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The National for February 18, 2019 — Gerald Butts Resigns, Haiti Unrest, Sting Interview - Duration: 46:26.(*)
>> Rosemary: ON THIS MONDAY
NIGHT, A STUNNING RESIGNATION.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S TOP ADVISOR AND
LONG-TIME ALLY STEPS DOWN IN THE
WAKE OF THE SNC-LAVALIN AFFAIR.
>> FOR HIM TO RESIGN MEANS THAT
THIS SCANDAL IS EXTREMELY
SERIOUS.
>> Rosemary: BUT IS IT ENOUGH
TO TAKE THE HEAT OFF THE
LIBERALS?
WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL MONDAY "AT
ISSUE."
(*)
>> WE'RE MAD AND SAD ALSO, VERY
SAD.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HAITI COULD
BE BETTER.
>> Ian: ANGER SIMMERS IN HAITI
AFTER DAYS OF VIOLENT PROTESTS
AND CONCERN NOW ABOUT WHAT COMES
NEXT.
WE'RE ON THE GROUND IN
PORT-AU-PRINCE.
(*)
(singing)
>>> STING RETURNS TO HIS ROOTS
FOR HIS CANADIAN THEATRE DEBUT.
>> YOU HAVE TO COME TO TERMS
WITH THE GHOSTS YOU LEFT BEHIND,
SO REALLY IT'S A SEARCH FOR
MYSELF.
>> Ian: A CANDID CONVERSATION
WITH STING.
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
(*)
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>> Rosemary: WE BEGIN TONIGHT
WITH A POLITICAL SHOCKER, THE
SECOND HIGH-PROFILE RESIGNATION
BECAUSE OF THE SNC-LAVALIN
AFFAIR.
AND THIS ONE STRIKES THE VERY
CORE OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S
OFFICE.
GERALD BUTTS, TRUDEAU'S
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, HAS STEPPED
DOWN OVER
ALLEGATIONS THAT HE OR SOMEONE
IN THE OFFICE TRIED TO PRESSURE
JODY WILSON-RAYBOULD TO
INTERVENE IN THE CRIMINAL CASE.
BUT VEHEMENTLY DENIES THOSE
CLAIMS.
HE'S LEAVING ANYWAY BECAUSE HE
FEARINGS HE HAS BECOME A
DISTRACTION.
WE'LL LOOK AT WHERE HIS
DEPARTURE LEAVES GOVERNMENT BUT,
FIRST, KATIE SIMPSON STARTS THE
COVERAGE WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT TOOK THE GOVERNMENT BY
SURPRISE.
>> KATIE TELFORD AND GERALD
BUTTS, MY FRIENDS AND
COMPATRIATES, THANK YOU FOR WHAT
YOU HAVE DONE.
>> Reporter: GERRY BUTTS HAS
BEEN BY THE PRIME MINISTER'S
SIDE SINCE THE START, SO TRUSTED
AS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY THAT
JUSTIN TRUDEAU HAS SAID WHEN
BUTT SPEAKS HE SPEAKS FOR THE
PRIME MINISTER.
MAKING THIS RESIGNATION ALL THE
MORE SHOCKING.
IN A STATEMENT BUTTS ADAMANTLY
DENIES THE ALLEGATIONS THAT THEY
PRESSURED THE FORMER JUSTICE
MINISTER TO END THE PROSECUTION
OF SNC-LAVALIN.
BUT THE FACT IS
THAT THIS ACCUSATION EXISTS, HE
WROTE, IT CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT
TAKE ONE MOMENT AWAY FROM THE
VITAL WORK THAT THE PRIME
MINISTER AND HIS OFFICE IS DOING
FOR ALL CANADIANS.
IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF
THE OFFICE AND ITS IMPORTANT
WORK FOR ME TO STEP AWAY.
>> I, OF COURSE, WILL MISS HIM
PERSONALLY AS WILL -- AS WILL
ALL OF THOSE WHO SURROUND THE
PRIME MINISTER EVERY DAY AND ALL
OF THOSE WHO CARRY ON THIS WORK.
>> FOR HIM TO RESIGN MEANS THAT
THIS SCANDAL IS EXTREMELY
SERIOUS AND THE GOVERNMENT
APPEARS TO BE COVERING UP THE
TRUTH.
>> Reporter: BUTTS IS NOW AT
THE CENTRE OF THE SNC-LAVALIN
AFFAIR.
NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO THE "GLOBE
& MAIL" REPORTED THAT JODY
WILSON-RAYBOULD WAS PRESSURED BY
THE P.M.O. LAST FALL TO KILL THE
COURT CASE AGAINST THE QUÉBEC
ENGINEERING GIANT.
TRUDEAU HAS REPEATEDLY DENIED
THAT.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: THE DECISION THAT SHE
MAKES AS ATTORNEY GENERAL,
PARTICULARLY IN THIS MATTER, ARE
HER DECISION AND I WAS NOT
DIRECTING HER OR PRESSURING HER.
>> Reporter: AN ETHICS
INVESTIGATION AND A JUSTICE
PROBE HAS ALREADY BEEN LAUNCHED
AND WITH BUTTS' RESIGNATION
TODAY THE N.D.P. IS CALLING FOR
MORE.
>> WE'RE SEEING WHAT LOOKS LIKE
AN ADMISSION OF GUILT.
AT THIS POINT WE'RE BOLSTERING
OUR ARGUMENT FOR A
PUBLIC INQUIRY.
>> Reporter: THE PRIME
MINISTER MEETS IN PERSON WITH
HIS CABINET TOMORROW AND IT'S
THE FIRST TIME SINCE LOSING A
STAR MINISTER AND NOW HIS
CLOSEST ADVISOR.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S INNER CIRCLE
NEEDS TO STOP THE POLITICAL
BLEEDING.
BUT THAT WON'T LIKELY HAPPEN
TOMORROW SINCE TRUDEAU WILL FACE
SCATHING DEMANDS FROM THE
OPPOSITION FOR TRANSPARENCY IN
QUESTION PERIOD.
KATIE SIMPSON, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.
>> Rosemary: THERE ARE FEW
POSITIONS IN GOVERNMENT AS
POWERFUL AS THE ONE THAT GERRY
BUTTS JUST LEFT.
THE RIGHTHAND MAN AND TRUDEAU'S
POLITICAL CONFIDANT, ALONG WITH
KATIE TELFORD, THE PRIME
MINISTER'S
CHIEF OF STAFF, THEY WERE THE
TRIO OF DECISIONMAKING FOR THIS
GOVERNMENT.
BUT BUTTS IS MORE THAN THAT.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU ALSO DESCRIBES
HIM AS ONE OF HIS BEST FRIENDS,
THOUGH THEIR BACKGROUNDS COULD
NOT BE MORE DIFFERENT.
ONE THE PRIVILEGED SON OF A
PRIME MINISTER AND THE OTHER A
SON OF A COAL MINER.
FROM THEIR TIME AS STUDENTS AT
McGILL TO
TRUDEAU'S WEDDING, BUTTS WAS
WITH TRUDEAU FROM THE MOMENT HE
DECIDED TO
RUN FOR LIBERAL LEADER.
HE'S BEEN A CONSTANT PRESENCE,
AND A KEY ARCHITECT OF THE
CAMPAIGN THAT PROPELLED THE
LIBERALS TO VICTORY.
>> WE HAVE HAD A TEAM APPROACH
SINCE DAY ONE.
THE LEADER HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL
JOB AND THAT'S JUSTIN TRUDEAU.
SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO WORK FOR
THAT MAN TONIGHT.
>> Rosemary: TRUDEAU HAS
ALWAYS SEEMED AWARE OF HOW HE
OWES BUTTS.
>> Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau: KATIE AND GERRY ARE
TWO OF
THE SMARTEST, TOUGHEST, HARDEST
WORKING PEOPLE THAT YOU WILL
FIND ANYWHERE.
THEY SHARE WITH ME THE
CONVICTION THAT POLITICS DOESN'T
HAVE TO BE NEGATIVE AND PERSONAL
TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> Rosemary: FROM THEN TO NOW,
BUTTS HAS BEEN CENTRAL TO THE
LIBERAL GOVERNMENT.
HE HELPED TO CRAFT THE
NARRATIVE, THE STORY THAT
LIBERALS WANTED TO TELL
CANADIANS, PUSHING THE
GOVERNMENT'S SIGNATURE
CHILD BENEFIT AND CARBON TAX.
BUT HE'S ALSO BEEN DESCRIBED AS
A SAFETY BLANKET, HIS ENFORCER
ON TWITTER AND IN CAUCUS.
CRITICS CALLED HIM THE PUPPET
MASTER, THE BRAINS OF THE
OPERATION, THE LIBERAL MOST
WILLING TO PUBLICLY PICK FIGHTS
ON WEDGE ISSUES.
>> I THINK THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
UNDERESTIMATING MR. TRUDEAU
SINCE BEFORE HE WAS IN PUBLIC
LIFE AND I -- I THINK THAT IT
WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE.
I THINK HE'S DONE A TRULY
REMARKABLE JOB.
>> Rosemary: WHICH IS PART OF
WHY THE PRIME MINISTER TODAY
THANKED HIM FOR HIS FRIENDSHIP
AND WHY NO ONE HERE THINKS THAT
GERALD BUTTS IS GOING TOO FAR
FROM
THE LIBERAL PARTY.
AS FOR THE INVESTIGATION INTO
THIS WHOLE AFFAIR, THE
SNC-LAVALIN CONTROVERSY,
TOMORROW THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
JUSTICE COMMITTEE WILL MEET
AGAIN TO DEBATE OTHER POSSIBLE
WITNESSES IN ITS PROBE.
LAST WEEK YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT
THE LIBERAL MAJORITY
VOTED DOWN CALLS TO HAVE SOME
KEY PLAYERS TESTIFY, INCLUDING
JODY WILSON-RAYBOULD AND GERALD
BUTTS AND SENIOR MEMBERS
OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE.
SO ALL EYES WILL BE ON THAT
COMMITTEE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
SO THERE'S A LOT TO WATCH FOR
AND THERE'S A LOT TO ASK.
IS THIS ENOUGH TO TAKE SOME
PRESSURE OFF THE GOVERNMENT OR
DOES THIS JUST DELAY THE PAIN
UNTIL JODY WILSON-RAYBOULD
FINALLY SPEAKS, IF SHE SPEAKS.
AND A LOT FOR "AT ISSUE" TO
TACKLE.
