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[00:13:05] CANADIAN STUDENTS.
[00:13:07] >>> A DEADLY NIGHT IN KYIV AS
[00:13:09] RUSSIA UNLEASHED A BARRAGE OF ATTACKS ON THE UKRAINIAN
[00:13:13] CAPITAL. AND AS NAHLAH AYED SHOWS US,
[00:13:17] UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT BLAMES THE
[00:13:18] U.S. FOR NOT SENDING MORE HELP.
[00:13:21] >> Reporter: IN A SUMMER FULL OF TERRIBLE NIGHTS, FOR KYIV THIS
[00:13:25] WAS ONE OF THE WORST.
[00:13:27] JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT, A BARRAGE OF RUSSIAN MISSILES.
[00:13:31] UKRAINUKRAINIAN FORCES CONCEDEDY
[00:13:36] COULDN'T STOP A SINGLE ONE. ON THE GROUND THE CONSEQUENCES
[00:13:39] WERE SEARING. AT LEAST 17 PEOPLE KILLED, AND
[00:13:43] DOZENS INJURED. THE TARGETS INCLUDED WAREHOUSES
[00:13:46] AND THE RAILWAY STATION.
[00:13:49] VICTIMS' BODIES THERE WERE ONLY RETRIEVED IN DAYLIGHT.
[00:13:53] UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY SAID "THOSE LIVES
[00:13:56] COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED IF KYIV HAD THE MISSILE INTERCEPTORS
[00:14:00] THAT HE'D REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR."
[00:14:04] >>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE). >> Reporter: "WE MADE IT THROUGH A DIFFICULT WINTER," HE SAYS,
[00:14:08] "TODAY WE'RE FACING A CLEAR SHORTAGE. ."
[00:14:12] THE SHORTAGE OF AMERICAN-MAID
[00:14:14] PATRIOT MISSILED IS BLAMEED ON
[00:14:16] THE ONGOING CONFLICT IN IRAN. >> President Trump: WE HAVE NOT AGREED TO. THAT.
[00:14:20] >> Reporter: AND LAST MONTH THE U.S. PRESIDENT WALKED BACK A
[00:14:22] SUGGESTION THAT HE MAY SUPPORT UKRAINE MAKING PATRIOTS IN
[00:14:26] UKRAINE. >> THE COMBINATION -- >> Reporter: BUT EXPERTS SAY
[00:14:29] THAT RUSSIA IS CLEARLY
[00:14:32] EXPLOITING UKRAINE'S VULNERABILITY. >> THE MISSILE ATTACKS IS ONE
[00:14:35] AREA WHERE RUSSIA HAS A SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE, AND,
[00:14:38] UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT JUST CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
[00:14:41] BUT IT IS AFFECTING, UM, ORDINARY UKRAINIAN CITIZENS THAT
[00:14:45] ARE BEING KILLED. >> Reporter: AND CIVILIANS ARE
[00:14:47] KEENLY AWARE OF THE ESCALATION.
[00:14:50] >> IT WAS SO SCARY, I MUST SAY.
[00:14:52] THIS WAS MY SCARIEST NIGHT DURING THE FIVE YEARS.
[00:14:56] MY SCARIEST NIGHT.
[00:15:00] [ALARMS] >> Reporter: ZELENSKYY HAS
[00:15:02] RELEASED ORELEASERELEASING ON TE
[00:15:10] BEFORE EXPLODING AND CAUSING HIM SERIOUS INJURIES.
[00:15:13] IT'S TERRIFYING, OF COURSE, SAYS
[00:15:16] THE MAN IDENTIFIED ONLY AS URI, REALLY TERRIFYING.
[00:15:20] >>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE). >> Reporter: AND ALREADY TERRIFYING CONFLICT IS TAKING
[00:15:24] YET ANOTHER DANGEROUS TURN.
[00:15:26] NAHLAH AYED, CBC NEWS, LONDON.
[00:15:29] >> Paul: AND A SHOCKING DISCOVERY AT THE AIRPORT WHERE
[00:15:33] GERMAN POLICE SAY THEY FOUND AND
[00:15:36] DISMANTLED AN EXPLOSIVE DRONE CLOSE TO THE RUNWAY.
[00:15:38] A DIVERTED CARGO PLANE THEN HIT
[00:15:42] AN UNKNOWN OBJECT BEFORE LANDING SAFELY NEARBY.
[00:15:45] THE AIRPORT IS A MAJOR HUB FOR
[00:15:48] DHL BUT ALSO FOR UKRAINE'S AIRLINES.
[00:15:51] GERMANY HAS OPENED UP A
[00:15:53] COUNTERTERRORISM INVESTIGATION.
[00:15:55] >>> AND IN CENTRAL LONDON, AN
[00:15:58] AIR AMBULANCE WAS CALLED IN AFTER FOUR PEOPLE WERE STABBED
[00:16:01] IN COVENANT GARDEN, AN AREA THAT
[00:16:03] IS HUGELY POPULAR WITH TOURISTS.
[00:16:05] THEY SAY THAT THE INJURIES ARE NOT BELIEVED TO BE LIFE-THREATENING.
[00:16:09] AND A 47-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS
[00:16:12] ARRESTED AND POLICE SAY THEY BELIEVE THAT IT WAS AN ISOLATED
[00:16:16] INCIDENT. >>> A NEWCOMER IS SHAPING UP THE
[00:16:19] PARTY, AND HE NARROWLY WON THE
[00:16:22] MICHIGAN STATE PRIMARY. AND TOM PARRY ON THE DEBATE THAT
[00:16:26] HIS VICTORY REIGNITED AND THE TEST AHEAD.
[00:16:29] >> ABDULLAH SEID! >> Reporter: A RACE SO CLOSE THAT THE WINNER WAS ONLY
[00:16:32] DECLARED THE MORNING AFTER. THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS IN
[00:16:35] MICHIGAN NARROWLY CHOOSING
[00:16:38] PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE ABDUL
[00:16:44] AL-SAID FOR THE RUN IN NOVEMBER. >> YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BEAT
[00:16:48] $70 MILLION OF OUTSIDE SPENDING. >> Reporter: HE EDGED OUT HALEY
[00:16:52] STEVENS WHO WAS BACKED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ESTABLISHMENT,
[00:16:55] AND WHOSE CAMPAIGN RECEIVED TENS
[00:16:57] OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM OUTSIDE POLITICAL ACTION
[00:17:00] COMMITTEES, INCLUDING APAC, THE
[00:17:04] PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY.
