AM ONE OF

THEM, SOMETIMES THINK MAYBE

HAVING MORE CHOICE IS NOT A BAD

THING AND MAYBE COOPERATION IS A

GOOD THING.

SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE ALLERGIC

TO GIVING PARTIES THE CHANCE TO

WORK TOGETHER.

THINK I THAT'S BASICALLY THE

LESSON IN NEW BRUNSWICK AND IT'S

PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE LESSON

IN QUÉBEC AS WELL.

>> Rosemary: WHAT IS THE LESSON

FOR FEDERAL PARTIES WATCHING

THIS?

MAXIME BERNIER, ELIZABETH MAY,

THESE PEOPLE OFFERING VERY

SPECIFIC LITTLE THINGS MAYBE, OR

BIG THINGS, YOU KNOW WHAT I

MEAN, SMALL PARTIES MIGHT TAKE

COMFORT IN WHAT THEY'RE SEEING?

>> YEAH, WE'RE GETTING A GLIMPSE

OF THE FUTURE.

THERE ARE ALREADY SEVEN PARTIES

REPRESENTED NOW IN THE HOUSE OF

COMMONS.

IF YOU INCLUDE MAXIME BERNIER'S

PEOPLE'S PARTY AND ERIN WEIR

REVIVED.

>> Rosemary: THAT IS GENEROUS OF

YOU.

>> BUT CERTAINLY WE HAVE FIVE.

AND YEAH, TO TAKE UP THAT POINT.

PEOPLE ARE LESS MOORED TO THE

OLD TWO PARTY OR THREE PARTY

SYSTEM.

YOU SEE THE N.D.P. DOING WELL IN

ATLANTIC CANADA IN RECENT YEARS.

YOU'RE SEEING NEW PARTIES LIKE

THE PEOPLE ALLIANCE IN NEW

BRUNSWICK.

AND WE NEED A SYSTEM THAT IS

GOING TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, CAN

MAKE THAT WORK FOR PEOPLE SO WE

DON'T SIT THERE WAITING ON

ELECTION NIGHT FOR THE ACCIDENTS

OF THE SPLIT VOTE.

THAT IS PART OF WHAT MAKES THE

QUÉBEC ELECTION SO

UNPREDICTABLE.

YOU HAVE FOUR PARTY SPLITS.

EVEN IF THE POLLS ARE RIGHT, YOU

DON'T HAVE TO CLEAR IDEA WHAT

THAT MEANS IN THE SEAT COUNT.

WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT IS ILL

SUITED TO THE POLITICS.

>> LET'S AGREE ON ONE THING.

IF ONE OF THE PARTIES IN QUÉBEC,

IT'S NICE TO HAVE CHOICES, BUT

THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE WITH FOUR

DAYS TO GO, A LOT OF VOTERS

SAYING I DON'T REALLY LIKE ANY

OF THE CHOICES.

NONE OF THE PARTIES HAS MANAGED

TO SAY I'M IT, OR GIVE VOTERS

REASON TO SAY THIS IS WHO WE

WANT, AND THAT EXPLAINS WHY THE

RESULTS MIGHT BE A SLIP IF THEY

WILL BE.

IF YOU HAVE TO SUM UP WHAT

QUÉBECERS WOULD LIKE, IT REMAINS

A MINORITY GOVERNMENT.

THEY WANT TO TRY SOMETHING OUT

WITH A CHANCE TO BRING IT BACK

FOR A REFUND QUICKLY IF THEY

DON'T LIKE IT.

AND THAT TELLS YOU NOBODY HERE

IN THIS PROVINCE HAS RUN A VERY

EXCITING INSPIRING CAMPAIGN TO

TELL YOU THE TRUTH.

>> Rosemary: LAST WORD ON THIS

AND THEN ANOTHER TOPIC.

>> SOUNDS LIKE MY SHOPPING

HABITS.

BUY SOMETHING, BRING IT BACK IF

YOU DON'T LIKE IT.

I THINK THAT -- YOU KNOW, WHEN

YOU LOOK BACK AT WHAT THE PRIME

MINISTER SAID LAST YEAR, TWO

YEARS AGO, WHEN HE RENEGED ON

THE ELECTORAL REFORM, HE SAID

P.R. WAS GOING TO BE BIG AND IT

WAS GOING TO GIVE ELECTORAL MAP

OF FRINGE CANDIDATES AND IT WAS

BETTER TO HAVE BIG TENT PARTIES

THAT BROUGHT THE VOICES.

WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THE PUBLIC

IS COMFORTABLE HAVING A PIECE OF

PARLIAMENT AND WHILE IT'S TRUE

THAT ON MONDAY THERE MAY NOT BE

A CLEAR WINNER AND IT MIGHT MEAN

THAT THE ROAST OF US ARE

LEARNING A LOT ABOUT HOW WEST

MINISTER GOVERNMENT WORKS AND

WHAT THE NORMS ARE AND

CONSTITUTIONAL PRACTISES, IT'S

NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT

FOR OUR POLITICAL LEADERS TO BE

ACCURATE AND CLEAR WITH THE

ELECTORATE ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE

ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN NEW BRUNSWICK, I

DON'T KNOW IT'S REALLY HELPFUL

FOR THE P.C. LEADER TO COME OUT

AND SAY THE LIBERAL LEADER DOES

NOT HAVE A MANDATE BECAUSE

THAT'S NOT HOW THE SYSTEM IS

SUPPOSED TO BE PLAY OUT.

LET'S ALL BE GRIPPED TO THE EDGE

OF THE SEATS AND SEE HOW THE

POLITICAL LEADERS DEAL.

>> IT MAY BE THE VOTERS ARE

GETTING MORE SOPHISTICATED.

I WANT TO DO A GO AROUND ON

DONALD TRUMP IN TERMS OF WHAT HE

SAID ABOUT CANADA'S NEGOTIATING

TACTICS.

DURING THE EPIC PRESS

CONFERENCE, HERE'S A REMINDER.

>> FRANKLY WE'RE THINKING ABOUT

JUST TAXING CARS COMING IN FROM

CANADA, THAT'S THE MOTHER LODE,

THAT'S THE BIG ONE.

WE'RE VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE

NEGOTIATIONS AND THE NEGOTIATING

STYLE OF CANADA.

WE DON'T LIKE THEIR

REPRESENTATIVE VERY MUCH.

>> Rosemary: ONE GO ROUND ON

THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS I GUESS IT

IS PART OF HOW HE NEGOTIATES AS

WE COME UP TO THIS DEADLINE THAT

CHANTAL DOESN'T LIKE ME TO CALL

A DEADLINE, BUT THE THING ON

SUNDAY THAT EVERYONE IS CALLING

DEADLINE.

DOES WHAT HE DID THERE YESTERDAY

CHANGE ANYTHING FOR CANADIANS IN

TERMS OF THEIR HOPES ABOUT

GETTING A DEAL HERE?

>> WELL, ONE, IF THE HOPE WAS TO

HAVE SOME CANADIAN PRESSURE

POLITICAL AT LEAST PUT ON

TRUDEAU, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

I WOULD ARGUE THAT A FEW MORE

NEWS CONFERENCE LIKE THAT THEN

JUSTIN TRUDEAU WILL WANT TO CALL

AN ELECTION ON IT, BECAUSE EVERY

TIME THAT HAPPENS OVER THAT

PRESS CONFERENCE WHICH WAS

SURREAL, MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING

TO BE LOOKING AT DONALD TRUMP

AND SAYING, WELL, IF WE CAN'T

GET A DEAL WITH THIS GUY, IT'S

NOT OUR GUY'S FAULT.

>> YEAH, WHEN YOU PERSONALIZE IT

THAT WAY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO

MAKE YARDS IN CANADIAN PUBLIC

OPINION.

LOOK, LOTS OF PEOPLE IN CANADA

FIND THIS GOVERNMENT ANNOYING.

BUT WHEN DONALD TRUMP SAYS IT, I

THINK PEOPLE TEND TO TAKE THE

SIDE OF THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT

RATHER THAN TRUMP.

I DON'T KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAVE

MUCH IMPACT.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAD INTENT OR

IF HE WAS RRIFFING.

>> IT WAS A LITTLE STREAM OF

CONSCIOUSNESS.

>> I THINK HIS INTENT WAS TO SAY

TO THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT I'M

READY TO IMPOSE AUTO TARIFFS.

I THINK WHAT ALSO HAPPENED

YESTERDAY WAS THAT WE SAW DAVID

MacNAUGHTON, OUR AMBASSADOR TO

THE UNITED STATES SAY VERY

CLEARLY WHAT IS AT STAKE AND WHY

CANADA IS NOT BUDGING.

