GRADUATE FROM HIGHH
SCHOOL IN 2037.
GOODNIGHT.
(*)
>> Ian: ON THIS TUESDAY NIGHT...
[Applause]
>> Ian: IN THIS NEW YEAR A NEW
HORIZON IN SPACE EXPLORATION.
>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ALL OF YOU
BUT I'M REALLY LIKING THIS 2019
THING SO FAR.
>> Ian: NASA'S FARTHEST FLY-BY
EVER AND HOW IT HELPS US TO
UNDERSTAND THE UNIVERSE AND HOW
CANADA CONTRIBUTED TO THIS
MISSION.
>> THERE'S NO CHANCE THAT THE
RUSSIANS ARE MAKING AN ACCURATE
ACCUSATION.
>> Ian: THE TWIN BROTHER OF AN
AMERICAN DETAINED ON ESPIONAGE
CHARGES SAY THEY'VE GOT THE
WRONG GUY.
IS PAUL WHELAN THE VICTIM OF
RUSSIAN RETALIATION?
>> THE MONARCHY MIGHT NOT
SURVIVE THE REIGN OF KING
CHARLES THE III.
>> Ian: PRINCE CHARLES AT 70.
A LIFETIME OF WAITING GIVING WAY
TO AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
>>> THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
(*)
>>> NEW YEAR'S DAY IS A TIME
THAT WE THINK ABOUT WHAT THE
FUTURE HOLDS AND SO IT SEEMS
FITTING JUST 33 MINUTES INTO
2019 EASTERN TIME THAT THE NEW
HORIZON SPACECRAFT WAS AT THE
EDGE OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM,
HURDLING PAST THE MOST DISTANT
OBJECT EVER TO BE EXPLORED BY
HUMANKIND.
[Applause]
THIS IS THE SCENE INSIDE OF
NASA'S MISSION CONTROL ABOUT 10
HOURS LATER WHEN SCIENTISTS
FINALLY RECEIVED CONFIRMATION
THAT THE FLY-BY WAS A SUCCESS.
NEW HORIZONS CAME WITHIN 3,500
KILOMETRES OF ULTIMA THULE ABOUT
A TINY ICY OBJECT ABOUT
6.5 BILLION KILOMETRES AWAY.
AMONG THOSE SCIENTISTS
CELEBRATING TODAY'S ACHIEVEMENT
IS A TEAM OF CANADIANS WHOSE
WORK WAS CRITICAL.
CHRIS O'NEILL-YATES HAS MORE ON
THE MISSION AND ITS IMPACT HERE
ON EARTH.
>> Reporter: BLINK AND YOU'D
HAVE MISSED IT.
THE FIRST FLY-BY LASTED ABOUT
FOUR SECONDS.
OF THOSE AT JOHNS HOPKINS
LABORATORY WAS CANADIAN
SCIENTIST J.J. KAVELAARS.
>> THIS IS LIKE AN INCREDIBLE,
INCREDIBLE FEAT, RIGHT?
I HAVE BEEN WORKING AND TRYING
TO UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS FOR
ABOUT 20 YEARS NOW.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT THE
WORK OF CANADIAN RESEARCHERS WAS
CRITICAL.
THEY BUILT A MODEL OF THE OUTER
SOLAR SYSTEM THAT WAS USED TO
PLOT NEW HORIZON'S PATH.
NOW THAT IT'S THERE IT WILL TAKE
ABOUT TWO YEARS FOR ALL OF THE
IMAGES TO BE BEAMED BACK TO
EARTH.
>> IT IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU
MAYBE SEE PEOPLE AT SPORTING
EVENTS AND THEY TAKE THE CAMERA
AND THEY PRESS THE SHUTTER AND
SWING IT PAST HOPING TO CATCH
SOMETHING AND THAT'S BASICALLY
WHAT WE'RE DOING.
>>> WE WILL HAVE INSIGHT,
FIRSTHAND INSIGHT, INTO THE
MATERIAL FROM WHICH WE FORMED.
>> Reporter: ASTRONOMY
PROFESSOR PAUL DeLANEY HAS
BEEN MONITORING NEW HORIZON'S
EVERY MOVE.
THIS IS A BIG DAY.
>> IT'S A PIECE OF THE PAST THAT
NOT ONLY ALLOW US TO UNDERSTAND
OUR PRESENT BUT TO PROJECT
FORWARD INTO FUTURE.
>> Reporter: TODAY'S
EXCITEMENT WAS NOT LOST ON
VISITORS TO VANCOUVER'S H.R.
MacMILLAN
SPACE CENTRE.
>> LEARNING HOW PLANETS ARE
FORMED, ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF OUR
SOLAR
SYSTEM AND UNIVERSE -- IT'S A
GREAT TIME TO BE INTERESTED IN
SCIENCE AND RESEARCH.
>> I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S
MORE LIFE OUT THERE.
>> FOR EVERY YOUNG PARENT AND
SCIENTIST OUT THERE, JUST THINK
THAT IT COULD BE THEM FOR THE
NEXT GREAT DISCOVERY, 10, 20, 30
YEARS FROM NOW.
TO ME THIS IS NOT JUST SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY, THIS IS
HUMANITY'S FUTURE.
>> Reporter: THERE WAS A PAPER
ON THE CRATERS ON ULTIMA THULE.
HIS TIMING COULD NOT BE BETTER.
>> I'M TOTALLY FASCINATED TO SEE
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THE
COMING WEEKS AS THE SPACECRAFT
IMAGRY DRIBBLES IN.
>> Reporter: AND IT'S MISSIONS
LIKE THIS THAT HELP TO IMPROVE
LIFE BACK HERE ON EARTH.
>> FOR INSTANCE, THE INTERNET
THAT WE USE TODAY AND BASICALLY
THAT OUR LIVES
DEPEND ON THE INTERNET NOW.
>> Reporter: NEW HORIZON WILL
CONTINUE ITS WORK UNTIL 2030
WHEN
IT RUNS OUT OF FUEL, GIVING
SCIENTISTS A WHOLE DECADE OF
DISCOVERY TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
CHRIS O'NEILL-YATES, CBC NEWS,
VANCOUVER.
>> Ian: AND NEW HORIZONS IS ONE
OF THE FIRST OF MANY
HISTORY-MAKING MISSIONS SET TO
TAKE PLACE IN 2019.
THIS IS CHINA'S NEW LANDER ROVER
THAT COULD BECOME
THE FIRST EVER TO TOUCH DOWN ON
THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON.
WE'RE ALSO EXPECTING SPACEX AND
BOEING TO FERRY AMERICAN
ASTRONAUTS TO THE AMERICAN SPACE
STATION.
AND THE U.S. HAS RELIED ON
RUSSIA TO DO THIS SINCE 2011.
AND THIS YEAR COULD BE BIG FOR
SPACE TOURISM.
BLUE ORIGIN, OWNED BY JEFF
BEZOS AND VIRGIN GALACTIC, OWNED
BY THE BILLIONAIRE
RICHARD BRANSON ARE PROMISING TO
LAUNCH CIVILIANS INTO
WEIGHTLESSNESS.
>>> ON TO OTHER NEWS NOW AND
LEARNING MORE ABOUT AN AMERICAN
MAN BORN IN CANADA AND DETAINED
IN MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES IN
RUSSIA.
PAUL WHELAN WAS ARRESTED BY
RUSSIAN STATE SECURITY AND
ACCUSED OF ESPIONAGE.
HE'S A FORMER U.S. MARINE BUT
HIS TWIN BROTHER SAYS THAT
THERE'S NO WAY THAT HE'S A SPY.
RON CHARLES HAS MORE FROM
WASHINGTON.
>> Reporter: A PHOTO FROM ONE
OF PAUL WHELAN'S EARLY TRIPS TO
RUSSIA DURING LEAVE WHEN HE WAS
A U.S. MARINE SERVING IN IRAQ
SOME TIME BETWEEN 2003 AND 2010.
IT WAS DURING HIS LATEST OF
SEVERAL TRIPS TO MOSCOW THAT
RUSSIA'S FEDERAL SECURITY
SESHES, THE F.S.B., ARRESTED
HIM ON ACCUSATIONS OF ESPIONAGE
THAT CAN CARRY A SENTENCE UP TO
20 YEARS IN PRISON.
FROM HIS HOME JUST OUTSIDE OF
TORONTO, DAVID WHELAN EXPLAINS
THAT HIS TWIN BROTHER WAS BORN
IN OTTAWA BUT HAS LIVED ALMOST
ALL OF HIS LIFE IN THE U.S. AND
IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
HE SAYS THAT PAUL WAS IN RUSSIA
LAST WEEK FOR A WEDDING.