[00:17:04] ARCH L-SAID IS A STAUNCH CRITIC
[00:17:08] OF ISRAEL AND THE WAR IN GAZA. HIS PROMISES INCLUDE GETTING
[00:17:12] MONEY OUT OF POLITICS THROUGH CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM AND MEDICARE FOR ALL.
[00:17:16] AND THE FEAR FOR SOME DEMOCRATS THAT ANY CANADA SEEN AS TOO
[00:17:20] PROGRESSIVE WILL HURT THEIR CHANCES OF WINNING THE HOUSE AND
[00:17:23] SENATE IN NOVEMBER. >> I THINK THAT THERE IS THAT
[00:17:26] FEAR, UM, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE SEEN MODERATE DEMOCRATS, YOU KNOW,
[00:17:30] MOVE TO THE CENTRE AND LOSE THE ELECTION JUST THE SAME WAY.
[00:17:33] I THINK THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE SAW WITH KAMALA HARRIS IN 2024.
[00:17:37] >> THE MOST RADICAL SENATE CANDIDATE -- >> Reporter: REPUBLICANS ARE
[00:17:40] ALREADY PORTRAYING EL-SAYED AS DANGEROUS.
[00:17:44] HIS REPUBLICAN OPPONENT GOING ON FOX NEWS TO WARN THE DEMOCRATIC
[00:17:47] PARTY HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY SOCIALISTS. >> THIS IS REALLY ABOUT THE
[00:17:50] HEART AND THE SOUL OF OUR COUNTRY.
[00:17:53] I HAVE NEVER SEEN SOMEONE SO
[00:17:55] RADICAL, SO EXTREME, GET
[00:17:57] NOMINATED BY A POLITICAL PARTY.
[00:18:00] >> Reporter: U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TAKING THE ATTACK
[00:18:03] ON EL-SAYED TO AN EVEN DARKER
[00:18:08] PLACE. >> President Trump: HE DOESN'T LOVE ISRAEL, HE DOESN'T LOVE
[00:18:11] JEWISH PEOPLE -- HE HATES THEM. HE HATES THEM WITH A PASSION
[00:18:14] THAT BURNS IN HIS HEART AND THERE'S NOT A FRICKIN' THING
[00:18:18] THAT HE CAN DO ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: WITH THREE MONTHS
[00:18:20] TO GO BEFORE THE MIDTERMS AND SO MUCH AT STAKE, EXPECT THIS FIGHT
[00:18:23] TO BECOME MORE INTENSE. AND EVEN MORE UGLY.
[00:18:26] TOM PARRY, CBC NEWS, WASHINGTON.
[00:18:31] >> Paul: THE LARGEST KNOWN CYCLOSPORA OUTBREAK IN U.S.
[00:18:34] HISTORY HAS EXPANDED. AND THE CDC SAY THAT IT'S NOW
[00:18:38] LINKED TO 15 STATES, THAT'S UP FROM NINE LAST MONTH.
[00:18:42] THE MAIN SOURCE IS ICEBERG LETTUCE FROM CENTRAL MEXICO, NOW
[00:18:46] RECALLED. MORE THAN 10,000 CASES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.
[00:18:50] >>> CELEBRITY GOSSIP BLOGGER
[00:18:53] PARIS HILTON IS IN HOSPITAL TONIGHT AFTER REPORTS THAT HE
[00:18:55] WAS HARMING HIMSELF LIVE ON
[00:18:57] SOCIAL MEDIA. AS MAKDA GHEBRESLASSIE EXPLAINS,
[00:19:01] AFTER THE DISTURBING VIDEO WAS WITNESSED WITHOUT WARNING,
[00:19:04] THERE'S CONCERN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN IT.
[00:19:07] >> HELLO, MY FRIEND, IT'S PÉREZ,
[00:19:10] THE ORIGINAL INFLUENCER. >> Reporter: ONLINE PÉREZ HILTON
[00:19:13] HAS BEEN DELIVERING UNFILTERED
[00:19:16] CELEBRITY GOSSIP SINCE THE EARLY 2000s BUT NOW A TRAGIC HEADLINE.
[00:19:20] ON TUESDAY WHILE LIVE ON TikTok, THE 48-YEAR-OLD
[00:19:23] APPEARED TO HARM HIMSELF FROM
[00:19:25] HIS MIAMI HOME. CLIPS OF THE VIOLENCE SHOWING UP
[00:19:28] ON OTHER PLATFORMS TOO. >> I VISIBLY, LIKE, STARTED
[00:19:32] SHAKING AND I HAD TO THROW MY PHONE DOWN. BECAUSE I AM LIKE WHAT IS THAT?
[00:19:36] >> Reporter: CONCERN FOR HILTON'S WELL-BEING AND VIEWERS CALLED POLICE.
[00:19:40] HILTON'S FAMILY CONFIRMED THAT HE'S RECEIVING MEDICAL CARE IN
[00:19:42] HOSPITAL BUT NOW THIS CONTENT CREATOR IS AMONG THE MANY
[00:19:46] WORRYING ABOUT THE LASTING EFFECTS. >> I HOPE THAT HE'S OKAY AND I
[00:19:49] PRAY FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY. THAT IS JUST AWFUL.
[00:19:52] BUT ALL OF THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO GET
[00:19:55] THIS DOMINO EFFECT OF TRAUMATIZATION. >> Reporter: IT'S A CONCERN THAT
[00:19:59] IS SHARED BY HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS.
[00:20:01] >> IF YOU SEE A BEHAVIOUR, UM,
[00:20:03] ESPECIALLY IN SOMEBODY WHO HAS
[00:20:07] CELEBRITY STATUS AND WHO PEOPLE
[00:20:08] LOOK UP TO, UM, IT CAN LEAD TO
[00:20:11] IMITATIVE BEHAVIOUR, ESPECIALLY IN YOUNGER PEOPLE. >> Reporter: TikTok IS UNDER
[00:20:15] FIRE ABOUT ITS RESPONSE TIME. >> DO THEY HAVE SPECIAL RULES
[00:20:18] FOR LIVE STREAMING? DO THEY ACTUALLY USE A.I. DETECTION TOOLS?
[00:20:22] AND DO THEY HAVE THIS IN PLACE AND ARE THEY ACTUALLY WORKING?
[00:20:25] >> Reporter: ACCORDING TO A TikTok U.S. SPOKESPERSON,
[00:20:28] MODERATION FLAGGED THE LIVE STREAM WITHIN MINUTES.
