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00:13:05CANADIAN STUDENTS.
00:13:07>>> A DEADLY NIGHT IN KYIV AS
00:13:09RUSSIA UNLEASHED A BARRAGE OF ATTACKS ON THE UKRAINIAN
00:13:13CAPITAL. AND AS NAHLAH AYED SHOWS US,
00:13:17UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT BLAMES THE
00:13:18U.S. FOR NOT SENDING MORE HELP.
00:13:21>> Reporter: IN A SUMMER FULL OF TERRIBLE NIGHTS, FOR KYIV THIS
00:13:25WAS ONE OF THE WORST.
00:13:27JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT, A BARRAGE OF RUSSIAN MISSILES.
00:13:31UKRAINUKRAINIAN FORCES CONCEDEDY
00:13:36COULDN'T STOP A SINGLE ONE. ON THE GROUND THE CONSEQUENCES
00:13:39WERE SEARING. AT LEAST 17 PEOPLE KILLED, AND
00:13:43DOZENS INJURED. THE TARGETS INCLUDED WAREHOUSES
00:13:46AND THE RAILWAY STATION.
00:13:49VICTIMS' BODIES THERE WERE ONLY RETRIEVED IN DAYLIGHT.
00:13:53UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY SAID "THOSE LIVES
00:13:56COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED IF KYIV HAD THE MISSILE INTERCEPTORS
00:14:00THAT 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. ."
00:14:12THE SHORTAGE OF AMERICAN-MAID
00:14:14PATRIOT MISSILED IS BLAMEED ON
00:14:16THE 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
00:14:22SUGGESTION THAT HE MAY SUPPORT UKRAINE MAKING PATRIOTS IN
00:14:26UKRAINE. >> THE COMBINATION -- >> Reporter: BUT EXPERTS SAY
00:14:29THAT RUSSIA IS CLEARLY
00:14:32EXPLOITING UKRAINE'S VULNERABILITY. >> THE MISSILE ATTACKS IS ONE
00:14:35AREA WHERE RUSSIA HAS A SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE, AND,
00:14:38UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT JUST CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
00:14:41BUT IT IS AFFECTING, UM, ORDINARY UKRAINIAN CITIZENS THAT
00:14:45ARE BEING KILLED. >> Reporter: AND CIVILIANS ARE
00:14:47KEENLY AWARE OF THE ESCALATION.
00:14:50>> IT WAS SO SCARY, I MUST SAY.
00:14:52THIS WAS MY SCARIEST NIGHT DURING THE FIVE YEARS.
00:14:56MY SCARIEST NIGHT.
00:15:00[ALARMS] >> Reporter: ZELENSKYY HAS
00:15:02RELEASED ORELEASERELEASING ON TE
00:15:10BEFORE EXPLODING AND CAUSING HIM SERIOUS INJURIES.
00:15:13IT'S TERRIFYING, OF COURSE, SAYS
00:15:16THE MAN IDENTIFIED ONLY AS URI, REALLY TERRIFYING.
00:15:20>>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE). >> Reporter: AND ALREADY TERRIFYING CONFLICT IS TAKING
00:15:24YET ANOTHER DANGEROUS TURN.
00:15:26NAHLAH AYED, CBC NEWS, LONDON.
00:15:29>> Paul: AND A SHOCKING DISCOVERY AT THE AIRPORT WHERE
00:15:33GERMAN POLICE SAY THEY FOUND AND
00:15:36DISMANTLED AN EXPLOSIVE DRONE CLOSE TO THE RUNWAY.
00:15:38A DIVERTED CARGO PLANE THEN HIT
00:15:42AN UNKNOWN OBJECT BEFORE LANDING SAFELY NEARBY.
00:15:45THE AIRPORT IS A MAJOR HUB FOR
00:15:48DHL BUT ALSO FOR UKRAINE'S AIRLINES.
00:15:51GERMANY HAS OPENED UP A
00:15:53COUNTERTERRORISM INVESTIGATION.
00:15:55>>> AND IN CENTRAL LONDON, AN
00:15:58AIR AMBULANCE WAS CALLED IN AFTER FOUR PEOPLE WERE STABBED
00:16:01IN COVENANT GARDEN, AN AREA THAT
00:16:03IS HUGELY POPULAR WITH TOURISTS.
00:16:05THEY SAY THAT THE INJURIES ARE NOT BELIEVED TO BE LIFE-THREATENING.
00:16:09AND A 47-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS
00:16:12ARRESTED AND POLICE SAY THEY BELIEVE THAT IT WAS AN ISOLATED
00:16:16INCIDENT. >>> A NEWCOMER IS SHAPING UP THE
00:16:19PARTY, AND HE NARROWLY WON THE
00:16:22MICHIGAN STATE PRIMARY. AND TOM PARRY ON THE DEBATE THAT
00:16:26HIS VICTORY REIGNITED AND THE TEST AHEAD.
00:16:29>> ABDULLAH SEID! >> Reporter: A RACE SO CLOSE THAT THE WINNER WAS ONLY
00:16:32DECLARED THE MORNING AFTER. THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS IN
00:16:35MICHIGAN NARROWLY CHOOSING
00:16:38PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE ABDUL
00:16:44AL-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
00:16:52STEVENS WHO WAS BACKED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ESTABLISHMENT,
00:16:55AND WHOSE CAMPAIGN RECEIVED TENS
00:16:57OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM OUTSIDE POLITICAL ACTION
00:17:00COMMITTEES, INCLUDING APAC, THE
00:17:04PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY.
