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CBC's flagship nightly news program, featuring the day's top stories with in-depth and original journalism; Adrienne Arsenault and Ian Hanomansing anchor.

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00:00:22(♪) >> Erica: TONIGHT, ANOTHER DEADLY
00:00:25STRIKE ON A SAUDI AIRPORT JUST ONE DAY AFTER AN ATTACK ON A
00:00:27MAJOR PASSENGER TERMINAL.
00:00:33>> THIS IS A CONFLICT THAT HAS DEEP ROOTS AND IT'S BEEN REIGNITED.
00:00:37>> Erica:THE TERRIFYING MOMENTS AND THE ESCALATING VIOLENCE BETWEEN
00:00:41SAUDI ARABIA AND IRAN-BACKED
00:00:44HOUTHI REBELS. AND THE THREAT THAT MORE COUNTRIES COULD BE
00:00:47DRAGGED INTO THE CONFLICT.
00:00:50>>> PLUS, HURRICANE SIMON SLAMS INTO MEXICO'S PACIFIC COAST.
00:00:54>> WE DON'T TYPICALLY SEE A LOT OF HURRICANES IMPACTING THE
00:00:58WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, BUT THIS YEAR WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF
00:01:01THEM. >> Erica:HOW THE STORM IS THREATENING
00:01:04POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATIONS. >>> AND CANADA ON THE BALLOT IN
00:01:08THE U.S. >> AND HERE IN MICHIGAN WE KNOW
00:01:11THAT CANADA WAS NOT OUR ENEMY.
00:01:14>> Erica:HOW DONALD TRUMP'S TRADE WAR IS PLAYING OUT IN THE BATTLE TO CONTROL CONGRESS. (♪)
00:01:27>>> FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A
00:01:29SPACE OF 24 HOURS, HOUTHI
00:01:32MILITANTS HAVE TARGETED RIYADH
00:01:34KING KHALID INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, UNDERSCORING A WARNING FROM THE
00:01:38IRANIAN ALLIES TO SAUDI ARABIA. THAT CIVILIAN AIRPORTS ARE A TARGET.
00:01:42THE SECOND ATTACK KILLED ONE PERSON ACCORDING TO SAUDI
00:01:44OFFICIALS, COMING AFTER A SATURDAY STRIKE ON THE AIRPORT
00:01:48THAT KILLED 13 PEOPLE AND WOUNDED HUNDREDS.
00:01:51THE DEADLIEST ATTACK ON THE
00:01:52KINGDOM IN MORE THAN A DECADE.
00:01:56THE IRAN-BACKED HOUTHIS VOWING WORSE IS YET TO COME.
00:01:59TOM PARRY SHOWS US SHOCKING NEW VIDEO OF THE ATTACK, A STARK
00:02:02EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER MIDDLE EAST WAR THAT THIS TIME THREATENS NOT
00:02:06JUST TANKERS AND TRADE, BUT ALSO COMMERCIAL AIR TRAFFIC IN ONE OF
00:02:10THE REGION'S RICHEST COUNTRIES.
00:02:13>> Reporter: THE MUNDANE ROUTINE OF AIR TRAVEL TURNED SUDDENLY
00:02:15INTO TERROR.
00:02:18NEW VIDEO CAPTURES THE MOMENT
00:02:23RIYADH'S KING KHALID INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CAME UNDER DEADLY ATTACK ON SATURDAY,
00:02:26SENDING TRAVELERS SCRAMBLING FOR THEIR LIVES. >>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE).
00:02:30>> Reporter: A DAY LATER, SAUDI
00:02:33ARABIA'S HEALTH MINISTER VISITED SOME OF THE INJURED. >>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE).
00:02:37>> Reporter:AS A SPOKESMAN
00:02:40THE IRAN-BATHED HOUTHI REBELS
00:02:43CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY. >> President Trump: LOOK, THE
00:02:46SAUDIS ARE GOOD FIGHTERS, BUT I THINK THAT THE TERRIBLE WAS A TERRIBLE THING.
00:02:49>> Reporter: THE ATTACK PROMPTED CONDEMNATION FROM WORLD LEADERS, INCLUDING U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WHO SUGGESTED THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION COULD JOIN SAUDI
00:02:53ARABIA'S FIGHT AGAINST THE
00:02:57HOUTHIS, SOMETHING THAT IT HAS SO FAR BEEN RELUCTANT TO DO.
00:03:00BRITAIN'S DEFENCE SECRETARY ALSO OPEN TO THE IDEA OF INCREASED
00:03:03MILITARY SUPPORT. >> WHAT WE SAW IN TERMS OF THE
00:03:07ATTACK ON THE AIRPORT IN RIYADH WAS A SHOCKING ESCALATION, ACTUALLY.
00:03:10HUNDREDS OF CASUALTIES.
00:03:12>> Reporter: PRIME MINISTER MARK
00:03:18SUFFER R CARNEY POSTED A MESSAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IT CANNOT
00:03:22JUSTIFY THE DELIBERATE TARGETING OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, HE
00:03:25WROTE, CANADA CONDEMN THIS IS IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS.
00:03:28FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER ANITA
00:03:31ANAND CALLED THE ATTACK ABHORRENT AND URGED CANADIANS TO
00:03:34AVOID ALL NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO SAUDI ARABIA.
00:03:38THIS ATTACK IS THE LATEST
00:03:40VIOLENT FLARE-UP IN A LONG DRAWN
00:03:43OUT FIGHT BETWEEN THE SAUDI
00:03:45REGIME AND HOUTHI MILITANTS.
00:03:49THESE IMAGES, RELEASED BY THE HOUTHIS, APPEAR TO SHOW PITCH BATTLES WITH SAUDI-BACKED YEMINI GOVERNMENT FORCES.
00:03:53THE KINGDOM HAS LONG SUPPORTED
00:03:55YEMEN'S INTERNATIONALLY
00:03:57RECOGNISED GOVERNMENT IN ITS BID TO REGAIN CONTROL OVER LARGE
00:04:00SWATHS OF THE COUNTRY.
00:04:03A BATTLE THAT HAS GROWN MORE
00:04:04INTENSE SINCE THE U.S. AND
00:04:07ISRAEL LAUNCHED THEIR WAR AGAINST IRAN, THE HOUTHIS' MAIN
00:04:10BACKER.
00:04:15>> SO THIS IS A CONFLICT THAT HAS DEEP ROOTS AND IT'S BEEN REIGNITED AND IT'S COMPLETELY
00:04:18UNCLEAR HOW IT COULD BE BROUGHT TO AN END. >> Reporter: SAUDI ARABIA'S
00:04:20CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY HAS
00:04:23CONFIRMED THE AIRPORT IN RIYADH
00:04:26CAME UNDER ATTACK AGAIN ON SUNDAY. >> Erica: AND, TOM, THESE ATTACKS, THEY COME WITH A
00:04:31WARNING? >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT. THE HOUTHIS ARE WARNING AIRLINES
00:04:34TO AVOID SAUDI AIR SPACE, CALLING IT A ZONE OF MILITARY
00:04:36OPERATIONS.
00:04:38WE'RE ALSO HEARING A REPORT OF
00:04:41SAUDI-BACKED FORCES ATTACKING AN AIRPORT IN A HOUTHI-CONTROLLED
00:04:43AREA. AND THE LATEST NEWS WE'RE
00:04:46HEARING IS THAT IRAN HAS REACHED OUT TO SAUDI ARABIA OFFERING
00:04:50HELP IN WHAT IT CALLS
00:04:57>>> FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO MONTHS, THE U.S. PRESIDENT HAS
00:05:00ANNOUNCED AN ENERGY CEASEFIRE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE.
00:05:04AS ALEXANDRE SILBERMAN EXPLAINS, SO FAR THE ANSWER FROM KYIV HAS
00:05:08BEEN CONDITIONAL SUPPORT, AND
00:05:11FROM MOSCOW MORE MISSILES.
00:05:15>> Reporter: IN KHARKIV, THE
00:05:18RESCUERS CLEAR RUBBLE OF A HOME FLATTENED BY RUSSIAN STRIKES.
00:05:22THIS HUSBAND IN THE WRECKAGE OF
00:05:25BLAST THAT KILLED HIS WIFE. >> [BOMB STRIKE] >> Reporter: AMID CONTINUED
00:05:28ATTACKS, U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD
00:05:31TRUMP CLAIMS UKRAINE AND RUSSIA HAVE AGREED TO AN ENERGY CEASEFIRE.
00:05:35>> President Trump: DON'T HIT THE DIESEL FUEL. >> Reporter: UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT SAID THAT THE DEAL WAS NEWS TO
00:05:39HIM. BUT HE WELCOMED IT IN PRINCIPLE.
00:05:42>> WE ARE READY FOR A CEASEFIRE.
00:05:46WE ARE READY TO BEGIN FROM ANY
00:05:51KIND OF STEPS OF DEESCALATION.