[00:20:32] LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS ALERTED AND THE ACCOUNT WAS BANNED AND
[00:20:35] THOUGH PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAID THAT THE LIVE STREAM WAS UP
[00:20:39] FOR 30 MINUTES, TikTok SAID THAT IT WAS ABOUT HALF OF THAT TIME.
[00:20:42] >> IF I WERE TikTok I WOULD DEFINITELY BE REVISITING KIND OF
[00:20:45] HOW THEY COULD HAVE SPED UP THIS PROCESS. >> Reporter: FOR THOSE CONCERNED
[00:20:49] ABOUT SEEING GRAPHIC CONTENT
[00:20:51] ONLINE, THIS HEALTHCARE EXPERT
[00:20:54] SUGGESTS BLOCKING ANYTHING THAT COULD BE TRIGGERING.
[00:20:57] >> THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT'S VERY HARD TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM
[00:20:59] SEEING SPECIFIC THINGS THAT YOU
[00:21:01] DON'T WANT TO SEE ON SOCIAL
[00:21:04] MEDIA, UNLESS YOU PROACTIVELY DO
[00:21:06] IT BEFOREHAND. >> Reporter: MAKDA GHEBRESLASSIE
[00:21:10] CBC NEWS, TORONTO. >> Paul: AND IF YOU'RE IN NEED
[00:21:12] OF SUPPORT, THERE'S A THREE-DIGIT SUICIDE CRISIS
[00:21:15] HOTLINE THAT YOU CAN CALL OR TEXT 988, WHERE HELP IS
[00:21:19] AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY.
[00:21:21] >>> WELL, AFTER AN ENORMOUS
[00:21:23] PIECE OF SPACE DEBRIS SLAMMED INTO THE MOON THIS MORNING AT
[00:21:27] 8,700 KILOMETRES AN HOUR, SCIENTISTS ARE SPEAKING OUT
[00:21:30] ABOUT SAFETY IN SPACE AND HERE
[00:21:32] ON EITHER.
[00:21:36] NATALNATALIA WEKS CELL ON THE GG
[00:21:42] SPACE JUNK. >> Reporter: WHEN IT WAS LAUNCHED LAST YEAR IT SHED
[00:21:46] UNNECESSARY WEIGHT, LIKE THEY ALL DO. AND THAT SPACE JUNK EITHER
[00:21:48] BUNCHES UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE OR
[00:21:51] ENDS UP FLOATING. >> IT WAS JUST LEFT TO PHYSICS,
[00:21:55] TO HAVE IT CONTINUE ON ITS ORBIT AND TO EVENTUALLY GO WHERE IT
[00:21:58] MAY. >> Reporter: BUT UNKNOWN FORCES
[00:22:01] CAUSED A 4,000-KILOGRAM CHUSMG
[00:22:04] TO GO OFF PATH, SETTING IT ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH THE MOON
[00:22:08] WEDNESDAY MORNING, ON THE EDGE OF WHAT IS VISIBLE FROM EARTH,
[00:22:11] NEAR WHAT IS CALLED THE EINSTEIN CRATER.
[00:22:15] >> THE CIRCUMSTANCES TO OBSERVE THIS IMPACT WERE NOT GREAT.
[00:22:18] >> Reporter: THE IMAGES OF THE CRASH HAVE YET TO BE RELEASED BUT SCIENTISTS SAY THAT THE
[00:22:22] WHOLE THING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN. >> IF SOMETHING CRASHES INTO THE
[00:22:25] MOON AND SORT OF BRINGS UP ALL OF THIS DUST, INCLUDING THE
[00:22:29] LAYERS THAT ARE UNDERNEATH THE TOPSOIL, WE CAN GET INFORMATION
[00:22:32] ABOUT THE STRUCTURE, THE COMPOSITION OF THE MOON THAT WE
[00:22:35] USUALLY WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO. >> Reporter: BUT THIS ASTRONOMER
[00:22:38] WARNS THAT AS SPACE TRAVEL BECOMES MORE FREQUENT, THAT THE
[00:22:41] DEBRIS BECOMES INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS.
[00:22:44] >> LOOKING TO THE FUTURE WHEN
[00:22:46] THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, MOON BASES,
[00:22:49] IT COULD HAVE VERY BAD CONSEQUENCES LOOKING AHEAD.
[00:22:53] >> Reporter: AND SPACE JUNK ISN'T JUST A SPACE PROBLEM.
[00:22:56] >> IT STARTS BREAKING OUR SATELLITES AND WE LOSE THAT --
[00:22:59] THAT PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ARE VERY DEPENDENT ON.
[00:23:03] >> Reporter: AND SOMETIMES IT COMES CRASHING BACK DOWN TO EARTH.
[00:23:06] THIS DEBRIS WAS FOUND ON A FARM IN SASKATCHEWAN.
[00:23:09] EXPERTS ARE CALLING FOR STRICTER RULES TO GOVERN HOW THIS
[00:23:13] POLLUTION IS MANAGED. >> REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN
[00:23:16] PLACE WERE MADE FOR THE SPACE RACE ERA.
[00:23:19] THE RULES APPLY TO GOVERNMENTS. IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW THEY APPLY TO
[00:23:23] PRIVATE COMPANIES, WHICH IS THE
[00:23:25] MAJORITY OF SATELLITES THAT ARE BEING LAUNCHED. >> Reporter: SHE SAYS THAT WORK
[00:23:28] IS IN PROGRESS AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL TO COME UP
[00:23:31] WITH RULES, BUT THEY NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO KEEP SPACE
[00:23:35] ACCESSIBLE FOR FUTURE SAFE
[00:23:38] EXPLORATION.
[00:23:39] NATALIA WEXSCHEL, CBC NEWS,
[00:23:43] MONTRÉAL. >> Paul: THE GORDIE HOWE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE IS NOW OPEN
[00:23:46] TO PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES AND DOZENS LINED UP TODAY TO BE THE
[00:23:49] FIRST TO WALK AND CYCLE ACROSS.
[00:23:54] THE NEW BRIDGE CONNECTING
[00:23:55] WINDSOR TO DETROIT, SPANS TWO
[00:24:00] AND A HALF KILOMETRES SO THAT'S A GOOD AMOUNT OF EXERCISE THERE.
[00:24:03] IT TAKES ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO CROSS ON FOOT.