00:17:04ARCH L-SAID IS A STAUNCH CRITIC
00:17:08OF ISRAEL AND THE WAR IN GAZA. HIS PROMISES INCLUDE GETTING
00:17:12MONEY OUT OF POLITICS THROUGH CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM AND MEDICARE FOR ALL.
00:17:16AND THE FEAR FOR SOME DEMOCRATS THAT ANY CANADA SEEN AS TOO
00:17:20PROGRESSIVE WILL HURT THEIR CHANCES OF WINNING THE HOUSE AND
00:17:23SENATE IN NOVEMBER. >> I THINK THAT THERE IS THAT
00:17:26FEAR, UM, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE SEEN MODERATE DEMOCRATS, YOU KNOW,
00:17:30MOVE TO THE CENTRE AND LOSE THE ELECTION JUST THE SAME WAY.
00:17:33I THINK THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE SAW WITH KAMALA HARRIS IN 2024.
00:17:37>> THE MOST RADICAL SENATE CANDIDATE -- >> Reporter: REPUBLICANS ARE
00:17:40ALREADY PORTRAYING EL-SAYED AS DANGEROUS.
00:17:44HIS REPUBLICAN OPPONENT GOING ON FOX NEWS TO WARN THE DEMOCRATIC
00:17:47PARTY HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY SOCIALISTS. >> THIS IS REALLY ABOUT THE
00:17:50HEART AND THE SOUL OF OUR COUNTRY.
00:17:53I HAVE NEVER SEEN SOMEONE SO
00:17:55RADICAL, SO EXTREME, GET
00:17:57NOMINATED BY A POLITICAL PARTY.
00:18:00>> Reporter: U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TAKING THE ATTACK
00:18:03ON EL-SAYED TO AN EVEN DARKER
00:18:08PLACE. >> President Trump: HE DOESN'T LOVE ISRAEL, HE DOESN'T LOVE
00:18:11JEWISH PEOPLE -- HE HATES THEM. HE HATES THEM WITH A PASSION
00:18:14THAT BURNS IN HIS HEART AND THERE'S NOT A FRICKIN' THING
00:18:18THAT HE CAN DO ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: WITH THREE MONTHS
00:18:20TO GO BEFORE THE MIDTERMS AND SO MUCH AT STAKE, EXPECT THIS FIGHT
00:18:23TO BECOME MORE INTENSE. AND EVEN MORE UGLY.
00:18:26TOM PARRY, CBC NEWS, WASHINGTON.
00:18:31>> Paul: THE LARGEST KNOWN CYCLOSPORA OUTBREAK IN U.S.
00:18:34HISTORY HAS EXPANDED. AND THE CDC SAY THAT IT'S NOW
00:18:38LINKED TO 15 STATES, THAT'S UP FROM NINE LAST MONTH.
00:18:42THE MAIN SOURCE IS ICEBERG LETTUCE FROM CENTRAL MEXICO, NOW
00:18:46RECALLED. MORE THAN 10,000 CASES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.
00:18:50>>> CELEBRITY GOSSIP BLOGGER
00:18:53PARIS HILTON IS IN HOSPITAL TONIGHT AFTER REPORTS THAT HE
00:18:55WAS HARMING HIMSELF LIVE ON
00:18:57SOCIAL MEDIA. AS MAKDA GHEBRESLASSIE EXPLAINS,
00:19:01AFTER THE DISTURBING VIDEO WAS WITNESSED WITHOUT WARNING,
00:19:04THERE'S CONCERN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN IT.
00:19:07>> HELLO, MY FRIEND, IT'S PÉREZ,
00:19:10THE ORIGINAL INFLUENCER. >> Reporter: ONLINE PÉREZ HILTON
00:19:13HAS BEEN DELIVERING UNFILTERED
00:19:16CELEBRITY GOSSIP SINCE THE EARLY 2000s BUT NOW A TRAGIC HEADLINE.
00:19:20ON TUESDAY WHILE LIVE ON TikTok, THE 48-YEAR-OLD
00:19:23APPEARED TO HARM HIMSELF FROM
00:19:25HIS MIAMI HOME. CLIPS OF THE VIOLENCE SHOWING UP
00:19:28ON OTHER PLATFORMS TOO. >> I VISIBLY, LIKE, STARTED
00:19:32SHAKING 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.
00:19:40HILTON'S FAMILY CONFIRMED THAT HE'S RECEIVING MEDICAL CARE IN
00:19:42HOSPITAL BUT NOW THIS CONTENT CREATOR IS AMONG THE MANY
00:19:46WORRYING ABOUT THE LASTING EFFECTS. >> I HOPE THAT HE'S OKAY AND I
00:19:49PRAY FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY. THAT IS JUST AWFUL.
00:19:52BUT ALL OF THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO GET
00:19:55THIS DOMINO EFFECT OF TRAUMATIZATION. >> Reporter: IT'S A CONCERN THAT
00:19:59IS SHARED BY HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS.
00:20:01>> IF YOU SEE A BEHAVIOUR, UM,
00:20:03ESPECIALLY IN SOMEBODY WHO HAS
00:20:07CELEBRITY STATUS AND WHO PEOPLE
00:20:08LOOK UP TO, UM, IT CAN LEAD TO
00:20:11IMITATIVE BEHAVIOUR, ESPECIALLY IN YOUNGER PEOPLE. >> Reporter: TikTok IS UNDER
00:20:15FIRE ABOUT ITS RESPONSE TIME. >> DO THEY HAVE SPECIAL RULES
00:20:18FOR LIVE STREAMING? DO THEY ACTUALLY USE A.I. DETECTION TOOLS?
00:20:22AND DO THEY HAVE THIS IN PLACE AND ARE THEY ACTUALLY WORKING?