THE IDEA WE SIGN AN AGREEMENT

BUT ALLOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES TO CLAIM A NATURAL

LOOPHOLE, THAT CAN'T HAPPEN IF

WE SIGN A DEAL ON NAFTA.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE BACKING

THE GOVERNMENT ON THAT ONE.

>> Rosemary: WHICH I THINK IS

THE CONSERVATIVES' WORST

NIGHTMARE, THIS IS GOING TO BE

AN ELECTION WHERE IT'S TRUMP

VERSUS TRUDEAU AND THEN WHAT

HAPPENS.

>> EASY TO IMAGINE.

>> Rosemary: WE'RE GOING TO

LEAVE IT THERE.

THANKS, EVERYBODY.

BEFORE WE GO, SUBSCRIBE TO THE

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HOW THE CONSERVATIVES ARE USING

CRIME AS A WEDGE ISSUE.

>> Andrew: STILL LOTS MORE TO

COMMON OTT "NATIONAL", INCLUDING

A RAUCOUS DAY OUTSIDE OF A

COURTHOUSE AS PEOPLE RALLIED IN

SUPPORT OF TOMMY ROBINSON.

>> SPOKE THE TRUTH.

>> THIS IS THE FAR RIGHT,

ANTI-MUSLIM ACTIVIST WITH A

HISTORY OF VIOLENCE WHO WAS SENT

TO PRISON FOR BREAKING THE LAW.

>> Andrew: TOMORROW NIGHT ON

"THE NATIONAL", IT'S BEEN A WEEK

SINCE THE OTTAWA-GATINEAU AREA

WAS HIT BY SIX TORNADOES.

WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW PEOPLE ARE

DEALING WITH THE DAMAGE LEFT

BEHIND AND THE CLEANUP AHEAD.

>> VERY VIOLENT.

YOU OK?

>> THIS IS THE MAIN DAMAGED ROOM

WHERE THE TREE CAME IN.

>> HOLY --

>> I HAVE MY AMAZING KIDS AND

HUSBAND AND FRIENDS.

NATIONAL", A NEW CORONER REPORT

IN B.C. LOOKING AT 900 DRUG

OVERDOSE DEATHS LAST YEAR AND

THE YEAR BEFORE.

IT FOUND MOST OF THOSE HAPPENED

NOT ON THE STREET, BUT WHILE

PEOPLE WERE ALONE AT HOME.

A VAST MAJORITY OF THE VICTIMS,

81% OF THEM, WERE MALE.

DRUG OVERDOSES ARE STILL CAUSING

MORE THAN THREE DEATHS A DAY IN

B.C.

>> AT THE TIME YOU MADE THESE

STATEMENTS, COULD NOT SECURE

FUNDING FOR THE PROPOSED

TRANSACTION.

>> THAT'S THE SEC ANNOUNCING

TODAY IT'S SUING ELON MUSK.

THE LAWSUIT CENTRES ON TWEETS

WHERE HE CLAIMED A SECURE

FUNDING TO TAKE TESLA PRIVATE.

MUSK CALLED THE ACTION

UNJUSTIFIED.

>> WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON A

POWERFUL SLOW MOVING TYPHOON

HEADING TOWARD JAPAN.

IT'S TRACKING ACROSS THE PACIFIC

TOWARD THE SOUTHWESTERN ISLAND.

FORECASTERS SAY IT WILL LIKELY

HIT IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO AND

WHEN IT DOES, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN

WARNED TO EXPECT DESTRUCTIVE

WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.

>>> WELL, IT WAS A CHAOTIC SCENE

OUTSIDE A LONDON COURTHOUSE AS

HUNDREDS OF SUPPORTERS AND

COUNTERPROTESTERS GREETED THE

MAN KNOWN AS TOMMY ROBINSON.

THE 35-YEAR-OLD APPEARED BEFORE

A JUDGE ON CONTEMPT OF COURT

RELATED TO AN INCIDENT IN MAY.

ROBINSON HAS GARNERED A GLOBAL

AUDIENCE ONLINE, PRESENTING

HIMSELF AS A FREE SPEECH

ACTIVIST, BUT CONSIDERED AN

ANTI-I SEE ISLAM AGITATOR.

THOMAS DAIGLE HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: HIS NAME RALLIES

THOSE WITH LIKE MINDED VIEWS.

AN ARMY SO PASSIONATE ABOUT HIS

CAUSE, THEY SHOW UP OUTSIDE THE

COURTHOUSE WHEN HE'S INSIDE.