[00:24:07] ABOUT 20 MINUTES BY BIKE. >> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND EVERYBODY IS SMILING AND GREAT
[00:24:10] TO BE AMONG FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS. THIS IS SUCH A UNIQUE AND
[00:24:14] SPECIAL THING HERE IN DETROIT AND WINDSOR, BOTH SIDES OF THE STRAIT.
[00:24:17] SO, NO, I'M FEELING HONOURED TO BE PART OF IT. >> Paul: AUTHORITIES DO REMIND
[00:24:21] PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR TRAVEL DOCUMENTS IF THEY PLAN TO MAKE
[00:24:24] THE TREK. >>> WELL, NOT ONLY DID THEY LINE
[00:24:27] UP FOR THE BRIDGE, SOME TOOK
[00:24:29] THAT END ENDEAVOUR TO THE NEXT
[00:24:32] LEVEL. >> PRETTY MUCH 28 HOURS OF WHEN
[00:24:35] IT WAS ABOUT TO OPEN. >> Paul: THE LENGTH THAT HE WENT
[00:24:37] TO BE THE FIRST CYCLIST TO CROSS.
[00:24:41] >>> PLUS, LLOYD ROBERTSON WAS A
[00:24:44] TRUSTED VOICE FOR CANADIANS FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY.
[00:24:48] >> AND THAT'S THE KIND OF DAY
[00:24:49] IT'S BEEN FOR ALL OF US AT CTV
[00:24:53] NEWS. GOOD NIGHT.
[00:24:57] >> Paul: PETER MANSBRIDGE AND LISA LaFLAMME REFLECT ON HIS LEGACY.
[00:25:00] >>> AND A YOUNG TENNIS PHENOM
[00:25:04] HAS ALL EYES ON THE COURT.
[00:25:06] >> LET'S GO! WOO!
[00:25:10] >> Paul: THE BUZZ AROUND THE RISING STAR. WE'RE BACK IN
[00:29:54] TORONTO. >> Paul: TONIGHT PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY IS ONE OF MANY
[00:29:58] CANADIANS REFLECTING ON THE SIX-DECADE CAREER OF NEWS ANCHOR
[00:30:02] AND JOURNALIST LLOYD ROBERTSON. A STATEMENT FROM THE PRIME
[00:30:05] MINISTER READS IN PART, "HE WAS A FAMILIAR FACE IN OUR LIVING
[00:30:09] ROOMS, A REASSURING VOICE IN MOMENTS OF UNCERTAINTY, AND A
[00:30:12] CALM AND STEADY PRESENCE THROUGH THE MOMENTS THAT SHAPED OUR NATION.
[00:30:16] HE HELPED TO SAFEGUARD A FREE
[00:30:18] AND VIGOROUS FOURTH ESTATE."
[00:30:23] >> THE ONE WORD THAT KEEPS TALKING ABOUT IS TRUST. AND YOU DON'T HEAR PEOPLE TALK
[00:30:27] ABOUT TRUST IN MEDIA ANYMORE.
[00:30:28] >> Paul: JUST AHEAD, TWO OF
[00:30:31] ROBERTSON'S FORMER COLLEAGUES TELLS US HOW HE BLAZED A TRAIL
[00:30:34] FOR THEM AND SO MANY OTHERS. LISA A
[00:33:14] >> Paul: WHAT LLOYD ROBERTSON'S SIX-DECADE MEANT FOR THIS
[00:33:17] COUNTRY AND FOR BROADCAST JOURNALISM.
[00:33:20] FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF
[00:33:22] TELEVISION, ROBERTSON HONED HIS SKILLS HERE AT CBC NEWS,
[00:33:25] INCLUDING SIX YEARS AS HOST OF THIS PROGRAMME.
[00:33:29] THEN HE MADE THE NEWS BY JUMPING
[00:33:32] TO CTV. >> MONEY WAS NOT THE ISSUE.
[00:33:36] >> Reporter: BUT WHAT ABOUT THAT IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP, AND YOU
[00:33:40] PLAYED A LOT OF GOLF WITH BILL CLINTON. WE DON'T SEE YOU THAT MUCH.
[00:33:44] >> Paul: WITH HIS DEATH AT AGE
[00:33:45] 92, WE REACHED OUT TO LISA LaFLAMME, HIS SUCCESSOR AS
[00:33:49] CHIEF ANCHOR. AND PETER MANSBRIDGE, THE CHIEF
[00:33:53] CORRESPONDENT HERE AT CBC NEWS. LISA, PETER, I MEAN, THE REASON
[00:33:56] THAT WE'RE SPEAKING WITH BOTH OF YOU TONIGHT IS BECAUSE YOU EACH
[00:34:00] KNEW LLOYD VERY WELL. SO I JUST WANT TO BEGIN WITH CONDOLENCES TO BOTH OF YOU FOR
[00:34:04] YOUR FRIEND.
[00:34:05] BUT, LISA, YOU HAD A VERY CLOSE
[00:34:08] WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH LLOYD AT CTV. I MEAN, WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS
[00:34:11] WHEN YOU HEARD THE NEWS YESTERDAY? >> WELL, IMMEDIATE SADNESS.
[00:34:15] I HAVE TO SAY WHEN HIS DAUGHTERS
[00:34:18] CALLED ME, I JUST KNEW.
[00:34:20] AND IT'S THAT CALL THAT YOU DREAD RECEIVING, BECAUSE HOW DO
[00:34:24] YOU SAY GOODBYE TO SOMEONE LIKE
[00:34:27] LLOYD ROBERTSON? AND I KNOW THAT THE COUNTRY,
[00:34:31] MILLIONS OF CANADIANS, SAW HIM
[00:34:33] AS A LEGENDARY BROADCASTER, WHICH HE WAS.
[00:34:36] BUT FOR ME HE WAS TRULY A
[00:34:41] CHERISHED FRIEND, MY FAVOURITE
[00:34:43] TEACHER, UM, AND THE STEADY HAND
[00:34:46] FOR WELL OVER 35 YEARS.
[00:34:48] AND I JUST OWE HIM SO MUCH IN MY
[00:34:51] LIFE, AND I AM JUST DEEPLY
[00:34:54] SADDENED FOR -- FOR HIS FAMILY,
[00:34:56] THEIR LOSS, AND ALSO IT TOOK ME
[00:35:00] BACK -- I LET MY MIND JUST
[00:35:03] WANDER TO YEARS AND YEARS OF STORIES THAT WE COVERED TOGETHER.