>> HE WENT TO RUSSIA ON THE
22nd TO ATTEND A WEDDING OF A
FRIEND OF HIS.
THE FRIEND HAD ASKED HIM TO COME
BECAUSE PAUL HAS VISITED RUSSIA
IN THE PAST.
>> Reporter: DAVID WHELAN SAYS
THAT HIS FAMILY IS IN TOUCH WITH
THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT WHICH
REQUESTED CONSULAR ACCESS TO
PAUL, ALSO A FORMER POLICE
OFFICER AND NOW THE DIRECTOR OF
CORPORATE SECURITY FOR AN
MULTINATIONAL AUTO PARTS MAKER.
THE F.S.B. HAS NOT EXPLAINED THE
ALLEGED NATURE OF THE SPYING.
>> HE'S THE SORT OF PERSONALITY
THAT IS NOT A LAW BREAKER OF ANY
SORT, LET ALONE BREAKING SPY
LAWS.
IT'S INCONCEIVABLE TO ALL OF US
THAT HE COULD BE CONSIDERED A
SPY.
>> Reporter: SOME SECURITY
EXPERTS ARE LINKING WHELAN'S
CASE
TO THAT OF MARIA BUTINA.
SHE PLEADED GUILTY LAST MONTH TO
CONSPIRING TO ACT AS AN AGENT
FOR THE KREMLIN, IN PART BY
INFILTRATING THE NATIONAL RIFLE
ASSOCIATION TO INFLUENCE U.S.
POLITICS DURING THE 2016
ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
AS SHE AWAITS SENTENCING IN
CUSTODY, BUTINA HAS BECOME A
CAUSEY IS LEB ON RUSSIAN SOCIAL
MEDIA,
HER CASE IS CHILLING RELATIONS
BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE U.S.
BUT DAVID WHELAN SAYS THAT HE
DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER THE
RUSSIANS PICKED UP HIS BROTHER
IN RETALIATION FOR BUTINA'S
ARREST.
>> I THINK THAT IT'S TOO
COMPLICATED TO COME UP TO A
SIMPLE ANSWER ON WHAT THAT IS.
I THINK THAT THERE ARE MANY
REASONS THAT PAUL COULD HAVE,
AND I THINK THAT IT COULD BE
COMPLETELY ARBITRARY.
OUR GOAL REALLY IS TO JUST GET
HIM HOME.
>> Reporter: HIS FAMILY IS
HOPING THAT U.S. OFFICIALS AND A
LAWYER CAN VISIT PAUL WHELAN
TOMORROW, THE END OF THE
TRADITIONAL 72-HOUR BLACKOUT IN
SUCH ARRESTS.
RON CHARLES, CBC NEWS,
WASHINGTON.
>> Ian: WHILE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATED THE
NEW YEAR, THERE WERE THREE
ATTACKS IN DIFFERENT CITIES WITH
WHAT APPEARED TO BE VERY
DIFFERENT MOTIVES.
IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, A MAN
ATTACKED REVELERS WITH A KNIFE.
TODAY INVESTIGATORS RAIDED THE
SUSPECT'S HOME IN THE CITY'S
NORTH END.
POLICE ARRESTED HIM LAST NIGHT
AFTER A STABBING SPREE ON A
TRAIN STATION PLATFORM.
THREE PEOPLE WERE HURT, A
TRANSIT POLICE OFFICER, AND A
COUPLE IN THEIR 50s.
THE WOUNDS ARE NOT BELIEVED TO
BE LIFE-THREATENING.
POLICE SAY THAT WITNESSES HEARD
THE ATTACKER SHOUT ISLAMIC
SLOGANS.
IN GERMANY, FOREIGNERS APPEARED
TO BE THE TARGET OF A MAN WHO
DROVE HIS CAR INTO CROWDS
CELEBRATING THE NEW YEAR.
HE HIT FOUR PEOPLE, INCLUDING A
SYRIAN AND AN AFGHAN.
THEIR INJURIES ARE DESCRIBED AS
SEVERE.
AND IT WAS A SIMILAR ATTACK LAST
NIGHT IN TOKYO.
AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE WERE HURT
WHEN A MAN RAMMED A VAN INTO A
CROWD IN A POPULAR SHOPPING
DISTRICT.
THE STREET HAD BEEN CLOSED TO
TRAFFIC AND WAS PACKED WITH
PEDESTRIANS.
THE 21-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT
REPORTEDLY TOLD POLICE THAT HE
WAS AVENGING THE DEATH OF
MEMBERS OF A DOOMSDAY CULT.
THEY WERE EXECUTED IN JULY FOR A
SARIN GAS ATTACK ON THE TOKYO
SUBWAY IN 1995.
>>> IN BRITAIN, SOME PEOPLE ARE
WELCOMING 2019 WITH EXCITEMENT
ABOUT BREXIT.
FOR OTHERS THERE'S A SENSE OF
DREAD AND NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE
IF BRITAIN WILL LEAVE THE
EUROPEAN UNION AS PLANNED.
THE CBC'S BRIAR STEWART SPOKE
WITH PEOPLE CELEBRATING THE NEW
YEAR TODAY IN LONDON.
[Applause]
>> Reporter: IT'S BECOME A
TRADITION IN LONDON -- HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS LINE UP IN THE
CHILLY JANUARY AIR FOR THE
ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S PARADE.
(*)
A CHANCE TO TAKE IN THE MARCHING
BANDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
AND LOOK AHEAD TO THE NEW YEAR.
>> I JUST WANT PEACE AND FOR
EVERYBODY TO GET ALONG TOGETHER.
>> Reporter: NEW YEAR'S IS A
TIME TO CELEBRATE BUT THERE'S NO
DOUBT THAT 2019 WILL BE A
PIVOTAL YEAR FOR THE U.K.
IT'S POISED TO LEAVE THE E.U. AT
THE
END OF MARCH WITH A LOT OF
UNCERTAINTY AROUND HOW THAT WILL
ACTUALLY WORK AND WHAT THE
CONSEQUENCES WILL BE.
NOT TO MENTION THE PUBLIC IS
STILL DEEPLY DIVIDED OVER
BREXIT.
>> WELL, I VOTED TO LEAVE.
BUT LOTS OF MY FRIENDS VOTED TO
STAY, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY MAKING
FOR ARGUMENTS ALL THE TIME.
BUT AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED,
BRITAIN CAN STAND ON ITS OWN TWO
FEET.
>> WE SHOULD STAY IN E.U., YEAH.
IT'S BEEN GOING ON TOO LONG NOW.
I THINK THAT REALLY WE COME OUT
WE COULD BE IN A FEW DIRE
STRAITS.
>> Reporter: THERE HAS BEEN
COUNTLESS WARNINGS ABOUT WHAT
COULD HAPPEN IF THE U.K. LEAVES
THE
E.U. WITHOUT AN AGREEMENT.
THAT APPEARS POSSIBLE BECAUSE
THE DEAL THAT THERESA MAY HAS IS
STILL VERY UNPOPULAR.
SHE PUT OFF A VOTE ON IT IN
DECEMBER OVER FEARS THAT IT
WOULD BE REJECTED, BUT SHE
PROMISED TO PUT IT TO PARLIAMENT
THE SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY.
>> IT'S A HUGELY TRICKY
SITUATION.
SHE DOESN'T HAVE A MAJORITY IN
PARLIAMENT FOR IT.
THAT SAID THOUGH, WE HAVEN'T HAD
THE CRUCIAL VOTE THAT WOULD SAY
THAT SHE'S COMPLETELY LOST THAT,
BUT SHE'S LOST THE DEAL AND MUST
GO.
SO SHE STILL IS HANGING ON IN
THERE.
>> Reporter: IN THE PRIME
MINISTER'S NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE
SHE PLEADED FOR THE COUNTRY TO
UNITE.
>> IF WE COME TOGETHER IN 2019,
I KNOW THAT WE CAN MAKE A
SUCCESS OF WHAT LIES AHEAD AND
BUILD A COUNTRY THAT TRULY WORKS
FOR EVERY ONE OF US.
>> Reporter: THERE'S LIKELY
LITTLE CHANCE THAT WE'LL SEE
SUCH UNITY.
THE OPPOSITION'S NEW YEAR'S
MESSAGE SOUNDED LIKE A POLITICAL
ATTACK AD.
>> THE CONSERVATIVES HAVE
PLUNGED THE COUNTRY INTO CRISIS.
