ONE SMALL EXAMPLE OF AN. OUTPOURING OF COMPASSION IN THIS. COMMUNITY AND RIGHT ACROSS THE. COUNTRY -- ON THEIR FRONT.
PORCHES, ON ICONIC BUILDINGS, EVEN ON THEIR BACKS. CANADIANS ARE HONOURING THIS. TOWN, THIS TEAM. TONIGHT AS WE LEARN ABOUT.
ANOTHER TRAGIC TURN IN THIS. STORY -- A CASE OF MISTAKEN. IDENTITY -- AND WE'LL SHOW YOU. THE MANY GENEROUS WAYS THAT.
CANADIANS ARE RESPONDING. >> Rosemary: ALSO A NATIONAL. ICON ON WHAT THIS COUNTRY MEANS. TO HIM AS HE PREPARES TO SIGN.
OFF, A FEATURE INTERVIEW WITH. RICK MERCER. THIS IS "THE NATIONAL." (*) >> Ian: AS THIS COMMUNITY. CONTINUES TO GRAPPLE WITH GRIEF.
AFTER 15 MEMBERS OF THE HUMBOLDT. BRONCOS JUNIOR HOCKEY TEAM LOST. THEIR LIVES, AN UPDATE TONIGHT. ON THOSE WHO SURVIVED.
12 CRASH VICTIMS REMAIN IN. HOSPITAL AND FOUR ARE CRITICAL. WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES, FOUR ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITION, AND FOUR ARE STABLE. WE HEARD FROM A PHYSICIAN WHO.
RECOUNTED THE SCENE FRIDAY. NIGHT. >> I CAN ATTEST AS A PHYSICIAN. WHO WAS ON SCENE WITH STARS THAT.
IT WAS TRULY A TEAM EFFORT. IT WAS A PROVINCE-WIDE TEAM. EFFORT. AGAIN I WANT TO SAY THAT MY.
HEART IS WITH THE PATIENTS AND. THE FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THIS. TRAGEDY. >> Ian: TRAGEDY HAS A WAY TO PUT LIFE ON HOLD.
BUT FOR HUMBOLDT IT'S ALSO SET. THINGS IN MOTION AND. WE'RE COVERING IT ALL TONIGHT. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE.
INVESTIGATION INTO THE ABOUT US. CRASH THAT SHATTERED LIVES AND. TORE THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY. HOW CANADIANS FROM ACROSS THE.
COUNTRY ARE PLEDGING THEIR. SUPPORT WITH WORDS, DEEDS AND. DONATIONS. BUT, FIRST, THE CRUEL CONFUSION.
OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY. AN ERROR BY THE CORONER LEFT THE. STATUS OF TWO PLAYERS -- ONE. DEAD AND ONE A SURVIVOR -- MIXED.
UP. WITH THE TRUTH REVEALED THE. GRIEF OF ONE FAMILY HAS BEEN. DISPLACED BY RELIEF, THE HOPES.
OF ANOTHER DEMOLISHED. SUSAN ORMISTON HAS THE DETAILS. >> Reporter: AFTER ALL OF THE. HEARTACHE XAVIER LaBELLE.
THOUGHT TO BE GONE IS ALIVE. BUT GOALIE PARKER TOBIN WHOSE. FAMILY BELIEVED HAD SURVIVED HAS. BEEN DEAD FOR DAYS.
TOBIN'S BEST FRIEND BRANDON. EWANCHYSHYN IS STUNNED. >> ORIGINALLY I THOUGHT THAT IT. WASN'T TRUE AND THAT THERE'S NO.
WAY THAT THEY COULD HAVE. MISTAKEN HIS IDENTITY LIKE THAT. AND THEN I CAME TO REALIZE HOW. MESSED UP PEOPLE WERE IN THAT.
CRASH AND HOW HARD IT WAS TO. IDENTIFY PEOPLE. JUST A VERY, VERY TOUGH THING TO. HEAR AND A VERY TOUGH DAY TO GO.
THROUGH RIGHT NOW. >> Reporter: WITH SHOCK UPON. SHOCK THE TWO FAMILIES HAVE. ASKED FOR PRIVACY.
HOW HARD TO CELEBRATE A FOUND. SON WHEN OTHER PARENTS NEWLY. GRIEVE. SO WHAT HAPPENED? FRIDAY IN THAT DISASTER THE.
FIRST RESPONDERS WERE WORKING. FRANTICALLY TO SAVE LIVES, CONFIRMING WHO WAS WHOM WITH. DENTAL RECORDS TAKES TOO LONG ON. A WEEKEND WITH BOYS AND RECORDS.
FROM THREE PROVINCES. >> LOOKING AT THE LEVEL OF. TRAUMA THAT WAS INVOLVED AND. TRYING TO DETERMINE WHO IS WHO, A LOT OF THESE BOYS LOOKED.
ALIKE -- THEY HAD THE BLONDE. HAIR THAT WAS SUPPORTIVE OF. THEIR TEAM FOR THEIR PLAYOFF. RUN, AND THEY ARE SIMILAR.
BUILDS. >> Reporter: BUT THE. EXPLANATIONS LEAVE. MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS.
BOTH FAMILIES SAY THAT THE. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WERE INVOLVED. IN IDENTIFYING SONS, ONE IN. HOSPITAL AND ANOTHER AT A.
MAKESHIFT MORGUE. EVEN UP TO LAST NIGHT AT. HUMBOLDT'S VIGIL NO ONE KNEW. >> XAVIER LaBELLE...
>> Reporter: LaBELLE COUNTED. AMONG THE DECEASED. TOBIN, FRIENDS BELIEVED, WAS. COMING OUT OF SURGERY.
>> YESTERDAY I GOT A NOTE ABOUT. A BROKEN CLAVICLE AND A. PUNCTURED LUNG AND A BRAIN BLEED. AND BACK SURGERY NEEDED AND.
ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND THEN. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON GOING FOR. SURGERY AND HIM COMING OUT OF.
SURGERY AND WE THINKING THAT HE. WAS IN A STABLE STATE AND THAT. HE'S GOING TO RECOVER IN SOME. SORT OF WAY TO LIVE THE REST OF.