ANDREW COYNE AND ROB RUSSO ARE
HERE FOR A SPECIAL EDITION,
THAT'S COMING UP IN A LITTLE
OVER 10 MINUTES.
A LOT TO TALK ABOUT, IAN, STAY
TUNED.
I KNOW THAT YOU WILL.
>> Ian: AND NOW, ROSEMARY, LET'S
TURN TO HAITI, ANOTHER BIG
STORY.
AND PEOPLE THERE WERE BRACING
FOR MORE VIOLENCE TODAY.
INSTEAD, THE CAPITAL SEEMED THE
PICTURE OF CALM AND BUSINESSES
AND OFFICES WERE FINALLY ABLE TO
REOPEN AFTER 11 DAYS OF ANGER
AND PROTESTS.
BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, HAITI
REMAINS A NATION IN UPHEAVAL.
AS PAUL HUNTER FOUND OUT IN
PORT-AU-PRINCE, TODAY'S RELATIVE
PEACE ISN'T LIKELY TO LAST.
>> Reporter: THE STREETS OF
PORT-AU-PRINCE SEEMED ALMOST
NORMAL TODAY, BUT GET JUST BELOW
THE SURFACE AND THE UNDERLYING
ANGER JUMPS OUT.
CHECK THE SCRATCHED OUT FACE OF
HAITIAN PRESIDENT JOVENEL MOISE
AND THE STILL BARELY PASSABLE
ROADS WHERE RIOTERS LAST WEEK
FOUGHT TO PUSH HIM FROM OFFICE.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Reporter: WHAT I WANT IS
FOR THE PRESIDENT TO RESIGN,
THIS MAN TOLD US.
HE'S A SCHOOLTEACHER AND HIS
NEARBY CLASSROOMS TODAY SAT
EMPTY.
HIS STUDENTS ARE AT HOME THIS
WEEK OVER FEARS OF RENEWED
VIOLENCE HERE.
AS THE HAITIANS RISE UP AGAINST
THE GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF
CORRUPTION.
THEIR COUNTRY, AMONG THE POOREST
IN THE WORLD, SAW MANY HUNDREDS
OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS MEANT TO
HELP TO TURN THIS PLACE AROUND
MISUSED AND LOST.
AT A HOSPITAL ACROSS TOWN
EVIDENCE NOT JUST OF HAITI'S
DESPERATION, BUT ALSO OF ITS
DETERMINATION TO NOW STAND UP
AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
THREE OF THE FOUR PATIENTS HERE
SUFFERED GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
AND RIGHT NEXT DOOR...
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> SO THIS ONE IS ONE OF THE
VICTIMS OF THE VIOLENCE, YEAH,
IN THE COUNTRY.
SO HE GOT BOTH LEGS FRACTURED IN
BOTH LEGS.
GUNSHOT WOUND.
>> Reporter: THE GUNSHOT, SAID
THE MAN, CAME FROM THE POLICE.
WHILE HE DEMONSTRATED.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Reporter: THEY WERE
SHOOTING AT US, HE SAID.
WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING TO THEM,
WE WERE JUST STANDING UP FOR OUR
RIGHT.
MEANWHILE THE HOSPITAL ITSELF
SEEMS ON LIFE SUPPORT.
THE PLACE IS RUNNING LOW ON
OXYGEN.
IN THE MEDICINE ROOM THEY NEED
MEDICINE.
SHELVES THAT SHOULD BE STOCKED
SIT LIKE THIS AND IN THE BLOOD
LAB, GUESS WHAT.
>> WE NEED EVERYTHING.
WE NEED O, AND WE NEED A, AND WE
NEED B.
WE NEED EVERYTHING.
YOU CAN GO TO THE FRIDGE AND YOU
WILL SEE.
>> Reporter: INDEED, IN THE
FRIDGE JUST FOUR BAGS WORTH AND
EACH IS ALREADY SPOKEN FOR.
THE ONLY REAL CHOICE LEFT FOR
HAITIANS WE WERE TOLD IS TO NOW
STAND UP AND TO PUSH HARD FOR A
BETTER COUNTRY.
>> WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR CHANGE.
>> Reporter: BUT LOST ON NO
ONE THE TRUTH THAT CHANGE, IF IT
EVER COMES TO HAITI, ALWAYS
COMES SLOWLY.
AMID THOSE SIDEWALK VENDORS
TODAY, THAT'S RIGHT, IT IS
LEFTOVER RUBBLE FROM THE
EARTHQUAKE NINE YEARS AGO.
IS IT ANY WONDER THAT HAITIANS
ARE SO FRUSTRATED BY EVERYTHING?
>> WE'RE MAD AND -- WE'RE MAD
AND SAD ALSO.
VERY SAD.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HAITI COULD
BE BETTER.
IT COULD BE A LOT BETTER THAN
THAT.
>> Ian: AND PAUL IS JOINING US
NOW FROM HAITI'S CAPITAL.
WE WERE EXPECTING BIG PROTESTS
TODAY, PAUL.
WHY DIDN'T THAT HAPPEN?
>> Reporter: WELL, NO ONE
REALLY KNOWS.
THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW PROMISING
TO CUT SPENDING, MAYBE THAT'S A
FACTOR.
BUT EVERYONE THAT WE TALKED TO
TODAY SAY THEY DON'T BELIEVE
THAT.
IT'S JUST TALK.
STILL, THEY WERE GRATEFUL FOR
ANOTHER DAY OF NORMALCY.
I MEAN, THE CANADIAN EMBASSY
REOPENED TODAY FOR THREE HOURS.
THAT'S A GOOD THING.
BUT DON'T FORGET THAT THE
UNDERLYING ISSUES REMAIN, PEOPLE
ARE ANGRY AND ARE DEMANDING REAL
CHANGE.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW.
>> Ian: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU,
PAUL.
>>> IT'S HARD TO PINPOINT
EXACTLY WHEN THINGS STARTED TO
GO DESPERATELY WRONG IN HAITI.
AFTER ALL, THE COUNTRY HAS
LURCHED FROM CRISIS TO CRISIS
FOR DECADES.
CHRONIC POVERTY TO FOREIGN
INTERVENTIONS TO MILITARY COUPS.
BUT THE ROOTS OF THIS POLITICAL
CRISIS ARE MORE RECENT.
HERE'S THE BRIEF ON A TURBULENT
DECADE...
>>> THE WORLD POURED BILLIONS
INTO HAITI AFTER THE 2010
EARTHQUAKE.
CANADA ALONE SENDING
$440 MILLION IN IMMEDIATE
EMERGENCY RELIEF.
BUT MUCH OF THE MONEY MEANT TO
REBUILD THE COUNTRY CAN'T BE
ACCOUNTED FOR.
HAITI'S NEXT GOVERNMENT MIRED IN
ACCUSATIONS OF DEEP CORRUPTION
ALSO DID LITTLE.
AND AFTER THE DISASTROUS 2015
ELECTION WIDELY SEEN AS
FRAUDULENT AND WHICH UNLEASHED
MONTHS OF POLITICAL CHAOS,
CANADA STARTED BACKING AWAY.
JOVENEL MOISE CAME TO POWER IN
2017 WITH
LITTLE POPULAR SUPPORT OR
APPARENT ABILITY TO IMPROVE
THINGS.
AND HAITIANS HAVE SEEN THE
OPULENT MANSIONS CONSTRUCTED FOR
THE RICH.
SO WHEN ACCUSATIONS SURFACED
THAT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS SET
ASIDE TO BUY DISCOUNT FUEL FROM
VENEZUELA HAD BEEN STOLEN, WELL,
THINGS EXPLODED ALL OVER AGAIN
AND THIS TIME INTERNATIONAL
DONORS MAY BE MUCH MORE CAREFUL
WITH THEIR MONEY GOING FORWARD.
ONE LAST NOTE ON THE HAITI STORY
TONIGHT, AND IT'S A HAPPY ONE
FOR THE FAMILIES OF THOSE
CANADIAN NURSES NOW SAFELY OUT
OF THE TROUBLED COUNTRY,
INCLUDING KATHERINE O'NEIL, ONE
OF THOSE WHO LANDED IN MONTRÉAL
EARLIER TONIGHT.
>> WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE WHERE
WE WERE AND TAKING CARE OF THE
PEOPLE THAT WE WERE WITH.
I THINK THAT ALL EIGHT OF US
NURSES HAVE LEFT A LITTLE PIECE
OF OUR HEART BACK IN HAITI.
>> Ian: GRACIOUS EVEN AFTER A
LONG ORDEAL.
AND A LITTLE LATER IN THE SHOW
WE'RE THERE THE MOMENT THAT ONE
OF THOSE NURSES' HUSBANDS FINDS
OUT THAT SHE'S SAFELY ON THE WAY
OUT.
STAY WITH US FOR THAT.
>> Rosemary: BRITAIN'S MAIN
OPPOSITION PARTY WAS ROCKED BY A
MASS EXODUS THIS MORNING WHEN
SEVEN LABOUR M.P.s STAGED A
DRAMATIC WALKOUT.
THEY SAY THEY QUIT OVER THE
PARTY'S HANDLING OF BREXIT.
BUT AS KAYLA HOUNSELL TELLS US,
EVEN MORE DISTURBING IS THEIR
ALLEGATION THAT THE PARTY IS
RIFE WITH ANTI-SEMITISM.
>> Reporter: BRITISH
PARLIAMENTARIANS CAN'T AGREE ON
MUCH LATELY, BUT AT LEAST FOR
TODAY
THIS GROUP WAS UNITED ON ONE
THING -- THEY CAN NO LONGER
STAND WITH THEIR PARTY.
>> THIS HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY
DECISION FOR ANY OF US.
WE'VE ALL BEEN LABOUR MEMBERS OF
PARLIAMENT FOR VERY MANY YEARS.
>> Reporter: AND WITH THAT
SEVEN OPPOSITION LABOUR M.P.s
WALKED AWAY.
THEY HAVEN'T CREATED A NEW
PARTY, AT LEAST NOT YET,
PLEDGING TO SIT AS AN
INDEPENDENT GROUP, FIGHTING
ANTI-SEMITISM.
>> I AM LEAVING BEHIND A CULTURE
OF BULLYING, BIGOTRY AND
INTIMIDATION.
>> Reporter: AND THAT EVER
PRESENT ISSUE IN BRITISH
POLITICS -- BREXIT.
>> I'M FURIOUS THAT THE LABOUR
LEADERSHIP IS COMPLICIT IN
FACILITATING BREXIT WHICH WILL
CAUSE GREAT ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND
POLITICAL DAMAGE TO OUR COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: DURING THE 2016
REFERENDUM, LABOUR CAMPAIGN TO
REMAIN IN THE EUROPEAN UNION.