00:05:55>> Reporter: BUT AFTER TRUMP'S ANNOUNCEMENT, ZELENSKYY SAID THAT RUSSIA HAD STRUCK ANOTHER POWER PLANT. WITH NO PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
00:05:58THE DEAL FROM THE KREMLIN. THE POSSIBLE CEASEFIRE FOLLOWS
00:06:01TRUMP LIFTING SANCTIONS ON
00:06:02RUSSIAN FUEL.
00:06:06STRIKING A DEAL FOR 300,000 TONNES OF DIESEL, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE IN THE
00:06:09COMING MONTHS. A MOVE THAT LEFT UKRAINE AND ITS
00:06:12ALLIES REELING.
00:06:16PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY WHO SPOKE WITH ZELENSKYY ON SUNDAY
00:06:19SAYS THAT THE U.S. AGREEMENT IS IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO EFFORTS
00:06:22TO CREATE PEACE.
00:06:25>> IT ALLOWS THE RUSSIANS TO GET MORE MONEY FROM THE SALE OF THAT
00:06:29DIESEL ON THE WORLD MARKET.
00:06:32AND THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO BUY WEAPONS THAT
00:06:36THEY USE AGAINST THE UKRANIANS.
00:06:41SO WAIVING THESE SANCTIONS WILL PROLONG THE WAR. >> Reporter: ENERGY HAS BEEN A
00:06:44KEY TARGET FOR BOTH SIDES. IN UKRAINE, REPEATED ATTACKS ON THE POWER GRID DURING WINTER HAVE BEEN PUNISHING FOR
00:06:48CIVILIANS.
00:06:53AND COUNTER STRIKES ON RUSSIA'S DIESEL REFINERIES HAVE CAUSED SEVERE SHORTAGES AND HURT THE
00:06:56ECONOMY.
00:06:59>> IT IS NOW THE ONLY SOURCE OF HARD CURRENCY.
00:07:03>> Reporter: RUSSIA'S DIESEL EXPORTS COLLAPSED THIS YEAR.
00:07:05AND EVEN IF IT COULD FULFILL THE U.S. DEAL, THE
00:07:08AMOUNT OF FUEL PROMISED IS LIKELY TOO SMALL TO HAVE ANY IMPACT. BUT WITH MID-TERM ELECTIONS
00:07:12APPROACHING, THE U.S. PRESIDENT IS UNDER PRESSURE TO BRING DOWN
00:07:16GAS PRICES. >> WHY IS DONALD TRUMP DOING
00:07:18THIS? IT DOES ALLOW HIM TO SAY THAT
00:07:20HE'S DOING SOMETHING. >> Reporter: THERE ARE MULTIPLE
00:07:24REPORTS THAT THE U.S. IS THREATENING TO CUT OFF
00:07:26INTELLIGENCE SHARING WITH
00:07:30UKRAINE AND LOCK ARMS IF KYIV'S STRIKES ON RUSSIAN REFINERIES
00:07:33CONTINUE. >> Erica: AND YET NO SIGN THAT
00:07:37RUSSIA IS ONBOARD WITH THIS, SO
00:07:40WILL IT ACTUALLY HAPPEN? >> Reporter: WELL, ERICA, IT'S A
00:07:44FAMILIAR MOVE FROM TRUMP, ANNOUNCING AN AGREEMENT BEFORE IT'S FINALIZED.
00:07:46IN MID-SEPTEMBER, TRUMP SAID ON
00:07:49SOCIAL MEDIA THAT BOTH SIDES HAD
00:07:54AGREED TO STOP STRIKES ON ENERGY FACILITIES, BUT THERE WAS NO COMMITMENT FROM RUSSIA AND BOTH SIDES CONTINUED THEIR ATTACKS. EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND CANADA
00:07:58HAVE URGED MORE SUPPORT FOR
00:08:00UKRAINE, SOMETHING THAT ZELENSKYY THANKED THE PRIME MINISTER FOR BY NAME IN A
00:08:12>>> POPE LEO SAYS THAT HE'S SET TO UNDERGO SURGERY IN THE COMING DAYS TO REMOVE A SMALL GROWTH THAT HAS BEEN DISCOVERED ON HIS
00:08:15LUNG.
00:08:17>>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE).
00:08:23>> Erica: THE POPE THANKED ONLOOKERS FOR THEIR SPIRITUAL
00:08:25SUPPORT AFTER MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT DURING HIS WEEKLY
00:08:28SUNDAY PRAYER. LEO IS 71 YEARS OLD.
00:08:31THE VATICAN LEADER SAID THAT HIS RECOVERY IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ONE
00:08:33WEEK.
00:08:38>>> STEELMAKER STELCO IS MOVING FORWARD WITH HUNDREDS OF LAYOFFS
00:08:40IN ONTARIO IN SPITE OF THREATS
00:08:44OF LEGAL ACTION BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IN FACT, THE C.E.O. OF ITS PARENT COMPANY SAYS THAT THEY'RE
00:08:47NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG. ERIN COLLINS NOW WITH WHAT THAT
00:08:51MEANS FOR WORKERS WHO ARE CAUGHT
00:08:51IN THE MIDDLE.
00:08:55>> Reporter: AT STELCO'S HAMILTON PLANT, A CHALLENGING
00:08:57HOLIDAY WEEKEND. BUT AS LAYOFFS CONTINUE, A
00:09:01MESSAGE FROM THE MAN BEHIND THEM.
00:09:04>> AFTER THANKSGIVING, THIS IS THE LAST THANKSGIVING THAT YOU ARE OUT OF A JOB, YOU WILL BE
00:09:08BROUGHT BACK.
00:09:13>> Reporter:LAYOFFS BEGAN LATE LAST WEEK.
00:09:16STELCO'S OWNER, U.S.-BASED CLEVELAND-CLIFFS BLAMING WASHINGTON'S STEEL TARIFFS, INSISTING THAT IF CANADA AND THE U.S. REACH A DEAL
00:09:20ON STEEL THAT THE WORKERS WILL BE REHIRED.
00:09:23>> THE LAYOFFS ARE ONE
00:09:27TEMPORARY. TWO, THEY WILL BE REVERSED. >> Reporter: OF COURSE TRADE
00:09:31TALKS WITH STALLED BUT THE U.S. TARIFFS ON STEEL REMAIN AS HIGH AS 50%.
00:09:33EXPORTS ARE DOWN 50% TOO.
00:09:36>> WE ARE SEEING SOME OF THE
00:09:39EFFECTS OF THESE AMERICAN TARIFFS ON CERTAIN SECTORS OF
00:09:42THE CANADIAN ECONOMY.
00:09:45THE EXAMPLE OF STELCO IS ONE. >> Reporter: STILL, OTTAWA IS
00:09:48PUSHING BACK, INSISTING THAT THE COMPANY HAD AGREED TO MAINTAIN
00:09:51EMPLOYMENT LEVELS FOR FIVE YEARS WHEN IT PURCHASED STELCO IN
00:09:542024.
00:09:56WRITING IN A STATEMENT THAT CANADA EXPECTS THE COMPANY TO
00:09:59MEET ITS LEGALLY BINDING COMMITMENTS TO EMPLOYEES, ADDING
00:10:03THAT AS GOVERNMENT LAWYERS REVIEW THE LETTER, ALL OPTIONS
00:10:05ARE ON THE TABLE. BUT IN A LETTER TO THE
00:10:09GOVERNMENT OBTAINED BY CBC NEWS, STELCO'S PRESIDENT WRITES, "YOUR
00:10:13REPRESENTATION THAT STELCO'S PLANNED LAYOFFS CAUSED IT TO BREACH ITS UNDERTAKINGS IS
00:10:16FALSE."
00:10:18THE COMPANY INSISTING THAT THEY CAN ADJUST THEIR WORKFORCE BASED
00:10:21ON MARKET CONDITIONS.
00:10:23>> THERE'S NO PROVISION IN THE
00:10:26CONTRACT THAT FORCED ME TO HAVE THIS SAME EMPLOYMENT LEVEL EVERY
00:10:28SINGLE DAY. >> Reporter: WHO IS RIGHT IS
00:10:32DIFFICULT TO SAY BECAUSE THAT CONTRACT IS PRIVATE.
00:10:35>> WE DON'T KNOW ACTUALLY WHAT THEY HAVE AGREED TO.
00:10:38WE DON'T HAVE THE -- THE AGREEMENTS, THE WORDING.