00:20:25>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO A TikTok U.S. SPOKESPERSON,
00:20:28MODERATION FLAGGED THE LIVE STREAM WITHIN MINUTES.
00:20:32LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS ALERTED AND THE ACCOUNT WAS BANNED AND
00:20:35THOUGH PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAID THAT THE LIVE STREAM WAS UP
00:20:39FOR 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
00:20:45HOW THEY COULD HAVE SPED UP THIS PROCESS. >> Reporter: FOR THOSE CONCERNED
00:20:49ABOUT SEEING GRAPHIC CONTENT
00:20:51ONLINE, THIS HEALTHCARE EXPERT
00:20:54SUGGESTS BLOCKING ANYTHING THAT COULD BE TRIGGERING.
00:20:57>> THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT'S VERY HARD TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM
00:20:59SEEING SPECIFIC THINGS THAT YOU
00:21:01DON'T WANT TO SEE ON SOCIAL
00:21:04MEDIA, UNLESS YOU PROACTIVELY DO
00:21:06IT BEFOREHAND. >> Reporter: MAKDA GHEBRESLASSIE
00:21:10CBC NEWS, TORONTO. >> Paul: AND IF YOU'RE IN NEED
00:21:12OF SUPPORT, THERE'S A THREE-DIGIT SUICIDE CRISIS
00:21:15HOTLINE THAT YOU CAN CALL OR TEXT 988, WHERE HELP IS
00:21:19AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY.
00:21:21>>> WELL, AFTER AN ENORMOUS
00:21:23PIECE OF SPACE DEBRIS SLAMMED INTO THE MOON THIS MORNING AT
00:21:278,700 KILOMETRES AN HOUR, SCIENTISTS ARE SPEAKING OUT
00:21:30ABOUT SAFETY IN SPACE AND HERE
00:21:32ON EITHER.
00:21:36NATALNATALIA WEKS CELL ON THE GG
00:21:42SPACE JUNK. >> Reporter: WHEN IT WAS LAUNCHED LAST YEAR IT SHED
00:21:46UNNECESSARY WEIGHT, LIKE THEY ALL DO. AND THAT SPACE JUNK EITHER
00:21:48BUNCHES UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE OR
00:21:51ENDS UP FLOATING. >> IT WAS JUST LEFT TO PHYSICS,
00:21:55TO HAVE IT CONTINUE ON ITS ORBIT AND TO EVENTUALLY GO WHERE IT
00:21:58MAY. >> Reporter: BUT UNKNOWN FORCES
00:22:01CAUSED A 4,000-KILOGRAM CHUSMG
00:22:04TO GO OFF PATH, SETTING IT ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH THE MOON
00:22:08WEDNESDAY MORNING, ON THE EDGE OF WHAT IS VISIBLE FROM EARTH,
00:22:11NEAR 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
00:22:22WHOLE THING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN. >> IF SOMETHING CRASHES INTO THE
00:22:25MOON AND SORT OF BRINGS UP ALL OF THIS DUST, INCLUDING THE
00:22:29LAYERS THAT ARE UNDERNEATH THE TOPSOIL, WE CAN GET INFORMATION
00:22:32ABOUT THE STRUCTURE, THE COMPOSITION OF THE MOON THAT WE
00:22:35USUALLY WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO. >> Reporter: BUT THIS ASTRONOMER
00:22:38WARNS THAT AS SPACE TRAVEL BECOMES MORE FREQUENT, THAT THE
00:22:41DEBRIS BECOMES INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS.
00:22:44>> LOOKING TO THE FUTURE WHEN
00:22:46THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, MOON BASES,
00:22:49IT 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 --
00:22:59THAT PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ARE VERY DEPENDENT ON.
00:23:03>> Reporter: AND SOMETIMES IT COMES CRASHING BACK DOWN TO EARTH.
00:23:06THIS DEBRIS WAS FOUND ON A FARM IN SASKATCHEWAN.
00:23:09EXPERTS ARE CALLING FOR STRICTER RULES TO GOVERN HOW THIS
00:23:13POLLUTION IS MANAGED. >> REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN
00:23:16PLACE WERE MADE FOR THE SPACE RACE ERA.
00:23:19THE RULES APPLY TO GOVERNMENTS. IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW THEY APPLY TO
00:23:23PRIVATE COMPANIES, WHICH IS THE
00:23:25MAJORITY OF SATELLITES THAT ARE BEING LAUNCHED. >> Reporter: SHE SAYS THAT WORK
00:23:28IS IN PROGRESS AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL TO COME UP
00:23:31WITH RULES, BUT THEY NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO KEEP SPACE
00:23:35ACCESSIBLE FOR FUTURE SAFE
00:23:38EXPLORATION.
00:23:39NATALIA WEXSCHEL, CBC NEWS,
00:23:43MONTRÉAL. >> Paul: THE GORDIE HOWE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE IS NOW OPEN
00:23:46TO PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES AND DOZENS LINED UP TODAY TO BE THE
00:23:49FIRST TO WALK AND CYCLE ACROSS.
00:23:54THE NEW BRIDGE CONNECTING
00:23:55WINDSOR TO DETROIT, SPANS TWO
00:24:00AND A HALF KILOMETRES SO THAT'S A GOOD AMOUNT OF EXERCISE THERE.
00:24:03IT TAKES ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO CROSS ON FOOT.
00:24:07ABOUT 20 MINUTES BY BIKE. >> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND EVERYBODY IS SMILING AND GREAT
00:24:10TO BE AMONG FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS. THIS IS SUCH A UNIQUE AND
00:24:14SPECIAL THING HERE IN DETROIT AND WINDSOR, BOTH SIDES OF THE STRAIT.
