GOODNIGHT.
>> Andrew: GOODNIGHT.
>> Ian: ON THIS TUESDAY NIGHT
ANOTHER COORDINATED ATTEMPT TO
MANIPULATE U.S. VOTERS AND USING
FACEBOOK TO DO IT.
FAKE ACCOUNTS MEANT TO SOW
DIVISION, POLARIZE THE
POPULATION, JUST MONTHS BEFORE
THE MIDTERMS.
BUT WHO'S BEHIND IT?
>> Andrew: ALSO TONIGHT THE
LEGAL BATTLE OVER HOMEMADE GUNS.
THEY ARE UNTRACEABLE,
UNDETECTABLE.
THE BLUEPRINTS JUST CLICKS AWAY.
BUT JUST HOW BIG A THREAT DO 3D
PRINTED GUNS REALLY POSE?
>> Ian: AND WHY SOCCER'S
SIGNATURE MOVE IS MORE RISKY FOR
GIRLS.
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
(*)
>>> DURING THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION FACEBOOK WAS FILLED
WITH POLITICALLY DIVISIVE
CONTENT AND FAKE NEWS ROOTED IN
RUSSIA, DESIGNED TO TURN
AMERICANS AGAINST EACH OTHER.
FACEBOOK DID LITTLE TO STOP IT
THEN BUT TODAY A DIFFERENT
STORY.
THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT
DECISIVELY SHUTTING DOWN DOZENS
OF SUSPECTED TROLLS.
SUSAN ORMISTON EXPLAINS THE
SIGNIFICANCE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS A CALL TO
PROTEST IN WASHINGTON, SUPPOSED
TO HAPPEN NEXT WEEK, AND THE
PROBLEM IS THAT THE ACCOUNT
BEHIND THIS IS FAKE.
AND ITS HOSTS, RESISTERS, ARE
NOT WHO THEY CLAIM TO BE.
SO FACEBOOK SHUT IT DOWN TODAY
IN ALL 32 PAGES AND OTHER
ACCOUNTS SUSPENDED.
SAYING THAT THESE ARE BAD
ACTORS.
TRYING TO SOW DIVISION AMONGST
VOTERS BEFORE THE U.S. MIDTERM
ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER.
SO WHO IS BEHIND THEM?
WELL, FACEBOOK SUSPECTS
RUSSIANS, BUT IT CAN'T BE
DEFINITE.
>> IT'S CLEAR THAT WHOEVER SET
UP THESE ACCOUNTS WENT TO MUCH
GREATER LENGTHS TO OBSCURE THEIR
TRUE IDENTITIES THAN THE
RUSSIAN-BASED INTERNET RESEARCH
AGENCY, I.R.A., DID IN THE
RUN-UP TO THE 2016 U.S.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE
HALLMARKS OF 2016, JUST NOT
ENOUGH CONCLUSIVE TECHNICAL
EVIDENCE, SAYS THE FACEBOOK HEAD
OF CYBERSECURITY NATHANIEL
GLEICHER.
>> WE CAN SAY THAT THESE
ACCOUNTS ENGAGED IN SOME SIMILAR
ACTIVITY AND HAVE CONNECTED WITH
KNOWN I.R.A. ACCOUNTS.
>> Reporter: FACEBOOK HAS BEEN
UNDER VICE-LIKE PRESSURE TO
POLICE ITS PLATFORM AND CALL OUT
THE FAKE SITES AND GROUPS TRYING
TO DRAW IN UNSUSPECTING USERS.
HIGH TIME IT REVEALED WHAT IT'S
FOUND, ACCORDING TO THE U.S.
SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
>> WE ARE IN A CRISIS MODE.
THE CAT 5 HURRICANE HAS BEEN
FORECAST AND NOW WE MUST
PREPARE.
>> Reporter: LAST SPRING WHEN
WE VISITED FACEBOOK'S
HEADQUARTERS MONICA BICKERT SAID
THEY WERE LASER FOCUSED ON FAKE
ACCOUNTS.
>> WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE
ACCOUNTS BEFORE THE 2016
ELECTION THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE
BEEN THERE.
THERE ARE MORE THAN A MILLION
ACCOUNTS PER DAY THAT WE STOP AT
THE TIME OF CREATION BECAUSE WE
KNOW THAT THEY ARE FAKE.
>> Reporter: A MILLION A DAY?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: THAT'S A PRETTY
BIG NUMBER.
IT'S AN ARMS RACE, SAYS THE
COMPANY, AND THESE ARE THE
WEAPONS.
CRITICALLY INJURED LAST TIME AND
IT MOVED PROACTIVELY THIS TIME.
>> THE SIGNIFICANCE HERE IS THAT
THESE ARE COORDINATED CAMPAIGNS
AND THEY ARE NOT ONLY JUST HOSTS
THAT ARE GOING UP ON FACEBOOK,
THERE ARE ADVERTISEMENTS GOING
UP ON IT.
THEY WERE SETTING UP PROTESTS
THAT WERE FAKE BUT GETTING REAL
PEOPLE TO GO TO THEM IN THE REAL
WORLD.
>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON,
CONGRESS IS THREATENING TO BRING
IN A NEW SANCTIONS BILL AGAINST
RUSSIA.
AND THAT ADVERTISED PROTEST?
FACEBOOK INFORMED EVERYONE WHO
SAID THEY MIGHT COME, ABOUT
3,200 PEOPLE, IT'S NOT ON.
>> Ian: SO, SUSAN, IT SEEMS LIKE
THE SAME M.O. BUT WHAT IS THE
BIGGEST DIFFERENCE THIS TIME
AROUND?
>> Reporter: YEAH, AS YOU
HEARD THE COMPANY SAID THAT
THERE ARE SIMILARS.
THERE ARE DIFFERENCES.
ONE OF THEM IS I.P. ADDRESSES.
LAST TIME THERE WERE SOME
RUSSIAN I.P. ADDRESSES AND THIS
TIME THERE ARE NONE, ALTHOUGH
THEY CAUTION THEY CAN BE
SPOOFED.
AND THE OTHER THING IS
ADVERTISING.
SOME OF THE ADVERTISING LAST
TIME ACCORDING TO THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATION WAS PAID FOR BY
RUSSIANS.
THIS TIME IT'S PAID IN AMERICAN
AND CANADIAN DOLLARS AND IT'S
SMALL.
IT'S $11,000 PAID ON
ADVERTISING.
>> Ian: A LOT OF MYSTERIES
HERE, INCLUDING THE USE OF
CANADIAN DOLLARS.
THE SCALE HERE IS A LOT
DIFFERENT?
>> Reporter: YEAH.
LAST TIME WHAT WE KNOW FROM THAT
INVESTIGATION IS THAT 29 MILLION
AMERICANS DIRECTLY VIEWED THOSE
FAKE SITES.
YOU PUT IN SHARING AND IT'S MORE
LIKE 126 MILLION AMERICANS SAW
THEM.
THIS TIME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
ONLY 290,000 PEOPLE HAD ACCESS
TO THESE ACCOUNTS.
SO A BIG DIFFERENCE.
SO THE QUESTION LEFT TO CHEW ON
IS, IS THIS A SMALLER MORE
CAREFULLY DISGUISED CAMPAIGN BY
RUSSIAN ACTORS OR IS IT SOME
OTHER DISRUPTER GOING BY THE
SAME PLAYBOOK?
>> Ian: OKAY, SUSAN, THANK YOU.
>>> WELL, AS SUSAN SAID WE DON'T
KNOW FOR SURE WHO IS BEHIND ALL
OF THIS BUT YOU CAN SEE WHY RED
FLAGS HAVE GONE UP.
BACK IN FEBRUARY
SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER
INDICTED 13 RUSSIAN AGENTS AND
AMONG THE CHARGES ARE CREATING
FAKE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS,
BUYING FACEBOOK ADS AND EVEN
PAYING PEOPLE
TO TAKE PLACE IN RALLIES TO
UNDERMINE HILLARY CLINTON BY
INFLAMING THE EXISTING DIVIDES
IN THE UNITED STATES.
WHAT DID THAT LOOK LIKE?
TAKE A LOOK AT HOUSTON, MAY 21,
2016.
TWO RALLIES AT THE EXACT SAME
TIME.
ANGRY AMERICANS SQUARING OFF.
AN INTERNET RESEARCH AGENCY WAS
BEHIND BOTH RALLIES.
IT CREATED A GROUP CALLED "HEART
OF TEXAS" AND PROMOTED A STOP
THE ISLAMIZATION OF TEXAS RALLY
PLANNED FOR NOON.
BUT IT ALSO CREATED A GROUP
CALLED "THE UNITED MUSLIMS OF
AMERICA," DEFENDING MUSLIM
RIGHTS AND THAT RALLY ALSO
PLANNED
FOR NOON RIGHT ACROSS THE
STREET.
THE CONFRONTATION WASN'T HUGE
BUT IT BROUGHT ATTENTION AND
PERHAPS EVEN WIDER A SOMETIMES
UGLY DIVIDE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY.