>> Reporter: ALL OF IT ADDS UP
TO A FRACTURED PARLIAMENT AND
WHAT WOULD BE A FEW TUMULTUOUS
MONTHS TO BEGIN THE NEW YEAR.
BRIAR STEWART, CBC NEWS, LONDON.
>> Ian: HERE AT HOME THE
DIVISIVE FEDERAL CARBON TAX IS
IN EFFECT.
OTTAWA HAS IMPOSED THE TAX ON A
HANDFUL OF HOLDOUT PROVINCES.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN CHALLENGED IN
COURT.
BUT AS OLIVIA STEFANOVICH
TELLS US, THE TRUE TEST MAY COME
IN OCTOBER'S FEDERAL ELECTION.
>> WELCOME TO THE YEAR OF THE
CARBON TAX.
>> Reporter: FIRST ON THE
AGENDA FOR 2019 -- CONSERVATIVE
LEADER ANDREW SCHEER CALLS A
NEWS CONFERENCE TO ISSUE A
WARNING.
>> Andrew Scheer: EVERYDAY
ESSENTIALS WILL BECOME MORE
EXPENSIVE THIS YEAR THANKS TO
THE TRUDEAU CARBON TAX.
>> Reporter: STARTING TODAY
OTTAWA IS IMPOSING A TAX ON
FOSSIL FUEL AND PROVINCES THAT
DON'T HAVE ONE -- SASKATCHEWAN,
MANITOBA, ONTARIO AND NEW
BRUNSWICK.
BIG INDUSTRIAL EMITTERS WILL
START TO PAY FIRST IF THEIR
EMISSIONS ARE OVER A CERTAIN
LIMIT.
THEN IN APRIL CONSUMERS WILL
START SEEING HIGHER PRICES FOR
GAS, HEAT AND FOOD THAT HAS TO
BE TRANSPORTED.
BUT THEY'LL ALSO RECEIVE REBATES
TO OFFSET THE INCREASES.
THIS EXPERT SAYS THAT THE PLAN
IS THE ONLY OPTION ON THE TABLE.
>> WE HAVE TO ASK THOSE WHO ARE
CRITICISING PUTTING A PRICE ON
POLLUTION WHAT THEY PLAN
TO PUT IN PLACE INSTEAD AND
THEIR EXPECTED COSTS SHOULD BE.
>> Reporter: SCHEER SAYS THAT
HIS OWN PLAN IS COMING.
IN THE MEANTIME HE'S TRYING TO
PLACE THE LIBERALS' SYSTEM AT
THE FOREFRONT OF THE UPCOMING
FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
>> Andrew Scheer: I BELIEVE
THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE SEEING THAT IT'S NOT
AN ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN AND THE
CONCERN ABOUT HOW HIGH IT'S
GOING TO GO.
>> Reporter: BUT WILL IT
STICK?
THIS POLLSTER SAYS THAT IT'S A
POSSIBILITY.
>> FOR A LARGE CHUNK OF THE
ELECTORATE, YES, IT WILL BE A
DEFINING ISSUE.
>> Reporter: AND THAT COULD BE
ENOUGH TO SWING VOTES.
>> IF A PLAN IS PERCEIVED TO BE
A TAX AND TOO EXPENSIVE AND NOT
REALLY ACHIEVING ANY MEASURABLE
GOALS, THAT WOULD BE THE TORIES'
OPPORTUNITY.
>> Reporter: THE ISSUE ALREADY
HAS CANADIANS TALKING.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD
BE FAIR BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY
TAKING SO MUCH TAXES FROM US.
>> WE'VE GOT GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN
THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT AND
WE WANT THIS ENVIRONMENT TO BE
AS GOOD AS IT IS AND HOPEFULLY
MUCH BETTER THAN IT IS TODAY.
>> IT MAY TAKE A DECADE OR TWO
BUT IN THE LONG RUN I THINK
THAT, YEAH, THIS IS A GOOD
EXPERIMENT AND A
REALLY GOOD INITIATIVE.
>> Reporter: ONE THAT IS
LIKELY TO HAVE A BIG INFLUENCE
AT THE BALLOT BOX.
OLIVIA STEFANOVICH, CBC NEWS,
TORONTO.
>> Ian: HERE'S SOME OF THE OTHER
STORIES THAT WE'RE WATCHING
TONIGHT... BEGINNING ON THE EAST
COAST... IN MANY PARTS OF THE
MARITIMES THE DAY BEGAN WITH
SNOW AND WIND GUSTS.
ENVIRONMENT CANADA ISSUED
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS
WARNING OF ICY ROADS, SLIPPERY
SIDEWALKS, HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG
WINDS.
THE BLIZZARD AND EXTREME COLD
WARNINGS ARE IN PLACE FOR PARTS
OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR.
>>> AND ASTONISHING IMAGES OUT
OF RUSSIA AFTER A BABY BOY WAS
FOUND GRAVELY INJURED BUT ALIVE
AFTER 35 HOURS UNDER THE RUBBLE
OF A PARTIALLY COLLAPSED
BUILDING.
THE RESCUE TEAMS LOCATING THE
INFANT WHEN THEY HEARD HIS CRIES
AMIDST THE RUINS.
AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE WERE KILLED
WHEN A GAS LEAK SPARKED AN
EXPLOSION EARLY ON MONDAY
MORNING THAT RIPPED INTO THE
BUILDING.
MORE THAN 30 RESIDENTS REMAIN
UNACCOUNTED FOR.
>>> STILL AHEAD ON TONIGHT'S
"NATIONAL" WE GO DEEP INTO THE
HEART OF B.C.'S FRASER RIVER.
HOW A FIGHT OVER LAND USE COULD
FORGE THE FUTURE FOR FISH.
>> IT IS POTENTIALLY THE MOST
PRODUCTIVE SALMON, STURGEON,
STEELHEAD RIVER IN THE ENTIRE
WORLD.
(*)
>> Ian: FISHING AND FORESTRY,
TWO PILLARS OF BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S ECONOMY AND IDENTITY.
BUT SOMETIMES THOSE INDUSTRIES
COME INTO CONFLICT.
GREG RASMUSSEN TAKES US OUT ON
THE FRASER RIVER WHERE WHAT IS
HAPPENING ALONG THE SHORE MAY BE
THREATENING SOME OF THE
PROVINCE'S SALMON RUNS.
>> Reporter: FAR FROM THE
ROADS AND THE HIGHWAY LOOKOUTS
ON PART OF THE FRASER RIVER THAT
FEW GET TO SEE.
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS SAY THAT
IT'S VITAL HABITAT FOR YOUNG
FISH.
>> HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF YOUNG
SALMON REAR IN AND AROUND THESE
ISLANDS AND ON HIGH WATER
ACTUALLY ON THE ISLAND.
SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES HERE
ARE IMMENSE.
LET ME BRING YOU CLOSER HERE.
>> Reporter: WE LAND AT
STRAWBERRY ISLAND, PART OF A
80-KILOMETRE-LONG
SECTION OF RIVER THAT IS VALUED
FOR ITS PROTECTIVE NATURAL
SHORELINE.
>> THIS WAS ALL HEAVILY TREED
WITH COTTONWOOD.
THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF
THE SCALE OF THE CLEAR-CUTTING
THAT IS TAKING PLACE HERE.
IT'S BEEN MASSIVE.
>> Reporter: ONE OF CANADA'S
LEADING RIVER EXPERTS AND
CONSERVATIONISTS MARK ANGELO
LABELS IT THE HEART OF THE
FRASER.
>> WE THINK THAT THERE HAS TO BE
A PLAN TO SECURE AND PROTECT.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT IT'S
VITAL TO THE RIVER'S FUTURE.
>> THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EXTENT OF
THE DAMAGE SEEN BEHIND ME AND TO
KNOW THAT IS OCCURRING IN THE
MIDST OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE
STRETCH OF RIVER
IN OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY, THAT
QUALIFIES THIS IN OUR VIEW AS
THE MOST URGENT RIVER ISSUE IN
ALL OF CANADA.
>> Reporter: THE FEAR IS THAT
LOGGING WILL LEAD TO EROSION,
DESTROYING VITAL AREAS
WHERE THE FISH SHELTER DURING
HIGH WATERS.
THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF
FISHERIES CONCLUDED THAT SOME OF
THE WORK HAS ALREADY DAMAGED THE
FISH HABITAT ON TWO OF THE
ISLANDS.
THEY HAVE ORDERED CORRECTIVE
MEASURES AND SAY THAT CHARGES
ARE POSSIBLE.