THE SEVEN M.P.s WHO LEFT
LABOUR TODAY ARE ALL IN FAVOUR
OF A SECOND REFERENDUM AND SAY
THAT CORBYN'S OPPOSITION TO
BREXIT HAS BEEN WEAK.
CORBYN RELEASED A STATEMENT
SAYING THAT HE'D DISAPPOINTED
AND GOING ON TO SAY THAT THE
TORIES ARE BUNGLING BREXIT AND
THAT NOW, MORE THAN EVER, IS THE
TIME TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO
BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR US
ALL.
>> WHAT THIS DOES IS TO FURTHER
FRAGMENT THE OPINION IN
PARLIAMENT.
>> Reporter: IT ALL COMES AT A
TIME WHEN PRIME MINISTER THERESA
MAY IS STRUGGLING TO GET HER
BREXIT DEAL APPROVED.
THIS POLITICAL SCIENTIST SAYS
THAT THE SEVEN M.P.s
THEMSELVES WON'T CHANGE THE
COURSE OF BREXIT BUT THEIR
ACTIONS MIGHT.
>> ONE THING THAT I THINK THAT
WE WILL NOW DISCOVER IS WHETHER
THIS EMBOLDENS OTHER M.P.s,
PARTICULARLY SOME CONSERVATIVE
M.P.s, TO BE MORE WILLING TO
VOTE DOWN A NO-DEAL BREXIT.
>> Reporter: THE NEW
INDEPENDENT BLOCK DID APPEAL
DIRECTLY TO OTHER M.P.s TO
CROSS THE FLOOR TODAY, SAYING
POLITICS IS BROKEN BUT THERE IS
AN ALTERNATIVE.
AND THOSE WHO WATCHED POLITICS
CLOSELY HERE SAY WITH PARLIAMENT
IN SUCH DISARRAY OVER BREXIT
THAT THERE MIGHT BE APPETITE FOR
SOMETHING NEW.
KAYLA HOUNSELL, CBC NEWS,
LONDON.
>> Rosemary: NOW BRITISH
M.P.s WILL HAVE ANOTHER VOTE
ON PRIME MINISTER MAY'S BREXIT
PLAN, THAT WILL HAPPEN ON
WEDNESDAY.
SO SHE'S SENDING HER MINISTERS
ACROSS EUROPE TO TRY TO GET MORE
CONCESSIONS IN HOPES THAT THIS
TIME THE HOUSE WILL VOTE IN
FAVOUR.
BRITAIN IS SET TO LEAVE THE I.U.
-- E.U.
ON MARCH 29th.
>> Ian: HERE'S SOME THE OTHER
DEVELOPING STORIES THAT WE'RE
WATCHING TONIGHT ON "THE
NATIONAL"...
>>> A CONVOY OF ABOUT 80 TRUCKS
FROM WESTERN CANADA ARE MAKING
THEIR WAY TO A RALLY ON
PARLIAMENT HILL TOMORROW.
DUBBED THE "UNITED WE ROLL"
CAMPAIGN, ORGANIZERS ARE CALLING
ON THE GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT THE
ENERGY INDUSTRY BY BUILDING
PIPELINES.
THEY'LL BE MERGING WITH ANOTHER
GROUP
FROM THE EAST BEFORE HEADING
INTO OTTAWA.
THEY WANT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY WITH
THE PRIME MINISTER.
>> [speaking foreign
language].
>> Ian: HUAWEI FOUNDER IS
SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE ARREST OF
HIS DAUGHTER, THE COMPANY
EXECUTIVE MENG WANZHOU.
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE BBC HE
SAYS THAT THE MOVE WAS
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND ADDED
THAT HE, QUOTE "OBJECTS TO WHAT
THE U.S. HAS DONE."
MENG WAS ARRESTED IN VANCOUVER
IN DECEMBER AT THE REQUEST OF
THE UNITED STATES.
SHE WAS CHARGED WITH BANK AND
WIRE FRAUD, ALLEGEDLY VIOLATING
THE AMERICAN SANCTIONS AGAINST
IRAN.
>>> U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
CALLING ON THE VENEZUELAN
MILITARY TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN
AID INTO THE COUNTRY AND ALSO TO
BACK JUAN GUIADÓ AS INTERIM
LEADER.
THIS IS AS INTERNATIONAL
PRESSURE RAMPS UP FOR THE
VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLÁS
MADURO TO STEP DOWN.
>> President Donald Trump: WE
SEEK A PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF
POWER BUT ALL OPTIONS ARE OPEN.
>> Ian: CANADA AND THE UNITED
STATES ARE
AMONG THE DOZENS OF COUNTRIES
THAT HAVE THROWN THEIR SUPPORT
BEHIND GUIADÓ.
>> Rosemary: AHEAD TONIGHT ON
"THE NATIONAL," "AT ISSUE"
TACKLES GERALD BUTT'S SUDDEN
RESIGNATION.
WHY QUIT IF HE DID NOTHING
WRONG?
WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE THE PRIME
MINISTER?
ANDREW AND ROB RUSSO ARE
STRAIGHT AFTER THE BREAK.
>> Ian: AND WHO IS TEACHING
TEENAGERS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF
VAPING?
WHY SOME STUDENTS ARE TAKING
MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS.
>> Rosemary: AND LATER "THE
NATIONAL" GETS PERSONAL WITH
STING.
HE TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW MUSICAL
IN TORONTO, HIS HOMETOWN, AND
FATHERHOOD.
>> Reporter: HOW DOES THAT
AFFECT YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR CHILDREN,
YOUR SON IS A MUSICIAN AND ONE
OF YOUR DAUGHTERS IS A MUSICIAN?
>> YOU HAVE TO ASK THEM.
I'M NOT SURE HOW GOOD A PARENT I
AM, UM... AT
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>> MR. BUTTS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
FIGURE IN THE GOVERNMENT.
SO HIS DEPARTURE WILL BE MISSED.
>> FOR HIM TO RESIGN MEANS THAT
THIS SCANDAL IS EXTREMELY
SERIOUS AND THE GOVERNMENT
APPEARS TO BE COVERING UP THE
TRUTH.
>> WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IS
SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A
PRETTY SURPRISING
POTENTIAL ADMISSION OF GUILT.
>> Rosemary: SO SOME OF THE
REACTION TO TODAY'S POLITICAL
STUNNER.
AS WE HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU THAT
THE PRIME MINISTER'S PRINCIPAL
SECRETARY, GERALD BUTTS, HAS
STEPPED DOWN.
HE SAYS HE DENIES PRESSURING
JODY WILSON-RAYBOULD ON THE
ISSUE OF SNC-LAVALIN, SO WHY
RESIGN AND WHAT KIND OF HOLE
DOES THIS LEAVE IN GOVERNMENT?
IT'S ONLY MONDAY BUT YOU BETTER
BELIEVE THAT WE CALLED IN "AT
ISSUE" FOR THIS ONE.
ANDREW COYNE WE TRACKED DOWN IN
NEW YORK TONIGHT AND ROB RUSSO,
THE CBC'S BUREAU CHIEF IS HERE
WITH ME IN OTTAWA.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S START WITH THAT
PART OF THE LETTER.
I'LL START WITH YOU, ANDREW.
IT SAYS VERY CLEARLY THAT HE
DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG
BUT HE WANTS TO LEAVE TO TAKE
SOME OF, I GUESS, THE PRESSURE
OFF THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE
AND DEFEND HIS REPUTATION ON HIS
OWN.
IS THAT HOW THAT MESSAGE WILL BE
INTERPRETED BY CANADIANS AT
LARGE THAT THIS IS SORT OF OVER
BECAUSE GERALD BUTTS HAS LEFT?
>> NO.
LOOK, THIS IS AN EARTHQUAKE.
YOU DON'T LOSE SOMEBODY AS
CENTRAL TO THIS GOVERNMENT, AS
CLOSE TO THIS PRIME MINISTER,
OVER A MOMENTARY PROBLEM OR A
PUBLIC RELATIONS ISSUE, ETC.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S GRUMBLING IN
CAUCUS ABOUT THE WAY THAT THE
GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN HANDLING
THIS, ETC., BUT THIS IS NOT
ENOUGH TO
PRECIPITATE THIS KIND OF ACTION.
THE ONLY REASON THAT THIS IS
HAPPENING IS BECAUSE THEY'RE
ANTICIPATING EXTREMELY BAD NEWS.
I'M STRUCK BY ONE THINGS, AND
ONE IS SAYING THAT HE'S
PERSONALLY NOT BEEN ACCUSED.
I'VE NOT SEEN THAT PUBLICLY.
I'VE ONLY SEEN UNNAMED OFFICIALS
IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE
BEING ACCUSED.
AND SECOND HIS INSISTENCE ON THE
CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH JODY
WILSON-RAYBOULD.
>> Rosemary: SO IT'S AN
ATTEMPT, ROB, THEN TO MOVE THE
CONVERSATION AWAY
FROM THE PRIME MINISTER'S
OFFICE?
>> I THINK THAT ANDREW IS RIGHT,
I DON'T THINK THAT IT WILL HAVE
THAT EFFECT AT ALL.
I THINK THAT THE SHORT-TERM
EFFECT IS TO REINFORCE THE
NOTION
THAT THIS IS A GOVERNMENT IN
SOME CANTANKEROUS DISARRAY AND
HAS HAD A MISERABLE FIRST SEVEN
WEEKS TO 2019, BEGINNING WITH
THE FIRING OF JOHN MCCALLUM AND
NOW ENDING UP WITH THE DEPARTURE
OF JUSTIN TRUDEAU'S BEST FRIEND
OF THREE DECADES.
AND THE MAN WHO CHARTED HIS
ASCENDANCY TO POWER BEGINNING
SOME 15 OR 20 YEARS AGO AT THE
FUNERAL OF PIERRE TRUDEAU WHEN
HE HELPED TO WRITE THE EULOGY
FOR HIS FATHER.
SO, I MEAN, THE WORD "BOMBSHELL"
DOES GET TOSSED AROUND RATHER
EASILY
IN THIS TOWN.
THIS IS REALLY A TECTONIC
DEVELOPMENT.
>> Rosemary: EXCEPT IF WE WERE
TO COMPARE IT WITH -- AND IT'S
NOT AN APT COMPARISON, BUT IF WE
COMPARED IT WITH NIGEL WRIGHT
LEAVING STEPHEN HARPER AFTER
ADMITTING THAT HE GAVE THAT
$90,000 CHEQUE TO MIKE DUFFY.