[00:35:07] AND THE TOUGHEST TIMES -- SOME
[00:35:09] OF THE FUNNIEST TIMES. THERE'S JUST SO MUCH AS YOU SAY
[00:35:13] ATTACHED TO THAT -- THE RELATIONSHIP THAT I'VE ALWAYS
[00:35:15] HAD WITH LLOYD. TRULY AS MY MENTOR.
[00:35:19] >> Paul: AND, PETER, I MEAN, LOOK, YOU WERE A COMPETITOR OF
[00:35:23] LLOYDS AT 10:00 ON CBC YOU WERE
[00:35:25] ANCHORING THIS SHOW AND AT 11:00 THERE'S LLOYD ANCHORING THE BIG
[00:35:29] SHOW AT CTV FOR YEARS. BUT YOU ACTUALLY BOTH WORKED
[00:35:32] TOGETHER AT CBC EARLY ON ON.
[00:35:34] BUT HE CAME A COMPETITOR BUT HE WAS ALSO A COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND
[00:35:38] AS WELL. I WONDER WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS WERE
[00:35:40] AS WELL AS YOU HEARD THE NEW?
[00:35:44] >> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY. A RIVAL AT TIMES BUT A FRIEND ALWAYS.
[00:35:46] WE FIRST WORKED TOGETHER IN 1970 WHEN HE WAS THE ANCHOR OF THE
[00:35:50] CBC RADIO NEWS AND I WAS, YOU
[00:35:52] KNOW, A FLEDGLING YOUNG REPORTER
[00:35:55] IN CHURCHILL, MANITOBA. AND HE WAS ANCHORING THE ROYAL
[00:35:58] TOUR OF 1970. AND I WAS ONE OF THE REPORTERS
[00:36:02] ON THE TOUR. SO THAT'S WHEN I FIRST GOT TO
[00:36:05] MEET HIM. AND HE TOOK ME ASIDE, THE SAME
[00:36:07] WAY THAT HE TOOK LISA ASIDE AND OTHERS OVER THE YEARS AND SAID,
[00:36:11] YOU KNOW, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW? HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
[00:36:15] AND HE WAS ALWAYS THAT WAY. AND FOR SIX YEARS WHILE HE WAS
[00:36:18] STILL AT CBC, WE BOTH MOVED INTO TELEVISION AND WE DID PROGRAMMES
[00:36:22] TOGETHER. AND HE WAS THE SAME WAY.
[00:36:23] HE WAS ALSO -- WHEN I GOT THE
[00:36:27] TOP CBC JOB IN 1988, THE FIRST PHONE CALL THAT I GOT WAS FROM
[00:36:31] LLOYD OVER AT CTV, WISHING ME LUCK AND SAYING, YOU KNOW,
[00:36:35] ANYTIME THAT YOU NEED ANY HELP,
[00:36:36] JUST CALL ME. >> Paul: INTERESTING.
[00:36:40] I'VE GOT A CLIP TO PLAY HERE
[00:36:42] FROM A CBC TALK SHOW IN 1976.
[00:36:45] BUT PICK IT UP AFTERWARDS BUT LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.
[00:36:48] >> NO LONGER GOING TO BE THE MAN
[00:36:50] WHO HOLDS THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS
[00:36:54] ON-CAMERA POST AT THE CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION.
[00:36:56] NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU CAN TELL US WHY YOU ARE LEAVING.
[00:37:00] >> THE REASON IS BECAUSE I LOOKED DOWN THE ROAD AND I SAW
[00:37:03] THE SHADOWS OF MORE UNION AT
[00:37:08] CBC. AND CTV NETWORK SAID TOTAL
[00:37:11] FREEDOM, YOU CAN WRITE, YOU GO IN THE FIELD AND REPORT AND YOU
[00:37:13] CAN ANCHOR -- YOU KNOW, YOU WILL HAVE FREEDOM TO DO WHAT YOU WANT
[00:37:17] TO DO. >> Paul: SO THAT'S WHEN LLOYD
[00:37:20] SHOCKED CANADIANS BY QUITTING THE CHIEF JOB OF CBC AND MOVING
[00:37:24] OVER TO CTV AND IN LARGE PART IS
[00:37:27] BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE A TALKING HEAD, RIGHT. LLOYD WANTED TO BE A JOURNALIST
[00:37:31] BACK IN THE 1970s AND CBC NEWS
[00:37:34] ANCHORS WERE ESSENTIALLY ACTORS, RIGHT, AND HE WANTED TO BE MORE THAN THAT.
[00:37:37] SO, PETER, TELL US ABOUT THAT, HOW LLOYD CHANGED THE ROLE OF
[00:37:41] ANCHOR AT CBC, AND WHAT THAT MEANT FOR YOU.
[00:37:44] >> YEAH, IT WAS MORE THEY WERE
[00:37:46] ANNOUNCERS AS OPPOSED TO JOURNALISTS AND THAT'S WHAT
[00:37:49] STUCK IN HIS CRAW, HE WANTED THAT CHANGED. AND MANY OF US WANTED THAT
[00:37:53] CHANGED TOO, BUT GOING UP AGAINST THE UNIONS, IT WASN'T WORKING.
[00:37:57] SO HE MADE THE BIG LEAP OVER TO CTV.
[00:38:00] AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT
[00:38:02] CHANGED THE FACE OF BROADCAST JOURNALISM IN CANADA.
[00:38:05] AT THE TIME PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS JUST ONE PERSON.
[00:38:09] BUT THAT STARTED THE MOVEMENT
[00:38:12] TOWARDS JOURNALISTS AS ANCHORS.
[00:38:13] YOU KNOW, AT THE CBC, IT FINALLY
[00:38:16] CHANGED.
[00:38:18] PETER CANT AND THEN NOTEON NASHH
[00:38:23] AND MYSELF AND NOW ADRIENNE ARSENAULT.
[00:38:26] AND A LOT OF US, INCLUDING LISA
[00:38:28] AND I, CAN THANK LLOYD FOR THAT HAPPENING.
[00:38:31] HE SET THE BAR FOR ALL OF US AS JOURNALISTS AND ANCHORS.
[00:38:35] BUT HE ALSO SET THE BAR THAT
[00:38:39] ANCHORS CAN BE JOURNALISTS.
[00:38:41] IT SEEMS OBVIOUS NOW, BUT BACK
[00:38:43] THEN IT SURE WASN'T. >> Paul: AND, LISA, OF COURSE,
[00:38:47] LLOYD ALSO HELPED TO CARVE A PATH FOR YOU. I REMEMBER THAT THE DAY THAT YOU
[00:38:50] BECAME THE CHIEF ANCHOR AT CTV
[00:38:53] WHEN LLOYD RETIRED. YOU HAD BEEN THE TOP JOURNALIST
[00:38:55] AT THAT NETWORK TO THAT POINT. A BIG PASSING OF THE TORCH THOUGH THAT NIGHT.