THE B.C. GOVERNMENT SAYS THEY'RE
AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT SO FAR
HASN'T TAKEN ANY ACTION BECAUSE
THE LAND IS PRIVATELY HELD FOR
DECADES.
THE OWNERS WANT TO TURN THE
FOREST INTO THIS... FIELDS FOR
BERRIES AND OTHER VALUABLE CROPS
IN AN AREA WHERE LAND IS IN
SHORT SUPPLY.
ONE OF THE FARMERS DEVELOPING
THE LAND DIDN'T WANT TO DO AN
ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW.
HE TOLD ME THAT HE AGREES THAT
FISH ARE IMPORTANT, BUT HE SAID
THAT SO IS USING THE LAND TO
PRODUCE FOOD.
SPORT FISHING FOR GIANT STURGEON
IS ALSO WORTH MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS EVERY YEAR.
AND RIVER GUIDES LIKE DEAN WERK
FEAR THOSE VALUABLE ENDANGERED
FISH WILL SUFFER IF DEVELOPMENT
CONTINUES.
>> IT'S POTENTIALLY THE MOST
PRODUCTIVE SALMON, STURGEON,
STEELHEAD RIVER IN THE ENTIRE
WORLD.
THERE IS NOTHING MORE SACRED TO
ME THAN THIS ENTIRE RIVER AND
ALL OF ITS HABITAT.
>> Reporter: IN ADDITION TO
FARMING A PROPOSAL TO BUILD
BRIDGES TO THE ISLANDS RAISES
FEARS OF ADDITIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND EVER
GREATER DEVELOPMENT.
>> IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO
PROTECT THIS AREA IT'S SO
IMPORTANT, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF
THE GREAT CONSERVATION
MILESTONES IN THE HISTORY OF OUR
COUNTRY.
CONVERSELY, IF WE FAIL, THAT
WOULD BE LIKE A SHOT TO THE
HEART OF THIS GREAT RIVER.
>> WE'RE WORKING WITH THE
GOVERNMENTS AND POTENTIAL
DONORS...
>> Reporter: BUYING THE
ISLANDS BACK IN ORDER TO PROTECT
THEM HAS BEEN FLOATED, BUT SO
FAR A DEAL REMAINS ELUSIVE.
GREG RASMUSSEN, CBC NEWS, ON THE
FRASER RIVER.
>> Ian: STILL AHEAD ON TONIGHT'S
"NATIONAL"...
>>> HE SPENT HIS LIFE PREPARING
TO WEAR THE CROWN.
PRINCE CHARLES TURNED 70
RECENTLY AND WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT
KIND OF KING HE MIGHT BE.
>> I THINK HE'S LIGHT YEARS
(*)
>> Ian: WHEN YOU'RE A ROYAL
NOTHING SAYS HAPPY BIRTHDAY
QUITE LIKE A 41-GUN SALUTE.
PRINCE CHARLES GOT THE WHOLE
PACKAGE WHEN HE TURNED 70 IN
NOVEMBER, THERE WERE SEVERAL
PARTIES AND A GAL AT THE PALLAD
YUM AND A NEW FAMILY PORTRAIT.
CHARLES HAS SPENT A LIFETIME IN
WAITING FOR A JOB HE WAS BORN TO
DO.
IN TIME HE'LL BECOME KING BUT
THE TRANSITION IS ALREADY
QUIETLY UNDERWAY.
RECENTLY THOMAS DAIGLE LOOKED
AHEAD TO WHAT KIND OF KING THE
FUTURE CHARLES THE III WILL BE.
(*)
>> Reporter: IT WOULD BE AS TO
BELIEVE THAT PRINCE CHARLES CAN
BE DEFINED BY THE UPS AND DOWNS
OF HIS LOVE LIFE.
OR BY ALL OF THOSE STORIES OF
FAMILY DRAMA.
(*)
BUT HE USUALLY HAS PLENTY MORE
ON HIS MIND.
>> I THINK THAT HE'S LIGHT YEARS
AHEAD OF EVERYBODY ELSE IN TERMS
OF HIS THINKING AND SEEING THE
BIGGER PICTURE.
>> Reporter: AND NOW WELL PAST
RETIREMENT AGE, CHARLES IS
PRIMED FOR THE JOB MADE ONLY FOR
HIM, READY PERHAPS TO REDEFINE
THE CROWN ITSELF.
>> HE'S DEALING WITH STUFF THAT
A LOT OF POLITICIANS FIND
SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT
SENSITIVE.
>> Reporter: WHERE BETTER TO
LEARN ABOUT THE FUTURE KING'S
PRIORITIES THAN IN THE SCOTTISH
COUNTRYSIDE?
AT AN 18th CENTURY ESTATE
INSPIRED AND DIRECTED BY CHARLES
HIMSELF.
THIS IS A 2,000 ACRE PROPERTY
WITH SPRAWLING FIELDS AND
BUILDINGS.
IT WAS ALL GOING TO BE SOLD OFF
IN 2007, UNTIL PRINCE CHARLES
HEARD ABOUT IT AND HAD A VISION.
HE BROKERED A DEAL WORTH MORE
THAN $90 MILLION TO SAVE THE
ESTATE KNOWN AS "DUMPHRIES
HOUSE."
THEN CHARLES TURNED INTO AN
EXPERIMENT OF SORTS, USING HIS
OWN PRINCIPLES.
EMPLOYMENT... EDUCATION... AND
SUSTAINABILITY.
ALL OF THE PRINCE'S INGREDIENTS
BLEND TOGETHER IN THE DUMPHRIES
HOUSE KITCHEN.
TODAY THEY'RE PREPPING A MEAL
FOR 600 GUESTS.
IT'S A COLOSSAL JOB, ESPECIALLY
WHEN DEALING WITH ROYAL DEMANDS.
JUST ASK THE EXECUTIVE CHEF...
>> THE PRINCE WANTS
SUSTAINABILITY, ORGANIC AS WE
CAN,
IF WE CAN.
AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HIM.
>> Reporter: THAT MEANS THOSE
VEGGIES COME RIGHT FROM THE
PROPERTY OR NEARBY AND, YES,
THAT'S LOCAL MEAT AS WELL.
THIS KITCHEN ACTS AS PART
CATERING SERVICE, PART WORKFORCE
COLLEGE, WHERE ASPIRING CHEFS
SIGN UP FOR TRAINING.
ANNA
MONAHAN TOOK THE FIVE-WEEK
SESSION AND GOT A JOB OUT OF IT.
>> I WAS JOBLESS AND A SINGLE
MOM AND THE COURSE GAVE ME
NEEDED CONFIDENCE AND A LOT OF
BELIEF IN MYSELF.
>> Reporter: THAT'S KIND OF
THE GOAL
THROUGH THIS WHOLE PLACE, TO
SLASH UNEMPLOYMENT AND TO
EMPOWER THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
REINVIGORATING THE TEXTILE
INDUSTRY THROUGH SKILLED
DEVELOPMENT...
>> THIS IS A NEST BOX...
>> Reporter: AND TEACHING
SCHOOL KIDS ABOUT RARE ANIMAL
BREEDS, SUCH AS THE SCOT'S DUMPY
HEN.
AND THE DELIGHTFUL AMWORTH PIG.
>> SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE
DOING HERE YEAR AFTER YEAR ARE
SPECIAL TO
DUMPHRIES HOUSE.
AND YOU CAN PHYSICALLY
SEE WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
>> Reporter: HE RUNS THE
PRINCE'S FOUNDATION AND KEEPS
CHARLES INFORMED OF WHAT GOES ON
HERE WITH A REPORT EVERY FRIDAY.
>> HE GENUINELY CARES AND HE'S
ABSOLUTELY ALMOST IMPATIENT TO
MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO PEOPLE'S
LIVES.
I THINK THAT TO ULTIMATELY TO
HAVE A MONARCH THAT IS PART OF
HIS D.N.A. THAT IS INGRAINED
IN HIM WOULD BE PHENOMENAL.
>> Reporter: IN LONDON BEHIND
THE POMP AND PAGEANTRY, THE OLD
GUARD AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE IS
SLOWLY MAKING ROOM FOR
THE NEXT MAN IN CHARGE.
DOWN THE STREET THE CURRENT
RESIDENT OF CLARENCE HOUSE,
CHARLES, IS BEING HANDED THE
REINS OF ROYAL POWER.
HE'S ALREADY RECEIVING ALL
GOVERNMENT PAPERS AND IS SAID TO
MEET WITH THE QUEEN EVERY WEEK
IN PRIVATE WITHOUT BUTLERS OR
AIDES, A SORT OF HANDOVER
BRIEFING FROM ONE HEAD OF STATE
TO ANOTHER.