HIS LIFE. >> Reporter: BUT LATE LAST. NIGHT UNDISCLOSED INFORMATION. FROM HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
CONFIRM THAT THE YOUNG MAN. RECOVERING FROM SURGERY WAS NOT. TOBIN, BUT IT WAS LaBELLE. THE FAMILIES WERE INFORMED.
>> I CAN'T EVEN FATHOM, I DON'T. THINK THAT ENOUGH CAN BE SAID. ALL I CAN DO IS TO OFFER OUR. SINCEREST APOLOGIES AND OUR.
SINCEREST CONDOLENCES AND. SYMPATHIES. >> Reporter: LaBELLE. BILLETED AT A HUMBOLDT HOME FOR.
TWO SEASONS. YESTERDAY RENEE. CANNON TOLD US THAT SHE LOST. THREE PLAYERS.
TODAY THE BILLET MOM TWEETED "WE. KNOW OUR RAY OF LIGHT IS SOMEONE. ELSE'S SHATTERING DARKNESS." SO IT IS XAVIER LaBELLE NOW. WHO FIGHTS HIS WAY OUT OF.
CRUSHING INJURIES IN THE ROYAL. UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WHILE. ANOTHER FAMILY PLANS A FUNERAL. >> Ian: SUSAN ORMISTON IS.
OUTSIDE OF THE HOSPITAL IN. SASKATOON. SUSAN, A MISTAKE LIKE THIS WITH. SO MUCH AT STAKE SEEMS ALMOST.
INCONCEIVABLE. DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT. IT'S BEEN LIKE. FOR THE PARENTS OF THESE TWO.
BOYS? >> Reporter: NOT A LOT BUT WE. KNOW THAT THE LaBELLE FAMILY. WAS PLANNING A FUNERAL THIS. WEEK.
IN FACT, THE MOTHER CALLED CBC. LAST NIGHT TO REQUEST THAT WE. USE OTHER PICTURES OF HER SON IN. OUR COVERAGE.
WE GOT A SMALL INSIGHT INTO THE. TOBIN FAMILY FROM AN UNUSUAL. SOURCE. RON McLEAN WAS HERE AT THE.
HOSPITAL ON SUNDAY VISITING. SURVIVORS, INCLUDING STANDING IN. THE ROOM WITH THE TOBIN PARENTS. AND LOOKING AT A YOUNG MAN IN A.
BED THEY ALL ASSUMED WAS PARKER. TOBIN. HERE'S HOW HE DESCRIBED IT... >> TO IMAGINE THAT THE MOM AND.
THE DAD AND THE BROTHER, THEY. DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT. LOOKING AT THEIR OWN BOY, THAT. HE'S SO SEVERELY CUT AND HURT.
THAT THEY ACTUALLY THINK THAT. IT'S POSSIBLY THEIR BOY. I CAN REMEMBER HER MOM, FOR. PARKER THINKING, THIS IS PARKER, SAYING, THE MOM SAYING HE'S.
BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE OUR BOY. CAN YOU IMAGINE? AND IT WASN'T, OF COURSE, THEIR. BOY. AND THE DAD SAYING WHEN PARKER.
WAS A CHILD HE HAD CHICKENPOX. AND THERE WAS THIS ONE SCAR ON. HIS FOREHEAD AND THANKFULLY THIS. SEVEN INCH GASH WILL MAKE THAT.
IMMATERIAL. THEY WERE HAVING A PART TONIGHT. AT MARC CHARTIER, THE COACH'S. HOUSE, TO HONOUR THE LATE XAVIER.
LaBELLE. WE NOW KNOW THAT LaBELLE'S. ALIVE. HE'S GOT ALL OF THOSE INJURIES.
BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT JOY IN. THE ONE SCENE. AND THEN THE. FRICKIN' DEVASTATION THEY FEEL.
FOR THE TOBIN FAMILY. >> Reporter: IT'S ALMOST. INCONCEIVABLE. NOW SASKATCHEWAN JUSTICE IS.
SAYING THAT ALL OF THE OTHER. DECEASED AND INJURED PEOPLE FROM. THAT BUS HAVE BEEN POSITIVELY. IDENTIFIED HOPING THEY ARE NOT.
RAISING ANY FALSE HOPES OR. FEARS, IAN. >> Ian: ALL RIGHT, SUSAN, THANK. YOU.
>>> THE INTERSECTION WHERE. FRIDAY'S DEADLY CRASH OCCURRED. IS MARKED BY A CROSS MADE OF. HOCKEY STICKS AND A GROWING PILE.
OF FLOWERS. MOURNERS ARE GATHERING TO PAY. THEIR RESPECTS. JUST YARDS AWAY IS A COMPLEX.
FORENSIC OPERATION. INVESTIGATORS ARE SCOURING THE. SITE AND TRYING TO DETERMINE. WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY.
AS OLIVIA STEFANOVICH TELLS US. IT COULD BE MONTHS BEFORE. THERE'S A CLEAR ANSWER. >> Reporter: BRIAN STARKELL.
CHECKS HIS GEAR IN HIS CHECK AT. THE NIPAWIN FIRE HALL. HE'S THE FIRE CHIEF AND ONE OF. THE FIRST PEOPLE ON THE SCENES.
AT FRIDAY EVENING'S CRASH. >> IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL DAY, YOU KNOW, JUST BRIGHT AND SUNNY. HOW COULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS. HAPPEN? >> Reporter: THAT'S WHAT THE.
INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL TRYING. TO FIND OUT. THE SCALE OF THE RESPONSE WAS. UNPRECEDENTED IN SASKATCHEWAN.
IN ALL, THREE RURAL VOLUNTEER. FIREFIGHTER DETACHMENTS, OVER 50 RCMP OFFICERS AND MORE THAN TWO. DOZEN BYSTANDERS HELPED TO. COMFORT THE INJURED WITH.
BLANKETS AND COATS. THEY FOUND THE BUS AND TRUCK. LAYING ON ITS SIDE, THE ROOF. RIPPED OFF THE BUS AND PACKAGES.
OF PEAT MOSS FROM THE. TRACTOR-TRAILER EVERYWHERE. >> YOU'RE GETTING EMOTIONAL, OF. COURSE, AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE.
THINKING OF. AFTERWARDS, BUT AT THE TIME YOU. DIDN'T REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO. THAT.
>> IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO. VEHICLE MAINTENANCE. IT'S GOING TO COME UP TO PERHAPS. TO A TEAR DOWN INSPECTION.