>> SPEAK THE TRUTH, ABOUT -- YOU

KNOW WHAT ABOUT.

ISLAM, SHARIA LAW.

>> Reporter: HE FANCIES HIMSELF

A JOURNALIST WITH PROVOCATIVE

STATEMENTS.

>> WE HAVE TO STOP ISLAM.

>> A Facebook LIVE STREAM

ULTIMATELY GOT HIM ARRESTED

REPORTING IN HIS OWN WAY OUTSIDE

A TRIAL WITH A PUBLICATION BAN.

AUTHORITIES CONSIDERED IT

CONTEMPT OF COURT.

>> THIS IS A FAR RIGHT

ANTI-MUSLIM CRIMINAL.

>> LOOK AT HOW ROBINSON FIRST

BECAME KNOWN A DECADE AGO BY

LEADING CHAOTIC RALLIES WITH THE

ENGLISH DEFENCE LEAGUE.

A GROUP PROMOTING BRITISH VALUES

OVER WHAT IT CONSIDERED CREEPING

SHARIA LAW.

>> LOOK AROUND YOU, FEEL YOUR

STRENGTH.

>> Reporter: AMONG HIS FOLLOWERS

BACK THEN WAS IVAN HUMBLE, HE

NOW REJECTS THE GROUP, BUT KEEPS

THE TATTOO AS A REMINDER OF HOW

ENTHRALLED HE BECAME.

>> THERE WAS NOBODY LISTENING TO

ME AND I FOUND A VOICE IN THE

ENGLISH DEFENCE LEAGUE TO

SELF-BLAME, UNCONSCIOUSLY, YOU

DON'T REALIZE.

BECAUSE YOU READ THE SAME STUFF.

YOU DON'T REALIZE IT'S AFFECTING

IN YOUR HEAD.

>> Reporter: IT'S THE FIRST TIME

HE RETURNS TO THE TOWN HALL

SINCE THE GROUP WAS BANNED HERE

IN THE HEART OF ROBINSON'S HOME

TOWN.

HIS OLD STOMPS GROUNDS, ROBINSON

CHANNELLED FIERCE OF ISLAM AS A

THREAT TO LOCAL CULTURE.

THEN TURNING TO SOCIAL MEDIA,

ROBINSON GAINED AN OVERSEAS

AUDIENCE AND A BIG BOOST FROM

CANADA.

>> WHAT HE SAYS IS CLEAR AND

PHILOSOPHICAL.

>> Reporter: LIKE MINDED FIRE

BRAND EZRA LEVANT OFFERED

ROBINSON A PLATFORM ON HIS

ALTERNATIVE NETWORK, REBEL

MEDIA.

RACKING UP MILLIONS OF VIEWS

WITH STUNTS LIKE THIS.

>> YOU'RE SCUM, YOU'RE DEFENDING

CHILD RAPISTS.

>> Reporter: ANTAGONIZING THE

ACCUSED AND THEIR FAMILIES

OUTSIDE RAPE TRIALS.

>> EXPOSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

>> Reporter: AND BLAMING ISLAM

AS THE SOURCE OF THE CRIME.

>> INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT THE

INDIVIDUALS THAT PERPETRATE THE

CRIMES, HE CALLS WHOLE OF OF THE

MUSLIM COMMUNITY AND ISLAM

RESPONSIBLE.

>> HIS SUPPORTERS SAW HIS ARREST

AS AN ATTACK ON FREE SPEECH.

THEY MARCHED IN HIS DEFENCE,

MANY LIKELY UNAWARE THE

DEMONSTRATION WAS PARTLY FUNDED

BY A THINK TANK AN OCEAN AWAY.

>> HOW DO YOU SPEND MONEY THAT

GOES TO SUPPORT, GIVE AIR,

OXYGEN TO THESE COMMENTS?

>> SO, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE OXYGEN

TO THE COMMENTS, IT'S ABOUT HIS

RIGHT TO SAY IT.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR AN AMERICAN

ORGANIZATION TO STAND UP FOR

SOMEONE TALKING ABOUT THE THREAT

OF ISLAMISM AND IT'S OCCURRING

HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> Reporter: RELEASED FROM

PRISON ON AUGUST 1, ROBINSON

GAVE FEW INTERVIEWS.

BUT A PRIME TIME SPOT ON FOX

NEWS CONFIRMED HIS AUDIENCE HAD

REACHED GLOBAL PROPORTIONS.