AND, ANDREW, MUELLER IS ALSO
INVESTIGATING WHETHER THERE WAS
ANY COORDINATION BETWEEN RUSSIA
AND THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN TO
INTERFERE IN THAT ELECTION.
>> Andrew: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT,
IAN.
AND TODAY THE FIRST CRIMINAL
TRIAL STEMMING FROM THIS WIDER
PROBE BEGAN.
THE ACCUSED TRUMP FORMER
CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN, PAUL
MANAFORT.
NOW HE IS CHARGED WITH TAX
EVASION AND BANK FRAUD, SO
COLLUSION ISN'T PART OF IT, AT
LEAST NOT ON THE SURFACE.
KEITH BOAG EXPLAINS.
>> Reporter: A DARK VAN
ALLOWED PAUL MANAFORT TO TRAVEL
FROM JAIL TO THE VIRGINIA
COURTHOUSE PROTECTED FROM THE
PRYING EYES OF THE MEDIA AND THE
PUBLIC.
SO HE MISSED THIS... BUT HIS
LAWYER DIDN'T.
WHAT MIGHT HAVE SEEMED LIKE THE
MILLIONTH TIME THAT KEVIN
DOWNING HEARD THE QUESTION THAT
DOGGED HIM AND HIS CLIENT SINCE
THE INDICTMENT LAST YEAR.
>> Question: ANY CHANCE THAT HE
MAY FLIP AND COLLABORATE?
>> NO CHANCE.
>> Reporter: A JURY OF SIX MEN
AND SIX WOMEN WERE SEATED AND
THE TRIAL BEGAN.
THE PROSECUTION SAID THAT THE
EVIDENCE WOULD SHOW THAT
MANAFORT IS A SHREWD LIAR WHO
COLLECTED MORE THAN $60 MILLION
FOR HIS WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT
OF UKRAINE, HID IT FROM THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT AND DIDN'T PAY TAX ON
IT WHILE SPENDING IT
ON HOUSES, CARS AND CLOTHES,
INCLUDING A $15,000 JACKET MADE
FROM AN OSTRICH.
HE CREATED CASH OUT OF THIN AIR,
SAID THE PROSECUTOR.
MANAFORT'S DEFENCE WILL PUT THE
BLAME ON HIS FORMER RIGHTHAND
MAN RICK GATES WHO HAS TURNED
WITNESS FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
MANAFORT'S LAWYER SAYS THAT
HE'LL SHOW THAT GATES WAS THE
REAL CRIMINAL, THAT HE EMBEZZLED
MILLIONS FROM MANAFORT AND HID
THE MONEY.
RICK GATE HIS HIS HAND IN COOKIE
JAR AND HE COULDN'T TAKE THE
RISK THAT HIS BOSS MAY FOUND OUT
SAID THIS LAWYER.
BUT THE GOVERNMENT'S CASE WILL
REST ON DOCUMENTS SUCH AS TAX
RETURNS AND RECEIPTS.
AND THAT'S WHY EXPERIENCED
PROSECUTORS SUCH AS SETH WAXMAN
BELIEVE THAT THE EVIDENCE
AGAINST MANAFORT IS STRONG.
>> IT'S HARD MATH.
YOU BROUGHT IN $15 MILLION OR
$20 MILLION OF REVENUE AND YOU
USE IT TO BUY CARS, HOUSES OR
WHATEVER, WHERE IS THAT ON YOUR
TAXES?
>> Reporter: IF CONVICTED
MANAFORT IS LIKELY TO SPEND THE
REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON,
UNLESS TRUMP PARDONS HIM.
BUT HE'S GAMBLING THAT HE COULD
WIN THIS TRIAL AND ALSO A
SEPARATE TRIAL ON SIMILAR
CHARGES IN SEPTEMBER.
>> IF HE LOSES EITHER ONE OF
THOSE HE COULD STILL WALK IN TO
MUELLER AND SAY I WANT TO
COOPERATE NOW.
PROSECUTORS MIGHT NOT LIKE IT
BUT THEY'LL TAKE HIM.
>> Reporter: THE PROSECUTORS
MIGHT DEAL WITH MANAFORT EVEN
AFTER HE'S CONVICTED, ANDREW.
BECAUSE MANAFORT COULD BE THE
KEY WITNESS TO ANY COLLUSION
BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND
RUSSIANS.
MANAFORT WAS ONE OF THREE TRUMP
PEOPLE AT THAT INFAMOUS TRUMP
TOWER MEETING WHERE THEY
EXPECTED TO GET STOLEN
INFORMATION ABOUT HILLARY
CLINTON.
WHAT THEY CALLED "DIRT ON THE
RUSSIANS."
THE TWO OTHERS IN THE MEETING
WERE TRUMP'S SON AND HIS
SON-IN-LAW SO OF THOSE THREE
MANAFORT IS CONSIDERED THE MOST
LIKELY TO FLIP.
>> Andrew: AND, KEITH, YOU
KNOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID
REPEATEDLY THAT HE DIDN'T
COLLUDE WITH RUSSIA BUT TODAY HE
SEEMED TO CHANGE TACTICS?
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT,
THIS MORNING TRUMP PICKED UP ON
WHAT HIS LAWYER RUDY GUILIANI
SAID YESTERDAY, TWEETING THAT
COLLUSION IS NOT A CRIME.
BUT, REMEMBER, THAT IT'S THE
OPINION OF GUILIANI AND MANY
OTHERS THAT A PRESIDENT CAN'T BE
INDICTED FOR CRIMES ANYWAY.
SO THEY AREN'T EXPECTING TRUMP
TO HAVE TO DEFEND HIMSELF IN A
COURT OF LAW.
BUT WHAT THEY MIGHT BE PREPARING
FOR IS IMPEACHMENT WHERE THEY
COULD ARGUE TO CONGRESS THAT
COLLUSION IS NOT A CRIME.
IMPEACHMENT IS A POLITICAL
PROCESS ULTIMATELY FOUGHT IN THE
COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION WHERE
PEOPLE, INCLUDING CONGRESSMEN,
CAN BELIEVE THAT A CRIME IS OR
ISN'T WHATEVER THEY WANT TO
BELIEVE THAT IT IS OR ISN'T.
ANDREW?
>> Andrew: KEITH BOAG IN
WASHINGTON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Ian: TURNING NOW TO ANOTHER
LEGAL BATTLE INVOLVING THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, THE RACE TO STOP
WHAT SOME FEAR IS THE NEXT GUN
THREAT -- HOMEMADE WEAPONS MADE
WITH A 3D PRINTER THAT CAN BE
LETHAL AND UNTRACEABLE.
LATE TODAY THE U.S. FEDERAL
JUDGE BLOCKED THE RELEASE OF THE
BLUEPRINTS ALLOWING PEOPLE TO
MAKE THEIR OWN FIREARMS JUST
HOURS BEFORE THEY WERE SET TO BE
PUBLISHED ONLINE.
THE SUDDEN AVAILABILITY OF
INSTRUCTIONS WOULD HAVE MEANT
THAT ANYONE WITH A 3D PRINTER
CAPABLE OF THE JOB COULD MAKE
HANDGUNS AND EVEN SEMI-AUTOMATIC
ASSAULT RIFLES LIKE THIS ONE.
EVEN PRESIDENT TRUMP, A STAUNCH
DEFENDER OF GUN RIGHTS, SEEMED
TO QUESTION WHETHER THAT IDEA
MAKES ANY SENSE.
NOW WITH TONIGHT'S FEDERAL COURT
DECISION THAT MAY LEAVE THE
BLUEPRINTS IN LIMBO BUT THEY'VE
ALREADY BEEN DOWNLOADED
THOUSANDS OF TIMES.
STEVEN D'SOUZA NOW WITH HOW A
PLASTIC WEAPON HAS RESHAPED THE
GUN CONTROL DEBATE.
>> Reporter: WITH 200 3D
PRINTERS, THIS MANUFACTURING
COMPANY IN BROOKLYN
CAN MASS PRODUCE EVERYTHING FROM
PLASTIC MACHINE PARTS TO A
MYSTERY FLAG.
BUT THERE'S ONE THING THAT WE
WILL NOT DO --
>> WE WILL NOT PRINT ANY
WEAPONS.
>> Reporter: THEY BROKE THAT
POLICY TODAY TO SHOW HOW EASY IT
IS TO PRINT A 3D GUN.
>> AFTER A COUPLE HOURS OF
PRINTING AND GETTING THE PARTS
TO FIT TOGETHER YOU CAN HAVE A
WORKABLE FIREARM.
>> Reporter: IT'S UNTRACEABLE
AND ASIDE FROM AN OPTIONAL METAL
INSERT, IT'S
MADE FROM THE SAME MATERIAL AS
LEGO.
>> IF YOU WERE TO WALK THROUGH A
METAL DETECTOR WITH THIS RIGHT
NOW YOU WOULD NOT BE DETECTED.