OF THE VEHICLES. >> Reporter: THIS EXPERT SAYS. THAT A KEY PIECE OF EVIDENCE. COULD BE AN EVENT DATA RECORDER.
THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ON THE TRUCK. AND BUS. THEY COULD HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN. 15 SECONDS UPWARDS TO A MINUTE.
OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE. VEHICLE'S SPEED, USE OF THEIR. ACCELERATOR PEDALS AND BRAKES. THERE'S ALSO A HUMAN FACTOR TO.
CONSIDER. >> THERE'S NO TEACHABLE OR LIFE. EXPERIENCE, SO HOW LONG IS THE. COACH AND THE BUS DRIVER BEEN.
DRIVING? HOW FAMILIAR WERE THEY WITH THE. ROUTE THEY. WERE TRAVELLING? >> Reporter: THE SURVIVING. TRUCK DRIVER COULD BE A CRUCIAL.
WITNESS. IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT, IF ANYTHING, THAT HE CAN TELL INVESTIGATORS. A LETTER OF SUPPORT ASKING THE. PUBLIC TO REFRAIN FROM BLAMING.
THE TRUCK DRIVER IS CIRCULATING. ONLINE. EVEN THE PRESIDENT OF. THE NIPAWIN HAWKS THAT THE.
BRONCOS WERE TRAVELLING TO. FACEOFF AGAINST AREN'T PLACING. BLAME. >> THERE ISN'T ANYBODY WHO WOULD.
HAVE EVER EXPECTED THEIR DAY TO. TURN OUT LIKE THIS, RIGHT? >> Reporter: SOME FROM THE. COMMITTEE ARE CONGREGATING IN. THE RINK WHERE THE BRONCOS WOULD.
HAVE PLAYED. KEEPING BUSY AS THEY WAIT FOR. ANSWERS. OLIVIA STEFANOVICH, CBC NEWS, NIPAWIN, SASKATCHEWAN.
>> Ian: CANADIANS HAVE OPENED UP. THEIR HEARTS TO THE HUMBOLDT. BRONCOS AND THEIR WALLETS. A GOFUNDME PAGE CREATED.
FOR THE VICTIMS AND THEIR. FAMILIES IS THE WEBSITE'S. BIGGEST CAMPAIGN IN CANADIAN. HISTORY.
SINCE SATURDAY MORE THAN. $6 MILLION HAS BEEN RAISED. IT'S BEEN RAISED BY NEARLY. 83,000 PEOPLE.
GOFUNDME SAYS THAT THE RESPONSE. IS BIGGER THAN ABOUT ANYTHING. THEY HAVE EVER SEEN. IT WAS STARTED BY SYLVIE.
KELLINGTON AND HER FRIEND. I CAUGHT UP WITH THEM EARLIER. TODAY. >> I GOT A MESSAGE AFTER THE.
ACCIDENT HAPPENED AND SHE SAID I. NEED TO DO SOMETHING, WHAT CAN. WE DO AND I REMEMBER THINKING. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT YOU WANT.
TO DO SOMETHING? >> I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING AND. WE ENDED UP TALKING TOGETHER AND. SHE KIND OF SAID LET'S DO A. GOFUNDME AND I SAID WE CAN PAY.
FOR PARKING OR COFFEE AT THE. HOSPITAL OR SOMETHING. AND WE CAN PAY FOR COFFEE AT THE. HOSPITAL OR SOMETHING.
>> Ian: AND THEN THE NUMBERS. START ROLLING IN. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU. STARTED TO SEE THAT? >> SHOCK.
LIKE WHEN WE HIT $1,400 WE CAN. DO MORE THAN COFFEE AND PARKING. AND THEN IT -- HUNDREDS OF. THOUSANDS AND BLOWN AWAY -- YEAH.
>> IT'S MIND BLOWING AND. OVERWHELMING. >> Ian: WHERE DOES IT END? >> I DON'T KNOW. WHERE DOES IT END? WE STOPPED UPPING THE GOAL AND.
IT JUST CONTINUED TO GROW. >> Ian: WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO. SEE HAPPEN WITH THIS MONEY? >> I THINK THAT WE SAID FROM THE. VERY BEGINNING THAT WE DON'T.
WANT TO BE THE ONES MAKING THE. DECISIONS. IT'S GOING TO GET HANDED OVER TO. THE BRONCOS AND THEY DOLL WHAT.
THEY FEEL IS NECESSARY. THEY KNOW THEIR FAMILIES BETTER. AND THE TEAM BETTER THAN WE. WOULD EVER.
>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. >> Ian: AND WHAT'S YOUR. CONNECTION TO THE TEAM? >> I DON'T HAVE -- I'M NOT. PERSONALLY RELATED TO ANYONE, BUT EVERYBODY ASKS ME THIS.
QUESTION AND IT JUST BLOWS ME. AWAY BECAUSE THIS WHOLE. COMMUNITY IS RELATED TO THE. TEAM.
THESE BOYS VOLUNTEER AT OUR. SCHOOLS, THEY ARE PATRONS AT OUR. BUSINESSES. >> THEY SHOVELLED SIDEWALKS WHEN.
WE HAD THE LAST SNOWSTORM, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE. AND I HAVE SAID A BUNCH OF TIMES. IN A COMMUNITY OF 6,000 IT'S NOT. SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION, IT'S.
ZERO OR ONE. EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY A. LITTLE BIT. EVEN IF WE WEREN'T RELATED TO.
THEM WE HAVE MET THEM OR OUR. KIDS HAVE OR SOMETHING. >> Ian: I THINK ONE OF THE. THINGS THAT THE GOFUNDME.
CAMPAIGN HAS SHOWN IS HOW MANY. PEOPLE BEYOND THIS TOWN CARE. ABOUT THIS TOWN. AND SO FOR PEOPLE WATCHING.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHAT SHOULD. THEY KNOW ABOUT HUMBOLDT THIS. WEEK? >> THAT WE'RE STRONG AND THAT WE. WILL DEFINITELY NEED HELP BUT.
WE'LL BE OKAY IN TIME AND WE. APPRECIATE EVERY TWEET AND EVERY. DOLLAR AND EVERY EFFORT THAT. PEOPLE HAVE MADE ACROSS THE.