00:10:42IF THERE ARE ANY EXCLUSIONS TO ALL OF THE UNDERTAKINGS THEY
00:10:44HAVE GIVEN. >> Reporter: OF COURSE FOR LAID
00:10:47OFF CANADIAN STEELWORKERS THERE'S A MORE PRESSING
00:10:50QUESTION -- WHETHER OR NOT THEY
00:11:00>> Erica: JUST OVER THREE WEEKS OUT FROM THE U.S. MIDTERM
00:11:03ELECTIONS AND THE CANADA-U.S. TRADE WAR IS SOLIDIFYING ITSELF
00:11:07AS A BALLOT BOX ISSUE IN SOME CRUCIAL STATES. STILL, DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN
00:11:10UNWILLING TO RELENT. J.P. TASKER NOW ON HOW
00:11:14POLITICIANS ARE TRYING TO ADAPT.
00:11:14(♪)
00:11:18>> Reporter: CAMPAIGNING IN THE U.S. MIDTERMS IS WELL UNDERWAY
00:11:22AND THE FRACTURED RELATIONSHIP WITH CANADA HAS BECOME A MAJOR ELECTION ISSUE.
00:11:25>> President Trump: CANADA HAS BEEN RIPPING US OFF FOR 50 YEARS.
00:11:29>> Reporter: U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP RALLYING THE REPUBLICAN BASE WITH TAUNTS LIKE
00:11:33THIS -- >> President Trump: EVERYONE
00:11:35SAYS OH, CANADA -- IT'S SO NICE.
00:11:37THEY TREAT US TERRIBLY. THEY'RE NOT TREATING US TERRIBLY
00:11:40ANYMORE. >> Reporter: NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, BLASTING CANADA AND ITS LEADERSHIP.
00:11:44>> President Trump: I LIKE THE NATIONAL ANTHEM "O CANADA" BUT I
00:11:48DON'T REALLY HAVE TO LISTEN TO IT.
00:11:50>> Reporter: IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT CANADA HAS BEEN MUCH OF A FACTOR IN A U.S. FEDERAL
00:11:53ELECTION.
00:11:56>> NAFTA, THE MEXICAN TRADE
00:11:58AGREEMENT WHERE THEY PAID PEOPLE A DOLLAR AN HOUR.
00:12:01>> Reporter: THERE WERE DEBATES IN THE EARLY 1990s BUT THOSE
00:12:05WERE FOCUSED ON MEXICO.
00:12:06>> YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A GIANT SUCKING SOUND OF JOBS PULL THE OUT OF
00:12:10THIS COUNTRY. >> Reporter: YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY TO FIND SOMETHING COMPARABLE.
00:12:13THE WAR OF 1812 ATTACKED PIE
00:12:16CRITICS AS AN OFFENSIVE AND
00:12:20RUINOUS WAR IN THAT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR. >> HERE IN MICHIGAN WE KNOW THAT CANADA IS NOT OUR ENEMY.
00:12:22>> Reporter: NOW ON TV SCREENS IN MAINE AND MICHIGAN AND NEVADA AND BEYOND, THE TRADE WAR IS
00:12:26FRONT AND CENTRE. SOME REPUBLICANS DISTANCING
00:12:30THEMSELVES FROM TRUMP. >> FARMERS ARE HURTING RIGHT NOW. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO REASON FOR
00:12:33THIS.
00:12:36>> Reporter: WHILE DEMOCRATS REMIND VOTERS THAT TRADE DISPUTE
00:12:40HAS PUSHED UP PRICES. >> THAT'S WHY WE NEED SUSIE LEE, VOTING TO END THE WAR --
00:12:44>> AND STOP THE TARIFFS. >> Reporter: LAS VEGAS IS FAR
00:12:47FROM THE NORTHERN BORDER BUT FEW
00:12:49PLACES HAVE BEEN HIT HARDER BY THE CANADIAN TRAVEL BOYCOTT.
00:12:53WHO DO YOU BLAME FOR THIS? >> DONALD TRUMP AND HIS ADMINISTRATION.
00:12:55IT'S DIRECTLY THEIR FAULT.
00:12:58>> Reporter: CANADIAN TOURISM DROPPED BY 17% IN 2025,
00:13:02ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES. AIRLINE DATA SHOWS THAT THIS
00:13:06YEAR IS ON TRACK TO BE EVEN WORSE.
00:13:09THIS UNION LEADER IS MOBILIZING HER 60,000 MEMBERS TO PUNISH
00:13:13TRUMP AND HIS PARTY AT THE BALLOT BOX.
00:13:15>> OUR MEMBERS ARE PAYING THE PRICE OF THIS CRAZINESS THAT IS
00:13:18GOING ON IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
00:13:20>> Reporter: ONE OF TRUMP'S TOP
00:13:25TRADE ADVISORS WARNED PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY TO NOT INTERFERE ON THESE
00:13:29ELECTIONS BUT THE FOCUS ON CANADA IS HAPPENING ORGANICALLY.
00:13:35>> Erica: IN THE UPCOMING
00:13:37MIDTERMS THE MINNESOTA SENATE
00:13:40RACE IS BEING CLOSELY WATCHED
00:13:43MONTHS AFTER ITS BIGGEST CITY
00:13:45MINNEAPOLIS WAS THRUST INTO THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER TWO DEADLY
00:13:48I.C.E. SHOOTINGS. >> ROUGHLY NINE MONTHS LATER,
00:13:50COULD THAT IMMIGRATION
00:14:06>>> TONIGHT HURRICANE SIMON IS
00:14:09SKIRTING MEXICO'S PACIFIC COAST
00:14:12AND SENDING HIGH WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS ACROSS SEVERAL STATES.
00:14:16CAROLINE BARGHOUT SHOWS US THE DAMAGE AND EXPLAINS WHAT MAKES
00:14:18THIS HURRICANE SEASON UNUSUAL.
00:14:24>> Reporter: WAVES GROWING LARGER BY THE HOUR AS THE EYE OF
00:14:26THE STORM NEARS MEXICO.
00:14:29HURRICANE SIMON IS A CATEGORY 4 STORM.
00:14:32AND WHILE IT HAS WEAKENED, IT REMAINS A THREAT.
00:14:36ALREADY STREETS AND HOMES IN THE
00:14:41PORT CITY OF MANZANILLO ARE
00:14:45OVERWHELMED. >>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE). >> Reporter: "EVERYTHING GOT FLOODED FROM HERE TO THERE, MY CLOSET AND EVERYTHING," SAYS MARIA ELENA VAGAS.
00:14:48A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT
00:14:50FOR PARTS OF MEXICO'S COAST,
00:14:56SOUTH OF PUERTO VALLARTA, INCLUDING THE AREA AROUND MANZANILLO, A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS ISSUED FARTHER SOUTH.
00:15:00ABOUT 80 PEOPLE LIVING IN
00:15:02COASTAL TOWNS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO SAFER GROUND.
00:15:06>>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE). >> Reporter: "THEY CAME TO PICK US UP," SAYS MAVI DIAS
00:15:09HERNÁNDEZ, "WE SAID IN THE
00:15:12BEGINNING THAT WE WEREN'T LEAVING, BUT IN THE END WE
00:15:16DECIDED TO GO."
00:15:21CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM TOLD PEOPLE TO
00:15:22SHELTER IN PLACE UNTIL THE OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE DANGER
00:15:26HAS ENDED. SCIENTISTS SAY THIS THIS IS AN UNUSUAL YEAR BECAUSE HURRICANES
00:15:29ORDINARILY FORM IN THE ATLANTIC,
00:15:30NOT THE PACIFIC.
00:15:34>> THEY DON'T TYPICALLY SEE A LOT OF HURRICANES IMPACTING THE NORTH COAST OF NORTH AMERICA,
00:15:38BUT THIS YEAR WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THEM. AND IT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH THE
00:15:41SUPER EL NINO AND THE FACT THAT ALL OF THIS REALLY WARM WATER IS
00:15:44DISTRIBUTING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY ACROSS THE PACIFIC THAN IT NORMALLY DOES.
00:15:47>>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE).
00:15:50>> Reporter: MEXICO'S NATIONAL CIVIL PROTECTION COORDINATION
00:15:53HAS PLACED 28 MUNICIPALITIES IN
00:15:59JALISCO ON ITS HIGHEST ALERT LEVEL, WHILE 93 OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE UNDER HIGH ALERT.
00:16:02STORES AND BUSINESSES ARE BOARDED UP, BEACHES ARE CLOSED
00:16:04AND BARRICADED.
00:16:20>> Erica: STORM RACHEL HAS BEEN LASHING THE CALIFORNIA COAST ALL
00:16:22WEEKEND.
00:16:25IT MADE LANDFALL SATURDAY AND WAS DOWNGRADED TO POST-TROPICAL,
00:16:28BUT THE HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL PACKING A LOT OF
00:16:31POWER. COASTAL FLOODING IS RAMPANT AND
00:16:34SOME BEACHES HAVE BEEN CLOSED
00:16:36DUE TO RISING OCEAN WATER.
00:16:39>>> IN CENTRAL NEPAL, FLASH FLOODING SWEPT AWAY BUILDINGS AS PEOPLE WATCHED IN HORROR.
00:16:43>>(SPEAKING ALTERNATE LANGUAGE).