>> Reporter: IN 2013,
SELF-PROCLAIMED CRYPTOANALYST
CODY WILSON INVENTED THIS 3 DRVE
PRINTED GUN, MEANT TO MAKE
FIREARMS MORE ACCESSIBLE.
THE FIVE-YEAR LEGAL BATTLE OVER
THE
RELEASE OF THE BLUEPRINTS ENDED
THIS DOWNWHEN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION SETTLED THE CASE
THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED WILSON'S
COMPANY TO START PUBLISHING
AGAIN.
FROM A PISTOL TO AN AR-15.
>> WASHINGTON HAS FAILED US.
>> Reporter: NEW JERSEY WAS
ONE OF THE STATES THAT WON
TODAY'S INJUNCTION.
>> THESE ARE GUNS THAT CAN BE
DOWNLOADED FOR DESTRUCTION BY
ANYONE.
FUGITIVES, FELONS, TERRORISTS,
DOMESTIC VIOLENT OFFENDERS
AND THE MENTALLY UNSTABLE.
>> Reporter: EVEN WITH THE
INJUNCTION ANNOUNCED TODAY THE
PLANS ARE ALREADY OUT THERE AS
THEY HAVE BEEN FOR A WHILE,
AVAILABLE ON PLENTY OF OTHER
SITES.
>> JUST LIKE WHAT WE SAW WITH
THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IN THE EARLY
2000s IT'S VERY HARD TO
REGULATE THE DISTRIBUTION OF
DIGITAL FILES ON THE INTERNET.
>> Reporter: CASNER ADMITS
THEY
CAN'T CLOSE PANDORA'S BOX BUT
THEY HAVE TO TRY.
>> THIS IS AS MUCH A FIGHT ABOUT
THE FUTURE AS IT IS ABOUT THE
PRESENT.
AND WITH THE SPEED AND THE RAPID
NATURE OF TECHNOLOGICAL
ADVANCEMENTS WE'RE VERY, VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRECEDENT
HERE.
>> Reporter: HE SAYS THAT
FEDERAL LAWMAKERS HAVE TO FIND
OTHER WAYS TO REGULATE 3D
PRINTED GUNS.
BECAUSE AS TECHNOLOGY IMPROVES
THE DANGER WILL ONLY INCREASE.
STEVEN D'SOUZA, CBC NEWS, NEW
YORK.
>> Ian: TONIGHT THAT 3D GUN
COMPANY HAS AGREED THAT IT WON'T
POST ANY NEW BLUEPRINTS ONLINE
UNTIL SEPTEMBER WHILE THAT
MULTISTATE LAWSUIT MAKES ITS WAY
THROUGH THE COURTS.
BUT AS STEVEN POINTED OUT
ANYONE WHO KNEW WHERE TO LOOK
ON THE INTERNET COULD HAVE MADE
THEIR OWN WEAPON FOR SOME FIVE
YEARS.
AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
ADMITTED AS MUCH TODAY.
>> AT LEAST SINCE THE YEAR 2013
THESE C.A.D. FILES, THESE
COMPUTER-ASSISTED DESIGN FILES,
HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE ONLINE.
THEY'VE BEEN LEGAL FOR U.S.
CITIZENS TO ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD.
>> Ian: THE PLANS MAY BE
AVAILABLE BUT IT COSTS SEVERAL
THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BUY A 3D
PRINTER CAPABLE OF MANUFACTURING
THESE SO-CALLED GHOST GUNS.
AND YOU NEED TO HAVE SKILL TO
MAKE THEM.
SO MANY GUN ADVOCATES ARGUE THAT
IF CRIMINALS REALLY WANT A GUN
THERE ARE EASIER WAYS THAN
BUILDING ONE OUT OF PLASTIC.
>> THE REALITY IS THAT IT'S MUCH
EASIER TO GO AND BUY A GUN ON
THE STREETS.
>> Ian: AND THE DURABILITY OF 3D
PRINTED FIREARMS IS
QUESTIONABLE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
TESTED PLASTIC GUNS AND THEY
FELL APART AFTER A SINGLE ROUND
WAS FIRED.
>> THE TRUTH IS THAT MANY TIMES
THEY FAIL AND THEY BREAK AND
THEY'RE NOT VERY DURABLE AND
THEY REALLY DON'T WORK.
>> Ian: SO EXPERTS SAY THAT IT
ISN'T LIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE
A RUSH OF PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE
THEIR OWN GUNS.
OF COURSE, IF THE PLANS ARE
ONLINE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
COULD DOWNLOAD THEM, INCLUDING
IN CANADA.
IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT THAT
HERE IT'S ILLEGAL TO MAKE OR
POSSESS A FIREARM WITHOUT A
LICENCE.
AND OTTAWA IS KEEPING A CLOSE
EYE ON THE CASE IN THE UNITED
STATES.
>> WHAT IF YOU COULD QUITE
LITERALLY PHOTOCOPY A WEAPON AND
IT WOULD BE -- IT WOULD BE
USABLE TO -- TO CAUSE HARM TO
OTHER PEOPLE?
THAT IS A CRITICAL ISSUE THAT
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND GOVERNMENTS
ARE EXAMINING AROUND THE WORLD.
>> Ian: CANADIANS WHO MAKE THEIR
OWN 3D PLASTIC GUNS FACE
MANDATORY PRISON TIME IF THEY
ARE CONVICTED.
>> Andrew: WELL, IT'S BEEN
CALLED THE AIDS SECTOR'S "ME
TOO"
MOMENT.
THERE'S FINDINGS OF AN
INVESTIGATION INTO REPORTS OF
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF DISASTER
VICTIMS BY SOME OF THE VERY AID
WORKERS WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO BE
HELPING THEM.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT THE
SYSTEM IS RIFE WITH ABUSE AND
AID AGENCIES AREN'T DOING
ENOUGH TO STOP IT.
KATIE SIMPSON WALKS US THROUGH
IT.
>> Reporter: IN HAITI'S
EARTHQUAKE RAVAGED STREETS,
TORMENT PERSISTED AT THE HANDS
OF THOSE SUMMONED TO HELP.
AIDE WORKERS PREYED ON THE
VULNERABLE WOMEN AND GIRLS AND
IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT KIND OF
SUFFERING IS NOT UNCOMMON.
>> WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT
THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM OF
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE.
WE THINK THAT IT IS ENDEMIC.
>> Reporter: A REPORT BY
BRITISH LAWMAKERS SAYS THAT
ABUSE BY AIDE WORKERS HAS BEEN A
PROBLEM FOR YEARS.
ORGINISATIONS ARE SLUGGISH TO
RESPOND TO CLAIMS OF WRONGDOING
TO THE POINT THAT IT APPEARS TO
BE COMPLACENCY VERGING ON
COMPLICITY.
THE STUDY RECOMMENDS MAKING IT
EASIER TO REPORT ABUSE, MORE
FUNDING TO SUPPORT
INVESTIGATIONS, AND DEVELOPING
AN AID WORKER REGISTRY TO SCREEN
OUT PREDATORS.
>> SOMETIMES PEOPLE GO TO OUR
INDUSTRY TO GET ACCESS TO THESE
PEOPLE.
WHAT IS VERY WELCOME ABOUT THIS
REPORT IS THAT RECOGNITION THAT
THIS NEEDS TO BE TREATED AS A
KIND OF LARGE-SCALE CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY.
>> Reporter: THE REPORT IS
BEING HAILED AS LONG OVERDUE,
BUT SOME ADVOCATES ARGUE THAT
THE ONLY WAY TO ACTUALLY START
CHANGING THE PROBLEMATIC CULTURE
WITHIN THE AID SECTOR IS TO
FORCE CHARITIES AND GOVERNMENTS
TO DO MORE TO COMPENSATE
VICTIMS.
>> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY'VE GOT THE RIGHT TO
REPRIATIONS SO THEY CAN BEGIN TO
RECOVER FROM THIS AWFUL, AWFUL
ABUSE.
>> Reporter: BUT AID GROUPS AT
LEAST FOR NOW APPEAR TO BE
FOCUSING ON PREVENTION INSTEAD.
OXFAM IS PROMISING TO DO MORE
AFTER IT ADMITTED THAT SOME
STAFF HIRED PROSTITUTES WHILE
WORKING IN HAITI'S EARTHQUAKE
ZONE.
OTHER ORGINISATIONS HAVE PLEDGED
REFORM AS WELL, BUT LITTLE HAS
BEEN SEEN IN THE FIELD.
>> AT THE HEADQUARTERS AND AT A
VERY HIGH POLICY LEVEL, IT'S
VERY, VERY HARD TO TELL WHAT, IF
ANYTHING, IS REALLY CHARGE
CHANGING ON THE GROUND.
>> Reporter: THIS FORMER AID
WORKER
RUNS A PRIVATE FACEBOOK PAGE
WHERE STORIES OF ABUSE ARE NOT
UNUSUAL.