WORLD TO KIND OF SHOW SUPPORT. >> Ian: YOU MAY BE WONDERING HOW. MUCH GOFUNDME MAKES ON THESE. CAMPAIGNS.
WELL, HERE'S HOW A SPOKESPERSON. FOR THE WEBSITE EXPLAINED IT TO. US. ON EVERY DONATION ABOUT 3% PLUS.
30 CENTS IS COLLECTED BY OUTSIDE. COMPANIES WHO PROCESS CREDIT. CARD TRANSACTIONS, THAT IS. STANDARD IN THE INDUSTRY.
GOFUNDME DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE. AND INSTEAD IT RELIES ON. DONATIONS AND THEY CALL THEM. TIPS TO HELP TO COVER THE COSTS.
OF THEIR ONGOING OPERATIONS. SO THIS TRAGEDY HAS INSPIRED. PEOPLE TO RAISE MONEY BUT ALSO. PEOPLE TO RAISE MONEY BUT ALSO.
AWARENESS FOR AN IMPORTANT CAUSE. AND, ROSIE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT. THE IMPACT THAT ONE FAMILY'S. SACRIFICE HAS MADE RIGHT ACROSS.
THE COUNTRY? >> Rosemary: THAT'S RIGHT, IRAQ AN. IT'S A STORY THAT STOOD OUT FOR. US AMONGST THE MANY FABULOUS. STORIES THAT WE HAVE HEARD.
EMERGE FROM THIS TRAGEDY. THE FINAL WISH OF LOGAN BOULET. HE HELPED TO SAVE THE LIVES OF. SIX PEOPLE.
HE SURVIVED LONG ENOUGH TO. DONATE HIS ORGANS BEFORE HE WAS. TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORT THIS. WEEKEND.
BOULET SIGNED HIS ORGAN DONOR. CARD WHEN HE TURNED 21, JUST. WEEKS AGO. HE HAD MADE HIS.
WISHES CLEAR TO HIS FAMILY. >> ACROSS CANADA, THERE'S PRETTY. MUCH NO HOSPITAL THAT WILL. RETRIEVE AN ORGAN AGAINST THE.
FAMILY'S WISHES. EVEN IF THAT FAMILY MEMBER HAS. SIGNED UP TO BE AN ORGAN DONOR, IF THE FAMILY DOES NOT CONSENT. TO IT, IT TYPICALLY WILL NOT.
HAPPEN. >> Rosemary: THE TRAGEDY. HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED TO HAVE THAT. IMPORTANT CONVERSATION WITH.
LOVED ONES ABOUT YOUR INTENT. >> DONOR IDENTIFICATION REFERRAL. DOESN'T HAPPEN AS OFTEN AS WE. THINK THAT IT SHOULD.
>> Rosemary: 4500 PEOPLE IN. CANADA CURRENTLY NEED A. LIFE-SAVING ORGAN TRANSPLANT. EVERY YEAR THE WAIT LIST GROWS.
AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DIE. WITHOUT RECEIVING THE TREATMENT. THAT THEY NEED. >> WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
BETTER IN SASKATCHEWAN, WE KNOW. THAT THIS SAVES LIVES. >> Rosemary: SASKATCHEWAN HAS. SOME OF THE WORST DONATION RATES.
IN THE COUNTRY, ABOUT HALF OF. THE CANADIAN AVERAGE. >> THIS IS A STORY THAT IS WORTH. TELLING.
>> Rosemary: AMY POLIN SAYS. SHE'S GRATEFUL. HER GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER. HAD A DISEASE THAT REQUIRED A.
DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANT. THEY DIED WHILE WAITING AND. POLIN HAS A SIMILAR CONDITION. AND MAY NEED A TRANSPLANT ONE.
DAY TOO. >> I'M ONLY 22 SO IT'S A VERY. SCARY THING AND I WANT TO HAVE A. FAMILY AND I WANT TO FINISH.
SCHOOL AND I WANT A CAREER. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO. COME OF THOSE THINGS, I DON'T. KNOW WHEN MY FIBROSIS WILL COME, IF IT IS.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I TRY. TO NOT LIVE MY LIFE SCARED OF AS. MUCH AS IT SCARES ME. >> Rosemary: IT'S WHY THE.
FINAL WISH OF LOGAN BOULET MEANS. SO MUCH TO SO MANY. NOW THE SASKATCHEWAN TRANSPLANT. PROGRAMME HAS SEEN A SIGNIFICANT.
JUMP IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. SIGNING UP TO BE ORGAN DONORS. JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND. AND THERE'S A SURGE IN OTHER.
PROVINCES TOO. THAT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY THOUGH. THAT CANADIANS ARE HONOURING THE. MEMORY OF THE LIVES LOST.
MORE ON THAT LATER IN THE HOUR. >>> BUT LET'S MOVE ON TO SOME OF. THE OTHER MAJOR STORIES OF THE. DAY, AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
IS TALKING TOUGH AND LASHING OUT. AT THE F.B.I. AND THE RUSSIA. INVESTIGATION, BOTH TOPICS THAT.
CAME UP AT A MEETING TODAY WITH. MILITARY LEADERS. OFFICIALLY THE GROUP HAD. GATHERED TO TALK SYRIA BUT.
BEFORE THAT GOT UNDERWAY TRUMP. BLASTED THE F.B.I. FOR RAIDING. HIS LONG-TIME LAWYER'S OFFICE.
>> President Donald Trump: I. JUST HEARD THAT THEY BROKE INTO. THE OFFICE OF ONE OF MY PERSONAL. ATTORNEYS, IT'S A DISGRACEFUL.
SITUATION AND IT'S A TOTAL WITCH. HUNT AND ATTACK ON OUR COUNTRY. IN A SENSE. >> Rosemary: AT THE CENTRE A.
RAID ON MICHAEL COHEN'S OFFICE. TRUMP'S LAWYER WHO IS MANAGING. THE CONTROVERSY OVER PORN STAR. STORMY DANIELS.
SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS SEIZED IS. RELATED TO THE MONEY THAT WAS. GIVEN TO KEEP QUIET ABOUT HER. ALLEGED AFFAIR WITH TRUMP.
AND COHEN IS REPORTEDLY. INVESTIGATED FOR FRAUD AND. CAMPAIGN FINANCE VIOLATIONS. BUT WHAT REALLY HAS TRUMP FIRED.