00:16:50>> Erica: ABOUT 50 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RESCUED FROM FLOOD AREAS, ACCORDING TO THE ARMY, BUT FIVE
00:16:53ARE STILL MISSING.
00:16:58FOUR BRIDGES AND NEARLY TWO DOZEN HOUSES HAVE BEEN
00:16:59DESTROYED.
00:17:02AS WELL AS A CAMP AT A HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT ALONG THE
00:17:05RIVER. >>> IN JUST OVER A WEEK, ALBERTA VOTERS WILL HAVE THEIR SAY ON
00:17:08THE PROSPECT OF SEPARATION.
00:17:12IT'S A HIGHLY CHARGED DEBATE, RAISING TENSIONS ACROSS THE PROVINCE.
00:17:14AND AS STEPHANIE CRAM SHOWS US, FOR BUSINESS OPERATORS TRYING TO
00:17:17NAVIGATE THAT POLITICAL LANDSCAPE IS FILLED WITH
00:17:19PITFALLS.
00:17:26>> Reporter:A BELOVED EDMONTON RESTAURANT IS BEING PULLED INTO
00:17:29THE DEBATE ON SEPARATION BECAUSE OF A ROOFTOP SIGN THAT ISN'T THEIRS.
00:17:32>> SOMEBODY PHONED THE RESTAURANT AND COMPLAINED ABOUT
00:17:34THE SIGN. AND BASICALLY TOLD US THAT THEY
00:17:38WOULD NO LONGER BE PATRONIZING
00:17:38OUR BUSINESS.
00:17:42>> Reporter: THE RESTAURANT'S OWNER SAYS THAT THE SIGN WAS ERECTED BY THE LANDLORD OF A
00:17:45BUILDING BEHIND THE RESTAURANT.
00:17:48A PHOTO OF THE SIGN APPEARING TO
00:17:51BE ON THE ROOF OF BARB
00:17:55AND ERNIE'S WAS ON A FEDERALIST
00:17:59FACEBOOK PAGE, SPARKING A FLURRY OF RESPONSES. >> WE HAVE RECEIVED PHONE CALLS
00:18:03AND MESSAGES FROM PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES. >> Reporter: THAT POST WAS
00:18:05EVENTUALLY REMOVED AND SHE
00:18:10POSTED A RESPONSE ONLINE, DESCRIBING THE DAMAGE TO THEIR
00:18:13BUSINESS AS IRREPAIRABLE. DESPITE EVERYTHING, FOISTER SAYS
00:18:17THAT HER RESTAURANT WILL NOT TAKE A POSITION ON THE REFERENDUM.
00:18:21>> WE NEED TO BE RESPECTFUL OF ALL OF OUR PATRONS, NOT EVERYBODY THAT WALKS THROUGH OUR
00:18:25DOOR AGREES WITH THE SAME THINGS. >> Reporter: BUSINESSES ACROSS
00:18:29THE PROVINCE HAVE REFUSED TO HOST SEPARATIST EVENTS. IN FORT McMURRAY, THE YMCA
00:18:32CANCELLED A TOWN HALL BECAUSE
00:18:34THE EVENT DID NOT ALIGN WITH THE
00:18:36INTENDED USE OF THE FACILITY.
00:18:40AND THE SILVER TIP RESORT IN CANMORE ALSO CANCELLED A SEPARATIST EVENT AND SAYING IN A
00:18:43STATEMENT TO CBC NEWS THAT THEIR PARENT COMPANY STONE CREEK
00:18:47RESORTS IS PROUDLY CANADIAN AND DOES NOT SUPPORT ALBERTA
00:18:49SEPARATION.
00:18:53AS FOR BARB AND ERNIE'S, FOISTER IS WAITING FOR THE REFERENDUM TO BE OVER.
00:18:56>> AFTERWARDS THE PEOPLE WILL
00:18:57HAVE TIME TO REFLECT ON
00:19:01EVERYTHING AND THAT HOPEFULLY COOLER HEADS WILL PREVAIL.
00:19:05>> Reporter: CBC REACHED OUT TO THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY
00:19:07THAT OWNS THE BUILDING AND THE SIGN IS ON BUT RECEIVED NO
00:19:16>> Erica: IN ADVANCE OF NEXT WEEK'S REFERENDUM VOTE, ALBERTA
00:19:19PREMIER DANIELLE SMITH SAT DOWN WITH CBC NEWS CHIEF CORRESPONDENT ADRIENNE
00:19:22ARSENAULT.
00:19:24YOU CAN CATCH THE FULL EXTENDED INTERVIEW MONDAY NIGHT RIGHT
00:19:26HERE ON "THE NATIONAL."
00:19:30>>> AS FLU SEASON HITS HARD IN SOME OTHER COUNTRIES, NEW
00:19:33GOVERNMENT FIGURES SHOWS THAT CASES IN CANADA ARE STILL LOW
00:19:36BUT TRENDING UPWARD.
00:19:38CHRISTINE BIRAK BREAKS DOWN WHAT EXPERTS ARE SAYING ABOUT GETTING
00:19:41A FLU SHOT. >> Reporter: DATA SHOWS THAT THE
00:19:45FLU SEASON MAY BE KICKING OFF EARLIER THAN USUAL, WHICH
00:19:48INCLUDES A DEATH IN ALBERTA. SO SHOULD YOU GET YOUR SHOT
00:19:51SOONER? AND IS THIS YEAR'S VACCINE A GOOD MATCH?
00:19:55ON THAT, THE EXPERTS SAY --
00:19:56>> SO FAR SO GOOD.
00:19:59>> Reporter: DOCTORS SAY THAT AS PREDICTED THAT H1N1 VIRUSES ARE
00:20:02CURRENTLY DOMINATING AND THIS SEASON'S VACCINE IS BUILT TO
00:20:05TARGET THEM.
00:20:07BUT FLU VIRUSES ARE SLIPPERY AND THEY CAN MUTATE MID-SEASON.
00:20:10>> IT'S WAY TOO EARLY TO SAY
00:20:13WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OR NOT.
00:20:17AND I AM NOT AWARE THAT
00:20:19PARTICULAR MUTATION IS PREDICTED TO MAKE THE VACCINE LESS
00:20:23EFFECTIVE. >> Reporter: MOST DOCTORS ARE
00:20:25ADVISING CANADIANS TO GET VACCINATED AS SOON AS THE FLU
00:20:29SHOTS BECOME AVAILABLE TO THEM. >> STRONGLY RECOMMEND IT,
00:20:32ESPECIALLY WITH THE EARLY PEAK. >> Reporter: LOOKING AT CANADIAN
00:20:35FLU TEST POSITIVITY OVER RECENT YEARS SHOWS THAT CASES TYPICALLY
00:20:38START SLOW AND PEAK AROUND THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
00:20:42THIS YEAR IS STARTING ABOVE AVERAGE. LARGELY DRIVEN BY CASES IN
00:20:45BRITISH COLUMBIA.
00:20:47>> WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE INFLUENZA, PARTICULARLY IN CHILDREN.
00:20:51>> Reporter: TORONTO PUBLIC
00:21:07>> Reporter: MOST PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES ARE CURRENTLY VACCINATING OLDER CANADIANS AND
00:21:11OTHER HIGH-RISK GROUPS WHILE THE GENERAL PUBLIC WAITS UNTIL LATE
00:21:14OCTOBER. AND IN QUÉBEC, MANY WILL HAVE TO
00:21:16PAY OUT OF POCKET. >> SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE
00:21:20GENERAL POPULATION IS AWARE THAT WE ARE SEEING AN EARLY -- LIKE
00:21:22EARLY CASES NOW. AND SO THAT WE START TAKING PRECAUTIONS EARLIER THAN
00:21:26EXPECTED. >> Reporter: ALONG WITH THE FLU SHOT THE DOCTORS SAY THAT
00:21:30STANDARD PRECAUTIONS LIKE HAND WASHING AND PHYSICAL DISTANCING
00:21:33AND STAYING HOME WHEN SICK WILL
00:21:41>> Erica: DONALD TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN COULD COST HIM DURING THE UPCOMING
00:21:45MIDTERMS.
00:21:48>> I THINK THAT IT'S GALVANISING PEOPLE AND I THINK THAT IT'S ALSO SCARING PEOPLE.
00:21:52>> Erica: WE TAKE YOU TO MINNESOTA WHERE THOSE RAIDS COULD NOW SWAY A CRITICAL RACE.
00:21:56(♪)
00:21:59>>> AND DESPITE TENSIONS WITH THE U.S., TWO BORDER TOWNS COME
00:22:02TOGETHER.
00:22:06>> NOW WE GET TO ENJOY THE AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE -- DIFFERENT
00:22:26WE'RE BACK IN TWO.