SHE IS HOPEFUL THOUGH THAT THE
PUBLIC CONVERSATION
AROUND "ME TOO" WILL FORCE THESE
AID GROUPS TO MAKE CHANGE AND
ENCOURAGE MORE WOMEN TO COME
FORWARD.
KATIE SIMPSON, CBC NEWS, LONDON.
>> Andrew: A FEW OTHER
DEVELOPING STORIES THAT WE'RE
KEEPING TABS ON, INCLUDING QUITE
A STORY OUT OF MEXICO.
A PLANE CRASHED AND IT WAS
DESTROYED BUT INCREDIBLY
EVERYONE ONBOARD SURVIVED.
NOW IT'S NOT TOTALLY CLEAR IF
THE AEROMEXICO JETLINER HAD
TAKEN OFF AND CRASHED OR JUST
RAN OFF THE RUNWAY.
BUT IT ENDED UP ON ITS BELLY AND
CATCHING FIRE IN A NEARBY FIELD.
THERE WERE MORE THAN A HUNDRED
PEOPLE ONBOARD BUT EVERYONE
SURVIVED THOUGH TWO PEOPLE ARE
IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT CAUSED THE
CRASH BUT THERE WAS APPARENTLY
BAD WEATHER AT THE TIME.
BUT THEY SAY THAT THE AIRLINER
WAS HADIT BY A WIND GUST AS IT
LEFT THE RUNWAY.
>> FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO
HAPPEN AND YOU GUYS HEAR IT ALL
THE TIME, LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENS
IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD.
HONESTLY, UNTIL I CAME AND SAW
IT I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
>> Andrew: IN CALGARY THREE
PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD IN TWO
SEPARATE HOMES.
POLICE FOUND THE BODIES THIS
MORNING AFTER RECEIVING A CALL
FROM SOMEONE TO CHECK IN ON
THOSE HOMES.
BEYOND THAT THEY'RE NOT SAYING
MUCH ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAVE
HAPPENED EXCEPT THAT THEY
BELIEVE THAT THE DEATHS ARE
LINKED AND THEY HAVE A SUSPECT
IN CUSTODY.
>> Ian: HERE'S WHAT ELSE WE'RE
WORKING ON TONIGHT ON "THE
NATIONAL," VAD GUERRERO JR., ONE
STEP CLOSER TO THE MAJOR
LEAGUES.
WE TAKE YOU TO BUFFALO AS THE
BLUE JAYS' NEXT BIG THING MAKES
HIS TRIPLE-A DEBUT.
>> Andrew: AND IMPORTANT INFO
FOR PARENTS.
WHY HEADING A SOCCER BALL MIGHT
BE RISKIER FOR YOUNG GIRLS THAN
BOYS.
>> Ian: AND TRACKING AN ORCA
WHICH SPENT DAYS CARRYING ITS
DEAD CALF.
>> WE THINK THAT MAYBE IT'S PART
OF THE GRIEVING PROCESS AND JUST
THE PHYSICAL AND THE EMOTIONAL
PAIN THAT SHE MUST BE GOING
THROUGH TO CARRY IT.
I CATCH MYSELF AT RANDOM TIMES
TEARING UP OR THINKING ABOUT
DIFFERENT THINGS.
(*)
>> Andrew: PLANE EVACUATIONS
SHOULD BE FAST, NO MORE THAN 90
SECONDS TO GET EVERYONE OFF, BUT
IN SEVERAL RECENT EMERGENCIES
MANY PASSENGERS SEEM TO BE MORE
PREOCCUPIED WITH SAVING THEIR
BAGS THAN THEMSELVES.
AND AS SALIMAH SHIVJI EXPLAINS,
CHANGING THAT MINDSET COULD BE
DIFFICULT.
>> Reporter: CHAOS AND FEAR IN
THE MOMENTS AFTER THESE
PASSENGERS LOOKED OUT TO SEE
FLAMES SHOOTING UP FROM THE
WING.
>> MAYDAY, MAYDAY, WE'RE
EVACUATING.
>> Reporter: THE PILOT
URGENTLY WORKING WITH AIR
TRAFFIC CONTROL TO GET EVERYONE
TO SAFETY.
>> GRAB YOUR JACKETS, GUYS.
>> Reporter: NONE OF THE
PASSENGERS WAS INJURED BUT THERE
WAS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THE
EVACUATION.
TOO MANY PEOPLE IGNORED A KEY
WARNING FROM FLIGHT ATTENDANTS.
>> NUMEROUS PASSENGERS WERE
TAKING CARRY-ON BAGS AND AS A
RESULT OF THAT THE EVACUATION
PROCESS
WAS IMPEDED AND SIGNIFICANTLY
SLOWED.
>> Reporter: THE
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
FOUND THE SAME SCENARIO IN TWO
OTHER SERIOUS PLANE CRASHES.
VITAL SECONDS WERE LOST WHEN
PEOPLE STOPPED FOR THEIR LAPTOPS
AND CARRY-ON BAGS IN HALIFAX IN
2015 AND WHEN THIS AIR FRANCE
FLIGHT SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY
SERIOUSLY INJURING 12 PEOPLE
BACK IN 2005.
EVER SINCE THE T.S.B. HAS URGED
TRANSPORT CANADA TO MAKE THE
WARNINGS ABOUT BAGS MANDATORY.
>> IF THERE'S A NEED TO EVACUATE
THE AIRCRAFT LEAVE YOUR PRESENT
BELONGINGS BEHIND.
>> Reporter: AIR CANADA
ALREADY DOES IT AND WESTJET
PLANS TO STARTING THIS FALL BUT
IT'S NOT REQUIRED.
TRANSPORT CANADA ONLY RECOMMENDS
THAT AIRLINES WARN YOU TO LEAVE
YOUR BAGS BEHIND, EVEN THOUGH
THE DEPARTMENT RECENTLY ISSUED A
SAFETY ALERT SAYING THAT THOSE
VOLUNTARY WARNINGS AREN'T SO
EFFECTIVE.
MANDATORY OR VOLUNTARY, THAT'S
NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM.
THIS FLIGHT ATTENDANT SAYS THAT
MANY PASSENGERS SIMPLY TUNE OUT.
>> PEOPLE MAY GET A BIT
COMPLACENT AND FORGET THE FACT
THAT EVERY PLANE IS A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT.
>> Reporter: HE PLANS TO SLIP
IT IN BEFORE A MOVIE.
>> TAKE A MOMENT, 10 SECONDS, TO
PLUG SAFETY INFORMATION IN THERE
AND REALLY CAPTURE PEOPLE'S
ATTENTION AT A MOMENT WHEN THEY
AREN'T EXPECTING IT.
>> Reporter: A CREATIVE WAY TO
GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS THAT
STOPPING FOR A CARRY-ON IS JUST
TOO DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE ON
BOARD.
SALIMAH SHIVJI, CBC NEWS,
OTTAWA.
>> Ian: STILL AHEAD ON "THE
NATIONAL," MOVE OVER VANCOUVER.
SETH ROGEN IS STEPPING OUT.
THE COMEDIAN IS NOW THE VOICE OF
THE TORONTO TRANSIT SYSTEM AS
WELL.
>> Andrew: AND A HALIFAX
POLICE OFFICER WITH SOME PRETTY
SWEET MOVES GETS A HUGE CROWD ON
AND OFFLINE.
AND OUR OWN TOM MURPHY GETS A
LITTLE DANCE LESSON IN OUR
"MOMENT OF THE DAY."
>> SO THE FIRST ONE IS A WHIP
AND THEN WE NAY-NAY AND THEN DO
IT AGAIN.
SAME HAND... WHIP...
>> Ian: TONIGHT ON "THE
NATIONAL," TWO POIGNANT STORIES
ABOUT ENDANGERED WHALES AND THE
DESPERATE EFFORTS TO SAVE THEM.
IN A MOMENT WE'LL TAKE TO YOU
THE BAY OF FUNDY WHERE A SEARCH
IS UNDERWAY FOR A RIGHT WHALE
TANGLED IN ROPE.
>>> FIRST WE BEGIN ON THE WEST
COAST WHERE AN ORCA IS TRYING TO
KEEP HER DEAD CALF AFLOAT.
RESEARCHERS SAY THAT THE CALF
DIED A WEEK AGO AND PROBABLY
LIVED FOR ONLY A FEW HOURS.
IT'S YET ANOTHER BLOW TO THE
DWINDLING POPULATION OF SOUTHERN
RESIDENT ORCAS.
AS BRIAR STEWART EXPLAINS IT'S
NOT YET CLEAR WHAT HAPPENED.
>> IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE THEY
WOULD BE SOMEWHERE OUT HERE...
>> Reporter: THIS IS HOW
TAYLOR SHEDD HAS SPENT MOST OF
HIS WAKING HOURS FOR THE PAST
WEEK, NAVIGATING THROUGH THE
SALISH SEA TO KEEP WATCH ON A
MOTHER IN MOURNING.