UP IS THE MAN WHO TIPPED OFF. PROSECUTORS, ROBERT MUELLER, THE. LEAD ON THE RUSSIA. INVESTIGATION.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE RAID. IS LINKED TO MUELLER'S PROBE. HE MAY HAVE JUST COME ACROSS THE. INFORMATION AND PASSED IT ON TO.
THE F.B.I. BUT STILL IT HAD. TRUMP FUMING. >> President Donald Trump: SO.
THEY FIND NO COLLUSION AND THEY. GO FROM THERE AND THEY SAY, WELL, LET'S KEEP GOING. I THINK THAT IT'S A DISGRACE. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT MORE BUT.
THIS IS THE MOST CONFLICTED. GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT I HAVE EVER. SEEN. >> Rosemary: ASKED BY.
REPORTERS WHETHER HE'LL TRY TO. HAVE MUELLER FIRED TRUMP WOULD. ONLY SAY "WE'LL SEE WHAT. HAPPENS." >>> TRUMP IS ALSO HINTING AT THE.
FIRE AND FURY TONIGHT AND SAYING. THAT THE U.S. WILL RESPOND, QUOTE "FORCEFULLY" TO A DEADLY. SUSPECTED CHEMICAL ATTACK IN.
SYRIA AND POSSIBLY WITHIN HOURS. HERE'S LYNDSAY DUNCOMBE WITH. THAT. >> President Donald Trump: IT.
WAS AN ATROCIOUS ATTACK. IT WAS HORRIBLE. >> Reporter: DONALD TRUMP. DIDN'T JUST BLAME SYRIAN.
DICTATOR BASHAR al-ASSAD FOR. THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS, HE. BROADENED HIS CONDEMNATION AND. HIS THREATS TO SYRIA'S ALLIES.
>> President Donald Trump: IF. IT'S RUSSIA, IF IT'S SYRIA, AND. IF IT'S IRAN, IF IT'S ALL OF. THEM TOGETHER WE'LL FIGURE IT.
OUT. >> Reporter: THE SUSPECTED. CHEMICAL ATTACK IS THE LATEST. ESCALATION IN THE CONFLICT.
BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST. >> YES, THIS IS ABOUT THE. ACTIONS -- THE BRUTAL ACTIONS OF. ASSAD AND HIS REGIME BUT ALSO ABOUT.
THE BACKERS OF THIS REGIME AND. RUSSIA IS ONE OF THOSE BACKERS. >> (Voice of Translator): THESE ARE LIES. >> Reporter: AT AN EMERGENCY.
MEETING OF THE U.N. SECURITY. COUNCIL RUSSIA SAID THAT THERE. WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A CHEMICAL.
WEAPONS ATTACK AND ACCUSED THE. U.S. OF PROVOKING ANTI-RUSSIAN. BIAS.
>> RUSSIA COULD STOP THIS. SENSELESS SLAUGHTER IF IT. WANTED. >> Reporter: THE U.S.
BLAMED. RUSSIA FOR BLOCKING ACTION IN. SYRIA WITH ITS VETO POWER. >> EITHER WAY THE UNITED STATES.
WILL RESPOND. >> Reporter: IT WAS ONE YEAR. AGO ALMOST TO THE DAY THAT TRUMP. ORDERED 59 TOMAHAWK MISSILES TO.
TAKE OUT A SYRIAN AIRBASE. THAT WAS ALSO IN RESPONSE TO A. CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACK. TRUMP WAS WIDELY PRAISED FOR THE.
ACTION BUT IT DID NOTHING TO. CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF SYRIA'S. EIGHT-YEAR CIVIL WAR. WITH THE HELP OF RUSSIA AND IRAN.
ASSAD'S GOVERNMENT IS CLEARLY. WINNING. THERE IS SOME PRESSURE FOR TRUMP. TO DELIVER AN EVEN STRONGER.
RESPONSE. TRUMP SAID TONIGHT THAT RESPONSE. WILL COME SOON. >> President Donald Trump: WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A DECISION.
TONIGHT OR VERY SHORTLY. THEREAFTER. >> Reporter: JUST LAST WEEK. THE PRESIDENT SAID THAT HE WANTS.
TO SEE THE AMERICAN TROOPS OUT. OF SYRIA, A PROSPECT THAT SEEMS. UNLIKELY TONIGHT. LYNDSAY DUNCOMBE, CBC NEWS, WASHINGTON.
>> Ian: AHEAD TONIGHT ON "THE. NATIONAL" MORE FROM HUMBOLDT, SASKATCHEWAN. THEY TOOK HIM INTO THEIR HOME. LIKE HE WAS THEIR OWN SON.
I'LL SIT DOWN WITH A BILLET. FAMILY AS THEY REMEMBER EVAN. THOMAS, ONE OF THE YOUNG MEN. KILLED HERE.
THEY'LL SHARE THEIR MEMORIES. LATER IN THE SHOW. >> Rosemary: BUT FIRST AN. ULTIMATUM FROM KINDER MORGAN AND.
A NOT SO GENTLE REMINDER FROM. THE PRIME MINISTER. WE'LL BREAK IT DOWN AND WHAT. COULD HAPPEN NEXT.
>>> AND THIS GUY WOULD LIKELY. HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT ALL. OF THAT. RICK MERCER SIGNS OFF FOR THE.
FINAL TIME TOMORROW NIGHT. HE'S OUR "NATIONAL" INTERVIEW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A. FAVOURITE POLITICIAN.
IS THAT POSSIBLE? I DON'T KNOW. >> Rick Mercer: I MENTIONED. NELSON MANDELA, HE W. (*) >> Rosemary: ON "THE NATIONAL" TONIGHT A DOZEN PROTESTERS.
AGAINST THE KINDER MORGAN. PIPELINE EXPANSION WERE IN COURT. TODAY, INCLUDING AN N.D.P. M.P.
AND GREEN PARTY LEADER ELIZABETH. MAY. THEY WERE ARRESTED LAST MONTH ON. CHARGES OF.
CIVIL CONTEMPT WHILE BLOCKING. THE ACCESS TO THE WORK SITE. A B.C. PROVINCIAL COURT JUDGE.