THERE WAS THE ADMISSION OF GUILT
AND WALKED AWAY AND IT ALLOWED
STEPHEN HARPER TO SAY IT'S NOT
MY BALL OF WAX, DIDN'T KNOW
ANYTHING.
IN THIS CASE THERE'S NO
ADMISSION OF ANYTHING DONE
WRONG, AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO
TAKE HIM AT HIS WORD THAT HE
DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT HE DID
ANYTHING WRONG.
SO IT DOESN'T REALLY HELP -- I'M
NOT SURE HOW IT HELPS THE PRIME
MINISTER'S OFFICE IN ANY REAL
WAY IF YOU CAN'T DISTANCE
YOURSELF FROM IT.
GO AHEAD.
>> WHAT IT DOES DO -- IF HE'S IN
THAT OFFICE IT'S HARD FOR HIM TO
BE THE PUBLIC FACE OF DEFENCE
AND AN AGGRESSIVE COUNTER
ATTACK.
EVEN THOUGH MR. BUTTS HAS NEVER
BEEN SHY.
ANYBODY WHO FOLLOWS HIS TWITTER
FEED KNOWS THAT HE'S AN UNUSUAL
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND THAT HE
HAS A VERY
PUBLIC FACE THAT WAY.
BUT HE'LL NOW BE UNSHACKLED FROM
HIS DAY-TO-DAY DUTIES IS AND
FROM ANY RETICENCE OF MAKING
PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT JODY
WILSON-RAYBOULD SAID.
AND AS ANDREW POINTED OUT IN HIS
NOTE HE SAID "I WAS THE CONTACT
POINT FOR JODY WILSON-RAYBOULD
IN THAT OFFICE.
I WAS THE ONE WHO DEALT WITH
HER."
SO HE WILL HAVE QUESTIONS TO
ANSWER.
BUT HE ALSO WILL HAVE
INFORMATION TO IMPART AS WELL.
>> Rosemary: OKAY, ANDREW?
>> THE FIRST POINT IS THAT NIGEL
WRIGHT'S DEPARTURE DIDN'T TAKE
THAT ISSUE AWAY FROM THE HARPER
GOVERNMENT.
THEY DEALT WITH IT RIGHT UP TO
THE ELECTION.
IT REALLY HURT THEM.
>> Rosemary: YEP.
>> SECONDLY, AS IMPORTANT AS
NIGEL WRIGHT WAS IN THAT
GOVERNMENT, IT'S DWARFED BY THE
PRESENCE OF GERALD BUTTS IN THIS
GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE BODY BLOW TO
THIS GOVERNMENT.
AND THE THIRD THING, GOING BY
THAT LETTER, BUTTS
TALKS ABOUT DEFENDING HIS OWN
REPUTATION.
SO IF WE TAKE THAT AS MEANING
SOMETHING, YES, HE'LL BE FREER
TO TALK ABOUT AND TO DEFEND
HIMSELF, BUT HE WOULD NOT BE
ACTING IT SEEMS TO ME ON AN
ISSUE AS IMPORTANT AS THIS
WITHOUT THE PRIME MINISTER'S SAY
SO AND WITHOUT THE PRIME
MINISTER'S INVOLVEMENT.
MAYBE I'M WRONG ON THAT.
BUT IT SEEMS UNLIKELY.
SO EVEN IF HE'S ABLE TO DEFEND
BETTER HIS OWN REPUTATION IN
THAT AND HIS OWN CONDUCT IN
THAT, THAT CERTAINLY WON'T TAKE
AWAY HOW INVOLVED HE WAS IN THIS
THIS.
>> Rosemary: I NEVER LIKE TO
SUGGEST THAT ONE PERSON IS SO
VENTRAL TO GOVERNMENT THAT IT
WILL FALL APART.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF
SMART PEOPLE INSIDE OF THE PRIME
MINISTER'S OFFICE AND HIS CHIEF
OF STAFF KATIE TELFORD IS ONE OF
THEM.
BUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THESE TWO PEOPLE, THE PRIME
MINISTER AND GERRY BUTTS, I
THINK IT WAS DIFFERENT.
WE TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT A
LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE
SHOW IN TERMS OF THEIR PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP.
WHAT WOULD YOU IMAGINE THAT THIS
DEPARTURE WOULD DO TO THEIR
STRATEGY OVER THE NEXT FEW
MONTHS?
WE'RE LEADING UP TO THE
ELECTION.
AND, EVEN THE ELECTION, MAYBE
HE'LL GET INVOLVED BUT FOR NOW
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT DEPARTURE
WILL DO?
ANDREW, WHY DON'T YOU START AND
THEN ROB.
>> IT'S HUGE.
LOOK, JUSTIN TRUDEAU MAY HAVE
MANY STRENGTHS BUT NO ONE THINKS
THAT HE'S THE GENIUS OF THIS
GOVERNMENT AND NO ONE THINKS
THAT HE'S THE ORGINISATION OR
THE STRATEGIC
GENIUS OF THIS GOVERNMENT.
GERRY BUTTS WAS VERY MUCH THE
BRAINS BEHIND THE PRIME
MINISTER.
ANSO TO LOSE HIM AT THIS STAGE
WITH ONLY A
FEW MONTHS TO THE ELECTION, IF
HE IS A DISTRACTION IT TAKES
THAT AWAY TO SOME EXTENT.
BUT YOU'RE ALSO LOSING AN
ENORMOUS RESERVOIR OF KNOWLEDGE
AND BACKGROUND.
AND KNOWING HOW THE PRIME
MINISTER THINKS AND HOW HE TICKS
AND KEEPING HIM ON BOARD AND
KEEPING HIM STABLE IN THE FACE
OF HUGE PRESSURES.
THIS IS A HUGE LOSS TO THE
GOVERNMENT AND TO THE PRIME
MINISTER PERSONALLY.
>> Rosemary: ROB?
>> YEAH, MR. BUTTS WAS ALREADY
DEEP INTO ELECTION PREP AND WAS
TALKING TO A LOT OF STAFFERS
ABOUT WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO AND
HOW THEY NEEDED TO FRAME THE
ELECTION.
AND WAS TELLING PEOPLE, FOR
INSTANCE, THINGS LIKE IF THIS IS
A MULTIPLE
CHOICE ELECTION, WE'LL BE FINE.
AND IF IT BECOMES A REFERENDUM
ON JUSTIN TRUDEAU WE'LL BE IN
TROUBLE.
SO HE WAS ALREADY TRYING TO
FRAME THE ELECTION FOR PEOPLE,
AND DEEPLY INVOLVED THAT WAY.
AND ALSO A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT
THAT HE WAS THE IDEA OR THE
INCARNATION OF THE TRUDEAU, THE
YOUNGER NEOLIBERAL.
AND WITH THAT GONE A LOT OF
THOSE IDEAS MIGHT BE GONE.
BUT I'M OLD AND I DO REMEMBER
BERNARD BENOÎT, WHO WAS A VERY,
VERY GOOD
FRIEND OF BRIAN MULRONEY'S AND
WAS THE CHIEF OF STAFF AS WELL
AND HE LEFT AFTER SOME
MESSINESS.
AND DEREK BURNEY CAME IN AND
CLEANED THINGS UP AND
MR. MULRONEY'S GOVERNMENT WENT
TO HAVE SOME SUCCESSES, NOTABLY
ON FREE TRADE.
SO YOU CAN PIVOT AND MOVE ON.
>> Rosemary: THE LAST
QUESTION, WE DID TWO "AT ISSUE"
LAST WEEK, ROB, IF YOU'RE
WATCHING AND NOW WE'RE ON OUR
FIRST FOR THIS WEEK.
WE'LL DO AT LEAST TWO THIS WEEK.
DO YOU THINK THAT WE ARE NEARING
THE END OF IT OR REALLY RAMPING
UP TOWARDS SOMETHING ELSE,
ANDREW?
>> NOT BY ANY MEANS AND NOT ONLY
ON THIS ISSUE.
THERE'S ALSO THE QUESTION OF THE
VICE ADMIRAL TRIAL WHERE THERE'S
ALLEGATIONS OR SUGGESTIONS THAT
THE PRIME
MINISTER'S OFFICE AND THE
OFFICIALS WITHIN THAT WERE TOO
CLOSELY INVOLVED THERE.
>> Rosemary: YEAH.
>> AND THE OTHER ISSUE THAT
PEOPLE COULD RAISE IS IT HEALTHY
TO HAVE A PRIME MINISTER WHO IS
SO DEPENDENT AND SO CLOSE TO ONE
PERSON BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN
GRUMBLING ABOUT THE HANDLING OF
OTHER ISSUES AND WITH A MORE
NORMAL
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A PRIME
MINISTER AND HIS PRINCIPAL
SECRETARY, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN
THIS PARTS OF THE WAYS COME
EARLIER.
BUT WHEN SOMEONE IS SO CLOSE TO
YOU PERSONALLY AND YOU'RE SO
DEPENDENT ON THEM MAYBE YOU GET
TO THE POINT THAT UNLESS THINGS
GET REALLY SERIOUS AND REALLY
BAD, YOU CAN'T LET GO.
>> Rosemary: ROB?
>> IT'S ALL IN THE HANDS OF JODY
WILSON-RAYBOULD NOW.
IF SHE WANTED TO WREAK VENGEANCE
ON HER GOVERNMENT, SHE'S
CERTAINLY DONE THAT.
THE GOVERNMENT AS I SAID IS IN
SOME CHAOS.
SHE'S NOW MANAGED TO ENGINEER
THE DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCIPAL
SECRETARY TO THE PRIME MINISTER.
IF THAT'S ENOUGH FOR HER, SHE
MAY SAY I INFLICTED DAMAGE AND
THAT'S ENOUGH DAMAGE IF I WANT
TO STAY A LIBERAL.
IF NOT, IF SHE CHOOSES TO SPEAK
AND SPEAK IN A MORE ACCUSATORY
TONE, THIS MUSHROOM CLOUD WILL
CONTINUE TO BILLOW OUT FURTHER.
>> Rosemary: WE'LL ALL BE
INTERESTED TO SEE IF JODY
WILSON-RAYBOULD SHOWS UP AT WORK
TOMORROW.
THAT WILL BE AN INTERESTING
PLACE TO START.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR THIS
EMERGENCY "AT ISSUE" MONDAY, I
APPRECIATE IT.