[00:38:59] WHAT WAS THAT LIKE STEPPING INTO THAT ROLE? TELL ME ABOUT THE TRANSITION.
[00:39:03] >> JUST FOR CONTEXT, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WHEN LLOYD LEFT
[00:39:07] CBC AND WENT TO CTV, WHICH WAS,
[00:39:09] I THINK, 1976, WHICH IS PROBABLY
[00:39:13] AROUND THE TIME THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF ABOUT GRADE SIX
[00:39:15] THAT I STARTED WATCHING THE 11:00 NEWS EVERY NIGHT.
[00:39:19] SO FOR ME MY ENTIRE CHILDHOOD
[00:39:24] AND RIGHT THROUGH MY LIFE, IT WAS LLOYD.
[00:39:28] SO I KNEW THEY WANTED TO BE A
[00:39:31] JOURNALIST, BUT I COULD NEVER HAVE DREAMED THAT I COULD -- I
[00:39:34] CAN'T EVEN SAY REPLACE HIM -- I STILL CAN'T AFTER ALL OF THESE
[00:39:37] YEARS. BUT BECOME THE NEXT ANCHOR.
[00:39:41] AND REMEMBER THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT HADN'T BEEN DONE.
[00:39:43] LLOYD BELIEVED IN CERTAINLY
[00:39:47] CHAMPIONING WOMEN AND HE CHAMPIONED ME.
[00:39:50] AND HE BELIEVED THAT THERE WERE NO BARRIERS, WHICH WAS VERY
[00:39:54] UNIQUE AT THE TIME.
[00:39:55] HE REALLY WAS TRULY AN
[00:39:59] INCREDIBLE, UM, I KEEP USING THE
[00:40:00] WORD MENTOR, BUT MORE THAN
[00:40:04] THAT -- TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE
[00:40:05] LLOYD ROBERTSON BELIEVE IN YOU
[00:40:08] AND TEACH YOU AND INSTILL IN YOU
[00:40:10] THE IMPORTANCE OF JOURNALISM AND
[00:40:13] THAT TRUTH MATTERS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, PEOPLE MATTER.
[00:40:16] AND THAT IS WHAT I LEARNED FROM HIM.
[00:40:19] AND ON THAT DAY I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.
[00:40:22] I MAY HAVE BEEN SMILING ON THE
[00:40:24] OUTSIDE, BUT I AM GOING TO BE ANCHORING THE CTV NATIONAL NEWS
[00:40:28] AFTER LLOYD ROBERTSON, AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS? I WAS SCARED.
[00:40:31] BUT HE WAS THERE. AND HE WAS THERE EVERY NIGHT.
[00:40:34] AND HE USED TO WRITE ME A NOTE EVERY NIGHT.
[00:40:37] AND ON THE ANNIVERSARY, WHICH
[00:40:38] WAS LABOUR DAY WHEN I STARTED,
[00:40:41] EVERY SINGLE LABOUR DAY NIGHT
[00:40:43] WHEN THAT NEWSCAST ENDED AT
[00:40:45] 11:30 FROM THE MEZZANINE, THERE
[00:40:48] WOULD BE LLOYD AND WENDY FREEMAN
[00:40:50] WHO WAS OUR PRESIDENT JUST TO
[00:40:52] SAY HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, LISA! LIKE, HE WAS JUST ALWAYS THERE.
[00:40:56] AND A GREAT FRIEND THROUGH ALL
[00:40:58] OF IT. >> Paul: AH, YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME CRY, LISA.
[00:41:02] A COUPLE OF LAST POINTS FROM EACH OF YOU. PETER FIRST.
[00:41:05] WHY DID LLOYD MEAN SO MUCH TO
[00:41:08] CANADIANS? >> TRUST. YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT I'VE
[00:41:11] HEARD ALL THROUGHOUT TODAY AND LISTENING TO PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
[00:41:14] LLOYD AND READING ABOUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE ONE WORD THAT
[00:41:18] KEEPS POPPING UP IS TRUST.
[00:41:20] HERE'S WHY THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.
[00:41:23] YOU DON'T HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
[00:41:25] TRUST IN MEDIA MUCH ANYMORE.
[00:41:27] IT'S REALLY TAKEN A HIT OVER THE
[00:41:29] LAST 10, 15 YEARS.
[00:41:32] AND IT NEVER TOOK A HIT WITH LLOYD. HE WAS ALWAYS KNOWN AS THE GUY
[00:41:35] THAT YOU COULD TRUST.
[00:41:38] >> Paul: LISA, A LAST WORD TO YOU, HOW DO YOU THINK THAT LLOYD
[00:41:42] WILL BE REMEMBERED?
[00:41:46] >> I THINK, YOU KNOW, LLOYD'S
[00:41:49] SUPERPOWER REALLY WAS NEVER
[00:41:51] LOSING SIGHT OF WHO WE AS JOURNALISTS WERE WORKING FOR.
[00:41:55] AND WE WERE WORKING FOR CANADIANS.
[00:41:58] TO HELP THEM TO LIVE A CLEARER,
[00:42:01] MORE INFORMED LIFE, WHICH IS A RIGHT.
[00:42:05] AND HE MADE SURE THAT WE ALWAYS
[00:42:08] KEPT THAT IN FOCUS.
[00:42:09] AND I THINK THAT'S HOW HE'LL BE REMEMBERED -- TRUST, CERTAINLY,
[00:42:13] WHICH WE ARE TRAGICALLY SEEING AN EROSION OF.
[00:42:16] AND WE HAVE LONG CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE DECIMATION OF LOCAL NEWSROOMS.
[00:42:20] I KNOW THAT WOULD BE A WHOLE OTHER PANEL TO GET INTO.
[00:42:23] BUT THESE THINGS DEEPLY MATTERED TO HIM.
[00:42:26] THEY MATTERED TO US, HIS TEAM, AND HIS FRIENDS.
[00:42:30] AND I FEEL LIKE FOR HIM WE HAVE
[00:42:33] TO KEEP UP THE FIGHT FOR GOOD,
[00:42:37] HONEST JOURNALISM AND FACTS AND HUMANITY.