>> THE MINUTE YOU CRITICIZE

ISLAM YOU'RE ATTACKED BY

EVERYBODY.

>> Reporter: AS HIS RETRIAL GOT

UNDER WAY TODAY AND THREAT OF

PRISON TIME LOOMS, HIS

SUPPORTERS SHOWED THEY'LL HAVE

HIS BACK.

AND WHEN HE SPEAKS HIS MIND,

THEY'LL LISTEN.

THOMAS DAIGLE, CBC NEWS, LONDON.

>> Rosemary: MOMENT OF THE DAY

IS NEXT.

WE'LL HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE WHO

TUNED INTO THE FORD-KAVANAUGH

HEARING.

SOME WERE IN CLASS, DOCTORS'

OFFICE OR MID FLIGHT.

>> FOR ME, PERSONALLY, IT'S BEEN

VERY HARD TO WATCH, VERY

DIFFICULT TO SEE SOMEONE

STRUGGLE WITH WHAT IS VERY

>> Hi, I need the, uh...

>> Yeah, that way, yep.

>> Okay.

[loud footsteps]

>> Yeah. Out of my way.

>> Rosemary: AMERICANS OFTEN GET

CAUGHT UP WATCHING WASHINGTON'S

MANY DRAMAS.

TODAY WAS A REMARKABLE DAY, ONE

THAT SEEMED TO HAVE EVERYONE

REALLY TRANSFIXED.

SOME VIEWED BRETT KAVANAUGH'S

NOMINATION HEARING A TONE DEAF

RESPONSE TO A BIGGER ISSUE OF

SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.

FEW AMERICANS MISSED IT.

WHERE, HOW AND WHY THEY WATCHED

IT IS TONIGHT'S "MOMENT."

>> I WATCHED THE HEARINGS TODAY

NOT IN MINNEAPOLIS, THOUGH.

I WAS ACTUALLY AT 37,000 FEET.

I SAW THE FIRST HEARING ON MY

HAWAII TO SEATTLE FLIGHT.

AND THE SECOND HEARING FROM

SEATTLE TO MINNEAPOLIS.

>> I THINK THE WORLD IS

WATCHING, OUR KIDS ARE WATCHING,

GIRLS AND BOYS.

>> I WATCHED IT ON MY iPad IN

THE CAR, ON MY PHONE IN THE

RESTAURANT.

WHEN I DIDN'T HAVE INTERNET

SERVICE, I LISTENED TO IT ALL

DAY LONG.

EVERYWHERE I WENT TODAY,

EVERYBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT IT.

PEOPLE INSIDE THE RESTAURANT

KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

EVERYBODY WAS JUST WATCHING.

>> I WATCHED KAVANAUGH'S

TESTIMONY.

>> IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT

I CATCH THE ENTIRE EVENTS OF

TODAY.

I FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE HAVE A

TERRIBLE SEXUAL VIOLENCE PROBLEM

HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT

TO WATCH THIS HEARING AND PAY

ATTENTION TO THIS, BECAUSE IF

CONFIRMED, KAVANAUGH COULD

IMPACT OUR RIGHTS AND OUR DAILY

LIVES.

>> Andrew: ROSIE, I, LIKE YOU,

I'M SURE, WAS GLUED TO THE

HEARINGS ALL DAY.

I WONDER, THOUGH, NOT A GREAT

SURPRISE, PERHAPS THE GREAT

DISAPPOINTMENT, MAYBE, THE LACK

OF ANY DEFINITIVE CONCLUSION OR

CONSENSUS OUT OF THIS

POLITICALLY OR CULTURALLY IF

WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE NOW

THAN WE WERE WHEN THE DAY

STARTED.

I DON'T KNOW.

>> Rosemary: YEAH, I MEAN,

BECAUSE IT DID COME DOWN TO HE

SAID-SHE SAID DAY AND YOU CAN

DECIDE WHAT YOU BELIEVE.

"TIME" IS REPORTING THAT THE

NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT HOTLINE

SAW A SPIKE OF 147% CALLS ON

THURSDAY.

IF IT JUST GETS PEOPLE TALKING

ABOUT THE ISSUE, MAYBE IT'S

MOVED THE DIAL AND MOVED THINGS

A LITTLE BIT IN THAT DIRECTION.

OK.

THAT'S "THE NATIONAL" FOR

SEPTEMBER 27.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> Andrew: GOOD NIGHT.

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