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR MORE OF "AT
ISSUE" GO TO OUR PODCAST AND
SUBSCRIBE WITH ANY MAJOR PODCAST
APP AND OUR iTUNES AND OUR
WEBSITE
CBCNEWS.CA/THENATIONAL.
>> Ian: NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL,"
AN IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH
STING.
HE OPENS UP ABOUT HIS DIFFICULT
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FATHER AND
HOW HIS NEW MUSICAL DRAWS ON HIS
WORKING-CLASS ROOTS.
>> I SAT IN THE AUDIENCE AND I
WATCHED GROWN MEN CRYING IN THE
DARKNESS BECAUSE THEY RECOGNISED
THEIR STORY.
(*)
(*)
(singing)
>> Ian: EVER SINCE HE BECAME
FAMOUS AS THE FRONTMAN FOR THE
POLICE, STING HAS CHARMED FANS
WITH HIS ECLECTIC POP SONGS,
ROCK STAR GOOD LOOKS AND A KEEN
INTELLECT.
HE'S AT EASE WITH THE BIGGEST
STARS BUT AS STING HIMSELF SAYS,
EVENTUALLY YOU HAVE TO GO BACK
TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM.
HIS MUSICAL "THE LAST SHIP" IS
NOW PLAYING IN TORONTO AND FOR
THE FIRST TIME HE IS NOW
STARRING IN IT.
HE OPENED UP TO OUR SENIOR
CORRESPONDENT, SUSAN ORMISTON
ABOUT HIS LIFE AND HOW HIS OWN
WORKING-CLASS ORIGINS INFORMED
THIS LABOUR OF LOVE.
(*)
(singing) * WHAT DO WE GOT WHEN
WE ALL STAND IN THE WEATHER *
* SHIVER IN THE COLD
* WHAT DO WE GOT
>> Reporter: STING PLAYS A
FOREMAN IN A SHIPYARD ABOUT TO
BE CLOSED.
(*)
(singing).
>> Reporter: "THE LAST SHIP"
IS A PERSONAL PASSION.
HE WROTE ALL OF THE SONGS AND
STARS IN THE TORONTO PRODUCTION.
CERTAINLY NOT HIS FIRST
PERFORMANCE HERE.
WELCOME BACK.
>> NICE TO BE BACK.
>> Reporter: TO TORONTO AND TO
CANADA.
>> VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
>> Reporter: YOU CAME I THINK
TO TORONTO FOR THE FIRST TIME
TO TORONTO FOR THE FIRST TIME
ALMOST MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO,
1978 AT THE HORSESHOE TAVERN.
AND HERE YOU ARE, THE YOUNG
STING.
[laughter]
>> I'VE GOT A COMPASS AROUND MY
NECK FOR SOME REASON.
I DON'T QUITE KNOW.
I WAS TRYING TO FIND MY WAY HOME
MAYBE.
>> Reporter: STILL.
>> WE PLAYED THE HORSESHOE
TAVERN AND A PLACE CALLED THE
EDGE.
>> Reporter: HERE'S THE EDGE.
YEP.
>> TWO GARYS.
HE USED TO DO THE POLICE PICNIC.
AND HE BECAME ADOPTED BY THE
CITY.
>> Reporter: I LIKE THIS ONE
FROM
THE POLICE PICNIC.
[laughter]
>> WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH
THIS TOWN.
>> Reporter: YOU DO.
* THE SHIP WILL BE READY TO SAIL
*
* OUR SHIP
* WILL BE READY TO SAIL
>> Reporter: STING'S MUSICAL
IS FORGED FROM HIS UPBRINGING IN
A SHIPBUILDING TOWN IN ENGLAND.
IT'S ABOUT THE DIGNITY OF WORK
AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT WORK
DISAPPEARS.
>> I THINK THAT THE THEMES OF
THE PLAY ARE RESONATE WITH THE
WORLD SITUATION.
YOU KNOW, WHERE PEOPLE ARE
THE PLAY ARE RESONATE WITH THE
WORLD SITUATION.
YOU KNOW, WHERE PEOPLE ARE
LOSING THEIR JOBS TO AUTOMATION
OR TO ABSTRACT ECONOMIC QUERIES
WITH EXCISE THE VALUE OF
COMMUNITY.
THAT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE.
IT'S HAPPENING IN THE MIDWEST OF
AMERICA.
I KNOW THAT IT'S HAPPENING
HERE --
>> Reporter: G.M. IN OSHAWA.
>> SO THE THEMES OF THE PLAY
ARE, YOU KNOW, VERY TOPICAL.
>> Reporter: SO WHAT DOES HE
DO?
>> THE REASON THAT WE'RE HERE IS
WE WANTED TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT
AND SOLIDARITY FOR YOUR CAUSE
HERE.
>> Reporter: WELL, LAST WEEK
HE TOOK THE CAST OUT TO OSHAWA
WHERE THE G.M. AUTO PLANT IS
CLOSING.
THEY PERFORMED FOR WORKERS ABOUT
TO LOSE THEIR JOBS.
(*)
* WE BUILT BATTLESHIPS FOR OUR
MAJESTY THE QUEEN *
* FOR ALL CLASSES IN BETWEEN
(*)
>> WE LIVE IN A TIME WHERE
PEOPLE WITH INFLUENCE RARELY
(*)
>> WE LIVE IN A TIME WHERE
PEOPLE WITH INFLUENCE RARELY
POKE OUT THEIR HEAD.
>> Reporter: IT'S A MASTER
CLASS IN PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR
THE UNION AND FOR THE ROCKER.
>> YOU DESERVE TO BE LOOKED
AFTER BETTER BY THE COMPANY THAT
YOU'VE SUPPORTED.
IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
>> Reporter: BUT STING HAS THE
PEDIGREE, HE SHAPED HIS
CHARACTER IN AN INDUSTRY TOWN.
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR
WITH WALLSEND AND NEW CASTLE.
>> I WAS BORN WITHIN SPITTING
DISTANCE OF A SHIPYARD.
MY EARLIEST MEMORIES WERE THE
BOWS OF
GIANT SHIPS TOWERING OVER OUR
HOUSE.
I WALKED THOUSANDS OF MEN WALK
INTO THAT SHIPYARD EVERY MORNING
AS A CHILD AND I'D WATCH THE
SAME MEN COME BACK HOME EVERY
NIGHT.
I WONDERED AS A KID IS THIS MY
DESTINY?
AND THERE WAS VERY LITTLE ELSE
IN THE TOWN TO DO.
MY GRANDFATHER WORKED IN THE
YARDS AND MY FATHER BUILT
TURBINES AND THAT'S THE LAST
THING THAT I WANTED TO DO.
>> Reporter: AND YET YOU HAVE
SPENT THE
LAST DECADE OF YOUR LIFE PUTTING
IT BACK TOGETHER AND VISITING IT
ALMOST EVERY MOMENT OF YOUR
EXISTENCE.
SO WHY?
>> IT'S ALMOST LIKE A DEBT I
HAVE TO PAY FOR THE COMMUNITY
THAT CREATED ME.
THE ENGINE THAT DROVE ME TO
ESCAPE CAME FROM THIS COMMUNITY.
BUT IN LATER LIFE YOU REALIZE
THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE A SALMON
YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO YOUR
SPAWNING GROUND AT SOME POINT
AND MAKE SENSE OF THE WHOLE
SHAPE OF YOUR LIFE.
AND YOU HAVE TO COME TO TERMS
WITH THE GHOSTS THAT YOU LEFT
BEHIND.
SO REALLY IT'S A -- IT'S A
SEARCH FOR MYSELF.
* YOU SAID THAT YOU SEE THIS
WORK IN YOUR HANDS *
* IT PROBABLY FITS YOU NOW MY
SON *
* TAKE THEM NOW, WHY DON'T YOU
TRY THEM ON *
>> Reporter: PART OF THE
SEARCH IS AN EXPLORATION OF THE
FRACTIOUS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A
FATHER AND A SON WHICH IS DEEPLY
BIOGRAPHICAL.
>> I STUDIED IN SCHOOL AND GOT A
SCHOLARSHIP AND WENT TO GRAMMAR
SCHOOL AND WAS TAUGHT FRENCH AND
LATIN AND PHILOSOPHY AND
HISTORY.
AND MY DAD WASN'T VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
BECAUSE HE WANTED ME TO HAVE A
TECHNICAL EDUCATION, SOMETHING
THAT HE UNDERSTOOD.
SOMETIMES A FATHER'S LOVE IS
MISCONSTRUED AS BEING TOO
CONTROLLING.
AND CONVERSELY A SON'S AMBITION
CAN SEEM LIKE A PIE IN THE SKY
DREAM.
I WAS A DREAMER.
(*)
* THESE DEAD MAN'S BOOTS ARE OLD
AND CURLED *
* WHEN A FELLA NEEDS A JOB AND A
PLACE IN THE WORLD *
* WHEN IT'S TIME FOR A MAN TO
PUT DOWN ROOTS *
* AND WALK TO THE RIVER IN HIS
OLD MAN'S BOOTS *
>> Reporter: "DEAD MAN'S
BOOTS" IS ABOUT THAT TROUBLED
RELATIONSHIP AND WHEN STING AND
I TALKED FIVE YEARS AGO HE TOLD
ME MORE ABOUT HIS DAD.
HE DIDN'T GET WHAT YOU DID IN
THE BEGINNING.
DID HE EVER?
>> I THINK THAT TOWARDS THE END
BEGRUDGINGLY, YES.
WE HAD THE SAME HANDS -- EXACTLY
THE SAME HANDS.
AND MY FATHER HAD NEVER NOTICED
THAT BEFORE, AND HE WAS DYING.
I SAID THAT TO HIM AND HE SAID,
WELL, YOU
USE YOUR HANDS BETTER THAN I
DID.
* HIS KINDNESS
HE HAD NEVER PAID ME A
COMPLIMENT BEFORE SO THE TIMING
WAS DEVASTATING.
(*)
* I'M TIRED OF ALL OF THE
ARGUMENTS *
* THERE WILL BE NO MORE
* YOU WILL DIE BEFORE YOU SEE ME
IN YOUR DEAD MAN'S BOOTS *
>> Reporter: HIS FATHER IS
GONE NOW, BUT AT 67 STING HAS
HIS OWN FAMILY.
SIX GROWN CHILDREN, INCLUDING A
DAUGHTER, ELLIOTT SUMTER.
(*)
SHE FOLLOWED HIS LEAD AND ALSO
JOE SUMTER, ALSO A MUSICIAN.
(*)
(singing)
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR CHILDREN,
YOUR SON IS A MUSICIAN AND ONE
OF YOUR DAUGHTERS IS A MUSICIAN.