>> SHE'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH ACT
TO FOLLOW BUT I THINK THAT
THE QUEEN IS TRYING, YOU KNOW,
TRYING IN THIS MOMENT
WORKING WITH THE PRINCE OF WALES
TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION AS
SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE.
>> Reporter: ELIZABETH DOESN'T
TRAVEL OVERSEAS ANYMORE, SO HER
SON HAS PICKED UP THE SLACK,
REPRESENTING THE QUEEN ON MORE
FOREIGN VISITS THAN ANY OTHER
ROYAL.
SOLO, OR WITH HIS WIFE CAMILLA.
JUST IN HIS 70th YEAR, HE HAS
FLOWN TO THE CARIBBEAN AND THEN
DOWN UNDER AND TO WEST AFRICA.
HE'S USUALLY DRAWING ATTENTION
TO THE PLIGHT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
BUT NEVER SHYING AWAY FROM ANY
PHOTO-OP THAT THE PHOTOS WILL
HAVE HIM DO.
>> THIS WAS IN THE BORNEO
JUNGLE...
>> Reporter: AS THE PRINCE
APPROACHED THIS MILESTONE
BIRTHDAY, LONG-TIME ROYAL
REPORTER ROBERT JOBSON FOLLOWED
HIM AROUND AND GOT RARE INSIGHT
INTO THE FUTURE KING'S THINKING
FOR A BOOK ABOUT CHARLES AT 70.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT YOU'LL SEE
QUITE SO MANY PEOPLE ON THAT
BALCONY WHEN IT COMES TO BIG
OCCASIONS.
I THINK THAT HE'LL HAVE CHARLES
AND HIS FAMILY AND WILLIAM AND
HARRY AND THEIR CHILDREN BUT I
THINK THAT IT'S PROBABLY TIME TO
SLIM DOWN THE MONARCHY.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE PRINCE
OF WALES WILL DO.
>> Reporter: THERE'S NO
QUESTION THAT CHARLES HAS STRONG
OPINIONS AS OPPOSED TO HIS
MOTHER WHO HAS ALWAYS KEPT THE
WORLD GUESSING ABOUT WHAT SHE
REALLY THINKS.
TAKE, FOR INSTANCE, MODERN
ARCHITECTURE AND THE CASE OF
BRITAIN'S NATIONAL GALLERY.
IT WAS SET FOR A BIG EXTENSION
IN 1984, EXCEPT CHARLES DESPISED
THE PLAN AND HE LET IT BE KNOWN.
>> WHAT IS PROPOSED SEEMS TO ME
LIKE A MONSTROUS EVENT...
>> Reporter: THREE DECADES
LATER, THE EXTENT OF HIS SECRET
GOVERNMENT LOBBYING CAME INTO
SHARP FOCUS.
BRITAIN'S SUPREME COURT ALLOWED
THE RELEASE OF THE PRINCE'S
LETTERS TO CABINET MINISTERS
ADVOCATING FOR SINGULAR ISSUES
SUCH AS ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE AND
A BADGER CULL.
JOBS AND RIGHTS THAT AS KING
CHARLES WOULD HAVE CAUTIONED
THEN PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR
AGAINST HERREDLY INVADING IRAQ
IN 2003.
>> HE HAS A ROLE TO PLAY TO
EXPLAIN TO THE KING WHY HE WANTS
TO TAKE THE COUNTRY TO WAR.
I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD BE
THAT EASY.
>> UNBELIEVABLE...
>> Reporter: JONATHAN PORT HAS
ADVISED
CHARLES ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
FOR DECADES.
HE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE
PRINCE'S VIEWS ON SOME MATTERS
AREN'T UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED.
>> CONSTITUTIONALLY SPEAKING,
HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE MUCH
MORE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW HE
ARTICULATES SOME OF THESE
THINGS.
>> Reporter: WAS THERE ANY
POINT EVERYWHERE YOU WELL TO SAY
WITH RESPECT, YOUR HIGHNESS, I
DISAGREE WITHOW THAT POINT?
>> PRINCE OF WALES ENJOYS A GOOD
DEBATE ABOUT MANY OF THESE
ISSUES.
AND THEY'RE NOT UNCONTROVERSIAL.
>> Reporter: SO WHAT HAPPENS
IF HE OVERSTEPS HIS BOUNDARY?
THAT'S THE FOCUS OF THE PLAY
"KING CHARLES THE III" PRESENTED
AT HIS ALMA MATER, THE
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.
>> THE QUEEN IS DEAD, LONG LIVE
THE KING.
THAT'S ME.
>> Reporter: IN THE TITLE
ROLE, 21-YEAR-OLD LAW STUDENT
FERDINAND HOLLY.
>> CHANGING ALL OF MY VOWELS
TO FIT IN CHARLES HAS BEEN
DIFFICULT.
>> Reporter: WRITTEN IN
SHAKESPEAREAN BLANK VERSE, THE
PLAY EXPLORES A FUTURE IN WHICH
KING CHARLES REFUSES TO SIGN A
BILL INTO LAW.
>> IT IS MY ROYAL PREROGATIVE TO
HEAR THIS IN
PARLIAMENT AT ONCE.
>> Reporter: SETTING OFF A
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS... AND
RIOTS IN THE STREETS.
>> YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S
GOING TO GO DOWN LIKE THAT.
HAVING SAID THAT, I DO WORRY
ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE
QUEEN DIES.
CHARLES IS AN OPINIONATED
FIGURE.
>> HIP-HIP-HOORAY!
HIP-HIP-HOORAY!
>> Reporter: IN THIS ALTERNATE
UNIVERSE, KATE PULLS THE
STRINGS... AND HARRY DATES A
REPUBLICAN.
OH, AND THE GHOST OF DIANA SHOWS
UP AS WELL.
>> SUCH PAIN, MY SON...
>> Reporter: SPOILER ALERT --
IN THE END CHARLES ABDICATES AND
WILLIAM TAKES OVER.
>> GOD SAVE YOU.
>> Reporter: IT MAY ALL BE
MADE UP, BUT THE MOVE WOULD
ACTUALLY BE WELCOMED BY A
SIZEABLE PORTION OF BRITS.
OPINION POLLS HERE RANK CHARLES
AMONG THE LEAST POPULAR ROYALS.
POLITICAL WRITER JEFFREY
WHEATCROFT FEARS A REAL
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS, EVEN WITH
CHARLES' RECENT PLEDGE NOT TO
MEDDLE IN GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AS
KING.
>> THE GREAT SECRET IS THAT THE
CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY IS THAT
THE
MONARCH HAS NO OPINIONS, NOT
TRYING TO BE LIKE THIS, IT MAY
NOT SURVIVE THE REIGN OF KING
CHARLES THE III.
>> Reporter: CHARLES HAS
WAITED HIS WHOLE LIFE TO ASCEND
THE THRONE AND IT COULD STILL BE
YEARS AWAY.
HE'S ACCOMPLISHED PLENTY AS A
PRINCE AND ONLY HE KNOWS WHAT
HE'LL DO AS KING.
THOMAS DAIGLE, CBC NEWS, LONDON.
>> Ian: WE'VE BEEN TAKING A LOOK
AT SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL
IMAGES OF THE YEAR THIS HOLIDAY
SEASON, GOING "BEHIND THE LENS"
TO HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE WHO
CAPTURED THOSE PICTURES.
TONIGHT THEY TALK ABOUT THE WORK
IN SOUTH AMERICA COVERING THE
CHAOS OF PEOPLE FLEEING
VENEZUELA.
(*)
>> SOMETIMES YOU KNOW A MOMENT
IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN THAT YOU
DON'T NEED TO SHOOT ALL OF THE
OTHER MOMENTS GOING ON AROUND
YOU.
YOU CONCENTRATE ON THAT MOMENT.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS.
(*)
I WENT TO THE VENEZUELA BORDER
WITH ADRIENNE ARSENAULT AND
MICHEL GAGNON, MY PRODUCER.
AND WE WENT TO COVER THE
VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS CROSSING THE
BORDER INTO COLOMBIA AND ONCE
PEOPLE CROSS THE BORDER THEY NOW
HEAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF
COLOMBIA TO START WALKING NORTH.
AND WE GOT TO A POINT WHERE
THESE TWO WOMEN WITH THEIR TWO
CHILDREN SITTING ON THE ROAD IN
FRONT OF THIS CHECKPOINT.
AND WE WERE KIND OF SURPRISED
AND POLICE WERE KIND OF STANDING
THERE AND SURROUNDING THEM AND
KIND OF REALISED WHAT'S GOING ON
HERE.