RULED TODAY THAT THE PROTESTERS. SHOULD FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES. INSTEAD. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
WILL MAKE THAT FINAL DECISION. BUT THE STANDOFF BETWEEN ALBERTA. AND B.C. OVER THE PROPOSED.
PIPELINE HAS SOME UTTERING THE. WORDS "CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS" TONIGHT. KINDER MORGAN ANNOUNCED THAT IT. IS SUSPENDING NON-ESSENTIAL.
SPENDING AND WORK ON THE PROJECT. BECAUSE OF THE DISPUTE, AND NOW. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS. THREATENED TO STEP IN TO PROTECT.
IN HIS WORDS "CANADA'S NATIONAL. INTERESTS." BUT AS DAVID COCHRANE REPORTS. IT'S NOT EXACTLY CLEAR HOW HE. WOULD DO THAT.
>> Reporter: IT'S A BATTLE. OVER A SINGLE PIPELINE BUT THE. PREMIER OF ALBERTA SAYS THAT THE. STAKES ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN.
THAT. >> THERE ARE THOSE OUT THERE WHO. ARE AT THIS POINT CALLING THIS. MOMENT THAT WE ARE IN A.
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS FOR THE. COUNTRY. THE REVERBERATIONS OF THAT WILL. TEAR AT THE FABRIC OF.
CONFEDERATION FOR MANY, MANY. YEARS TO COME. >> Reporter: HEARING THAT THE. FABRIC OF THE COUNTRY AND AT THE.
CREDIBILITY OF A PRIME MINISTER. WHO HAS HEAVILY BACKED THIS. PROJECT. >> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: THIS IS A PIPELINE IN.
THE NATIONAL INTEREST AND IT. WILL GET BUILT. >> Reporter: THAT'S BEEN THE. POSITION BUT NOBODY, INCLUDING.
TRUDEAU, WILL SAY EXACTLY HOW. OTTAWA WILL MAKE THAT HAPPEN. >> Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: WE'RE CONSIDERING A. BROAD RANGE OF OPTIONS AND WE'LL.
CONTINUE TO AS -- AS THE DAYS. AND WEEKS UNFOLD. >> Reporter: BUT THERE AREN'T. MANY DAYS AND WEEKS LEFT.
KINDER MORGAN HAS SET MAY 31st AS A POTENTIAL DROP DEAD FOR THE. PROJECT. THE UNCERTAINTY CAUSED BY THIS. DISPUTE HAS MADE SHAREHOLDERS.
ANXIOUS. >> NOTHING IS OFF THE TABLE. >> Reporter: REASSURING KINDER. MORGAN SEEMS TO BE THE FOCUS.
RIGHT NOW. OTTAWA BELIEVES THAT THE LAW AND. THE CONSTITUTION IS ON ITS SIDE. PROTESTERS AND THE B.C.
GOVERNMENT CAN STALL AND DELAY. THE PIPELINE BUT THEY CAN'T STOP. IT. OTTAWA JUST NEEDS TO KEEP KINDER.
MORGAN COMMITTED TO THE PROJECT. WHILE IT STARES DOWN ITS. OPPONENTS. >> THIS IS RECKLESS ECONOMIC.
BEHAVIOUR FOR CANADA AND THE. CONSEQUENCES ARE THAT THERE WILL. BE INVESTOR CONFIDENCE PROBLEMS. >> WELL, CERTAINLY FROM MY.
PERSPECTIVE WE'RE DOING EXACTLY. WHAT WE NEED TO DO, THE PREMIER. HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT WE'RE. STANDING UP FOR B.C.'S.
INTERESTS. >> Reporter: BUT B.C. POLITICIANS AREN'T FLINCHING. THE PROTESTERS AREN'T GOING.
AWAY, MAKING AN APPEARANCE JUST. DAYS AGO WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER. VISITED B.C. AND LATER ALBERTA.
TO SUPPORT THE PIPELINE. TRUDEAU LIKES TO SAY THAT THE. ENVIRONMENT AND THE ECONOMY CAN. WORK TOGETHER.
THE PROBLEM NOW IS THAT B.C. AND. ALBERTA WON'T. DAVID COCHRANE, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA.
>> Rosemary: NEXT ON "THE. NATIONAL"... HE'S BEEN RANTING. FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS NOW AND.
RICK MERCER HAS GOT ONE MORE IN. HIM FOR THE FINAL EPISODE OF HIS. SHOW TOMORROW NIGHT. >> Rick Mercer: HOW MANY.
CANADIANS RANT AND. HAVE AN OPINION AND GET TO DO IT. ON NATIONAL TELEVISION EVERY. SINGLE WEEK? IT'S A GIFT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S.
THE GREATEST THING THAT HAS EVER. HAPPENED TO ME IN MY CAREER THAT. I GET TO DO THAT. (*) (*) (*) >> I DON'T WANT TO DO WHAT A LOT.
OF THEM WANT TO DO, I WANT TO DO. SOMETHING AND I'LL BE THE BEST. AND I WILL GET A JOB AT IT. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO.
DO. >> Rosemary: I SHOULD HAVE. LOOKED AT THAT BEFORE. DO YOU RECOGNIZE HIM? BARELY.
THE HAIR MAY BE TONED DOWN BUT. NOT THE STRONG OPINIONS. THAT, MY FRIENDS, WAS RICK. MERCER, PUBLIC HUMILIATION, MY.
FRIENDS. BARELY IN HIS TEENS AND ALREADY. COMMANDING AN AUDIENCE. TOMORROW NIGHT THOUGH THE CHEEKY.
AND THE WITTY HOST OF "THE RICK. MERCER REPORT" IS CALLING IT A. DAY. AS HE GOT READY TO STEP DOWN.
FROM HIS SOAPBOX WE HAD A CHANCE. TO ASK HIM A FEW QUESTIONS. >> THE HORN BLEW AND THEY SAID. THAT I WON A FREE CRUISE.
>> Rosemary: RICK MERCER HAS A. KNACK FOR EXPLAINING CANADA TO. CANADIANS. >> COME ON.
>> Rosemary: IT'S THAT HONEST. TAKE THAT HAS MADE VIEWERS TUNE. IN WEEK AFTER WEEK. >> THAT'S ONE.
>> Rosemary: FIRST ON "22 MINUTES." (*) >> GOOD EVENING. [Applause] >> Rosemary: AND FOR THE LAST. 15 SEASONS ON "THE RICK MERCER. REPORT." >> GOOD EVENING, I'M RICK MERCER.