>> YOU HAVE TO ASK THEM.
I'M NOT SURE HOW GOOD A PARENT I
AM, UM... AT ALL.
SO REALLY IT'S A QUESTION THEY
HAVE TO ANSWER.
I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MY TIME ON
THE ROAD.
THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN GREAT
PRIVILEGES BUT, YOU KNOW,
WHETHER OR NOT I'M A GOOD FATHER
OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW, ASK THEM.
I TRIED MY BEST.
>> Reporter: WHEN THEY MAKE
DECISIONS THAT YOU THINK ARE
ILL-ADVISED DO YOU THINK BACK TO
YOUR FATHER AND SAY I HAVE TO
LET THEM RUN BECAUSE LOOK WHAT
HAPPENED TO ME?
>> I HAVE TO LET THEM RUN, I
TRUST THEM.
I TRUST THEM.
I HAVE TWO MUSICIANS, TWO
ACTORS, A FILMMAKER AND MY
YOUNGEST ONE WANTS TO BE A COP.
BECAUSE HE SAYS OH, YOU'RE ALL
CREATIVE AND HE USED THE TERM
THAT I WANT TO DO SOMETHING
USEFUL FOR SOCIETY.
AND I'M TOTALLY IN SUPPORT OF
HIM.
>> Reporter: "THE LAST SHIP"
FIRST LAUNCHED ON BROADWAY IN
2014 BUT STING WASN'T IN IT.
REVIEWS WERE DECENT AND IT WAS
NOMINATED FOR TWO TONY AWARDS
BUT THE THEATRE DIDN'T SELL OUT
AND IT WAS REPORTEDLY LOSING
MONEY.
WHAT HAPPENED ON BROADWAY, IT
CLOSED EARLIER THAN YOU WANTED
AND YOU STEPPED IN TO REVIVE THE
PRODUCTION THERE, WHAT HAPPENED?
>> IT'S NOT AN EASY SUBJECT FOR
A BROADWAY AUDIENCE.
IT'S A DIFFICULT THING -- WE'RE
GOING TO WATCH A PLAY ABOUT
OUT-OF-WORK SHIPYARD
WORKERS, HMM, MAYBE NOT.
SO I WENT IN THERE TO, YOU KNOW,
BOOST TICKET SALES AND WE DID.
BUT I COULD ONLY DO IT FOR A
MONTH BECAUSE I HAD A TOUR
CONTRACT WITH PAUL SIMON.
(*)
AND THEN WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO
ENGLAND AND WE PLAYED IT IN MY
HOMETOWN, A SPIRITUAL HOME, IF
YOU LIKE.
AND THEN THE MERVISHS CAME TO
SEE IT IN DUBLIN AND LOVED IT
AND SAID YOU SHOULD COME TO
LONDON.
SEE IT IN DUBLIN AND LOVED IT
AND SAID YOU SHOULD COME TO
LONDON.
>> Reporter: SO WAS A
CONDITION COMING WITH THE
MERVISHES TO TORONTO IS THAT YOU
WOULD STAR WITH ITS RUN?
>> I THINK SO, YEAH.
>> Reporter: YOU SAID IN 2013
THAT THERE WAS NO PART FOR YOU
AND LOVED TO BE A PRODUCER AND
YOU WANTED TO HAND IT OVER TO
THE ACTORS.
>> I DID, BUT HAVING PLAYED IT
AND REALIZING THAT I COULD PLAY
IT, THAT I KNEW THIS CHARACTER
-- WELL, I KNEW HIS CONFLICT, I
KNEW HIS WEAKNESSES AND I
KNEW HIS STRENGTHS.
AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE PLAYING
THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO I'M GLAD THAT I MADE THAT
DECISION TO SAY YES.
>> Reporter: BUT YOU COULD
HAVE SAID, OKAY, TRIED THAT, HAD
A LIMITED RUN, GOING TO LEAVE
IT.
BUT YOU DIDN'T.
YOU ARE REVIVING IT.
WHY?
>> THERE'S SOMETHING REALLY
IMPORTANT IN THIS PLAY, A
MESSAGE FOR THE WORLD.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE SAT IN THE
AUDIENCE A LOT AND WATCHED GROWN
MEN CRYING IN THE DARKNESS
BECAUSE THEY RECOGNISED THEIR
STORY.
THAT'S A VERY PROFOUND FEELING
TO HAVE.
>> Reporter: DID YOU ACTUALLY
SIT AT THE BACK OF THE THEATRE
IN NEW YORK FREQUENTLY OR ALL
THE TIME?
EVERY NIGHT?
>> I WATCHED THE SHOW EVERY
NIGHT.
>> Reporter: FROM THE BACK IN
THE DARKNESS AND NOBODY KNEW
THAT YOU WERE THERE.
>> NO, NO, IT'S A GREAT FEELING.
WHEN YOU GET A STANDING
OVATION --
>> Reporter: THAT FEELS GOOD.
>> THAT FEELS REALLY GOOD.
WE GOT A STANDING OVATION EVERY
NIGHT.
>> Reporter: YOU CHANGED IT.
TELL ME HOW.
>> I THINK THAT THE PLAY IS
PROBABLY MORE POLITICAL NOW THAN
IT WAS.
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GO TO
ENGLAND WHEN PEOPLE KNEW THE
REALITY, THE TOUGH REALITY OF
THAT SITUATION TO BE MORE
TRUTHFUL TO THAT.
IT'S LESS SENTIMENTAL THAN IT
WAS.
IT'S TOUGHER.
>> Reporter: HMM.
>> YOU CAN TAKE IT.
>> Reporter: I THINK SO.
THE SHIP IS SAILING AND WE'LL
CONTINUE.
>> Reporter: PERFECT PLACE TO
END.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
(*)
* THE SHIP SAILS
(*)
>> Rosemary: UP NEXT ON "THE
NATIONAL," TEENS TEACHING TEENS
ABOUT THE DANGER OF
e-CIGARETTES.
A NEW APPROACH TO A GROWING
EPIDEMIC.
>> Ian: FIRST THOUGH TOMORROW
NIGHT ON "THE NATIONAL" AN
IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATION.
AS THE WORLD WAITS TO HEAR
FROM THE SPECIAL COUNSEL, KEITH
BOAGS PIECES TOGETHER ALL THAT
WE K
FROM THE SPECIAL COUNSEL, KEITH
BOAGS PIECES TOGETHER ALL THAT
WE KNOW FROM THE KEY DATES TO
THE KEY PLAYERS.
TAKE A LOOK...
(*)
>> Reporter: THE KENSINGTON
WINE ROOMS IN LONDON'S MAYFAIR
HAS A SMALL AND ACCIDENTAL PART
IN THE STORY OF DONALD TRUMP'S
PRESIDENCY.
IT WAS HERE THAT GEORGE
PAPADOPOULOS, THE YOUNG ADVISOR
TO THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, MET FOR
DRINKS WITH THE
AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER
ALEXANDER DOWNER.
IN A RAMBLING CONVERSATION, HIS
TONGUE LOOSENED BY ALCOHOL,
PAPADOPOULOS CASUALLY TOLD
DOWNER THAT HE KNEW THAT THEY
HAD DAMAGING INFORMATION ON
HILLARY CLINTON AND PLANNED TO
RELEASE IT IN THE FINAL STAGE OF
THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST INDICATION
THAT ANYBODY CONNECTED WITH THE
CAMPAIGN HAS KNOWLEDGE --
>> HAS KNOWLEDGE OF EMAILS THAT
THE RUSSIANS MAY HAVE GATHERED.
(*)
(*)
>> Ian: WE'RE LIVE ON "THE
NATIONAL" AND FOLLOWING A
DEVELOPING STORY OUT OF CALGARY.
A BODY HAS BEEN RECOVERED FROM A
HOME
LEVELED BY AN EXPLOSION ON
SUNDAY MORNING.
POLICE ARE NOT SAYING EXACTLY
WHO THE VICTIM IS, BUT
NEIGHBOURS SAY THAT THE
HOMEOWNER WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY
AND SOMEONE IS RENTING THE
HOUSE.
IT WAS DESTROYED AND AT
LEAST TWO OTHERS ARE DAMAGED.
>>> AND ON NEWFOUNDLAND'S WEST
COAST, THE TRANS CANADA HIGHWAY
IS NOW REOPENED FOLLOWING A
MASSIVE PILE-UP THAT SENT SIX
PEOPLE TO HOSPITAL.
AT LEAST 15 VEHICLES, INCLUDING
THREE TRANSPORT TRUCKS, WERE
INVOLVED.
IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT HAPPENED BUT
POLICE SAY THAT WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS AND HIGH WINDS LIKELY
PLAYED A ROLE.
>> Rosemary: THE U.S. CENTRE
FOR DISEASE CONTROL CALLS IT
AN EPIDEMIC, THE GROWING AND NOW
UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF TEENS
USING e-CIGARETTES.
NEW NUMBERS SHOW
NEARLY 5 MILLION REPORTED USING
TOBACCO PRODUCTS LAST YEAR AND
THAT'S UP FROM 3.6 MILLION IN
2017.
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THERE'S ALSO
BEEN A SPIKE HERE IN CANADA.
IT'S BECOME A BIG PROBLEM IN
SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO AS KAREN PAULS TELLS US, SOME
STUDENTS ARE TAKING MATTERS INTO
THEIR OWN HANDS.
>>Y.
SO AS KAREN PAULS TELLS US, SOME
STUDENTS ARE TAKING MATTERS INTO
THEIR OWN HANDS.
>> HOW MANY CHEMICALS ARE IN A
PACKAGE OF CIGARETTES, IN ONE
CIGAR?
>> Reporter: THIS GRADE 10
LEADERSHIP CLASS IS PRACTISING
AN ANTI-SMOKING LECTURE.
>> YOU GUYS WANT THIS --
>> Reporter: AIMED AT MIDDLE
SCHOOL STUDENTS.
TODAY THEY'RE UPDATING THEIR
PRESENTATION.
>> WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SAY,
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE THAT WE WANT
TO GET ACROSS?
>> Reporter: THEY BROUGHT IN
AN EXPERT TO TELL THEM MORE
ABOUT VAPING OR e-CIGARETTES.
>> THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT
KINDS OF -ABOUT VAPING OR e-CIGARETTES.
>> THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT
KINDS OF VAPING...
>> Reporter: RILEY FARRELL HAS
BEEN
VAPING SINCE HE WAS 13.