THE SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER
WHALE KNOWN AS J-35 HAS BEEN
PUSHING AND CARRYING HER DEAD
CALF WITH HER SINCE JULY 24th.
>> SHE STILL HAS THIS STRESS AND
THIS PAIN THAT SHE MUST BE GOING
THROUGH.
IT DOESN'T REALLY HIT ME UNTIL I
GET BACK TO THE OFFICE LATE AT
NIGHT AND I'M GOING THROUGH THE
IMAGES.
>> Reporter: SHE'S STILL GOING
THROUGH THIS EIGHT DAYS ON?
>> YEAH, I CATCH MYSELF AT
RANDOM TIMES LIKE TEARING UP.
>> Reporter: SHEDD SAYS THAT
WHALES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO CARRY
THEIR DEAD OFFSPRING AND IT'S
BELIEVED TO BE A GRIEVING
PROCESS THAT SCIENTISTS DON'T
FULLY UNDERSTAND.
BUT TO CARRY IT FOR THIS LONG IS
UNPRECEDENTED.
WHICH IS WHY TEAMS FROM THE U.S.
AND CANADA ARE WORKING TO KEEP
WATCH ON THE WHALE AND OTHER
BOATS BACK.
>> IT'S PROBABLY A LOT MORE
DIFFICULT FOR HER TO
FORAGE WHEN SHE'S DOING THIS AS
WELL SO WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT
HER BODY CONDITION.
>> Reporter: THE WHALES ARE
TRACKED BY BOATERS CALLING IN
SIGHTINGS AND BY AUDIO
RECORDINGS
LIKE THIS.
THEY'RE PICKED UP WHEN THE POD
MOVES
PAST SOUND EQUIPMENT UNDERWATER.
SOUTHERN RESIDENT WHALES ARE
ALREADY CLOSELY MONITORED
BECAUSE THEY'RE ENDANGERED.
THERE ARE ONLY 75 LEFT.
>> THIS LITTLE CALF WAS A GIRL
WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY
BEEN IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY
BECAUSE SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE
REPRODUCTIVELY TO CONTRIBUTE
ADDITIONAL CALVES SO IT'S SAD ON
SO MANY LEVELS.
>> Reporter: ONCE THE MOTHER
FINALLY LETS THE CALF GO
RESEARCHERS HOPE TO RETRIEVE IT
SO THEY CAN FIND OUT JUST WHY
SHE DIED.
>> WE SPEND ABOUT 10 OR 11 HOURS
ON THE WATER EACH DAY.
>> Reporter: UNTIL THEN SHEDD
AND REST OF THE CREW SAY THEY'LL
TRY TO TRACK THE ORCA AS CLOSELY
AS THEY CAN TO HELP A MOTHER WHO
FOR SOME REASON IS NOT READY TO
LET GO.
BRIAR STEWART, CBC NEWS, OFF THE
COAST OF WASHINGTON STATE.
>> Ian: NOW OFF THE EAST COAST
THE WHALE RESCUE TEAMS ARE IN A
RACE AGAINST TIME TO FIND AND
FREE A NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT
WHALE TANGLED IN A ROPE.
THE 10-YEAR-OLD WHALE WAS
SPOTTED YESTERDAY MORNING IN THE
BAY OF FUNDY.
THREE RESCUE TEAMS FROM CANADA
AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN
DISPATCHED TO FIND IT BUT FOG,
WIND, WAVES AND MECHANICAL
PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN SLOWING THEM
DOWN.
NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES ARE
IN DANGER SO LOSING EVEN ONE IS
SIGNIFICANT.
IT'S ESTIMATED THAT THERE'S
FEWER THAN 500 LEFT IN THE WORLD
AND ONLY 100 REPRODUCING
FEMALES.
MORE THAN A DOZEN HAVE TURNED UP
DEAD IN THE GULF OF
ST. LAWRENCE.
AS TOM MURPHY FOUND OUT LAST
YEAR SCIENTISTS MAY BE DESPERATE
TO SAVE THEM BUT THERE ARE NO
CLEAR ANSWERS.
(*)
>> Reporter: IT'S A MYSTERY.
AT LEAST 15 NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT
WHALES ARE DEAD IN JUST A FEW
SHORT WEEKS, LEAVING FEW CLUES
BUT CARCASSES LITTERING THE
SHORES OF THE EAST COAST.
A FRAGILE POPULATION THAT WAS
JUST COMING BACK FROM THE BRINK
OF EXTINCTION.
NOW A MYSTERY THAT NEEDS
UNRAVELLING.
>> WE'RE STILL TRYING TO HELP
THIS POPULATION RECOVER ONE
WHALE AT A TIME.
AND SO EACH OF THESE LOSSES
AFFECTS ITS POTENTIAL FOR
RECOVERY.
>> THIS IS A VERY DEPRESSING
STORY.
AND IF THE MORTALITIES CONTINUE
AT ANYTHING WHAT THEY HAVE IN
THIS LAST YEAR, THEY APPROACH
IT,
WE'VE GOT A SITUATION THAT WE
MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TURN AROUND.
(*)
>> Reporter: HERE ON THE
WATERS THAT HUG THE SHORE OF
MAINE, WHALE DETECTIVES, IF YOU
LIKE, ARE ON THE CASE.
AT DAWN ALL SUMMER LONG ON A
TINY 20-FOOT BOAT THESE RESEARCH
SCIENTISTS STEAM THREE HOURS
INTO THE BAY OF FUNDY BETWEEN
MAINE AND NOVA SCOTIA.
PATROLLING, SEARCHING FOR CLUES.
>> SO THIS IS A REAL DEEP WATER
AREA IN EXCESS OF 200 METRES IN
DEPTH...
>> Reporter: MOE BROWN IS A
RIGHT WHALE SCIENTIST AT THE
CANADIAN WHALE INSTITUTE.
FOR THE PAST 37 SUMMERS SHE'S
COME HERE TO WORK WITH OTHER
EXPERIENCED RIGHT WHALE
RESEARCHERS.
THIS YEAR LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE,
HOPING FOR A LEAD IN A DESPERATE
SITUATION.
>> Reporter: THAT IS A
CRITICAL AREA AND HAS BEEN
CRITICAL FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC
RIGHT WHALE.
WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE NOW?
>> WELL, THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A
YEAR WITH VERY FEW SIGHTINGS.
SO WE HAD A COUPLE DOZEN RIGHT
WHALES IN THE END OF JULY, EARLY
AUGUST.
AND THEN WE HAD A LOT OF SURVEYS
WITH NO RIGHT WHALES SIGHTED.
>> Reporter: THAT'S WHAT HAS
RESEARCHERS ON EDGE.
TO LOSE SO MANY WHALES IN ONE
SUMMER IS MUCH MORE THAN TRAGIC,
IT'S A CATASTROPHE FOR ONE
SIMPLE REASON.
FEWER THAN 500 NORTH ATLANTIC
RIGHT WHALES ARE LEFT ON THE
PLANET.
THEY ARE SOLITARY AND IN THEIR
OWN WAY MYSTERIOUS.
AND THEY DON'T GIVE UP THEIR
SECRETS EASILY.
>> WE'RE JUST LOOKING OVER THE
SURFACE OF THE OCEAN.
THERE IS MAGIC BY SEEING
THE BERGS BUT THERE ARE IS ALSO
TREMENDOUS MAGIC TO
SEE A WHALE SURFACE UP.
WE KNOW THAT WE CAN COLLECT A
LITTLE INFORMATION ON THAT WHALE
AND CONTRIBUTE TO OUR
UNDERSTANDING OF IT.
AND THEN IT DISAPPEARS AGAIN AND
WE'RE ESSENTIALLY JUST LOOKING
AT THE SURFACE OF THE WATER.
SO THE MAGIC LIES BELOW.
>> Reporter: NOW THERE'S AN
INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO TRY TO
UNDERSTAND THE NORTH ATLANTIC
RIGHT WHALE AND ITS MIGRATION
HABITS.
THIS MOTHER AND CALF WERE
SPOTTED IN THE GULF OF
ST. LAWRENCE THIS SUMMER.
>> BREAKING THE SURFACE OF THE
WATER...
>> Reporter: HUNDREDS OF
GROUPS FROM REGULAR CITIZENS TO
RESPECTED SCIENTISTS UP AND DOWN
THE COAST OF NORTH AMERICA ARE
PART OF THIS HERCULEAN EFFORT TO
SAVE THE SPECIES.
>> IT'S LIKE A TREE BRANCH OR
SOMETHING...
>> Reporter: BUT GET THIS --
RESEARCHERS ARE BAFFLED.
THE WHALES AREN'T SHOWING UP
WHERE THEY USUALLY DO.
AND NO ONE IS REALLY SURE WHY.
>> SO DAYS LIKE THIS WHERE WE
COULD POTENTIALLY SPEND 12 HOURS
STEAMING AROUND THE BAY OF FUNDY
THAT HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN SUCH
A LUCRATIVE PLACE FOR RIGHT
WHALES AND NOT SEE ANY, THE
CHALLENGE THEN IS TO HOW LONG WE
STAY HERE AND KEEP DOING THIS.