00:24:17SO, NO, I'M FEELING HONOURED TO BE PART OF IT. >> Paul: AUTHORITIES DO REMIND
00:24:21PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR TRAVEL DOCUMENTS IF THEY PLAN TO MAKE
00:24:24THE TREK. >>> WELL, NOT ONLY DID THEY LINE
00:24:27UP FOR THE BRIDGE, SOME TOOK
00:24:29THAT END ENDEAVOUR TO THE NEXT
00:24:32LEVEL. >> PRETTY MUCH 28 HOURS OF WHEN
00:24:35IT WAS ABOUT TO OPEN. >> Paul: THE LENGTH THAT HE WENT
00:24:37TO BE THE FIRST CYCLIST TO CROSS.
00:24:41>>> PLUS, LLOYD ROBERTSON WAS A
00:24:44TRUSTED VOICE FOR CANADIANS FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY.
00:24:48>> AND THAT'S THE KIND OF DAY
00:24:49IT'S BEEN FOR ALL OF US AT CTV
00:24:53NEWS. GOOD NIGHT.
00:24:57>> Paul: PETER MANSBRIDGE AND LISA LaFLAMME REFLECT ON HIS LEGACY.
00:25:00>>> AND A YOUNG TENNIS PHENOM
00:25:04HAS 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
00:29:54TORONTO. >> Paul: TONIGHT PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY IS ONE OF MANY
00:29:58CANADIANS REFLECTING ON THE SIX-DECADE CAREER OF NEWS ANCHOR
00:30:02AND JOURNALIST LLOYD ROBERTSON. A STATEMENT FROM THE PRIME
00:30:05MINISTER READS IN PART, "HE WAS A FAMILIAR FACE IN OUR LIVING
00:30:09ROOMS, A REASSURING VOICE IN MOMENTS OF UNCERTAINTY, AND A
00:30:12CALM AND STEADY PRESENCE THROUGH THE MOMENTS THAT SHAPED OUR NATION.
00:30:16HE HELPED TO SAFEGUARD A FREE
00:30:18AND VIGOROUS FOURTH ESTATE."
00:30:23>> THE ONE WORD THAT KEEPS TALKING ABOUT IS TRUST. AND YOU DON'T HEAR PEOPLE TALK
00:30:27ABOUT TRUST IN MEDIA ANYMORE.
00:30:28>> Paul: JUST AHEAD, TWO OF
00:30:31ROBERTSON'S FORMER COLLEAGUES TELLS US HOW HE BLAZED A TRAIL
00:30:34FOR THEM AND SO MANY OTHERS. LISA A
00:33:14>> Paul: WHAT LLOYD ROBERTSON'S SIX-DECADE MEANT FOR THIS
00:33:17COUNTRY AND FOR BROADCAST JOURNALISM.
00:33:20FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF
00:33:22TELEVISION, ROBERTSON HONED HIS SKILLS HERE AT CBC NEWS,
00:33:25INCLUDING SIX YEARS AS HOST OF THIS PROGRAMME.
00:33:29THEN HE MADE THE NEWS BY JUMPING
00:33:32TO CTV. >> MONEY WAS NOT THE ISSUE.
00:33:36>> Reporter: BUT WHAT ABOUT THAT IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP, AND YOU
00:33:40PLAYED A LOT OF GOLF WITH BILL CLINTON. WE DON'T SEE YOU THAT MUCH.
00:33:44>> Paul: WITH HIS DEATH AT AGE
00:33:4592, WE REACHED OUT TO LISA LaFLAMME, HIS SUCCESSOR AS
00:33:49CHIEF ANCHOR. AND PETER MANSBRIDGE, THE CHIEF
00:33:53CORRESPONDENT HERE AT CBC NEWS. LISA, PETER, I MEAN, THE REASON
00:33:56THAT WE'RE SPEAKING WITH BOTH OF YOU TONIGHT IS BECAUSE YOU EACH
00:34:00KNEW LLOYD VERY WELL. SO I JUST WANT TO BEGIN WITH CONDOLENCES TO BOTH OF YOU FOR
00:34:04YOUR FRIEND.
00:34:05BUT, LISA, YOU HAD A VERY CLOSE
00:34:08WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH LLOYD AT CTV. I MEAN, WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS
00:34:11WHEN YOU HEARD THE NEWS YESTERDAY? >> WELL, IMMEDIATE SADNESS.
00:34:15I HAVE TO SAY WHEN HIS DAUGHTERS
00:34:18CALLED ME, I JUST KNEW.
00:34:20AND IT'S THAT CALL THAT YOU DREAD RECEIVING, BECAUSE HOW DO
00:34:24YOU SAY GOODBYE TO SOMEONE LIKE
00:34:27LLOYD ROBERTSON? AND I KNOW THAT THE COUNTRY,
00:34:31MILLIONS OF CANADIANS, SAW HIM
00:34:33AS A LEGENDARY BROADCASTER, WHICH HE WAS.
00:34:36BUT FOR ME HE WAS TRULY A
00:34:41CHERISHED FRIEND, MY FAVOURITE
00:34:43TEACHER, UM, AND THE STEADY HAND
00:34:46FOR WELL OVER 35 YEARS.
00:34:48AND I JUST OWE HIM SO MUCH IN MY
00:34:51LIFE, AND I AM JUST DEEPLY
00:34:54SADDENED FOR -- FOR HIS FAMILY,
00:34:56THEIR LOSS, AND ALSO IT TOOK ME
00:35:00BACK -- I LET MY MIND JUST
00:35:03WANDER TO YEARS AND YEARS OF STORIES THAT WE COVERED TOGETHER.