AND THIS IS "THE MERCER REPORT." >> Rosemary: HE'S TRAVELLED. THE COUNTRY SO OFTEN THAT HE'S. PRACTICALLY OUR OWN PERSONAL. TOUR GUIDE.
>> WOO! >> Rosemary: BUT HIS RANT IN. THAT WELL-KNOWN ALLEY BECAME HIS. VERY OWN COLOUR COMMENTARY ON. JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
>> IT IS ONE THING TO TIP YOUR. HAT TO A CULTURE THAT YOU ARE. VISITING -- BUT THE TRUDEAUS, THEY DELVE INTO THE DEEP END OF THE. GANGES AND THEY DIDN'T COME UP.
FOR AIR. >> Rosemary: BUT HIS. CONVERSATION WITH CANADA COMES. TO AN END TOMORROW.
[Applause] WHEN "THE RICK MERCER REPORT" SIGNS OFF FOR THE LAST TIME. >> NICE TO SEE YOU. >> Rosemary: I JOINED HIM ON. SET A FEW DAYS AGO FOR ONE LAST.
CHAT. (*) YOU'RE FEELING HOW ABOUT THE. LAST SHOW? >> Rick Mercer: I FEEL A WHOLE. BUNCH OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S -- IT'S BEEN A REAL EYE.
OPENER BECAUSE THE LAST SHOW IS. A CELEBRATION OF EVERYTHING THAT. YOU HAVE DONE FOR 15 YEARS. SO THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING.
BACK AND LOOKING AT INTERVIEWS. AND CLIPS AND THINGS THAT I. DID OVER 15 YEARS THAT I. HADN'T THOUGHT OF IN A VERY LONG.
TIME. AND SEEING THE SCOPE OF THEM PUT. TOGETHER MAKES ME FEEL REALLY. GOOD.
YOU KNOW, WE CREATED A REAL -- AT THE BEGINNING OF ALL OF THE. PIECES I SAY "HERE I AM IN...," YOU KNOW, IN NEW BRUNSWICK -- AND WE CUT THOSE TOGETHER AND. THERE'S AN HOUR OF ME JUST. SAYING PLACE NAMES IN CANADA.
>> Rosemary: IS THAT THE WHOLE. SPECIAL? >> Rick Mercer: NO, WE. COULDN'T JUST RUN THAT BUT IT'S. OVER 500 LOCATIONS, UNIQUE.
LOCATIONS, THAT WE HAVE VISITED. >> Rosemary: HOW DID YOU GET. TO THAT POINT WHERE YOU SAID. THAT I.
WANT TO GO TO ALL OF THESE WEIRD. PLACES THAT NOBODY HAS HEARD OF. AND NOBODY GOES TO. WHAT MADE YOU DO THAT TO START.
WITH? >> Rick Mercer: THAT WAS RIGHT. OFF THE START. THAT WAS PART OF THE IDEA FOR. THE SHOW.
YOU KNOW, I WAS ON "THIS HOUR. HAS 22 MINUTES" FOR EIGHT YEARS. AND I GOT TO DO A BIT OF. TRAVELLING ON THAT SHOW AND I.
ALWAYS LOVED THAT. AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO. NUNAVUT AND THERE WAS ALWAYS A. REASON NOT TO GO TO NUNAVUT.
OH, NO IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE OR. IT'S THIS OR IT'S THAT. SO WHEN I GOT THIS SHOW ONE OF. THE VERY FIRST PLACES WE WENT TO.
WAS NUNAVUT. THERE WAS A SUGGESTION THAT. YOU'RE OPENING THE SHOW AND IT'S. EARLY IN ITS TENURE AND THE.
G.T.A. HAS MILLIONS AND MILLIONS. OF PEOPLE AND YOU SHOULD SHOOT. IN THE G.T.A.
WE STUCK TO OUR GUNS AND WE. SAID, NO, WE'RE GOING TO. NUNAVUT. I THINK THAT PEOPLE RESPONDED TO.
THAT. PEOPLE HAVE AN INATE INTEREST IN. THE COUNTRY AND THEY WANT TO. TRAVEL THE COUNTRY AND THEY.
CAN'T ALWAYS DO THAT BUT THEY. GET TO LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH. THE SHOW. >> Rosemary: AND THROUGH YOU? >> Rick Mercer: YEAH.
>> Rosemary: WHAT ABOUT THOSE. TRAVELS SURPRISED YOU THE MOST. BECAUSE I HAVE A SIMILAR JOB. WHERE I GET TO GO PLACES WHERE.
PEOPLE WOULDN'T GET TO GO AND. SEE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WOULDN'T. GET TO SEE. WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE MOST.
ABOUT THAT? >> Rick Mercer: ONE OF THE. GREAT THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ME. WHEN WE STARTED -- I WOULD SHOW. UP IN A TOWN AND A KID WOULD SEE.
ME AND THEY WOULD KNOW ME FROM. TELEVISION AND THEY'D SAY, LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THAT KIDS. FEEL ABOUT THEIR. TOWN -- WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? AND THE SECOND YEAR I WAS IN THE.
INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA IN. A SMALL TOWN AND THIS KID SAID I. KNEW THAT YOU'D SHOW UP. EVENTUALLY.
[Laughter] AND I THOUGHT WE HAVE DONE IT, WE HAVE BROKEN THROUGH. THAT'S THE SHOW THAT I WANT. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M THE MOST. PROUD OF REALLY, YEAH.
>> Rosemary: I WANT TO TALK. ABOUT NEWFOUNDLAND BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, YOU LOVE IT -- IT'S A. SPECIAL PLACE FOR YOU. BUT IT DOES SEEM TO BE A PLACE.
THAT HAS A LOT OF TALENT -- MUSICIANS, COMEDIANS, WHY DO YOU. THINK THAT IS? >> WELL, WE DON'T SHUT UP, THAT'S ONE OF THEM. WE DON'T SHUT UP. >> Rosemary: FAIR.
>> Rick Mercer: WE LIKE TO. TALK AND WE HAVE A LOT OF. OPINIONS BUT THERE'S A LOT OF US. AND TOM IS THERE WHO NOW HOSTS.