00:24:36GRAVY SOLD ACROSS WESTERN CANADA
00:24:38HAS BEEN RECALLED. KEVIN'S NATURAL FOODS FAILED TO
00:24:42LIST MUSTARD AS ONE OF ITS INGREDIENTS.
00:24:45THE GRAVY WAS DISTRIBUTED IN
00:24:49MANITOBA, SASKATCHEWAN AND ALBERTA AND B.C.. IF YOU HAVE A BOX YOU'RE BEING URGED TO RETURN IT OR THROW IT OUT.
00:24:53>>> AFTER MONTHS OF TARIFFS AND
00:24:57ANNEXATION THREATS, THE FRICTION BETWEEN CANADA AND THE U.S. IS
00:25:00PALPABLE. BUT SOME HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN THE WEST ARE SHOWING
00:25:04WHAT CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION TRULY MEANS.
00:25:08SHEEHAN DESJARDINS NOW ON ONE TEAM BUILT FROM TWO SOVEREIGN NATIONS.
00:25:10(♪)
00:25:14>> Reporter: THIS ANTHEM, A NEW TRADITION BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES IN SUNBURST,
00:25:18MONTANA. IT'S AMERICAN FOOTBALL WITH A
00:25:22TOUCH OF CANADIAN WINTER. THESE TWO PLAYERS AND FOUR OTHERS ON THE TEAM ARE
00:25:25ALBERTANS. >> WE GET TO ENJOY THE AMERICAN
00:25:28HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AND JUST
00:25:32HAVE FUN WITH AMERICANS -- DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, SAME PEOPLE.
00:25:36>> Reporter: THEY STILL GO TO SCHOOL IN THIS ALBERTA TOWN JUST
00:25:39NORTH OF THE BORDER. BUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR A TEAM OF ITS OWN --
00:25:43>> THEY WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND TO PLAY FOOTBALL WITH ANOTHER TEAM, AND IT HAPPENED TO BE ACROSS THE
00:25:47BORDER. >> Reporter: SEVERAL TIMES A
00:25:50WEEK THE STUDENTS FROM MILK
00:25:52RIVER, ALBERTA, TRAVEL SOUTH TO JOIN FORCES WITH THEIR TEAMMATES IN SUNBURST.
00:25:55>> I'VE GOT MY JERSEY. >> Reporter:FORGETTING ANYTHING
00:25:59AHEAD OF THE SEASON'S FINAL HOME
00:26:01GAME IS OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR
00:26:07BRENIS. >> ALL I NEED IS JUST MY PASSPORT. >> Reporter: THEY STILL HAVE TO CROSS INTO A DIFFERENT COUNTRY BEFORE THEY CAN PLAY. HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU THINK THAT
00:26:10YOU HAVE CROSSED THE BORDER?
00:26:14>> A HUNDRED IN THE PAST MONTH MAYBE. >> Reporter: JETT BUTLER SAYS
00:26:18THAT HIS DAD WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL IN SUNBURST AND NOW HE'S MAKING EXPERIENCES THERE TOO. >> I GOT MY FIRST TOUCHDOWN A
00:26:21COUPLE OF GAMES AGO SO IT'S BEEN GOING REALLY GOOD.
00:26:25>> Reporter: HIS COACH AGREES. >> I KID YOU NOT, THE FIRST WEEK WE HAD EVERYBODY HANGING OUT
00:26:28TOGETHER. >> Reporter:BUT HIS PRIORITY IS
00:26:32ON THE FIELD, WHERE HE'S TEACHING THE CANADIAN KIDS ABOUT AMERICAN FOOTBALL.
00:26:36>> THE THING THAT I'VE HAD THE HARDEST TIME WITH IS GETTING
00:26:37THEM UP TO SPEED, RIGHT. WE'RE PLAYING AGAINST GUYS WHO
00:26:41HAVE PLAYED SINCE THEY'RE 4.
00:26:43>> Reporter:THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM AT THIS GAME.
00:26:46HIS PLAYERS ARE DOMINATING. PEOPLE WATCHING FROM THEIR CARS
00:26:49TO STAY WARM. FANS FROM TWO COUNTRIES HYPED
00:26:51FOR ONE TEAM.
00:26:54AND IT'S A BIG WIN FOR SUNBURST.
00:26:57BUT THE CANADIANS HAVE ONE MORE TASK AHEAD --
00:27:00>> JUST GO RIGHT BACK ACROSS THE BORDER AND GET IN OUR WARM
00:27:08>> Erica: THE I.C.E. CRACKDOWNS
00:27:12IN MINNESOTA SPARKED MASS PROTESTS.
00:27:15NOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE TAKING ON A NEW FIGHT. >> YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN
00:27:18SILENT! >> I HAVE REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON HOW DO WE DEFEND OURSELVES FROM
00:27:20THE NEXT THREAT. >> Erica: HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR VOTE.
00:27:24(♪) >>> AND A DECADES OLD PROBLEM IN
00:27:28ALBERTA IS REACHING A BOILING
00:27:29POINT.
00:27:33>> WE CAN'T ALLOW IT TO GO ANYMORE TIME.
00:27:36THEY ARE AT CAPACITY. >> Erica: WHY THE ISSUE OF TOXIC
00:27:39MINING WATER IS GETTING WORSE AND WHY THE SOLUTION IS SO CONTROVERSIAL. THAT'S COMING UP.
00:30:23>> [CHANTING] >> Erica: ANTI-I.C.E. PROTESTS CONTINUED IN NEW YORK OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER AN AGENT SHOT A
00:30:27MAN WITH HIS 5-YEAR-OLD SON IN THE CAR. IT'S THE LATEST IN DOZENS OF
00:30:31I.C.E.-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS, INCLUDING TWO FATAL ENCOUNTERS
00:30:35IN MINNEAPOLIS IN JANUARY. THOSE VIOLENT CRACKDOWNS CAME AS
00:30:39TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION INTENSIFIED ITS DEPORTATION
00:30:41PUSH. NOW NEARLY THREE WEEKS BEFORE
00:30:45THE U.S. MIDTERMS, KATIE
00:30:47NICHOLSON RETURNS TO MINNEAPOLIS
00:30:50TO ASK HOW THOSE DEADLY OPERATIONS MIGHT FACTOR INTO HOW
00:30:53PEOPLE VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
00:30:56>> Reporter: AS I.C.E. AGENTS
00:30:58INUNDATED THE TWIN CITIES,
00:31:02WHISTLES BLEW AND TEAR GAS
00:31:03BILLOWED ACROSS THE STREETS.
00:31:07AND THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS CLASHED WITH A MAMMOTH IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT OPERATION.
00:31:11(♪)
00:31:17THE SCENES THAT PLAYED OUT ON THESE STREETS INCLUDING THE
00:31:19KILLINGS OF U.S. CITIZENS RENEE
00:31:23GOOD AND ALEX PREDY DOMINATED
00:31:28HEADLINES. NOW MONTHS LATER, COULD THAT IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN
00:31:31"OPERATION METRO SURGE" TIP THE SCALES IN A CRUCIAL MIDTERM RACE
00:31:35HERE IN MINNESOTA? THE SNOW AND THE ICE LONG GONE,
00:31:39BUT THE FEAR LINGERS. DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED HERE
00:31:42"OPERATION METRO SURGE" IN ANY
00:31:46WAY IMPACTING THE MIDTERMS? >> YEAH, I THINK THAT IT'S GALVANISING PEOPLE AND I THINK
00:31:50THAT IT'S ALSO SCARING PEOPLE. SO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOTIVATED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT NEED TO STEP UP, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE
00:31:54MIGHT BE AFRAID TO EVEN COME OUT.
00:31:58>> Reporter: THERE'S A CRUCIAL SEAT UP FOR GRABS THAT COULD DETERMINE WHO HAS CONTROL OF THE
00:32:01SENATE. DONALD TRUMP'S REPUBLICANS OR THE DEMOCRATS.
00:32:04(♪)
00:32:09THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS TRIED TO LIMIT MAIL-IN VOTING AND ACCESS STATE VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND
00:32:13THERE ARE FEARS THAT IT MAY DEPLOY I.C.E. OR OTHER FEDERAL
00:32:16AGENTS TO THE POLLS. >> YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT!
00:32:19>> [WHISTLE]
00:32:24>> WHAT, YOU DON'T LIKE A
00:32:24WHISTLE?
00:32:28>> IT FELT LIKE THE WORLD WAS ENDING OR IT FELT LIKE MY WORLD
00:32:31WAS ENDING.
00:32:36>> Reporter:SHEA RUSHED OUT
00:32:38INTO THE STREET WHEN I.C.E. OFFICERS
00:32:42CAME FOR HER NEIGHBOURS. >> DO YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE DOING GOOD, THAT THIS IS GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE COUNTRY?
00:32:45OH, YOU CAN LOOK AT ME.
00:32:47I'VE NOT EXPERIENCED FEDERAL
00:32:50AGENT INTERVENTION IN THAT WAY.