00:35:07AND THE TOUGHEST TIMES -- SOME
00:35:09OF THE FUNNIEST TIMES. THERE'S JUST SO MUCH AS YOU SAY
00:35:13ATTACHED TO THAT -- THE RELATIONSHIP THAT I'VE ALWAYS
00:35:15HAD WITH LLOYD. TRULY AS MY MENTOR.
00:35:19>> Paul: AND, PETER, I MEAN, LOOK, YOU WERE A COMPETITOR OF
00:35:23LLOYDS AT 10:00 ON CBC YOU WERE
00:35:25ANCHORING THIS SHOW AND AT 11:00 THERE'S LLOYD ANCHORING THE BIG
00:35:29SHOW AT CTV FOR YEARS. BUT YOU ACTUALLY BOTH WORKED
00:35:32TOGETHER AT CBC EARLY ON ON.
00:35:34BUT HE CAME A COMPETITOR BUT HE WAS ALSO A COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND
00:35:38AS WELL. I WONDER WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS WERE
00:35:40AS WELL AS YOU HEARD THE NEW?
00:35:44>> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY. A RIVAL AT TIMES BUT A FRIEND ALWAYS.
00:35:46WE FIRST WORKED TOGETHER IN 1970 WHEN HE WAS THE ANCHOR OF THE
00:35:50CBC RADIO NEWS AND I WAS, YOU
00:35:52KNOW, A FLEDGLING YOUNG REPORTER
00:35:55IN CHURCHILL, MANITOBA. AND HE WAS ANCHORING THE ROYAL
00:35:58TOUR OF 1970. AND I WAS ONE OF THE REPORTERS
00:36:02ON THE TOUR. SO THAT'S WHEN I FIRST GOT TO
00:36:05MEET HIM. AND HE TOOK ME ASIDE, THE SAME
00:36:07WAY THAT HE TOOK LISA ASIDE AND OTHERS OVER THE YEARS AND SAID,
00:36:11YOU KNOW, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW? HOW CAN I HELP YOU?
00:36:15AND HE WAS ALWAYS THAT WAY. AND FOR SIX YEARS WHILE HE WAS
00:36:18STILL AT CBC, WE BOTH MOVED INTO TELEVISION AND WE DID PROGRAMMES
00:36:22TOGETHER. AND HE WAS THE SAME WAY.
00:36:23HE WAS ALSO -- WHEN I GOT THE
00:36:27TOP CBC JOB IN 1988, THE FIRST PHONE CALL THAT I GOT WAS FROM
00:36:31LLOYD OVER AT CTV, WISHING ME LUCK AND SAYING, YOU KNOW,
00:36:35ANYTIME THAT YOU NEED ANY HELP,
00:36:36JUST CALL ME. >> Paul: INTERESTING.
00:36:40I'VE GOT A CLIP TO PLAY HERE
00:36:42FROM A CBC TALK SHOW IN 1976.
00:36:45BUT PICK IT UP AFTERWARDS BUT LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.
00:36:48>> NO LONGER GOING TO BE THE MAN
00:36:50WHO HOLDS THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS
00:36:54ON-CAMERA POST AT THE CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION.
00:36:56NOW 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
00:37:03THE SHADOWS OF MORE UNION AT
00:37:08CBC. AND CTV NETWORK SAID TOTAL
00:37:11FREEDOM, YOU CAN WRITE, YOU GO IN THE FIELD AND REPORT AND YOU
00:37:13CAN ANCHOR -- YOU KNOW, YOU WILL HAVE FREEDOM TO DO WHAT YOU WANT
00:37:17TO DO. >> Paul: SO THAT'S WHEN LLOYD
00:37:20SHOCKED CANADIANS BY QUITTING THE CHIEF JOB OF CBC AND MOVING
00:37:24OVER TO CTV AND IN LARGE PART IS
00:37:27BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE A TALKING HEAD, RIGHT. LLOYD WANTED TO BE A JOURNALIST
00:37:31BACK IN THE 1970s AND CBC NEWS
00:37:34ANCHORS WERE ESSENTIALLY ACTORS, RIGHT, AND HE WANTED TO BE MORE THAN THAT.
00:37:37SO, PETER, TELL US ABOUT THAT, HOW LLOYD CHANGED THE ROLE OF
00:37:41ANCHOR AT CBC, AND WHAT THAT MEANT FOR YOU.
00:37:44>> YEAH, IT WAS MORE THEY WERE
00:37:46ANNOUNCERS AS OPPOSED TO JOURNALISTS AND THAT'S WHAT
00:37:49STUCK IN HIS CRAW, HE WANTED THAT CHANGED. AND MANY OF US WANTED THAT
00:37:53CHANGED TOO, BUT GOING UP AGAINST THE UNIONS, IT WASN'T WORKING.
00:37:57SO HE MADE THE BIG LEAP OVER TO CTV.
00:38:00AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT
00:38:02CHANGED THE FACE OF BROADCAST JOURNALISM IN CANADA.
00:38:05AT THE TIME PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS JUST ONE PERSON.
00:38:09BUT THAT STARTED THE MOVEMENT
00:38:12TOWARDS JOURNALISTS AS ANCHORS.
00:38:13YOU KNOW, AT THE CBC, IT FINALLY
00:38:16CHANGED.
00:38:18PETER CANT AND THEN NOTEON NASHH
00:38:23AND MYSELF AND NOW ADRIENNE ARSENAULT.
00:38:26AND A LOT OF US, INCLUDING LISA
00:38:28AND I, CAN THANK LLOYD FOR THAT HAPPENING.
00:38:31HE SET THE BAR FOR ALL OF US AS JOURNALISTS AND ANCHORS.