AND WE FOUND OUT LATER THAT THE
POLICE OFFICERS WERE BEING VERY
SYMPATHETIC TO THIS FAMILY.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> WHAT THEY DID IS AT THEIR
CHECKPOINT THEY DECIDED TO PUT
THEIR BICYCLES INTO A SHAPE TO
PROTECT THEM FROM THE TRAFFIC.
AND THEY ALSO BROUGHT FOOD TO
THEM.
I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE FACE
OF THE LITTLE GIRL WHEN SHE GOT
THE CHICKEN AND HER FACE JUST
LIT UP.
PICKING A MOMENT WHEN THERE'S A
LOT GOING ON, IT IS VERY HARD
SOMETIMES WHEN A LOT IS GOING
ON.
THOSE EXTRA PAIR OF EYES THAT I
HAVE WITH MICHEL AND ADRIENNE
ON THIS SHOOT, THAT ARE HELPING
ME OUT AND LETTING ME KNOW WHAT
ELSE IS GOING ON.
BECAUSE THAT OTHER MOMENT MIGHT
BE GOING ON BEHIND ME AND YOU
MISS IT.
(*)
(*)
(*)
>> 2018 IN POP CULTURE WAS ABOUT
RAGE.
AND WHILE I WOULD LOVE FOR THAT
TO GO AWAY, IT JUST ISN'T.
>> BUT TODAY IS DAY ONE OF 2019.
>> MY POP CULTURE NEW YEAR'S
RESOLUTION IN 2019 IS TO CONSUME
MEDIA THE WAY THAT I DID WHEN I
WAS ACTUALLY 19.
I'M DONNOVAN BENNETT, WITH
SPORTSNET.
>> I'M SARAH BOESVELD, SENIOR
WRITER WITH CHATELAINE.
>> I'M STEPHEN MARCHE.
RANDOM TORONTO WRITER.
AND I THINK THAT I'M CRAVING AN
ESCAPE FROM THE OUTRAGE, SORT OF
COMFORT FOOD POP CULTURE.
I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF BAKING
SHOWS IN MY 2019.
>> IN 2019 I WANT TO ACTUALLY
WATCH MOVIES ON A BIG SCREEN
WITH SPECIAL EFFECTS AND THE
CROWD.
I WANT TO ENJOY THINGS WITHOUT
WORRYING IF THEY'RE TRENDING ON
TWITTER.
>> I WANT 2019 TO BE A YEAR IN
POP CULTURE WHERE DIVERSITY
ISN'T A BRAVE CHOICE, BUT THE
NORM.
>> Andrew: OKAY, READY TO ROCK
'N ROLL, AND 2018 IS BEHIND AND
WE HAVE ANOTHER 365 DAYS TO LOOK
FORWARD TO SO TODAY BEING THE
START OF THAT.
LET'S SET THE TABLE FOR 2019.
YOU KNOW OUR PANELISTS AND SARAH
AND STEPHEN AND DONNOVAN, THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE.
SO YOU GUYS WILL SHARE YOUR
PREDICTIONS AND YOUR HOPES AND
YOUR DREAMS, YOUR FEARS PERHAPS.
>> A LOT OF FEELINGS GOING INTO
2019, I GOT IT.
>> Andrew: AND THE FIRST THING
THAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO START
WITH MAYBE WHAT YOU THINK THAT
WILL MAKE NEWS IN 2019.
SO KIND OF THE MOVEMENT OR THE
FORCE THAT YOU THINK THAT
EVERYONE WILL BE BUZZING ABOUT
THIS YEAR.
SO, DONNOVAN, MAYBE WE'LL START
WITH YOU.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> WELL, IN THE SPORTS REALM I
THINK THAT IT WAS A TREND THAT
WE SAW IN 2018 AND IT'S GOING TO
BE COMMONPLACE IN 2019.
I THINK THAT BRANDS, WHETHER
THEY BE SPORTS OR OTHERWISE, NO
LONGER WILL HAVE THE LUXURY TO
BE A-POLITICAL OR A-MORAL.
AND THEY'LL HAVE TO CHOOSE A
SIDE.
IT WILL BE LUCRATIVE TO CHOOSE A
SIDE.
WE SAW WHEN THE YEAR STARTED
AROUND THE SUPER BOWL, SO MANY
POLITICAL ADS.
SOME WERE EVEN GOING RIGHT AT
THE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND
TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR
COLIN KAEPERNICK AND HAVING A
RELATIONSHIP WITH A BRAND AND IT
BEING A TALKING POINT.
>> Andrew: LIKE NIKE'S BIG
"JUST DO IT" CAMPAIGN.
>> AND THE DREAM CRAZY ADS.
SO I THINK THAT NO LONGER WILL
BRAND BE ABLE TO STAY ON THE
SIDELINES AND SAY THAT WE WANT
TO SPEAK TO ALL CUSTOMERS.
I THINK THEY'LL MAKE A CHOICE
AND HOPE TO GET BRAND LOYALTY IN
A RETURN.
>> Andrew: IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE
IT'S A RISKY PLAY THAT CAN GO
ONE OR TWO WAYS.
AND THE EXAMPLE THAT I THINK OF
IS DICK SPORTING GOODS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY ANNOUNCE A
BAN ON ASSAULT WEAPONS, SALES OF
ASSAULT WEAPONS, AFTER THE HIGH
SCHOOL SHOOTING IN PARKLAND,
FLORIDA.
YOU KNOW, GRANTED IT'S A BIT OF
A DIFFERENT SITUATION BECAUSE
THAT WAS REACTIVE TO A SITUATION
THAT WAS SORT OF FOISTED UPON
THEM.
I THINK THAT ARGUABLY
NIKE AND KAEPERNICK, THAT'S A
MORE PROACTIVE CHOICE.
BUT ON DICK'S CASE THE STOCK
PRICES WENT UP AND THEY GOT A
SPIKE IN TRAFFIC.
IN NIKE'S CASE, IT WAS A BIT OF
THE OPPOSITE.
I MEAN, THERE'S THE BIG BACKLASH
AGAINST IT AND THE "JUST BURN
IT" CAMPAIGN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
THROWING THEIR SHOES IN THE
FIRE.
IS 2019 GOING TO BE A MESSY
YEAR?
>> I THINK THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW,
THE THING ABOUT THESE BRANDS,
THEY HAVE NO CHOICE, THEY HAVE
TO TAKE A STAND.
BECAUSE POLITICS IS NOW
AESTHETICS AND POLITICS IS YOUR
POP CULTURE CHOICE.
THE TWO ARE JUST BLENDED TO SUCH
A POINT THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY DO
AN AD CAMPAIGN ANYMORE WITHOUT
TAKING A POLITICAL STAND.
I MEAN IT'S FUNNY THAT IT'S
ALL HAPPENING IN THE NFL WHERE
THE NFL STAYS SO CONSERVATIVE.
BUT THE BRAND STAYS SO, YOU
KNOW, ARE BEING MUCH MORE WOKE.
IT'S A CRAZY TENSION, ACTUALLY.
>> THIS IDEA OF REALLY INVESTING
IN THE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF
PEOPLE WHO WILL BUY SHOES AND
THE NIKE PRODUCTS AND, YOU KNOW,
I THINK THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED
THAT ON THIS PANEL WAY BACK IN
2018 A BIT.
JUST THE IDEA OF REALLY LOOKING
MUCH FURTHER AHEAD AND NIKE
LEADING THE WAY.
>> Andrew: AND TO KEEP THE
PROGNOSTICATION GOING, SO YOUR
THOUGHT ON 2019, WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING OUT FOR?
>> YOU KNOW, FOR ME BECAUSE I
THINK A LOT ABOUT WOMEN'S
ISSUES, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT
BACK IT WAS 2017 NOW -- IT FEELS
LIKE A LONG TIME AGO WHEN HARVEY
WEINSTEIN, AND THE FIRST NEWS
STORIES CAME OUT ABOUT HIS
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE
YEAR AFTER IN 2018 -- BUT
HOLLYWOOD HAD THIS WHOLE
RECKONING MOMENT.
WE SAW THAT IN THE AWARD SEASON
FOR SURE.
I AM REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE
THOSE PROJECTS GREEN LIT FOR
WOMEN DIRECTORS, A LOT OF, YOU
KNOW, PIECES OF THE POP CULTURE
AND FILMS AND TV SERIES WHERE
WOMEN ARE PORTRAYED AS NUANCED
COMPLEX CHARACTERS AND THAT'S
NOT JUST SEEN AS SOMETHING THAT
IS REVOLUTION OR, YOU KNOW, A
FLASH IN THE PAN.