00:32:52AND I NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE SO CLOSE TO MY HOUSE. (♪)
00:32:56>> Reporter: SHEA IS ONE OF THOUSANDS OF MINNESOTANS WHO
00:32:58SIGNED UP FOR TRAINING TO OBSERVE I.C.E.
00:33:02SHE'S TRAINED TO BECOME WHAT
00:33:06GRASSROOTS CALL DEMOCRACY DEFENDERS AND THEY ARE ORGANIZING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO VOTE IS
00:33:09PROTECTED.
00:33:10"OPERATION METRO SURGE," WHAT
00:33:13ROLE DID THAT PLAY IN YOUR
00:33:15DECISION TO BE A DEMOCRACY
00:33:19DEFENDER? >> EVER SINCE "METRO SURGE"
00:33:22HAPPENED, I HAVE REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON HOW WE
00:33:26DEFEND OURSELVES FROM THE NEXT THREAT. IT'S A REALLY HARD CONVERSATION ABOUT, LIKE, WHAT IS POSSIBLE
00:33:28FOR US WHEN WE'VE ALREADY SEEN STATE VIOLENCE TAKE AWAY TWO
00:33:32MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
00:33:37SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO THESE
00:33:38CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, LIKE, WHAT
00:33:41IS YOUR RISK LEVEL IF THAT WERE TO BE THE SITUATION AT THE
00:33:43POLLS. YOU KNOW, IF THEY TRY AND CHARGE
00:33:47AND TAKE A BALLOT BOX, IF THEY PHYSICALLY STOP PEOPLE FROM
00:33:49ENTERING THE POLLS. >> Reporter: AND SO THESE
00:33:52HANDWRITTEN NOTES TO NEIGHBOURS.
00:33:55>> HI, NEIGHBOUR, SOUTHEAST NEIGHBOURS FOR DEMOCRACY DEFENCE
00:33:57IS A GROUP IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
00:34:00WORKING TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN VOTE SAFELY IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION.
00:34:04>> Reporter: ENLISTING OTHERS TO SECURE THE VOTE. >> I'M JUST TRYING TO GO AROUND
00:34:07AND MEET NEIGHBOURS TO TALK ABOUT, LIKE, WHAT WE MIGHT DO.
00:34:11LIKE, IF I.C.E. WERE TO SHOW UP
00:34:12AT THE POLLS OR, YOU KNOW, IF,
00:34:16LIKE, THE ADMINISTRATION WERE TO STEW MORE CONFUSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO VOTE.
00:34:20ARE YOU GUYS INTERESTED AT ALL? >> YEAH. >> AND BEING IN THE NETWORK? GREAT.
00:34:23>> HI.
00:34:29>> Reporter: STEVE SIMON IS MINNESOTA'S SECRETARY OF STATE.
00:34:32ONE OF HIS JOBS -- MAINTAINING THE FAIR AND FREE ACCESS TO THE
00:34:35VOTE NO MATTER WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN -- STORMS, FLOODS, POWER OUTAGES AND NOW A NEW
00:34:38POSSIBILITY.
00:34:44>> I'VE HAD THIS JOB FOR A WHILE AND NEVER, EVER BEFORE HAVE I
00:34:46HAD TO SERIOUSLY THINK ABOUT THE
00:34:50PROSPECT THAT OUR OWN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL BE AN INSTIGATOR OF SOMETHING THAT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE FREEDOM TO
00:34:54VOTE. >> Reporter: WHAT ARE THE
00:34:58CONTINGENCY PLANS THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE IF THERE IS SOME SORT OF FEDERAL OVERREACH?
00:35:01>> SO JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO OUR STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND I
00:35:05MET WITH OTHER ATTORNEY GENERALS AND SECRETARIES OF STATE IN DETROIT.
00:35:07SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE THAT WE MET IN MILWAUKEE AND WE HAD TO THINK
00:35:11ABOUT AND TO PLAN FOR VARIOUS SCENARIOS THAT WOULD INCLUDE
00:35:13FEDERAL INTERFERENCE. NOW I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR -- THIS
00:35:17ISN'T A PREDICTION ON OUR PART,
00:35:19BUT IT IS A PRECAUTION THAT WE
00:35:22FEEL WE HAVE TO TAKE. >> Reporter: AND AS IT TURNS OUT, MINNEAPOLIS COULD PLAY A
00:35:25PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE BALANCE OF POWER IN WASHINGTON. WITH A SENATE SEAT UP FOR GRABS.
00:35:29>> AND THEN YOU'VE GOT FLANAGAN --
00:35:32>> Reporter: LARRY JACOBS IS A POLITICAL SCIENTIST AT THE
00:35:35UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. >> MINNESOTA COULD BE THE
00:35:39DECIDER. IT HAD BEEN ASSUMED THAT
00:35:42MINNESOTA WOULD BE SAFELY DEMOCRATIC IN TERMS OF A NEW
00:35:44SENATOR BEING ELECTED, BUT NOW WE'RE SEEING POLLS AND IT'S A TOSS-UP.
00:35:48SO THAT'S GOING TO BE PERHAPS A
00:35:52DECIDING FACTOR IN WHETHER THE DEMOCRATS AND DONALD TRUMP MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE U.S. SENATE.
00:35:56>> I WILL PROTECT WHAT'S FAIR AND SAFE, STANDING WITH OUR LAW
00:35:59ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
00:36:01>> Reporter: REPUBLICAN MICHELE TAFOYA, A WELL-KNOWN FORMER NFL
00:36:05REPORTER SURPRISINGLY
00:36:10NECK-IN-NECK WITH DEMOCRAT PEGGY
00:36:14FLANAGAN IN A SEAT CONSIDERED
00:36:18NORMALLY SAFE FOR DEMOCRATS. >> WE NEED TO STOP THEM FROM
00:36:21TERRORIZING OUR COMMUNITIES. >> Reporter:BOTH RUNNING ON
00:36:24PLATFORMS THAT INCLUDE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT, BUT
00:36:27WITH VERY DIFFERENT STANCES.
00:36:29BUT JUST HOW BIG OF AN ISSUE
00:36:32THAT "METRO SURGE" WILL BE IN THE MINDS OF VOTERS IS HARD TO KNOW.
00:36:35>>> WE'VE HAD A WAR IN IRAN AND WE'VE GOT GAS PRICES GOING THROUGH THE ROOF. SO THE "METRO SURGE" HAS FADED I
00:36:39THINK IN THE MINDS OF A GOOD
00:36:39NUMBER OF VOTERS.
00:36:45>> Reporter: AND HE SAYS THAT DEMOCRATS IN THE STATE HAVE LOST GROUND OVER OTHER ISSUES. >> WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT THE
00:36:48REPUBLICAN CRITICISM OF THE DEMOCRATS IN MINNESOTA FOR
00:36:51FRAUD, WASTEFUL SPENDING, HAS
00:36:55REALLY BEGUN TO CATCH UP. >> Reporter: MANY OF THE
00:36:58CONSERVATIVE-LEANING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WHO HELPED PROPEL
00:37:01THE REPUBLICANS TO POWER IN
00:37:042024, LATINOS AND AFRICAN AND ARAB VOTERS, WERE CAUGHT IN THE
00:37:06CROSSHAIRS OF "METRO SURGE."
00:37:11WHAT ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES THAT
00:37:12WERE TARGETED BY I.C.E., COULD
00:37:16THAT BE AN X FACTOR IN THE SENATE RACE, FOR EXAMPLE? >> WE MAY HAVE A VERY, VERY
00:37:20CLOSE SENATE RACE DECIDED BY A SMALL PERCENT. AND THE IMPACT OF DONALD TRUMP'S
00:37:23"METRO SURGE" AND THE
00:37:26IMMIGRATION POLICY IN GENERAL
00:37:27COULD BE JUST WHAT IS NEEDED TO
00:37:30TIP THE RACE AWAY FROM THE REPUBLICANS AND TOWARDS THE DEMOCRATS.
00:37:34(♪)
00:37:40>> Reporter: ONE OF THOSE
00:37:41GROUPS, THE SOMALI COMMUNITY.
00:37:44>> INHERENTLY SOMALIS ARE A VERY RELIGIOUS AND VERY CONSERVATIVE
00:37:47COMMUNITY AND THAT CONSERVATISM
00:37:49DROVE ME TO THE REPUBLICAN
00:37:52PARTY. ♪ AND I WON'T FORGET THE MEN WHO
00:37:55DIED ♪ >> Reporter: SIMON FEKI EVEN
00:37:59RALLIED FOR THE GOP AND THAT'S HIM STANDING BEHIND TRUMP IN
00:38:02JULY 2024.
00:38:06MINNESOTA HAS THE LARGEST SOMALI POPULATION IN THE U.S.
00:38:09PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REPEATEDLY TARGETED AND INSULTED
00:38:12THEM DURING "METRO SURGE."