00:38:35BUT HE ALSO SET THE BAR THAT
00:38:39ANCHORS CAN BE JOURNALISTS.
00:38:41IT SEEMS OBVIOUS NOW, BUT BACK
00:38:43THEN IT SURE WASN'T. >> Paul: AND, LISA, OF COURSE,
00:38:47LLOYD ALSO HELPED TO CARVE A PATH FOR YOU. I REMEMBER THAT THE DAY THAT YOU
00:38:50BECAME THE CHIEF ANCHOR AT CTV
00:38:53WHEN LLOYD RETIRED. YOU HAD BEEN THE TOP JOURNALIST
00:38:55AT THAT NETWORK TO THAT POINT. A BIG PASSING OF THE TORCH THOUGH THAT NIGHT.
00:38:59WHAT 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
00:39:07CBC AND WENT TO CTV, WHICH WAS,
00:39:09I THINK, 1976, WHICH IS PROBABLY
00:39:13AROUND THE TIME THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF ABOUT GRADE SIX
00:39:15THAT I STARTED WATCHING THE 11:00 NEWS EVERY NIGHT.
00:39:19SO FOR ME MY ENTIRE CHILDHOOD
00:39:24AND RIGHT THROUGH MY LIFE, IT WAS LLOYD.
00:39:28SO I KNEW THEY WANTED TO BE A
00:39:31JOURNALIST, BUT I COULD NEVER HAVE DREAMED THAT I COULD -- I
00:39:34CAN'T EVEN SAY REPLACE HIM -- I STILL CAN'T AFTER ALL OF THESE
00:39:37YEARS. BUT BECOME THE NEXT ANCHOR.
00:39:41AND REMEMBER THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT HADN'T BEEN DONE.
00:39:43LLOYD BELIEVED IN CERTAINLY
00:39:47CHAMPIONING WOMEN AND HE CHAMPIONED ME.
00:39:50AND HE BELIEVED THAT THERE WERE NO BARRIERS, WHICH WAS VERY
00:39:54UNIQUE AT THE TIME.
00:39:55HE REALLY WAS TRULY AN
00:39:59INCREDIBLE, UM, I KEEP USING THE
00:40:00WORD MENTOR, BUT MORE THAN
00:40:04THAT -- TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE
00:40:05LLOYD ROBERTSON BELIEVE IN YOU
00:40:08AND TEACH YOU AND INSTILL IN YOU
00:40:10THE IMPORTANCE OF JOURNALISM AND
00:40:13THAT TRUTH MATTERS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, PEOPLE MATTER.
00:40:16AND THAT IS WHAT I LEARNED FROM HIM.
00:40:19AND ON THAT DAY I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.
00:40:22I MAY HAVE BEEN SMILING ON THE
00:40:24OUTSIDE, BUT I AM GOING TO BE ANCHORING THE CTV NATIONAL NEWS
00:40:28AFTER LLOYD ROBERTSON, AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS? I WAS SCARED.
00:40:31BUT HE WAS THERE. AND HE WAS THERE EVERY NIGHT.
00:40:34AND HE USED TO WRITE ME A NOTE EVERY NIGHT.
00:40:37AND ON THE ANNIVERSARY, WHICH
00:40:38WAS LABOUR DAY WHEN I STARTED,
00:40:41EVERY SINGLE LABOUR DAY NIGHT
00:40:43WHEN THAT NEWSCAST ENDED AT
00:40:4511:30 FROM THE MEZZANINE, THERE
00:40:48WOULD BE LLOYD AND WENDY FREEMAN
00:40:50WHO WAS OUR PRESIDENT JUST TO
00:40:52SAY HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, LISA! LIKE, HE WAS JUST ALWAYS THERE.
00:40:56AND A GREAT FRIEND THROUGH ALL
00:40:58OF IT. >> Paul: AH, YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ME CRY, LISA.
00:41:02A COUPLE OF LAST POINTS FROM EACH OF YOU. PETER FIRST.
00:41:05WHY DID LLOYD MEAN SO MUCH TO
00:41:08CANADIANS? >> TRUST. YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT I'VE
00:41:11HEARD ALL THROUGHOUT TODAY AND LISTENING TO PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
00:41:14LLOYD AND READING ABOUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE ONE WORD THAT
00:41:18KEEPS POPPING UP IS TRUST.
00:41:20HERE'S WHY THAT IS SO IMPORTANT.
00:41:23YOU DON'T HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
00:41:25TRUST IN MEDIA MUCH ANYMORE.
00:41:27IT'S REALLY TAKEN A HIT OVER THE
00:41:29LAST 10, 15 YEARS.
00:41:32AND IT NEVER TOOK A HIT WITH LLOYD. HE WAS ALWAYS KNOWN AS THE GUY
00:41:35THAT YOU COULD TRUST.
00:41:38>> Paul: LISA, A LAST WORD TO YOU, HOW DO YOU THINK THAT LLOYD
00:41:42WILL BE REMEMBERED?
00:41:46>> I THINK, YOU KNOW, LLOYD'S
00:41:49SUPERPOWER REALLY WAS NEVER
00:41:51LOSING SIGHT OF WHO WE AS JOURNALISTS WERE WORKING FOR.
00:41:55AND WE WERE WORKING FOR CANADIANS.
00:41:58TO HELP THEM TO LIVE A CLEARER,
00:42:01MORE INFORMED LIFE, WHICH IS A RIGHT.
00:42:05AND HE MADE SURE THAT WE ALWAYS
00:42:08KEPT THAT IN FOCUS.
00:42:09AND I THINK THAT'S HOW HE'LL BE REMEMBERED -- TRUST, CERTAINLY,
00:42:13WHICH WE ARE TRAGICALLY SEEING AN EROSION OF.