(*)
>> Reporter: SO WHEN THE TRAIL
GOES COLD TRY TO RETRACE IT HERE
AT THE FARTHEST TIP OF CAPE COD
IN PROVINCETOWN.
IN THE SPRING THESE WATERS ARE
TEEMING WITH NORTH ATLANTIC
RIGHT WHALES, MOTHERS AND THEIR
CALVES.
A FEEDING FRENZY BEFORE HEADING
FURTHER NORTH TO CANADIAN
WATERS.
>> IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE...
>> Reporter: AN ENTIRE
INDUSTRY HAS BEEN BUILT UP ON
THEIR MAJESTIC BEAUTY.
WHALE WATCHING TOURS...
>> THERE YOU GO, THERE'S THE
CALF BACK UP...
>> Reporter: IN WATERS WHERE
THE WHALES WERE ONCE HUNTED FOR
THEIR VALUABLE OIL.
THERE IS A REVERENCE FOR WHALES
HERE.
LISTEN TO NATURALIST CAROLYN
O'CONNOR TALK ABOUT THE
RIGHT WHALE...
>> I FELL IN LOVE WITH THEM WITH
A CERTAIN BEHAVIOUR ON THE
CALVING, CALLED CRADLING.
WHERE THE MOM WILL BE UPSIDE
DOWN AT THE SURFACE AND SHE'LL
HOLD THE CALF AND IT'S VERY MUCH
A BONDING SITUATION.
I'M SURE
THAT OTHER SPECIES DO THAT AS
WELL AND I HAVE ONLY SEEN IT
WITH THE RIGHT WHALES.
I'M SURE THAT HUMPBACKS DO IT AS
WELL BUT THAT'S WHAT MADE ME
FALL IN LOVE WITH THEM.
THEY'RE NOT A SPECIES THAT GETS
ENOUGH ATTENTION IN MY OPINION
SO I'M ADVOCATING FOR THEM A
LITTLE BIT.
>> Reporter: AND THE RIGHT
WHALE DESPERATELY NEEDS
ADVOCATES.
THE MAMMALS' BIRTHING RATES ARE
DROPPING.
ADD TO THAT THE UNTIMELY DEATH
THIS SUMMER.
THESE MAMMALS WHO CAN LIVE AS
LONG AS HUMANS AND ONLY
REPRODUCE EVERY THREE YEARS ARE
IN TROUBLE.
CHARLES "STORMY" MAYO, A RIGHT
WHALE SCIENTIST IS BASED HERE IN
PROVINCETOWN WHERE THEY HAVE NOT
SEEN THE CARNAGE OF RIGHT WHALES
FOUND IN THE GULF OF
ST. LAWRENCE.
>> THERE'S TOO MANY WHALES DYING
IN ONE LOCATION.
THERE ARE TIMES THAT WE HAVE 200
WHALES IN CAPE COD BAY.
THEY PASS THROUGH SHIPPING LANES
AND VERY ACTIVE FISHING AREAS
AND WE DO NOT HAVE THAT NUMBER
OF ENTANGLEMENTS OR SHIP
STRIKES.
>> Reporter: HE FEARS THAT THE
NUMBER OF DEATHS COULD BE MUCH
HIGHER.
>> THERE COULD BE A NUMBER OF
CARCASSES THAT WEREN'T FOUND.
PERHAPS WHALES THAT DROWNED IN
HEAVY GEAR, AND EVEN MORE LIKELY
CARCASSES THAT BLEW OFFSHORE
THAT WERE NEVER FOUND.
SO WHATEVER NUMBERS WE GET
THEY'RE PROBABLY A MINIMUM.
AND THE MAXIMUM IS ANYBODY'S
GUESS.
(*)
>> Reporter: FROM HERE THE
RIGHT WHALE MYSTERY ONLY
DEEPENS.
INSTEAD OF COMING TO THE BAY OF
FUNDY TO FEED THEY'RE GOING
FURTHER NORTH TO THE GULF OF
ST. LAWRENCE IN UNFAMILIAR
WATERS FOR THIS SUMMER'S
UNPRECEDENTED TRAGEDY UNFOLDED.
SCIENTIST AMY NOLTON.
>> THEIR FOOD RESOURCES ARE
SHIFTING.
AND THE RIGHT WHALES HAVE
PLANKTON LEVELS AND THE PLANKTON
PASSES DON'T SEEM TO BE
HAPPENING, NOT IN THE TIME OF
YEAR THAT WE'RE STILL HERE.
AND WHETHER IT'S HAPPENING
EARLIER OR NOT HAPPENING AT ALL,
WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO
THAT.
>> Reporter: BACK IN LUBEC,
MAINE, AT THE WHALE HEADQUARTERS
IN A SHABBY OLD VICTORIAN HOUSE
TURNED LAB, AMY PULLS UP THE
STARK PHOTOS FROM THIS SUMMER.
>> THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT HERE IS
THE CARCASS WITH A LOT OF THE
SKIN GONE.
>> Reporter: SOME OF THEM
ENTANGLED IN FISHING GORE.
OTHERS SHOWING SIGNS OF BLUNT
TRAUMA, LIKE BEING STRUCK BY A
SHIP IN ONE OF THE BUSIEST
SHIPPING LANES IN NORTH AMERICA.
>> WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE PHOTO
I.D. DATABASE.
>> Reporter: AMY KNOWS THESE
WHALES LIKE FAMILY MEMBERS.
EACH ONE HAS IDENTIFYING
FEATURES.
BUT SHE NEVER IMAGINED THAT
SHE'D HAVE TO USE THOSE FEATURES
TO IDENTIFY SO MANY DEAD WHALES.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY GO,
TO OUR SOFTWARE SYSTEM AND SAY
PULL UP ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS
WITH A BLACK CHIN PATCH AND ARE
FEMALE AND --
>> Reporter: YOU CAN SEE THE
SCARS.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE SCARS HERE ON
THE BOTTOM RIGHT.
THIS IS THE SAME WHALE ALIVE.
SO THAT'S HER CHIN AND YOU CAN
SEE THE SCARS LINE UP EXACTLY.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO MATCH THE
MAJORITY OF THE CARCASSES THAT
WERE FOUND UP THERE.
>> Reporter: IT WAS A
DIFFICULT SUMMER FOR THESE
SCIENTISTS.
>> WE HAVE ALL BEEN TRACKING
THESE INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT
THEIR LIVES AND WE KNOW HOW MANY
CALVES THEY'VE HAD AND WE KNOW
WHO ARE THE FATHERS.
WE JUST KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT THE
INDIVIDUALS.
SO IT'S PERSONALLY HEARTBREAKING
TO ME.
>> Reporter: NOW THE NEXT STEP
IS TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO
MINIMIZE THE THREAT TO RIGHT
WHALES.
>> WE'RE TESTING SOME ROPES IN
MASSACHUSETTS WITH SOME LOBSTER
FISHERMEN DOWN THERE.
THEY HAVE DEVELOPED THESE
CHINESE FINGER TYPE SLEEVES
WORKING WITH THE ROPE
MANUFACTURER THAT ARE 1700-POUND
STRENGTH AND THEY CAN SPLICE
THEM IN THEIR END LINE EVERY
40 FEET.
THE HOPE IS THAT IF A WHALE HITS
THAT PARTICULAR END LINE THAT IT
WILL BREAK IT.
INSTEAD OF WRAPPING ITSELF UP IN
THE HEAVY GEAR THAT IS ATTACHED.
>> Reporter: THE DEFINED
SHIPPING LANES THAT STEER
VESSELS AWAY FROM THE AREAS
WHERE THE WHALES GATHER CAN ALSO
GREATLY REDUCE DEATH.
THEY KNOW THAT IT WORKS.
IT'S BEEN DONE IN THE BAY OF
FUNDY.
>> TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE
BECAUSE WE EXPECT RIGHT WHALES
TO RETURN TO THE GULF OF
ST. LAWRENCE NEXT SUMMER.
SO WE STILL HAVE OUR WORK CUT
OUT FOR US.
THESE ANIMALS ARE STILL HOLDING
A LOT OF SECRETS FROM US.
(*)
>> Reporter: TIME IS AGAINST
THESE SCIENTISTS.
THEY NEED ANSWERS FOR THE
SIMPLEST QUESTION -- WHERE ARE
THE RIGHT WHALES GOING NEXT?
THEY CAN'T PROTECT THEM IF THEY
CAN'T FIND THEM.
SUDDENLY ON THE HORIZON --
>> THERE'S ONE AT 2:00.
>> OH, NICE!
>> Reporter: BUT EVER SO
QUICKLY THE EXCITEMENT OF
SPOTTING THE FAMILIAR BLOW
FADES.
IT'S NOT A RIGHT WHALE.
BUT A POD OF HUMPBACKS, THE
WRONG SPECIES.