BUT THAT IS JUST NORMAL.
IF YOU SEE A LOT OF WOMEN, YOU
KNOW,
HAVING THE LENS OF COMPLEXITY
AND NUANCE AND TREATING THEIR
CHARACTERS AS JUST BASIC HUMAN
BEINGS RATHER THAN WHAT WE TEND
TO SEE FROM ALL OF THE SORT OF
HOLLYWOOD STEREOTYPES ON HOW
WOMEN ARE TREATED.
I THINK THAT COULD REALLY BE A
GAME-CHANGER.
>> GETTING TO THE POINT THAT
WOMEN HAVE BEEN TREATED LIKE A
NICHE GENRE.
>> AND WE'RE HALF OF THE
POPULATION, EXCUSE ME.
>> AND OVER HALF -- THE CONSUMER
AS FAR AS BUYING POWER, RIGHT?
SO YOU'RE RIGHT, IT NEEDS TO
COME IN THE PROCESS.
AND THINKING OF THESE PROJECTS
AND WHO IS IN THE ROOM HAVING
THE CONVERSATION SO THAT THEY'RE
NOT REALLY, YOU KNOW, TALKED
DOWN.
>> Steve: STEPHEN, 2019?
>> FOR ME THIS IS GOING TO THE
YEAR WHEN NETFLIX ESSENTIALLY
BECOMES HOLLYWOOD.
I THINK THAT IS A REALLY
PROFOUND CHANGE THAT WE HAVEN'T
QUITE RECKONED WITH.
>> Andrew: IT'S BEEN HAPPENING
FOR A WHILE.
>> IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR A
WHILE BUT NEXT YEAR THEY ARE
GOING TO MAKE 90 MOVIES.
I THINK THEY'RE REPLACING THE
STUDIO SYSTEM IN -- AND THEY ARE
THE DEALMAKERS AND ALSO -- THEY
MADE "ROMA" AND "ROMA" IS AN
INTERESTING CASE BECAUSE IT'S
GOING TO RUN THE TABLE ON THE
AWARDS AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
BUT THEN THE OTHER THING IS THAT
SEEING IT IN THE THEATRE IS VERY
DIFFERENT THAN SEEING IT ON
NETFLIX.
THIS DISTINCTION I THINK IS
ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A BIG
CHOICE FOR AUDIENCES.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE
FASCINATING TO SEE IF YOU CAN
SEE A VERSION OF THE FILM ON
NETFLIX BUT THERE'S A BETTER
VERSION OF IT AVAILABLE IN THE
THEATRE.
WILL PEOPLE GO AND SEE IT?
>> Andrew: SO WHAT DO YOU
THINK THAT THE NETFLIX PLAY IS
THERE?
>> NETFLIX'S PLAY IS TO OWN
EVERYTHING AND EVERY ACCESS
CHANNEL, AND HAVE ACCESS TO
EVERYTHING THAT ISN'T A SUPER
HERO MOVIE AND THEN TAKE OVER
THOSE AS WELL.
THEY'RE PLAYING FOR ALL OF THE
MARBLES AND I THINK THEY'LL GET
IT.
>> COULD YOU SEE NETFLIX IN A
BIG BOX THEATRE?
BECAUSE PART OF THE RELATIONSHIP
WITH MOVIES IS
EATING THE POPCORN AND LAUGHING
AND HEARING --
>> AND NOT ISOLATIONISM IN YOUR
HOME.
>> Andrew: BUT IS NOT THAT THE
ANTI-THEATRE MODEL?
>> "ROMA" IS AN INTERESTING CASE
BECAUSE IT HAS A CRAZY SOUND
DESIGN, YOU SHOULD SEE IT IN A
BIG THEATRE, BECAUSE YOU
ACTUALLY HEAR PEOPLE BEHIND YOU.
IT'S INCREDIBLY INNOVATIVE AND
STRANGE
WHICH YOU DON'T GET ON NETFLIX.
>> SPEAKING OF AUDIENCE TOO,
IT'S INTERESTING ON THE PART OF
NETFLIX TOO BECAUSE IT'S A
SPANISH LANGUAGE FILM AND IT'S
SET IN MEXICO AND IT'S BLACK AND
WHITE.
AND IT'S VIGNETTES OF REALLY
DOMESTIC LIFE.
AND IT SHOWS -- EVEN TALKING
ABOUT INCLUSIVITY AND DIVERSITY
AND
ACCESSING THOSE STORIES THAT WE
DON'T OFTEN HEAR.
HERE'S A FILM THAT REALLY KIND
OF GETS OUT ALL OF THOSE PIECES
THAT HAVE BEEN BUBBLING UP IN
OUR CONVERSATIONS NOW.
AND ALONG WITH THIS BUSINESS
IDEA.
I THINK THAT THE LATIN MARKETS
TOO WILL BE WATCHING THIS FILM
AND THAT'S A HUGE, HUGE AUDIENCE
AS WELL THAT IS VERY UNTAPPED.
>> WHAT THEY ALSO HAVE IS REAL
DATA.
REAL ANALYTICS.
>> BECAUSE THEY CAN SEE IT ALL.
>> EXACTLY.
IT SHOWS WHAT WORKS FOR
DIVERSE AUDIENCES AND WHAT
DOESN'T.
>> Andrew: SADLY, THE REST OF
THE PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS
TO.
>> THAT'S WHY DISNEY SHOULD BE
REALLY BE WORRIED BECAUSE THIS
IS THE FUTURE IN A LOT OF WAYS.
>> Andrew: I DO WANT TO MOVE
ON HERE BECAUSE IF WE COULD ZOOM
IN ALMOST IN A WAY AND TALK
ABOUT PEOPLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE PEOPLE THAT
WE OUGHT TO BE WATCHING FOR IN
2019, OR PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE
FLIPSIDE YOU WISH WOULD JUST GO
AWAY AND THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO
SEE AGAIN FOR ANOTHER YEAR?
>> HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE?
[laughter]
IT COULD TAKE ALL YEAR.
>> Andrew: YOU'RE A BRIGHT,
POSITIVE PERSON, DONNOVAN, SO
START US OFF.
THE PERSON THAT YOU THINK THAT
WE OUGHT TO WATCH?
>> WATCH?
ELLEN DEGENERES AND WE HAVE BEEN
WATCHING HER.
AND IT'S BEEN 16 YEARS.
IT'S CRAZY.
SHE'S HAD HER DAYTIME SHOW THAT
LONG.
AND SHE'S BACK AS FAR AS
STAND-UP FOR THE FIRST TIME
AFTER 15 YEARS.
RELATABLE TO STAND-UP ON
NETFLIX.
IT'S VERY GOOD.
SHE TALKED OPENLY ABOUT
HER CHOICE, THAT DO I WANT TO BE
THE DANCING PERSON OVER A COFFEE
TABLE AND GIVE EVERYONE THEIR
COMFORT FOOD WHEN WE NEED IT IN
THESE TIMES?
OR SHOULD I BE SPEAKING TRUTH TO
POWER AND SPEAKING ON THESE
SERIOUS ISSUES WHICH ELLEN, WHO
IS VERY BRIGHT AND INTERESTING
AND HAS HER OWN BACK STORY,
COULD RUN ON.
SHE DOES 60, WHICH IS CRAZY TO
THINK.
AND WHATEVER THIS NEXT CHAPTER
WILL BE, IS IT A STREAMING
SERVICE OR BREAKING DOWN THE
BARRIERS AND GOING TO LATE NIGHT
AND MAKING THAT MORE DIVERSE?
DOING NONE OF THAT BUT STILL
RULING THE WORLD LIKE OPRAH
AFTER HER DAYTIME SHOW?
I THINK THAT THE NEXT CHAPTER
WILL BE FASCINATING.
>> SHE HAS A LOT OF OPRAH
POTENTIAL.
>> THEY SHOULD JUST GIVE HER
"THE TONIGHT SHOW."
>> Sudha: STEPHEN, I WANT TO
KEEP THINGS MOVING, I'LL LET YOU
TAKE YOUR PICK -- SOMEONE TO
WATCH OR
SOMEONE THAT SHOULD --
>> I WANT THEM TO GO AWAY, IS
KAYNE WEST, THE SUBJECT OF
FASCINATION.
AND OBSESSION.