00:38:15>> President Trump: THE
00:38:19SOMALIANS SHOULD BE OUT OF HERE. WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THE WRONG
00:38:22WAY IF WE KEEP TAKING IN GARBAGE.
00:38:26>> Reporter: CAUSING SIMON TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT HE VOTED. WHEN WAS THE MOMENT YOU THAT TURNED AWAY FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?
00:38:29DO YOU REMEMBER THAT MOMENT? >> THE MOMENT IS WHEN TRUMP WAS SITTING IN HIS OFFICE AND HE
00:38:32CALLED THE SOMALI COMMUNITY
00:38:33GARBAGE.
00:38:38THAT WAS THE THING THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK.
00:38:41>> Reporter: DO YOU THINK THAT THE SOMALI VOTE COULD BE THE
00:38:44TIPPING POINT HERE FOR THE DEMOCRATS IF THEY DON'T SHOW UP
00:38:48IN THE NUMBERS THAT THEY PREVIOUSLY HAVE FOR REPUBLICANS?
00:38:51>> SOMALIS ARE TYPICALLY VERY
00:38:54POLITICALLY ENGAGED AND
00:38:56ESPECIALLY IF THEY -- IF THEY
00:39:00FEEL A THREAT, AND THEN THEY
00:39:02RESPOND IN THE ELECTIONS.
00:39:05>> Reporter: AS IT TURNS OUT THAT SOME OTHER MINNESOTANS FEEL THE SAME WAY, EVEN IF IT ISN'T
00:39:09THE DOMINANT ISSUE AT HAND.
00:39:13>> "METRO SURGE" IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE FACTORS BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THEM.
00:39:16PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY, EVERYTHING THAT YOU READ YOU JUST CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT'S
00:39:20HAPPENING.
00:39:25>> Reporter: AND YET DESPITE THE STEADY DRUMBEAT OF NEW CONTROVERSIES AND OUTRAGE, IT IS
00:39:28CLEAR THAT AS MINNESOTANS STILL VISIT THE MEMORIALS TO TWO OF
00:39:31THEIR OWN KILLED BY FEDERAL OFFICERS, THE RIPPLE EFFECTS
00:39:35FROM "METRO SURGE" VARIED AND
00:39:38PROFOUND AND HARD FOR MANY TO IGNORE AS THE STATE STARTS TO
00:39:41VOTE.
00:39:45A SIGN OF HIGH ENGAGEMENT AND PERHAPS ANXIETY ABOUT
00:39:48INTERFERENCE ON ELECTION DAY.
00:39:52NUMBERS FROM MINNESOTA'S SECRETARY OF STATE SHOW THAT SO FAR THAT
00:39:56THE EARLY VOTER TURNOUT FOR MIDTERMS IS 28% HIGHER IN THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF EARLY
00:39:59VOTING THAN IT WAS DURING THE
00:40:022022 MIDTERMS. THIS AS THE U.S. PRESIDENT AR
00:40:05RENEWED ATTACKS ON SOMALIS AND
00:40:08TRUMP EVEN OFFERED TO SEND IN FEDERAL HELP.
00:40:12>> Erica:AND, KATIE, IN THE LAST FEW DAYS WE HAVE SEEN THAT I.C.E. SHOOTING IN NEW YORK AND REKINDLING
00:40:16MEMORIES OF MINNEAPOLIS.
00:40:18HOW COULD THAT WEIGH ON VOTERS? >> Reporter: YEAH, SO THIS IS
00:40:22SOMETHING THAT I DISCUSSED WITH LARRY JACOBS, THE POLITICAL
00:40:26SCIENTIST IN MINNESOTA.
00:40:29AND HE SAYS THAT IN AMERICAN ELECTIONS ESPECIALLY
00:40:32THERE'S A CONCEPT CALLED THE
00:40:35REGENCY EFFECT, AND THAT SHOWS THAT EVENTS BEFORE ELECTION DAY HAVE AN
00:40:39OUTSIZED IMPACT ON THE VOTE. SO POTENTIALLY NEW I.C.E. INCIDENTS LIKE THE ONE IN NEW YORK -- THESE ARE RESURFACING
00:40:42THE TRUMP'S IMMIGRATION AGENDA IN THE MINDS OF VOTERS.
00:40:44SO EVEN THOUGH POLLING TELLS US THAT
00:40:48AFFORDABILITY AND THE WAR IN IRAN ARE ISSUES, VOTERS ARE REMINDED OF ANOTHER ISSUE TO
00:40:51MOTIVATE THAT VOTE AND THIS TIME
00:41:01>>> COMING UP, WHY A PROPOSAL FOR A NEW WEST COAST PIPELINE IS
00:41:04STIRRING DEBATE IN ALBERTA OVER AN OLD ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE --
00:41:08TOXIC MINING WASTE. >> THE PROBLEM ISN'T GOING AWAY,
00:41:11BUT GETTING WORSE. THE AMOUNT OF TAILINGS FLUID
00:41:15KEEPS INCREASING.
00:41:18>> Erica: KYLE BAKX BREAKS DOWN WHAT TAILINGS PONDS ARE AND HOW
00:41:21TO FIX THEM AND WHY IT'S AT THE HEART OF THE CONFLICT.
00:44:31>> Erica: OTTAWA IS BACKING A NEW WEST COAST OIL PIPELINE, BUT
00:44:34IT IS REKINDLING OLD TENSION OVER ALBERTA'S OILSANDS TAILINGS
00:44:36PONDS. LAKES CREATED TO STORE TOXIC
00:44:40MINING WASTE, NOW AT CAPACITY.
00:44:44AS KYLE BAKX TELLS US, THERE'S AGREEMENT A SOLUTION IS NEEDED, BUT HOW TO ACHIEVE IT GETS
00:44:47CONTROVERSIAL.
00:44:53>> Rt. Hon. Mark Carney:THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DAY FOR ALBERTA AND FOR CANADA.
00:44:57>> Reporter: BOLD AMBITIONS TO
00:44:57GROW THE OILSANDS IS ADDING
00:45:02URGENCY TO RESOLVE A DECADES OLD PROBLEM -- TAILINGS PONDS.
00:45:05>> WE CAN'T ALLOW TO GO ANYMORE TIME. THEY ARE AT CAPACITY. >> Reporter: THEY HOLD TOXIC MINING WATER AND NOW OILSANDS
00:45:09COMPANIES ARE EAGER FOR GOVERNMENT APPROVAL TO TREAT THE
00:45:13FLUID AND RELEASE IT BACK INTO THE RIVER.
00:45:16>> IT IS A SITUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM. >> Reporter: CONTROVERSIAL, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO LIVE
00:45:19DOWNSTREAM.
00:45:22BUT FOR INDUSTRY -- SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE.
00:45:25>> THESE TAILINGS FACILITIES ARE NOT MEANT TO BE PERMANENT PARTS
00:45:27OF THE LANDSCAPE.
00:45:31>> Reporter: ALL DAY, EVERY DAY,
00:45:34EVERY FEW SECONDS, AIR CANNONS FIRE.
00:45:37ALONG WITH SCARECROWS TO KEEP
00:45:39THE WILDLIFE FROM LANDING.
00:45:41TAILINGS PONDS ARE TOXIC AND HAVE BEEN EVER SINCE THE FIRST
00:45:45OILSANDS MINE WAS BUILT SIX DECADES AGO.
00:45:48THE PROBLEM ISN'T GOING AWAY. BUT GETTING WORSE.
00:45:51THE AMOUNT OF TAILINGS FLUID KEEPS INCREASING, AND JUMPING BY
00:45:5550% OVER A 10-YEAR PERIOD FROM
00:45:572014 TO 2024.
00:46:01NUMBERS THAT WILL ONLY GROW AS ALBERTA DEVELOPS A NEW PIPELINE
00:46:03TO THE WEST COAST.
00:46:05WITH OTTAWA'S SUPPORT. AND PURSUES AN AMBITIOUS GROWTH
00:46:09PLAN FOR THE OILPATCH. >> WE ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE THE
00:46:12MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE
00:46:14US AND TO DELIVER ON OUR AMBITION TO DOUBLE ALBERTA'S OIL
00:46:17PRODUCTION. >> Reporter: THE PROVINCE AND
00:46:20INDUSTRY ARE PUSHING FOR THE SAME SOLUTION -- KNOWN AS TREAT
00:46:23AND RELEASE.
00:46:25ESSENTIALLY, USE TECHNOLOGY TO
00:46:28FILTER AND TO CLEAN UP THE WATER, AND THEN POUR IT BACK INTO THE
00:46:32ATHABASCA RIVER.
00:46:36FOR LINY HANSON, ATHABASCA HAS
00:46:36ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF HIS LIFE.
00:46:40>> THIS RIVER HOUSES A LOT OF WILDLIFE.