[00:42:40] >> Paul: I THINK THAT LLOYD WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS CONVERSATION.
[00:42:44] >> YEAH. >> Paul: THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU, LISA, PETER, THANK YOU.
[00:42:47] >> THANK YOU, PAUL, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
[00:42:49] TAKE CARE.
[00:42:54] (♪)
[00:46:05] >> Paul: WHEN A LONDON, U.K.
[00:46:10] NEIGHBOURHOOD NEEDED A FLOODING SOLUTION, A COMMUNITY GROUP SUGGESTED BRINGING IF BEAVERS
[00:46:14] AND IT WORKED. THE BEEFS WERE BROUGHT IN AS
[00:46:17] PART OF A RE-WILDING INITIATIVE,
[00:46:19] BUT THEY ALSO STOPPED A TUBE STATION FROM FLOODING.
[00:46:22] IN THE SPRING BRIAR STEWART FOUND OUT HOW THESE RODENTS
[00:46:25] SAVED THE DAY. (♪)
[00:46:27] >> Reporter: THIS IS THE MOMENT
[00:46:30] THAT PATIENCE PAID OFF.
[00:46:31] WHEN A CROWD WAS SILENCED BY THE
[00:46:34] RUSTLING IN THE BUSH. (♪)
[00:46:37] AS ONE OF LONDON'S NEWEST
[00:46:39] BEAVERS WADDLED INTO VIEW.
[00:46:42] SO WE'RE ALL CROUCHED DOWN HERE AND BEING REALLY, REALLY QUIET,
[00:46:46] BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING A VERY GOOD VIEW OF MAMA BEAVER JUST
[00:46:49] OVER THERE IN THE TREES JUST
[00:46:51] GOING TO TOWN ON THE BRANCHES.
[00:46:54] (♪) MEET WILLOW, ONE OF THE CITY'S ONLY WILD BEAVERS.
[00:46:58] A NURSING MOM WHO SEEMINGLY COULDN'T CARE LESS THAT WE'RE
[00:47:02] ALL WATCHING AND RECORDING HER EVENING MEAL.
[00:47:06] (♪)
[00:47:06] WE EVEN GOT A GOOD VIEW OF HER
[00:47:11] IRON-ENRICHED ORANGE TEETH.
[00:47:13] SHE'S ONE OF FIVE BEAVERS WHO
[00:47:16] WERE MOVED FROM SCOTLAND TO THIS GREEN SPACE LESS THAN 10
[00:47:20] KILOMETRES FROM HEATHROW AIRPORT IN 2023.
[00:47:23] >> MOM, WILLOW, HEAVIEST BEAVER TO BE MOVED IN THE COUNTRY, WAS
[00:47:27] TRANS-LOCATED AND SHE WEIGHED 30 KILOGRAMS.
[00:47:30] I'M SURE THAT SHE WEIGHS A LITTLE BIT NOW BUT I DON'T WANT
[00:47:33] TO BODY SHAME HER. BUT SHE'S A BIG MOM. (♪)
[00:47:36] >> Reporter: AND SHE'S THE MATRIARCH OF A BEAVER COLONY WHO
[00:47:40] HAS HELPED TO SOLVE A PROBLEM BY
[00:47:41] DOING WHAT BEAVERS DO. (♪)
[00:47:45] BUILDING DAMS TO CONTROL THE FLOW OF WATER.
[00:47:49] DURING HEAVY RAINFALL, THE URBAN
[00:47:51] AREA AROUND THIS PARK USED TO
[00:47:54] ROUTINELY FLOOD.
[00:47:57] INCLUDING THE LOCAL TUBE STATION.
[00:47:59] THE COUNCIL HAD ALREADY PLANNED EXPENSIVE ENGINEERING WORKS,
[00:48:03] WHEN SEVERAL COMMUNITY GROUPS PITCHED AN IDEA.
[00:48:06] TRY LEAVING IT TO THE BEAVERS. AFTER THEY WERE RELEASED INTO
[00:48:10] THIS WETLAND AT THE END OF 2023,
[00:48:13] THE FLOODING AT THE TUBE STATION
[00:48:15] SEEMS TO HAVE STOPPED.
[00:48:17] IAND THAT IS DUE TO THE BEAVER?
[00:48:20] >> YEAH, EVERYTHING DOWNSTREAM IS MUCH MORE PROTECTED FROM FLOODING THAN IT WAS BEFORE, ALL
[00:48:24] BECAUSE THEY WERE TO HOLD THAT WATER BACK SO THAT THEY HAVE
[00:48:27] ENOUGH WATER TO SWIM IN AND TO FEEL SAFE. >> Reporter: AND THAT'S NOT THE ONLY POSITIVE.
[00:48:31] >> IT'S A LITTLE BIT WILDERNESS LIKE. >> Reporter: THAT'S THE POINT,
[00:48:35] ISN'T IT? SHE'S AN URBAN BEAVER OFFICER.
[00:48:37] IT'S A NEW ROLE DESIGNED TO HELP TO ENGAGE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC
[00:48:41] ABOUT THE BEAVERS. (♪)
[00:48:44] SHE SAYS THAT BIODIVERSITY AT THE SITE HAS ALSO IMPROVED.
[00:48:48] SHE'S NOW SEEING FISH AND MORE
[00:48:50] BIRDS SINCE THE BEAVERS MOVED IN.
[00:48:53] SO IT'S BEEN 400 YEARS SINCE THE
[00:48:57] BEAVERS WERE LAST LIVING IN LONDON, AND LIKE REST OF THE
[00:49:00] U.K. THEY HAD DISAPPEARED BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN HUNTED FOR
[00:49:02] THEIR FUR AND FOR THEIR MEAT AND FOR THEIR MUSK.
[00:49:06] THE BEAVER PROJECT AS THIS IS CALLED IS PART OF A GROWING PLAN
[00:49:09] TO TRY AND TO RE-WILD BRITAIN.
[00:49:12] AND IN PARTICULAR THE SPRAWLING
[00:49:15] CONGESTED CAPITAL, THE CITY'S MAYOR SAYS THAT HE'S MAKING IT A
[00:49:19] PRIORITY. >> WE ARE BOOSTING OUR
[00:49:22] BIODIVERSITY AND PREVENTING FLOODS. AND IT'S AN ISSUE OF SOCIAL
[00:49:26] JUSTICE BECAUSE MANY LONDONERS DON'T HAVE A GARDEN.
[00:49:29] >> Reporter: THE PROJECT IS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AND A FEW
[00:49:32] TIMES A WEEK THEY RUN SOLD-OUT BEAVER SAFARIS.