AND, YEAH, I MEAN, THE SPECTACLE
OF HIS INTIMATE COLLAPSES AND
RE-BIRTHS AND THE FACT THAT, YOU
KNOW, NEXT YEAR HE COULD MAKE
ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS OF
ALL TIME OR HE COULD, YOU KNOW,
INSULT EVERYONE ON THE PLANET
EARTH.
AND COULD DO THOSE SAME THINGS
IN THE SAME WEEK.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAD A POP
CULTURE FIGURE THAT IS
OMNIPRESENT SINCE CHARLEY
CHAPLAIN AND IT'S BOTH PAINFUL
AND INCREDIBLY ENJOYABLE TO
WATCH.
YEAH, I REALLY HOPE THE BEST FOR
HIM THOUGH, I HOPE THAT IT'S A
BETTER YEAR.
>> Andrew: AND, SARAH,
CONTINUE THAT -- ANYWAYS...
>> AND YOU'RE REALLY LOVELY --
[indiscernible] I AM GOING TO
SOUND LIKE A MONSTER HERE AND I
WISH
THEM WELL AND ALL HAPPINESS BUT
I'M SO SICK OF THE ROYALS LIKE
PRINCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE
IN PARTICULAR.
IT'S 2018, IT WAS IN THE PAST.
AND IT WAS A LOVELY TIME.
BUT I FEEL -- WE HAVE CLAIMED A
LOT OF CONNECTION TO IT IN
CANADA TOO.
AND THEY'RE KIND OF CANADIAN
ROYALS BECAUSE SHE LIVED IN
TORONTO ONCE, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THE IDEA TOO THAT EVERYTHING
SUCKS AND THIS IS LIKE CAN WE
JUST HAVE THIS ONE NICE THING OF
BEING SO INVESTED IN THIS
COUPLE'S HAPPINESS IS JUST AN
ANNOYING CONCEPT TO ME.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THEY WON'T
GO AWAY BECAUSE THEY'RE
EXPECTING A CHILD TO WHICH I WAS
LIKE THAT'S VERY EXCITING AND
YOU SHOULD ALL FOLLOW YOUR OWN
FAMILY TRAJECTORY, BUT, I MEAN,
BUCKINGHAM PALACE IS VERY
EXCITED TO
PROGRESS THE NARRATIVE OF THEIR
NEW RELEVANT COUPLE.
I THINK THAT THEY'LL CONTINUE TO
BE IN OUR FACES AND I THINK THEY
SHOULD GO AND BE HAPPY IN
SILENCE.
I DON'T EVEN CARE.
>> Andrew: ALL OF THE
TWEETS...
>> I SOUND LIKE A HORRIBLE
PERSON.
>> Andrew: 15 SECONDS EACH FOR
PREDICTIONS, 2019?
WHO WANTS TO START US OFF?
>> I'LL START.
THERE'S THIS WOMAN -- YOU MAY
NOT HAVE HEARD OF HER BUT YOU
KNOW THE SONG IT'S CALLED "THE
MIDDLE."
ZED AND MARIN MORRIS IS THE ONE
THAT I'D LIKE YOU TO WATCH.
>> Andrew: LET'S PLAY A
SNIPPET.
>> * OH, BABY
* WHY DON'T YOU JUST MEET ME IN
THE MIDDLE *
* I'M LOSING MY MIND JUST A
LITTLE *
* SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST MEET ME
IN THE MIDDLE *
* IN THE MIDDLE
>> Andrew: CATCHY.
>> SHE JUST HAS WHAT IT TAKES.
SHE'S THE NEXT TAYLOR SWIFT,
HANDS DOWN, I'M CALLING IT NOW.
>> Andrew: OKAY, DONNOVAN?
>> DISNEY'S MOST WATCHED TRAILER
IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS "THE LION
KING."
IT BRINGS ME BACK IN A BIG WAY.
ELTON JOHN WITH HIS FAMOUS
SCRATCH COMING BACK.
WHO DOESN'T WANT TO SEE CIMBA?
DO YOU NOT FEEL THE LOVE
TONIGHT?
>> I DO NOT FEEL THE LOVE.
IT'S GOING TO BE AWFUL.
>> NO, NO, NO.
>> HORRIBLE.
>> LET DONNOVAN HAVE THIS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Andrew: STEPHEN, TAKE US
OUT.
>> I THINK THAT I'LL BE WATCHING
A LOT OF BAKING SHOWS.
I THINK THAT EVERYONE IS.
AND 2019 IS WHEN THE NEXT
AMERICAN ELECTION BEGINS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS YEAR IS
GOING TO BE ABOUT.
AND IN
THE MIDDLE OF THAT OUTRAGE AND
HORROR I THINK THAT WE'LL NEED
TO HAVE STRAIGHT COMFORT POP
CULTURE, RE-RUNS, "FRIENDS"
RE-RUNS AND BAKING SHOWS THAT
KIND OF THING.
>> A COCOON.
>> Andrew: AND 2019 IS THE
YEAR OF THE BAKING SHOW.
WE SHALL SEE.
GUYS, ALWAYS FUN AND HAPPY NEW
YEAR, BY THE WAY.
>> HAPPY NEW YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
>> Ian: I REMEMBER WHEN I HOSTED
"POP CULTURE" BUT THAT'S SO
2018.
AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL START TO
THE NEW YEAR FOR ONE YOUNG
COUPLE.
THE BIRTH OF THEIR BABY BOY IS
OUR "MOMENT OF THE DAY" BUT IT
WASN'T WITHOUT CONTROVERSY.
>> I REALLY LIKE "Q," JUST "Q."
IS THAT HORRIBLE?
>> Ian: AT THE STROKE OF
MIDNIGHT ON THIS FIRST DAY OF
2019, COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD
BEGAN WELCOMING NEW YEAR'S
BABIES.
UNICEF SAYS THAT MORE THAN
395,000 WILL BE BORN TODAY ALONE
AND THAT INCLUDES DOMINIC HERE
IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
HE WAS BORN AT 12:01 AT ROYAL
COLUMBIAN HOSPITAL IN NEW
WESTMINSTER, THAT'S JUST OUTSIDE
OF VANCOUVER, WEIGHING 8-POUNDS
AND
3 OUNCES.
AND B.C.'S FIRST BABY OF 2019 IS
OUR "MOMENT OF THE DAY."
>> AS SOON AS HE CAME OUT AND
ALL OF THE NURSES WERE CALLING
AROUND, WE THINK THAT YOU'RE
NUMBER ONE AND WE WERE.
>> Ian: DOMINIC'S PARENTS KNEW
THAT THEY'D SPEND NEW YEAR'S IN
THE HOSPITAL.
THEY ARRIVED MONDAY MORNING WHEN
MOM WENT INTO LABOUR BUT THINGS
WEREN'T PROGRESSING QUICKLY
ENOUGH SO DOCTORS OPTED FOR A
C-SECTION.
>> I FEEL GREAT, YEAH.
FROM THE TIME THAT WE GOT HERE
TO NOW, EVERYONE HAS BEEN SO
LOVELY.
I'D DO IT AGAIN TOMORROW.
IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE NICE.
>> Ian: BUT FOR DOMINIC'S DAD,
AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON, IT WAS
TOUGH TO SIT ON THE SIDELINES.
>> WHEN THEY WERE TAKING HER IN
FOR A C-SECTION I WAS JUST
FOLLOWING AND THEY GO, NO, NO,
YOU'RE JUST A DAD TODAY.
SO I FELT A LITTLE AWKWARD
BECAUSE I'M USED TO WALKING IN
THERE AND KIND OF SETTING UP
SHOP.
>> Ian: AFTER SOME DEBATE THE
COUPLE SETTLED ON A NAME WHICH
DAD ADMITS IS BETTER THAN HIS
FIRST CHOICE.
>> I REALLY LIKE Q.
JUST Q.
IS THAT HORRIBLE?
IS IT REALLY?
THANK YOU FOR BEING HONEST.
WELL, THAT CONFIRMS THAT THOSE
ARE THE HORRIBLE NAMES.
SO I'M GLAD THAT WE SETTLED ON
DOMINIC.
>> Ian: SO WE KNOW THAT THERE
WERE FIRST
BABIES IN PROVINCES AND
TERRITORIES IN ALL OF THE TIME
ZONES BUT WE THOUGHT THAT WE'D
PICK DOMINIC AS THE
REPRESENTATIVE FIRST BABY AS WE
LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF THE
THINGS IN 2019 AND BEYOND.
AND TO JUST KEEP THIS IN MIND, I
DON'T KNOW IF THIS SHOULD MAKE
YOU FEEL YOUNG OR OLD, BUT
DOMINIC WILL GRADUATE FROM HIGH
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