00:42:16AND WE HAVE LONG CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE DECIMATION OF LOCAL NEWSROOMS.
00:42:20I KNOW THAT WOULD BE A WHOLE OTHER PANEL TO GET INTO.
00:42:23BUT THESE THINGS DEEPLY MATTERED TO HIM.
00:42:26THEY MATTERED TO US, HIS TEAM, AND HIS FRIENDS.
00:42:30AND I FEEL LIKE FOR HIM WE HAVE
00:42:33TO KEEP UP THE FIGHT FOR GOOD,
00:42:37HONEST 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.
00:42:49TAKE CARE.
00:42:54(♪)
00:46:05>> Paul: WHEN A LONDON, U.K.
00:46:10NEIGHBOURHOOD NEEDED A FLOODING SOLUTION, A COMMUNITY GROUP SUGGESTED BRINGING IF BEAVERS
00:46:14AND IT WORKED. THE BEEFS WERE BROUGHT IN AS
00:46:17PART OF A RE-WILDING INITIATIVE,
00:46:19BUT THEY ALSO STOPPED A TUBE STATION FROM FLOODING.
00:46:22IN THE SPRING BRIAR STEWART FOUND OUT HOW THESE RODENTS
00:46:25SAVED THE DAY. (♪)
00:46:27>> Reporter: THIS IS THE MOMENT
00:46:30THAT PATIENCE PAID OFF.
00:46:31WHEN A CROWD WAS SILENCED BY THE
00:46:34RUSTLING IN THE BUSH. (♪)
00:46:37AS ONE OF LONDON'S NEWEST
00:46:39BEAVERS WADDLED INTO VIEW.
00:46:42SO WE'RE ALL CROUCHED DOWN HERE AND BEING REALLY, REALLY QUIET,
00:46:46BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING A VERY GOOD VIEW OF MAMA BEAVER JUST
00:46:49OVER THERE IN THE TREES JUST
00:46:51GOING TO TOWN ON THE BRANCHES.
00:46:54(♪) MEET WILLOW, ONE OF THE CITY'S ONLY WILD BEAVERS.
00:46:58A NURSING MOM WHO SEEMINGLY COULDN'T CARE LESS THAT WE'RE
00:47:02ALL WATCHING AND RECORDING HER EVENING MEAL.
00:47:06(♪)
00:47:06WE EVEN GOT A GOOD VIEW OF HER
00:47:11IRON-ENRICHED ORANGE TEETH.
00:47:13SHE'S ONE OF FIVE BEAVERS WHO
00:47:16WERE MOVED FROM SCOTLAND TO THIS GREEN SPACE LESS THAN 10
00:47:20KILOMETRES FROM HEATHROW AIRPORT IN 2023.
00:47:23>> MOM, WILLOW, HEAVIEST BEAVER TO BE MOVED IN THE COUNTRY, WAS
00:47:27TRANS-LOCATED AND SHE WEIGHED 30 KILOGRAMS.
00:47:30I'M SURE THAT SHE WEIGHS A LITTLE BIT NOW BUT I DON'T WANT
00:47:33TO BODY SHAME HER. BUT SHE'S A BIG MOM. (♪)
00:47:36>> Reporter: AND SHE'S THE MATRIARCH OF A BEAVER COLONY WHO
00:47:40HAS HELPED TO SOLVE A PROBLEM BY
00:47:41DOING WHAT BEAVERS DO. (♪)
00:47:45BUILDING DAMS TO CONTROL THE FLOW OF WATER.
00:47:49DURING HEAVY RAINFALL, THE URBAN
00:47:51AREA AROUND THIS PARK USED TO
00:47:54ROUTINELY FLOOD.
00:47:57INCLUDING THE LOCAL TUBE STATION.
00:47:59THE COUNCIL HAD ALREADY PLANNED EXPENSIVE ENGINEERING WORKS,
00:48:03WHEN SEVERAL COMMUNITY GROUPS PITCHED AN IDEA.
00:48:06TRY LEAVING IT TO THE BEAVERS. AFTER THEY WERE RELEASED INTO
00:48:10THIS WETLAND AT THE END OF 2023,
00:48:13THE FLOODING AT THE TUBE STATION
00:48:15SEEMS TO HAVE STOPPED.
00:48:17IAND THAT IS DUE TO THE BEAVER?
00:48:20>> YEAH, EVERYTHING DOWNSTREAM IS MUCH MORE PROTECTED FROM FLOODING THAN IT WAS BEFORE, ALL
00:48:24BECAUSE THEY WERE TO HOLD THAT WATER BACK SO THAT THEY HAVE
00:48:27ENOUGH 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,
00:48:35ISN'T IT? SHE'S AN URBAN BEAVER OFFICER.
00:48:37IT'S A NEW ROLE DESIGNED TO HELP TO ENGAGE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC
00:48:41ABOUT THE BEAVERS. (♪)
00:48:44SHE SAYS THAT BIODIVERSITY AT THE SITE HAS ALSO IMPROVED.
00:48:48SHE'S NOW SEEING FISH AND MORE
00:48:50BIRDS SINCE THE BEAVERS MOVED IN.
00:48:53SO IT'S BEEN 400 YEARS SINCE THE
00:48:57BEAVERS WERE LAST LIVING IN LONDON, AND LIKE REST OF THE
00:49:00U.K. THEY HAD DISAPPEARED BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN HUNTED FOR
00:49:02THEIR FUR AND FOR THEIR MEAT AND FOR THEIR MUSK.
00:49:06THE BEAVER PROJECT AS THIS IS CALLED IS PART OF A GROWING PLAN
00:49:09TO TRY AND TO RE-WILD BRITAIN.