00:46:43>> Reporter:FOR 33 YEARS HE WORKED IN THE OILSANDS.
00:46:46AND NOW IN RETIREMENT IS A TOUR GUIDE.
00:46:50>> I THINK THAT IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND I HAVE SEEN WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY DO IT AND I THINK THAT IT'S A REALLY GOOD
00:46:53PROCESS.
00:46:56>> Reporter: THERE IS SO MUCH BITUMEN IN THE AREA, INCLUDING
00:46:58ON RIVERBANKS, THAT THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO NATURALLY BE
00:47:01SOME OIL IN THE RIVER.
00:47:05TREATED WATER FOR HIM IS NO CONCERN. >> IT'S GOING TO BE CLEANER THAN THE WATER THAT IS HERE.
00:47:09>> THE TREAT AND RELEASE DISCUSSION IS WHITE HOT IN THIS REGION.
00:47:12>> Reporter: IT'S ALSO A NON-STARTER, SAYS THIS MÉTIS
00:47:14LEADER.
00:47:16HE'S PART OF A COMPANY THAT AIMS TO TREAT TAILINGS PONDS BUT THE WATER WOULD THEN BE REUSED AND
00:47:20NOT DISCHARGED.
00:47:23>> LIVING IN THE HEART OF THE
00:47:30OILSANDS, WE HAVE HAD GENERATIONAL TRAUMA ASSOCIATED WITH WATER.
00:47:33RELEASE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT MY OWNERSHIP AND MY LEADERSHIP AND
00:47:36MY COMMUNITY COULD EVER SUPPORT.
00:47:41>> TAILINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN OF OURS. >> Reporter: IF ANYTHING, THIS FIRST NATION'S CHIEF WANTS
00:47:44OILSANDS DEVELOPMENT TO SLOW
00:47:45DOWN, NOT SPEED UP.
00:47:49>> DOUBLING MEANS DOUBLING THE
00:47:54SIZE OF TAILINGS POND TODAY. AND IT MEANS
00:47:57DOUBLING THE AMOUNT OF WATER DRAW AND DOUBLING THE AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS SO DOUBLING THE PROBLEM IS WHAT WE SEE.
00:48:01>> Reporter: THE PROSPECT OF THE
00:48:03TAILINGS WATER BEING TREATED AND RELEASED BACK INTO THE RIVER IS A THREAT,
00:48:07SHE SAYS, TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN HER COMMUNITY. TAILINGS HOLD VAST AMOUNTS OF SALT, HEAVY METALS AND
00:48:10HYDROCARBONS.
00:48:14A RISK THAT SHE SAYS FROM HUMAN
00:48:15HEALTH TO AQUATIC LIFE.
00:48:18>> IT IS A SITUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM.
00:48:21WE OFTEN SAY, YOU KNOW, IF THE RIVERS
00:48:25FLEW IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO NON-INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES,
00:48:28WOULD THINGS BE LIKE THIS? >> Reporter: HER COMMUNITY HAS
00:48:32BEEN INVOLVED IN TALKS WITH GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY ABOUT
00:48:35THIS PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS. BUT SHE NOW FEELS POLITICAL
00:48:38PRESSURE TO ACT. >> IT'S GOING TO TAKE AS LONG AS
00:48:41IT TAKES TO DEVELOP STRONG REGULATIONS, TO PROTECT WHAT
00:48:45MATTERS MOST TO YOUR NATION. AND NOW IT'S LIKE HURRY UP, GET IT DONE.
00:48:49>> Reporter: THE OILSANDS IS THE ONLY INDUSTRY IN THE COUNTRY THAT IS NOT ALLOWED TO RELEASE
00:48:52TREATED WATER. A COMPLETE BAN FOR THIS ONE
00:48:55SECTOR. >> WE CANNOT SAY TO INDUSTRY
00:48:59THAT WE WANT YOU TO DOUBLE PRODUCTION AND THEN NOT GIVE
00:49:02THEM THE TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO DO PROPER TREAT AND RELEASE. >> Reporter: THE ALBERTA
00:49:05GOVERNMENT IS READY TO MOVE. IT NEEDS OTTAWA'S HELP THOUGH,
00:49:09SINCE THE WATERWAYS FALL UNDER FEDERAL JURISDICTION.
00:49:13>> WE CAN'T ALLOW TO GO ANYMORE TIME. THEY ARE AT CAPACITY. >> Reporter: THE COMPANIES SAY
00:49:16THEY HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE
00:49:17EXPERTISE TO TREAT THE TAILINGS.
00:49:21WHAT THEY NEED IS REGULATIONS SO THEY KNOW WHAT STANDARDS HAVE TO
00:49:24BE REACHED IN ORDER FOR THE WATER TO BE RELEASED BACK INTO THE RIVER.
00:49:28VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES ARE BEING TESTED AND DEVELOPED, WHICH
00:49:32SCIENTISTS HAVE SAID THAT ARE PROMISING. VARIOUS AIR AND WATER MONITORING
00:49:34PROGRAMMES ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.
00:49:38>> IF WE TAKE THESE ELEMENTS TOGETHER, WE THINK THAT GIVES CONFIDENCE THAT A TREATMENT
00:49:41TECHNOLOGY IS EFFECTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY PROTECTIVE AND
00:49:45CAPABLE OF DELIVERING LONG-TERM RESULTS.
00:49:48>> WE HAVE SOME EXPERTS -- >> Reporter: PART OF THEIR PUSH IS THE NEED TO CLEAN UP THE
00:49:51LAND.
00:49:52>> AND THESE TAILINGS FACILITIES
00:49:55ARE NOT MEANT TO BE PERMANENT PARTS OF THE LANDSCAPE IN THE
00:49:57REGION.
00:50:00WE HAVE FULL INTENTIONS OF ACTUALLY TURNING THOSE TAILINGS
00:50:04PONDS INTO RECLAIMED SITES. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR
00:50:08THAT TREAT AND RELEASE. >> Reporter: BY THE END OF THE YEAR THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT
00:50:11PLANS TO LAY OUT EXACTLY WHAT QUALITY STANDARDS HAVE TO BE MET
00:50:14FOR THE WATER TO BE RELEASED.
00:50:18THEN IT'S UP TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ADOPT THOSE REGULATIONS, SUGGEST CHANGES, OR
00:50:20KEEP THE BAN IN PLACE.
00:50:22FOR NOW OTTAWA IS TIGHT-LIPPED. THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENT MINISTER
00:50:26REFUSED INTERVIEW REQUESTS. THE DEPARTMENT WOULDN'T PROVIDE
00:50:29ANY TIMELINE ON A DECISION.
00:50:32THE NATURAL RESOURCES MINISTER WOULDN'T PROVIDE ANY SPECIFICS
00:50:34EITHER. >> WE WILL DO THE WORK TO MAKE
00:50:38SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO
00:50:41TAILINGS PONDS. >> Reporter: THERE'S NO CLEAR
00:50:44DIRECTION FROM WHAT OTTAWA WILL DO AS THE PRESSURE CONTINUES TO BUILD.
00:50:47>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REALLY NEEDS TO TAKE THESE THINGS SERIOUSLY.
00:50:51>> THE SOLUTION ISN'T TO JUST KEEP DOING NOTHING AND PUT OUR
00:50:53HEAD IN THE SAND.
00:50:56THE SOLUTION IS TO PROVE OUT THE SCIENCE AND THAT CAN BE DONE.
00:50:59WE'RE VERY INNOVATIVE PEOPLE.
00:51:01>> Erica: AND THE ISSUE MAY EVENTUALLY END UP IN THE COURTS
00:51:04WITH THE ATHABASCA CHIPPEWAYAN
00:51:06FIRST NATIONS SAYING THAT IT'S READY TO BATTLE THE PROVINCIAL
00:51:10GOVERNMENT TO STOP MINING WASTEWATER FROM THE OILSANDS
00:51:31(♪)
00:56:37(♪)
01:00:22(♪) >> Erica: TONIGHT, ANOTHER DEADLY
01:00:25STRIKE ON A SAUDI AIRPORT JUST ONE DAY AFTER AN ATTACK ON A
01:00:27MAJOR PASSENGER TERMINAL.
01:00:33>> THIS IS A CONFLICT THAT HAS DEEP ROOTS AND IT'S BEEN REIGNITED.
01:00:37>> Erica:THE TERRIFYING MOMENTS AND THE ESCALATING VIOLENCE BETWEEN
01:00:41SAUDI ARABIA AND IRAN-BACKED
01:00:44HOUTHI REBELS. AND THE THREAT THAT MORE COUNTRIES COULD BE
01:00:47DRAGGED INTO THE CONFLICT.
01:00:50>>> PLUS, HURRICANE SIMON SLAMS INTO MEXICO'S PACIFIC COAST.
01:00:54>> WE DON'T TYPICALLY SEE A LOT OF HURRICANES IMPACTING THE
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