[00:49:36] >> THEY'RE STILL GOING! >> Reporter: WHERE THEY GET SOME
[00:49:40] OF THE BACKGROUND. FOR INSTANCE, THE BEAVERS HERE
[00:49:44] ARE THE EURASIAN SPECIES AND NOT
[00:49:46] THE SAME KIND THAT YOU SEE IN CANADA.
[00:49:49] SOME ARE SO KEEN THAT THEY EVEN PICK UP A SOUVENIR.
[00:49:53] MANY LIKE AMANDA RAM CAME HERE AFTER LEARNING ABOUT THE SITE --
[00:49:56] >> YOU HEAR THAT?
[00:49:58] >> Reporter: FROM A DOCUMENTARY
[00:50:03] CALLED "WILD LONDON." >> THERE'S LIKE A McDONALD'S
[00:50:07] HERE AND A T.J. MAXX AND THERE'S
[00:50:11] A PROJECT THAT YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT TO BE IN THIS PARK. THEY MADE THIS AMAZING LANDSCAPE
[00:50:15] AS WELL. AND THAT'S WHAT BEEFS DO, ISN'T
[00:50:17] IT, THEY MAKE THINGS BARE. >> Reporter: IT'S BELIEVED THAT
[00:50:19] THERE'S AT LEAST EIGHT BEAVERS NOW AT THIS SITE.
[00:50:23] THIS MOM HAS HAD MORE THAN FOUR KITS, INCLUDING TWO THAT THE
[00:50:26] PROJECT STAFF CALL CHEWY AND
[00:50:30] CHOMPY. AND IT'S STILL A MYSTERY HOW MANY SHE'S HAD THIS YEAR.
[00:50:34] >> SHE'S BEAUTIFUL, ISN'T SHE? SHE'S STUNNING AND I'M SO LUCKY
[00:50:37] TO HAVE SEEN HER. YEAH. WE'RE PRIVILEGED.
[00:50:40] >> Reporter: I'M FROM CANADA AND THAT'S THE CLOSEST THAT I HAVE
[00:50:43] EVER SEEN A BEAVER, SO THERE YOU GO.
[00:50:46] >> YOU HAD TO GO WEST OF LONDON TO SEE ONE.
[00:50:49] >> I HAVE SEEN ONE UPCLOSE BEFORE BUT NEVER FOR THIS LONG.
[00:50:53] I'M HOPING THAT IT WILL INSPIRE OTHER PROJECTS BUT IT WILL PROVE TO MORE AND MORE PEOPLE THAT
[00:50:57] PEOPLE AND BEINGS CAN LIVE TOGETHER IN AN URBAN LANDSCAPE
[00:51:01] ACROSS DIFFERENT AREAS OF LONDON AND WHO KNOWS WHERE ELSE.
[00:51:04] >> Reporter: A NEW BEAVER PROJECT IS NOW IN THE WORKS FOR
[00:51:08] SOUTH LONDON, EVEN AS THIS
[00:51:10] COLONY CONTINUES TO GROW.
[00:51:12] (♪) >> Paul: COMING UP, A WINDSOR
[00:51:16] MAN CAMPS OUT IN FRONT OF THE GORDIE HOWE BRIDGE.
[00:51:20] >> GOT TO BE A MAN OF MY WORD AND ACTUALLY DO THIS.
[00:51:23] >> Paul: WHY HE WAITED MORE THAN 28 HOURS FOR IT TO OPEN TO
[00:51:27] PEDESTRIANS IS NEXT IN OUR
[00:54:44] (♪) >> Paul: THIS IS JUSTIN BELMORE
[00:54:48] CAMPING OUT IN FRONT OF THE GORDIE HOWE BRIDGE. HE WAS IN THAT VERY SPOT FOR
[00:54:52] MORE THAN 28 HOURS, WAITING FOR IT TO OPEN TO PEDESTRIANS AND
[00:54:55] BIKERS. FOR MONTHS HE TOLD HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT HE WAS GOING TO
[00:54:59] BE THE FIRST TO BIKE ACROSS THE BRIDGE.
[00:55:02] AND HE KEPT HIS WORD.
[00:55:03] THAT VERY FIRST RIDE MAKES OUR
[00:55:06] "MOMENT." (♪)
[00:55:09] >> I WAS KIND OF JUST CAMPING OUT FROM LAST NIGHT IN FRONT OF
[00:55:13] THE GORDIE HOWE BRIDGE. I WAS JUST KIND OF JOKING AROUND
[00:55:16] WITH PEOPLE THEY WANTED TO BE, LIKE, THE FIRST TO CROSS IT ON A BIKE.
[00:55:19] I'VE GOT TO BE A M MAN OF MY WOD AND ACTUALLY DO.
[00:55:23] THIS I WAS THERE PRETTY MUCH 28 HOURS AHEAD OF WHEN IT WAS ABOUT
[00:55:27] TO OPEN. IT WORKED WELL TOO WELL BECAUSE
[00:55:30] I REALLY COULD HAVE GAVE MYSELF
[00:55:32] AT LEAST HALF OF THAT.
[00:55:34] BUT EXPECTING SOMEONE AT SOME
[00:55:36] POINT YESTERDAY BUT AND THERE WAS STILL NO ONE.
[00:55:39] WHEN IT OPENED PEOPLE STARTED SHOWING UP.
[00:55:42] YOU COULD FEEL THE EXCITEMENT BUILDING.
[00:55:45] AND I WAS THE FIRST PERSON ON MY
[00:55:48] BIKE AND JUST KIND OF RODE AS
[00:55:53] FAST AS I COULD. AND I WENT THROUGH CUSTOMS WITH
[00:55:56] A GRANOLA BAR AND I DON'T KNOW
[00:55:58] IF I HAVE TO DECLARE THIS, BUT I WILL.
[00:56:00] AND IT'S CRAZY THAT I CAMPED OUT FOR THAT LONG, BUT TO BE FIRST
[00:56:04] ONE IS AWESOME. >> Paul: THAT'S DETERMINATION, MAN.
[00:56:06] IT'S THE NEW GORDIE HOWE HAT
[00:56:10] TRICK, A BRIDGE AND A BIKE AND JUSTIN BELMORE, RIGHT?
[00:56:13] >>> FROM ALL OF US HERE AT "THE NATIONAL," THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
[00:56:17] I'M PAUL HUNTER. TAKE CARE.
[00:56:20] (♪)