00:49:12AND IN PARTICULAR THE SPRAWLING
00:49:15CONGESTED CAPITAL, THE CITY'S MAYOR SAYS THAT HE'S MAKING IT A
00:49:19PRIORITY. >> WE ARE BOOSTING OUR
00:49:22BIODIVERSITY AND PREVENTING FLOODS. AND IT'S AN ISSUE OF SOCIAL
00:49:26JUSTICE BECAUSE MANY LONDONERS DON'T HAVE A GARDEN.
00:49:29>> Reporter: THE PROJECT IS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AND A FEW
00:49:32TIMES A WEEK THEY RUN SOLD-OUT BEAVER SAFARIS.
00:49:36>> THEY'RE STILL GOING! >> Reporter: WHERE THEY GET SOME
00:49:40OF THE BACKGROUND. FOR INSTANCE, THE BEAVERS HERE
00:49:44ARE THE EURASIAN SPECIES AND NOT
00:49:46THE SAME KIND THAT YOU SEE IN CANADA.
00:49:49SOME ARE SO KEEN THAT THEY EVEN PICK UP A SOUVENIR.
00:49:53MANY LIKE AMANDA RAM CAME HERE AFTER LEARNING ABOUT THE SITE --
00:49:56>> YOU HEAR THAT?
00:49:58>> Reporter: FROM A DOCUMENTARY
00:50:03CALLED "WILD LONDON." >> THERE'S LIKE A McDONALD'S
00:50:07HERE AND A T.J. MAXX AND THERE'S
00:50:11A PROJECT THAT YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT TO BE IN THIS PARK. THEY MADE THIS AMAZING LANDSCAPE
00:50:15AS WELL. AND THAT'S WHAT BEEFS DO, ISN'T
00:50:17IT, THEY MAKE THINGS BARE. >> Reporter: IT'S BELIEVED THAT
00:50:19THERE'S AT LEAST EIGHT BEAVERS NOW AT THIS SITE.
00:50:23THIS MOM HAS HAD MORE THAN FOUR KITS, INCLUDING TWO THAT THE
00:50:26PROJECT STAFF CALL CHEWY AND
00:50:30CHOMPY. 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
00:50:37TO HAVE SEEN HER. YEAH. WE'RE PRIVILEGED.
00:50:40>> Reporter: I'M FROM CANADA AND THAT'S THE CLOSEST THAT I HAVE
00:50:43EVER 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.
00:50:53I'M HOPING THAT IT WILL INSPIRE OTHER PROJECTS BUT IT WILL PROVE TO MORE AND MORE PEOPLE THAT
00:50:57PEOPLE AND BEINGS CAN LIVE TOGETHER IN AN URBAN LANDSCAPE
00:51:01ACROSS DIFFERENT AREAS OF LONDON AND WHO KNOWS WHERE ELSE.
00:51:04>> Reporter: A NEW BEAVER PROJECT IS NOW IN THE WORKS FOR
00:51:08SOUTH LONDON, EVEN AS THIS
00:51:10COLONY CONTINUES TO GROW.
00:51:12(♪) >> Paul: COMING UP, A WINDSOR
00:51:16MAN 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
00:51:27PEDESTRIANS IS NEXT IN OUR
00:54:44(♪) >> Paul: THIS IS JUSTIN BELMORE
00:54:48CAMPING OUT IN FRONT OF THE GORDIE HOWE BRIDGE. HE WAS IN THAT VERY SPOT FOR
00:54:52MORE THAN 28 HOURS, WAITING FOR IT TO OPEN TO PEDESTRIANS AND
00:54:55BIKERS. FOR MONTHS HE TOLD HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT HE WAS GOING TO
00:54:59BE THE FIRST TO BIKE ACROSS THE BRIDGE.
00:55:02AND HE KEPT HIS WORD.
00:55:03THAT 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
00:55:13THE GORDIE HOWE BRIDGE. I WAS JUST KIND OF JOKING AROUND
00:55:16WITH PEOPLE THEY WANTED TO BE, LIKE, THE FIRST TO CROSS IT ON A BIKE.
00:55:19I'VE GOT TO BE A M MAN OF MY WOD AND ACTUALLY DO.
00:55:23THIS I WAS THERE PRETTY MUCH 28 HOURS AHEAD OF WHEN IT WAS ABOUT
00:55:27TO OPEN. IT WORKED WELL TOO WELL BECAUSE
00:55:30I REALLY COULD HAVE GAVE MYSELF
00:55:32AT LEAST HALF OF THAT.
00:55:34BUT EXPECTING SOMEONE AT SOME
00:55:36POINT YESTERDAY BUT AND THERE WAS STILL NO ONE.
00:55:39WHEN IT OPENED PEOPLE STARTED SHOWING UP.
00:55:42YOU COULD FEEL THE EXCITEMENT BUILDING.
00:55:45AND I WAS THE FIRST PERSON ON MY
00:55:48BIKE AND JUST KIND OF RODE AS
00:55:53FAST AS I COULD. AND I WENT THROUGH CUSTOMS WITH
00:55:56A GRANOLA BAR AND I DON'T KNOW
00:55:58IF I HAVE TO DECLARE THIS, BUT I WILL.
00:56:00AND IT'S CRAZY THAT I CAMPED OUT FOR THAT LONG, BUT TO BE FIRST
00:56:04ONE IS AWESOME. >> Paul: THAT'S DETERMINATION, MAN.
00:56:06IT'S THE NEW GORDIE HOWE HAT
00:56:10TRICK, 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.
00:56:17I'M PAUL HUNTER. TAKE CARE.
00:56:20(♪)