ATTRACTED BY THE COOL FACTOR --
>> YOU SEE DUDES ON INSTAGRAM
BLOWING Os AND DOING TRICKS
AND HAVING HUGE CLOUDS.
>> Reporter: AND ATTRACTED BY
THE YOUTH ORIENTED PACKAGING AND
MARKETING.
>> WHEN KIDS LOOK AT IT THEY
THINK I WANT IT.
>> Reporter: FARRELL ADMITS
THAT HE'S ADDICTED THOUGH HE
KNOWS THAT IT CAN'T BE GOOD FOR
HIM.
>> YOU GUYS ARE JUST CHILLING IN
YOUR BUDDY'S BASEMENT AND YOU'RE
ALL VAPING AND ONE BUDDY GETS
TOO HEAD ROCKED AND HE CAN'T HIT
ANYMORE BECAUSE HE'S ABOUT TO
PASS OUT.
>> Reporter: NICOTINE ALONE,
THE LUNG ASSOCIATION AND HEALTH
CANADA DON'T RECOMMEND VAPING
FOR NON-SMOKERS BECAUSE IT CAN
INCREASE EXPOSURE TO HARMFUL
SUBSTANCES FOUND IN THE E-JUICE.
>> BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING THAT
SHORTNESS OF MESS AND IT'S
MESSING UP YOUR LUNGS
FROM INHALING THAT.
>> YOU HAVE EMPHYSEMA...
>> Reporter: SHE HOPES THAT
THE TEENS HEAR THIS MESSAGE FROM
THEIR PEERS THAT THEY MIGHT JUST
LISTEN.
>> I KNOW IF I GO INTO A MIDDLE
SCHOOL I'LL SPEAK TO GRADE SEVEN
ABOUT THE VAPE.
>> Reporter: IT'S ON HEALTH
CANADA'S RADAR, IT RELEASED THIS
VIDEO.
>> IT'S SO ENTICING TO KIDS...
>> Reporter: MEANWHILE FARRELL
SAYS THAT PARENTS SHOULD ALSO BE
EDUCATING THEMSELVES.
>> YOU GO INTO YOUR SON'S ROOM
AND IT DOESN'T JUST SMELL LIKE
COLOGNE OR SOMETHING AND IT
SMELLS LIKE FRUITY PEBBLES OR
FLOWERS IN THERE YOU'LL BE LIKE,
THAT'S NOT HIS COLOGNE.
>> Reporter: LIKE OTHER
TOBACCO PRODUCTS ANYONE UNDER 18
CAN'T LEGALLY BUY e-CIGARETTES
BUT THEY'RE GETTING THEM FROM
OLDER SIBLINGS AND FRIENDS AND
EVEN PARENTS, CONTRIBUTING TO A
NEW GENERATION OF NICOTINE
ADDICTS.
KAREN PAULS, CBC NEWS, WINNIPEG.
>> Ian: "THE MOMENT" IS UP NEXT
AND TONIGHT IT'S A MOMENT OF JOY
FOR A FAMILY ANXIOUSLY AWAITING
WORD FROM THEIR LOVED ONE IN
HAITI.
>> THAT'S THE OVERWHELMING NEWS
I WANTED TO HEAR.
SO IT'S BEEN HARD.
>> Ian: A GROUP OF CANADIAN
VOLUNTEER NURSES CAUGHT UP IN
HAITI'S POLITICAL CRISIS ARE
BREATHING EASIER TONIGHT.
THEY FLEW OUT OF THE COUNTRY
EARLIER TODAY AFTER TWO WEEKS
EFFECTIVELY TRAPPED BY VIOLENT
PROTESTS.
THEIR COMPOUND WAS 60 KILOMETRES
FROM PORT-AU-PRINCE AND ITS
AIRPORT.
THE ONLY SAFE WAY OUT WAS BY
HELICOPTER.
CBC NEWS HAPPENED TO BE TALKING
TO THE FAMILY
MEMBERS OF ONE OF THOSE NURSES
TODAY WHEN THEY GOT THE GOOD
NEWS THAT SHE WAS ON THE CHOPPER
AND THAT IS OUR "MOMENT OF THE
DAY."
>> Reporter: WHAT HAS THAT
BEEN
LIKE TO SORT OF BE WAITING BY
THE PHONE LIKE THAT.
THERE GOES YOUR PHONE AGAIN,
YEAH.
>> THEY SEE IT!
>> YAY!
[Applause]
>> THAT'S THE OVERWHELMING NEWS
WE WANTED TO HEAR.
SHE'S DONE THIS ONE TIME BEFORE
AND SAID THAT IT WAS A GREAT
EXPERIENCE.
>> Reporter: HOW ARE YOU
FEELING NOW THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN
THIS NEWS THAT SHE'S ON THIS
HELICOPTER?
>> OVERWHELMED.
I DON'T KNOW, I KEPT SAYING ALL
THE TIME SHE'LL BE SAFE, IT WILL
BE OKAY.
IT WILL ALL WORK OUT.
WE'VE GOT TO DO WHAT WE'VE GOT
TO DO.
AND NOW IT'S COMING TO FRUITION.
SO PRETTY PLEASED.
SO TEARS OF JOY.
>> Ian: SO, ROSEMARY, WE KNOW
THAT THE STORY ENDS WELL BUT A
LOT OF TWISTS BEFORE THAT.
ON THE ROAD TO THE AIRPORT -- WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS LAST
WEEK ON "THE NATIONAL" -- TOO
DANGEROUS TO
DRIVE REALLY.
THEY NEEDED A HELICOPTER AS WE
HEARD AND THEY WENT TO GOFUNDME
AND QUICKLY RAISED MORE THAN IT
ACTUALLY COST FOR THE
HELICOPTER, WHICH IS TERRIFIC.
AND THE EXTRA MONEY WILL GO TO
THEIR CHARITY.
>> Rosemary: AND WHEN THANE
WAITING FOR THE
HELICOPTER THEY HAD TO PUT
SOMETHING DOWN SO THEY COULD BE
SPOTTED AND THEY PLANTED A
CANADIAN FLAG AND THAT'S HOW
THEY SPOTTED THEM.
YOU KNOW, IAN, THAT IS ONE OF
THOSE MOMENTS
THAT JOURNALISTS DREAM ABOUT
BEING THERE FOR THAT KIND OF
MOMENT.
>> Ian: YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES
AS YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE SHOOTING
IN THE FIELD AND YOU HEAR PEOPLE
SAY THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN
HERE TWO MINUTES AGO, WE JUST
GOT THIS CALL AND IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN FANTASTIC.
SO IT WAS NICE TO ACTUALLY SEE
THAT PLAY OUT.
>> Rosemary: AND HE HAS TO
HAVE CHAMPAGNE WAITING FOR HIS
WIFE.
SO HOPEFULLY HE'S ON THAT FOR
TONIGHT.
THAT'S "THE NATIONAL" FOR
FEBRUARY 18th.
GOODNIGHT, EVERYONE.
>> Ian: GOODNIGHT.
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Freezing rain headed for western NC mountains and foothills Tuesday into Wednesday Raleigh News a - Duration: 2:29.Freezing rain headed for western NC mountains and foothills Tuesday into Wednesday Raleigh News a
February 18, 2019 04:58 PM
A winter weather advisory has been for western North Carolinas mountains and foothills, with freezing rain expected late Tuesday into Wednesday.
Forecasters believe the wintry mix will stop just west of Mecklenburg County and Charlotte, with brief periods of freezing rain expected in nearby Iredell, Catawba, Rowan, Cleveland and Lincoln counties.
Freezing rain will fall in the mountains and the foothills from around 6 p.m. Tuesday through 4 p.m. Wednesday, and will include 35 mph gusts and ice accumulations of up to two tenths of an inch, says the NWS.
The precipitation may begin as a mix of sleet and freezing rain late Tuesday before transitioning over to all freezing rain the rest of Tuesday night through Wednesday morning, . Accumulating ice is likely through at least midday, especially along and north of Interstate 40.
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The chance of rain is 60 to 80 percent in the western half of the state Tuesday night through Saturday, says the NWS.
In the Charlotte region, rain will start to fall around after 3 p.m. Tuesday.
More than an inch and a half of rain could fall in the Charlotte area Tuesday through Sunday, while areas in the southwestern mountains could see four to nearly five inches, . Flooding in the mountains will remain a threat through Sunday.
Monday AM Update: Winter Storm WATCH in the NC mountains! Potential for sleet freezing rain Tue PM through Wed AM. Still quite a bit of rain expected this week, but totals are down a asterisk little asterisk . Could see some thunder thrown in, esp Thu Sun aftns. Can we get a kitchen sink?
Mark Price has been a reporter for The Charlotte Observer since 1991, covering beats including schools, crime, immigration, the LGBTQ issues, homelessness and nonprofits. He graduated from the University of Memphis with majors in journalism and art history, and a minor in geology.