AND SO THE MYSTERY CONTINUES,
THE RIGHT WHALE REFUSING ONCE
AGAIN TO GIVE UP ITS SECRETS
FROM THE DEEP.
TOM MURPHY, CBC NEWS, ON THE BAY
OF FUNDY.
>> Ian: TOM DID THAT STORY FOR
US LAST YEAR AND A FEW MONTHS
AGO THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
UNVEILED A NEW PLAN TO PROTECT
THESE WHALES.
AMONG SOME OF THE CHANGES,
LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT FOR
VESSELS TRAVELLING IN THE
WESTERN GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE.
AND CLOSING CERTAIN FISHING
AREAS WHEN WHALE ARE IN THE
AREA.
AND REQUIRING COMMERCIAL FISHING
FLEETS TO REPORT ANY
INTERACTIONS WITH WHALES.
>> Andrew: A REMINDER FOR YOU
"THE NATIONAL TODAY" TAKES YOU
INSIDE OF OUR JOURNALISM EVERY
WEEKDAY AFTERNOON.
GO DEEPER ON THE TOP STORIES OR
READ ABOUT STORIES THAT YOU MAY
HAVE MISSED.
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER AT
cbcnews.ca/thenational.
(*)
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[SIRENS]
>> Andrew: TONIGHT ON "THE
NATIONAL," 20 PEOPLE ARE MISSING
AS THE CARR FIRE IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA CONTINUES TO GROW.
THE MISSING ARE PEOPLE FROM IN
AND AROUND THE CITY OF REDDING
WHICH WAS DEVASTATED LAST WEEK
FROM THE FIRE.
SO FAR IT'S KILLED AT LEAST SIX
PEOPLE, BURNED NEARLY 900 HOMES
TO THE GROUND AND IT'S STILL OUT
OF CONTROL.
>>> MEANWHILE IN ONTARIO,
WILDFIRES THERE TOO ARE FORCING
MORE EVACUATIONS.
THE BIG ONE OF NOTE, PARRY SOUND
33, AND IT JUST GREW TO ABOUT
100 SQUARE KILOMETRES IN SIZE.
A NUMBER OF AREAS SOUTH OF
SUDBURY ARE PART OF THE NEW
SLATE OF EVACUATIONS.
>>> AND ON B.C.'S SOUTH COAST
DISTANT WILDFIRES ARE BEING
BLAMED FOR HAZY SKIES AND POOR
AIR QUALITY.
ENVIRONMENT CANADA IS WARNING
PEOPLE TO AVOID STRENUOUS
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES UNTIL AT
LEAST THE AIR IS EASIER TO
BREATHE.
AND ANOTHER ISSUE HAS BEEN THE
HEAT.
LAST NIGHT IT WAS SO HOT, IN
FACT, THAT B.C. HYDRO SAW
RECORD-BREAKING ELECTRICITY USE
BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE WERE
TURNING ON THEIR AIR
CONDITIONERS AND FANS.
>>> IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH SEASON
FOR THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS,
INJURIES TO AGING PLAYERS PILED
UP AND SO DID THE LOSSES.
SO SOME FANS ARE SHIFTING THEIR
FOCUS TO THE TEAM'S YOUTH AND
IT'S MINOR LEAGUE AFFILIATE IN
BUFFALO.
>> MORE THAN DOUBLED HIS HOME
RUN
TOTALS.
THAT IS A HOT SHOT TO GUERRERO,
DOWN TO THE TURF, PICKS IT UP
AND THROWS IT IN TIME.
>> Andrew: THAT'S VLADIMIR
GUERRERO JR., BASEBALL'S TOP
PROSPECT AND TONIGHT JUST
ONE STEP AWAY FROM THE MAJORS.
THE JAYS' 19-YEAR-OLD PHENOM GOT
PROMOTED TO TRIPLE-A BALL OVER
THE WEEKEND AND IS PLAYING A
FIRST GAME WITH THE BUFFALO
BIESES ON THIS IS EVENING.
HE EVEN SCORED A FEW RUNS,
BATTING ONE IN.
WHICH, BY THE WAY, SHOULDN'T
SURPRISE ANYONE.
GUERRERO JR. HAS BEEN LIGHTING
UP THE MINORS AND IT RUNS IN THE
FAMILY.
HIS DAD WAS A HALL OF FAMER AND
PLAYED FOR THE EXPOS IN THE
1990s.
SO LOTS OF PEOPLE TURNED UP IN
BUFFALO TONIGHT FOR A GLIMPSE OF
WHAT IS THE BLUE JAYS' FUTURE.
AND AS THE CBC'S JAMIE STRASHIN
WAS THERE TOO.
>> Reporter: IN SPORTS THERE
ARE FEW GUARANTEES.
PROSPECTS COME AND GO, BUT SOME
PLAYERS ARE DEEMED TRULY
SPECIAL.
ENTER VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR.
HIS RISE THROUGH THE JAYS' MINOR
LEAGUE SYSTEM HAS BEEN RAPID AND
FOR THE TEAM'S FANS IT'S A
REASON TO GET EXCITED IN A
SEASON WHERE THERE'S BEEN LITTLE
TO CHEER ABOUT.
MANY MADE THE TWO-HOUR DRIVE
FROM TORONTO TO BUFFALO JUST TO
CATCH A GLIMPSE.
>> THE RAW POWER THAT HE HAS IS
SOMETHING THAT VERY FEW GUYS AT
THIS LEVEL CAN MATCH.
JUST A REALLY SPECIAL PLAYER.
>> Reporter: GUERRERO JR.
CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF FANS
DURING SPRING TRAINING WHEN HE
HIT A WALKOFF HOME RUN DURING AN
EXHIBITION GAME IN MONTREAL.
HE'S PLAYING THIRD BASE TONIGHT
AND HIS ARRIVAL HERE IN BUFFALO
COMES WITH INTENSE PRESSURE AND
SCRUTINY.
BUT SPEAKING WITH REPORTERS
EARLIER TODAY THROUGH AN
INTERPRETER HE DIDN'T APPEAR
FAZED.
>> I DON'T GET SURPRISED BY
THIS, I COME HERE AND DO MY JOB
AND PUT UP MY NUMBERS AND DO THE
BEST I COULD.
>> Reporter: HE MAY ONLY BE 19
BUT HE'S WELL VERSED IN BASEBALL
CLICHES.
>> THIS IS THE SAME BASEBALL.
THIS IS THE SAME BASEBALL.
THE ONLY
THING THAT I NEED TO DO IS TO GO
OUT THERE AND PLAY THE GAME.
>> Reporter: GUERRERO WAS BORN
IN
MONTREAL AS HIS FATHER WAS
EMERGING AS A PERENNIAL ALL-STAR
FOR THE MONTREAL EXPOS.
GUERRERO SR WAS INDUCTED INTO
THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME OVER
THE WEEKEND AND THE TWO SHARE
THE SAME POWER AND LOVE FOR THE
GAME.
>> HE'S ALWAYS TAKING EVERY
OPPORTUNITY, AND HE NEVER GETS
CAUGHT UP ON WHAT IS GOING ON
AROUND HIM.
YOU LOOK OVER AT THIRD AND HE'S
MAYBE NOT SMILING BUT HE'S
SMILING ON THE
INSIDE.
>> Reporter: ALREADY THERE'S
PRESSURE ON THE BLUE JAYS TO
PROMOTE GUERRERO TO THE BIG CLUB
IN SEPTEMBER TO GIVE FANS
SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT.
ANOTHER GUERRERO TO LIFT THE
SPIRITS OF CANADIAN BASEBALL
FANS.
JAMIE STRASHIN, CBC NEWS,
BUFFALO.
>> Ian: HARD HITS OFF A BAT ARE
ONE THING BUT WHEN THEY COME OFF
THE HEAD, WELL, THAT'S A WHOLE
DIFFERENT BALLGAME.
A STUDY LOOKED AT HEADING IN
SOCCER AND AS KAS ROUSSY LEARNED
IT CAN HIT FEMALE PLAYERS FAR
WORSE THAN MEN.
>> TAKE YOUR NEXT STEP AND MOVE
YOUR HEAD TO THE BALL.
>> Reporter: THESE YOUNG
SOCCER PLAYERS ARE LEARNING HOW
TO HEAD THE BALL SAFELY.
>> YOU TRY TO MAKE YOUR NECK
MUSCLES REALLY TIGHT SO YOU MOVE
YOUR HEAD TOWARDS THE BALL AND
IT MAKES IT SAFE FOR THEM.
>> Reporter: HEADING IS AN
INTEGRAL PART OF THE BEAUTIFUL
GAME BUT ALSO CONTROVERSIAL
BECAUSE OF CONCERNS OVERHEAD
INJURIES.
>> WHAT'S THIS...
>> Reporter: JOANNA ROY
STARTED PLAYING WHEN SHE WAS 6.
>> NOT ONLY WAS IT MY FAVOURITE
THING TO DO BUT IT WAS THE THING
THAT I DID EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IT WAS MY LIFE.
>> Reporter: BUT A SERIES OF
HARD HITS TO THE HEAD FORCED ROY
OFF THE PITCH FOR GOOD.
>> MY HEAD WAS HURTING AND I WAS
DIZZY AND THE LIGHTS ON THE
SUBWAY SEEMED REALLY LOUD.
>> Reporter: IN A NEW STUDY
RESEARCHERS IN THE U.S. FOUND
THAT WOMEN FARED WORSE THAN MEN
WHEN IT COMES TO BRAIN TRAUMA
FROM HEADING SOCCER BALLS.
>> THERE SEEMS TO BE CLEARLY A
BIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
MEN AND WOMEN THAT MAKES THE
BRAIN MORE VULNERABLE.
>> Reporter: RESEARCHERS
LOOKED AT NEARLY 100 AMATEUR
PLAYERS.
USING A SPECIAL M.R.I.,
RESEARCHERS SCANNED THE PLAYERS'
BRAINS AND FOUND THAT THE
DAMAGED BRAIN TISSUE WAS FIVE
TIMES WORSE IN FEMALE PLAYERS.
>> THE AREAS IN THE BRAIN THAT
ARE COLOURED IN BLUE ARE AREAS
WHERE THE MORE HEADING THE
PLAYERS DID, THE MORE ABNORMAL
THE BRAIN WAS.
>> Reporter: RESEARCHERS
AREN'T SURE WHY WOMEN MIGHT BE
MORE SENSITIVE TO HEAD INJURIES
THAN MEN.
IT COULD BE HORMONES OR JUST
DIFFERENCES IN NECK STRENGTH.
>> THE STRUCTURE...
>> Reporter: DR. PAUL DECLAN
HAS DONE HIS OWN RESEARCH WITH
SPORTS RELATED BRAIN INJURIES
WITH
HOCKEY PLAYERS.
WHEN IT COMES TO SOCCER HE
DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANY
SAFE WAY TO HEAD A SOCCER BALL.
AND WANTS THE PRACTISE BANNED AT
THE AMATEUR LEVEL.
>> THE HEAD AND THE NECK SHOULD
BE OFF-LIMITS AND THIS ISN'T
RADICAL.
IT'S PROVEN WITH SCIENCE.
>> Reporter: IN THE U.S. A BAN
ON HEADING FOR PLAYERS UNDER 10
HAS BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE 2015.
CANADA SOCCER SAYS THEY
RECOMMEND COACHES DON'T TEACH
HEADING TO YOUNG PLAYERS, BUT
THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE A
CANADA-WIDE GUIDELINES WITH
SPECIFIC RULES.
KAS ROUSSY, CBC NEWS, TORONTO.
>> Andrew: AND "OUR MOMENT" IS
UP NEXT.
MEET THE HALIFAX POLICE OFFICER
WHOSE DANCE MOVES WENT VIRAL.
>> WELL, I THINK THAT IT SHOWED
POLICE IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.
>> Reporter: WHERE DID YOU GET
THE MOVES?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I HAVE TO SAY
MY MOTHER.
I LOVE YOU, MOM.
THERE YOU GO.
>> Ian: ALL RIGHT, BEFORE THAT,
ACTOR AND COMEDIAN SETH ROGEN
SAYS THAT HE WANTS TO MAKE
EVERYONE'S TRANSIT EXPERIENCE AS
WONDERFUL AS POSSIBLE.
SO LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER
JOINING FORCES WITH VANCOUVER'S
TRANSIT SYSTEM HE'S COMING TO
TORONTO AS WELL.
>> HEY, T.T.C. CUSTOMERS, SETH
ROGEN HERE, FELLOW CANADIAN AND
PUBLIC TRANSIT USER.
>> Ian: TORONTO TRANSIT RIDERS
WILL BE HEARING
A LOT MORE OF THIS.
ROGEN RECORDED 12 MESSAGES THAT
STARTED PLAYING IN SUBWAY
STATIONS TODAY.
THEY COVER EVERYTHING FROM
BLOCKING DOORS --
>> I ALWAYS HOLD THE DOOR FOR MY
MOTHER BECAUSE SHE RAISED ME
RIGHT BUT HOLDING A SUBWAY DOOR
FOR HER WOULD GET ME IN TROUBLE.
I DON'T NEED THE HASSLE OR THE
DELAY SO LEAVE THEM DOORS ALONE.
>> Ian: TO TRANSIT FAUX PAS LIKE
GROOMING.
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I'M
GOING TO SAY THIS BUT STOP
CLIPPING YOUR FINGERNAILS ON THE
T.T.C.
IT'S GROSS?
>> Ian: THE MOVE COMES LESS THAN
A WEEK AFTER ROGEN'S VOICE
APPEARED ON VANCOUVER TRANSIT.
>> I'M VERY PROUD TO BE FROM
VANCOUVER AND I GREW UP TAKING
PUBLIC TRANSIT MY WHOLE LIFE AND
I STILL USE PUBLIC TRANSIT WHEN
I'M IN THE CITY.
>> Ian: IN VANCOUVER HE'S A
HOMETOWN STAR BUT IN TORONTO NOT
EVERYONE IS HAPPY WITH THE NEW
VOICE.
>> I WAS A BIT UPSET ABOUT THAT
ONLY
BECAUSE I THINK HE'S FROM
VANCOUVER AND I THOUGHT THAT WE
SHOULD GET A TORONTONIAN.
>> MAYBE MIKE MYERS, BUT SETH
ROGEN IS STILL GOOD.
>> I PREFER DRAKE BUT HE WON'T
DO IT.
>> Ian: BUT OTHERS JUST ARE
HAPPY THAT HE'S CANADIAN.
>> I DON'T THINK THAT IT
MATTERS.
>> I DON'T KNOW, I JUST FEEL
THAT IT WOULD MAKE YOU SMILE AND
KIND OF
>> Ian: A HALIFAX POLICE OFFICER
IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION
THESE DAYS AFTER A VIDEO
SURFACED OF HIM BUSTING A MOVE
AT A BUSY LATE NIGHT
INTERSECTION, PIZZA CORNER.
THE CBC'S TOM MURPHY CAUGHT UP
WITH CONSTABLE JORDAN SHEPPARD
TO CHECK OUT THE MOVES FOR
HIMSELF, CALL IT A DANCEOFF, AND
CALL IT OUR "MOMENT OF THE DAY."
(*)
>> IT HAPPENED KIND OF
SPONTANEOUSLY.
WE WERE AT PIZZA CORNER,
MONITORING THE CROWD.
1 MINUTE LATER, THE SONG
STARTED.
>> Reporter: YOU COULDN'T HELP
YOURSELF, COULD YOU?
>> NO.
I LOVE TO DANCE, BUT I DIDN'T
KNOW IT WOULD TURN INTO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I THINK IT SHOWED POLICE IN A
DIFFERENT LIGHT.
I'M GLAD IT WENT VIRAL AND
SHOWING THE HUMAN SIDE.
WE ALL HAVE A JOB TO DO.
I HOPE THAT IT BREAKS DOWN SOME
BARRIERS, SO TO SPEAK.
>> Reporter: BACK TO THE WHIP
NAE NAE, THE DANCE THERE.
>> THE FIRST IS A WHIP.
AND THEN WE NAE NAE.
>> Reporter: NAE NAE, OK.
>> AND THEN AGAIN, SAME HAND.
WHIP, WHIP.
SECOND HAND, NAE NAE.
(*)
THERE YOU GO.
>> Reporter: YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD.
>> I'VE ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN TO
SING AND DANCE AND HAVE A GOOD
TIME AND JUST SO HAPPENS THAT I
DID IT IN UNIFORM.
ELLEN, CALL ME.
>> Andrew: I WILL SAY THIS --
DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE IMPRESSED
BY DIFFERENT THINGS.
SOME PEOPLE ARE IMPRESSED BY
GREAT PUBLIC FIGURES.
I'M IMPRESSED BY A GUY THAT CAN
GET UP ON A WHIM IN THE MIDDLE
OF A BIG CROWD AND JUST START
DANCING
THAT'S SOMETHING.
>> Ian: IT'S A WHEEL GENRE.
IF YOU GO ON YouTube, YOU CAN
FIND VARIOUS POLICE OFFICERS
DOING VARIOUS DANCE MOVES ACROSS
NORTH AMERICA AND IT'S PARTLY
PLAYING AGAINST TYPE AND ALSO TO
REACH OUT.
IF THE FOUR "NATIONAL" HOSTS
WERE TO DO IT, LEAST LIKELY TO
DANCE, YOU AND ME.
MOST LIKELY, ROSEMARY.
IN FACT, SHE SHOULD ENCOURAGE
HER TO DO IT WHEN SHE'S BACK
NEXT WEEK.
>> Andrew: I'M ON BOARD.
>> Ian: THAT'S "THE NATIONAL"
FOR TUESDAY, JULY 31.
GOOD NIGHT.
>> Andrew: GOOD NIGHT.