February 18, 2019 06:00 AM
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1987 P US Dime Moving P Mint LOOK FOR THESE IN YOUR CHANGE - Duration: 8:03.Hello all you coin aficionados out there and Welcome to the DC Coin World International Coin Channel
Today we're going to look into the mystery of the 1987 Philadelphia Mint Mark US Dime
We have a bunch of these dimes here in they are set up
in a kind of a weird fashion with a couple different colored backgrounds below
I'll tell you why we're doing that in a second as we go through them
but first let's take a good look at the 1987 United States dime
we can see it says right on the top that says "Liberty" with Franklin Roosevelt facing to the left
"In God We Trust" under his chin right here we have a J and an S and that's for John Sinnock
who was the the engraver of these dimes. there's a 1987 and there is a P right here
the P is for the Philadelphia Mint and we can see that this this one has the P on it
The P is centered exactly over the 7 so one line of the P comes down to
the front of the 7 the other end of the P comes down to the back of the 7
This is the regular P mint mark of the 1987 P
you see this one's tilted a little bit but it's not it's only because of the camera so if I tilt it bsck it is straight above the 7
You can see that these are all straight over the top of the 7
But if we look over here however and we blow this one up
we'll see that the P on this one is about halfway between the 8 and 7
see how it kind of moved over a little bit the P here
this is a pretty bad shape coin in the sense that it got kind of beat and scraped but see how the P is way over
there to the left almost between the two and then if we go back to this one it's
over there and one of the ways we can take a good look at it to just take one
of these put it right over the top we see the P here
straight over the top of the 7 the P here in between the 7 any 8 and
that's not as far as it goes because if we go over even a little further we see
this one's exactly between the 8 and the 7 so if we look at this mint mark
here P which is straight over the top where it's supposed to be and then this
one over here which is like halfway between we're going hey wait a second
what's going on with the peas at the Philadelphia Mint and we can if we look
at these to see how clearly that's right over the top and that's in the middle
well some people say well maybe that's a D for the Denver mint. I should say that I have not seen any
D's that have been offset like that and I do have a D here and this is how the D
should look and this is not a D here this is a misshapen P
some of this might be post mint damage (PMD) from the misshapen part
but PMD certainly didn't move the P mint mark over between the 8 and 7
I looked this up online and it turns out to just quite a few of these around in fact if you look on eBay at
the 1987 you'll see that it moves from here to here in the middle to here way
over in the middle and then it also does something else that's interesting so
this is a regular one again it starts to tilt on some of them so see how this P
actually starts going to the left a little bit it actually tilts in this one
tilts way to the left so it's at the right point on the 7 but it
tilts so instead of going straight up and down see that tilt here so let's
move this middle one out of the way and you can see it very clearly on this one
this one's going straight up and down this one kind of going off to the side
it quite an angle there too in fact that's not as far as that angle goes it
can even go further over and I'll show you on these ones so these ones are
tilted also so see how especially this one see how
much of a tilt is on there it's way up high off the top of the P see there's a
lot more space between that P and this P it's either a little bit of space there
and a huge amount of space there see how this one tips over this one tips over
and so we get this kind of weird issue with these Philadelphia mint marks and
it's both to look like this this one it's a little further up and it's tilted
this one it's a little closer and it's tilted so we have essentially we have
the tilt like this one we have the regular oh the other tilt like this one
so that that was just a different kind of tilt see how that's way off we have
the regular which I'll bring in over here we have the one who it's where it's
centered almost between the 8 and the 7 and then we have this really weird
one where it actually is centered but it looks more like a D than a P so when we
started looking for the Philadelphia mint mark from 1987 we get all kinds of
different variations I should say that out of about fifty I looked at, thirty something were
exactly like this and then we started getting some tilted some in the center
and then some way over like this tilted the other way and I've seen someone
lined it with a piece actually over the top of this eight this eight and so I
don't know what they did I looked it up online and I said is there anybody that
kind of knows what happened with these and one of the Numista websites there
was a guy named ESSOR PROF who said that all the dies for these coins are made at the
Philadelphia Mint and then after the dies are made they hand stamp on the mint mark
And so he said he assumes that when they stamped the mint mark on
have to do it on a number of different dyes in somebody probably in 1987
He was talking about 1988 also, somebody when they stamped the mint mark on the
dies before they used them they stamped them individually by hand with a rod and
that rod was not held steadily by the man who was hand stamping the P
onto the coin die and so a bunch of these different variations came about from
that hand stamping alright well that's all we have today from a DC Coin World International Coin Channel
Look for some 1987 dimes and see if you can find them
also with these different variations we also started seeing this when we will
looked in the 1988 dimes and so look for some of them also because the 1988 dimes
have some of the same variations as the 1987 dime some of the centering issues some of
the tilting issues and some of the most interesting mint marks that I've ever
seen on US coins alright have a great day from the DC Coin World International Coin Channel
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Meghan Markle jets to New York for secret baby shower with friends Daily Star - Duration: 0:51.Meghan Markle jets to New York for secret baby shower with friends Daily Star
MEGHAN Markle has jetted off to New York for a five day girls trip, according to reports.
, who is in the final trimester of her pregnancy, travelled to the Big Apple on Friday.
According to Harpers Bazaar, the 37 year old is enjoying "rest, shopping and good food" with her "closest and most loyal" friends.
The trip comes after the Duchess of Sussex"s dad sent to him by his daughter, in which she said he had "broken her heart".
It has also been revealed her friends will be hosting a baby shower for the former Suits actress for 15 guests at a private location tomorrow.
Joined by stylist pal Jessica Mulroney, who was in town forGood Morning America, the pair visited Ladur andeacute;e in New York"s SoHo district on Saturday, for macarons and tea in one of the bakery"s private spaces.
A source toldUs Weekly: "They were having a lovely time, laughing and talking with each other."
She was later spotted at a high end children"s clothing store called Bonpoint.
Baby showers are not common among members of the royal family as theyre seen as " highly inappropriate," ABC News royal expert Victoria Arbiter said.
The visit her first to New York since her wedding toPrince Harrylast year is said to have been planned months ago.
A source told the website: "The trip is a lovely chance to catch up with friends and spend time in a city she loves.
"This will be the last time a lot of them will see Meg until after the baby is born so it"s nice to share precious moments."
The source added: "Meg will be flying home refreshed and relaxed and with a lot of new baby clothes."
"She is chilling out"
Just a day before traveling, the duchess spent a quiet Valentine"s Day with Prince Harry at their Kensington Palace home.
Later this week, Meghan will be taking her last flight until after the birth.
Shesheaded to Morocco with her husbandfor an to North Africa.
A Palace spokesman said: "The Duke and Duchess are looking forward to the visit which will highlight the vital roles that girls" education and youth empowerment are playing in, and shaping, modern Morocco."
KATIE Price has come under fire for letting her son have social media after trolls share disgusting image of Harvey.
THE UK could experience its hottest February day on record this week as temperatures soar to almost 20C, the Met Office has said.
A BIZARRE spoof photoshoot has depicted Meghan Markle and Prince Harry preparing for the arrival of their first baby.
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Freezing rain headed for western NC mountains and foothills Tuesday into Wednesday Raleigh News a - Duration: 2:34.Freezing rain headed for western NC mountains and foothills Tuesday into Wednesday Raleigh News a
February 18, 2019 04:58 PM
A winter weather advisory has been for western North Carolinas mountains and foothills, with freezing rain expected late Tuesday into Wednesday.
Forecasters believe the wintry mix will stop just west of Mecklenburg County and Charlotte, with brief periods of freezing rain expected in nearby Iredell, Catawba, Rowan, Cleveland and Lincoln counties.
Freezing rain will fall in the mountains and the foothills from around 6 p.m. Tuesday through 4 p.m. Wednesday, and will include 35 mph gusts and ice accumulations of up to two tenths of an inch, says the NWS.
The precipitation may begin as a mix of sleet and freezing rain late Tuesday before transitioning over to all freezing rain the rest of Tuesday night through Wednesday morning, . Accumulating ice is likely through at least midday, especially along and north of Interstate 40.
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The chance of rain is 60 to 80 percent in the western half of the state Tuesday night through Saturday, says the NWS.
In the Charlotte region, rain will start to fall around after 3 p.m. Tuesday.
More than an inch and a half of rain could fall in the Charlotte area Tuesday through Sunday, while areas in the southwestern mountains could see four to nearly five inches, . Flooding in the mountains will remain a threat through Sunday.
Monday AM Update: Winter Storm WATCH in the NC mountains! Potential for sleet freezing rain Tue PM through Wed AM. Still quite a bit of rain expected this week, but totals are down a asterisk little asterisk . Could see some thunder thrown in, esp Thu Sun aftns. Can we get a kitchen sink?
Mark Price has been a reporter for The Charlotte Observer since 1991, covering beats including schools, crime, immigration, the LGBTQ issues, homelessness and nonprofits. He graduated from the University of Memphis with majors in journalism and art history, and a minor in geology.
February 18, 2019 06:00 AM
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Margot Robbie 'returning' as Harley Quinn for James Gunn's Suicide Squad 2 - Duration: 2:06.Harley Quinn is said to be returning for the Suicide Squad sequel from James Gunn
It was unknown whether the Gotham minx played by Margot Robbie would return for the sequel to the David Ayer film, rumoured to be called The Suicide Squad, considering her appearance in next year's Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Now after confirmation that fired Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn would be taking over directing duties from Ayer in the sequel Suicide Squad, it now seems she will be in the film after all
"I have learned from sources close to production that in fact, the information about Harley Quinn being absent from the new Suicide Squad movie is no longer up to date," a source told Forbes
"She is indeed expected to appear in James Gunn's The Suicide Squad , which is expected to begin production later this year
" One potential film that has fallen by the wayside, however, is the Joker and Harley Quinn film, along with Jared Leto's solo Joker film, leaving the actor's future as the Clown Prince of Crime in doubt
Robbie will not appear as the Joker's girlfriend in this year's Joker film starring Joaquin Phoenix, which has no connections to the DC Expanded Universe films
It was also revealed by Forbes that there is currently no Gotham City Sirens film with Poison Ivy and Catwoman teaming up with Harley in the works, and that the Birds of Prey film has no connection to the planned Batgirl solo film centred on Barbara Gordon - despite the comic history between the character and super team
The Suicide Squad is released on August 6, 2021, while Harley Quinn can next be seen in Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) on February 7, 2020
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Test Packing For Long-Term RTW Travel with Kids: Part 1 - Duration: 3:17.Aloha
It's a dreary Saturday so we're going to do some test packing this suitcase is
what we're going to take all of our non clothes identical when we do our next
adventure normally we try to pack pretty light but since we're going indefinitely
there are some items other than clothes and toiletries that we're going to pack
so let's see what face here are some items we're hoping to bring that won't
fit in our carry-on bags like this little booster seat that I shall use
when we travel throughout Vietnam now it's kind of charm and we'll see if it
Okay so we're not sure about this pan. Um, this filled up really fast.
With the fold-up booster seat -
Kaisho's scooter, the one frying pan you got a tumbler our silverware, his box of toys a
pink bag is gonna have harumi's blanket and like her training pants in it
and extra things cause she'll be just a toddler. I wanted to bring at least one potty as well as
for travel potty and I've got the two kids towels and
other than being a little things in between and maybe some jackets it's pretty
full already. Ideally I would like to bring both of
these pans because they're really good quality and stainless steel. We will be
staying a lot of Airbnb and places where we can cook so the idea is to use our
stuff in Japan so hopefully... We're gonna have to try this again
and see if there is someway we can get that to fit.
Ok, so what we had to do was move Kaisho's toys from the box and then put them into his backpack instead
Because that's the only way we could fit the frying pan down here.
So now we have the frying pan and the pot next to each other
And then Kaisho can fill just this backpack up with his toys.
He has a smaller backpack to use as his daypack.
We added umm... Also the extra pieces to his ridesafer are in this bag.
And then, we have a pacsafe packing cage. We added that in as well.
And I'm sure we'll find lots of little things to fill in the cracks.
But basically with these main things in two sides it's able to close.
So, this is for your toys now, okay?
Ha ha!
( ninja sound effects )
( laughing )
All right let's hope it's under 50 pounds.
Yay! 48 pounds.
you
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