"Q" AND CRITCH IS THERE FROM "22 MINUTES." >> Rosemary: SPEAKING OF. CRITCH, HE SENT YOU A LITTLE. MESSAGE. >> Rick Mercer: HE DID NOT.
>> Rosemary: YES, HE DID. >> WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL ALL. OF ST. JOHN'S WAS RAVING ABOUT.
RICK MERCER'S ONE-MAN SHOW AND. SHOW ME THE BUTTON AND I'LL PUSH. IT OR CHARLES LYNCH MUST DIE. IT WAS SOLDOUT.
BUT I VOLUNTEERED. TO TEAR TICKETS SO I COULD SEE. IT. THAT WAS IN 1991 AND, RICK, I.
HAVE BEEN WATCHING YOU RANT EVER. SINCE. I KNOW THAT YOU'RE STEPPING AWAY. BUT WHENEVER YOU FEEL THE NEED.
TO PACE AND SHOUT ABOUT OTTAWA. YOU'RE WELCOMED BACK HERE TO. YOUR OLD ALMA MATER. CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL OF US.
HERE AT "22 MINUTES." HERE'S TO MEETING AT THE SHIP. PUB THIS SUMMER. >> Rosemary: WHERE IS THE SHIP. PUB, IS EVERYBODY THERE THIS.
SUMMER? >> Rick Mercer: YEAH, PRETTY. MUCH. IT'S RIGHT. ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HALL.
WHERE WE DID THAT SHOW AND. CRITCH, YEAH, TOOK TICKETS. >> Rosemary: THE THING THAT. YOU AND I HAVE IN COMMON IS.
POLITICS. A LOVE OF POLITICS I THINK, YES? >> Rick Mercer: YEP. >> Rosemary: AND YOU TOOK -- I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN SAY THAT. YOU TOOK THE PISS OUT.
OF SOMEONE BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU. WERE DOING MOST OF THE TIME. >> Rick Mercer: SURE. >> Rosemary: DID YOU DO IT OR.
YOU STEPPED OVER A LINE OR. SOMEONE GOT ANGRY AND CERTAINLY. A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT ANGRY WITH. YOU AND THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THAT.
WAS TOO MUCH? >> Rick Mercer: THERE WERE. CERTAINLY TIMES. I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND THAT CABINET. MINISTERS.
AND PRIME MINISTERS AND. PREMIERS, PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THAT. BUSINESS, THEY HAVE A VERY THICK. SKIN.
THEY ACTUALLY -- IT DOESN'T. BOTHER THEM. IT BOTHERS THE PEOPLE AROUND. THEM.
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW IN OTTAWA. EVERY CABINET. MINISTER HAS A NUMBER OF YOUNG. PEOPLE WORKING WITH THEM.
AND THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE THINK. THAT CABINET MINISTER IS THE. GREATEST GIFT TO DEMOCRACY SINCE. NELSON MANDELA.
[Laughter] THEY ARE CONVINCED THAT THE. ENTIRE WORLD SEES WHAT A GREAT. MAN OR WOMAN THAT PERSON IS. SO THEY'RE VERY SENSITIVE.
>> Rosemary: WAS THERE ANYONE. THAT WOULDN'T PLAY BALL -- LIKE. YOU THOUGHT THIS WOULD HELP IF. YOU JUST WENT -- YOU KNOW WHAT I.
MEAN. >> Rick Mercer: OVER THE YEARS. I KIND OF BACKED AWAY FROM IT. BECAUSE I DECIDED THAT I DIDN'T.
WANT TO DO THAT AS MUCH ANYMORE. BUT OVER THE YEARS WE HAD. TREMENDOUS ACCESS. I REMEMBER WHEN MICHAEL.
IGNATIEFF SAID THAT HE COULDN'T. COME ON THE SHOW AND THEN HE WAS. INTERESTED IN SEEING SAMPLES OF. MY WORK.
AND I GOT "22 WHAT?" AND WE WERE LIKE, I GUESS THAT. YOU COULD DIG UP SAMPLES. IT'S ON THE CBC. >> Rosemary: THAT SUMS UP A.
LOT THERE. >> Rick Mercer: HE EVENTUALLY. CAME ON THE SHOW, OF COURSE. >> Rosemary: HOW DO YOU FEEL.
ABOUT POLITICAL SATIRE? BECAUSE I THINK WHEN YOU STARTED. 15 YEARS AGO THAT THERE WEREN'T. A MILLION PEOPLE DOING THAT AT. THAT TIME -- NOT 15 YEARS AGO.
AND THERE ARE NOW. >> Rick Mercer: THERE'S A. TONNE NOW. AND WHEN WE STARTED "22 MINUTES," IT WAS GROUNDBREAKING.
IN A LOT OF WAYS. I HATE TO SAY THAT LIKE TO SAY. THAT I WAS GROUNDBREAKING, BUT. IN THIS BUILDING PEOPLE WERE.
FREAKING OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE. SAYING THEY LOOK LIKE A NEW. SHOW. THEY CAN'T LOOK LIKE A NEWS.
SHOW. PEOPLE ARE THINKING THAT IT'S. THE NEWS AND, WHERE DID THEY GET. THAT NEWS.
FOOTAGE. SOME VERY POWERFUL PEOPLE LET US. HAVE THAT NEWS FOOTAGE. BUT THERE WERE ALSO POWERFUL.
PEOPLE THAT IS LIKE THIS IS. CROSSING A LINE AND THEY CANNOT. BE PLAYING WITH NEWS FOOTAGE. AND SO IT WAS GROUNDBREAKING AND.
IT WAS EXCITING. AND OCCASIONALLY WE DID THINGS. THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY BECAME THE. STORY THEMSELVES.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I LAUNCHED THE. STOCKWELL DAY PETITION TO CHANGE. HIS NAME TO DORIS DAY... >> NOW THE PETITION SIMPLY.
STATES THAT WE DEMAND THAT THE. GOVERNMENT OF CANADA FORCE. STOCKWELL DAY TO CHANGE HIS. FIRST NAME TO DORIS.
[Laughter] >> Rick Mercer: THE WEEK. BEFORE I DECIDED TO DO THAT WE. REALISED THAT "THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES" DIDN'T HAVE A WEBSITE. OR A DOMAIN NAME.
LIKE, IT WAS THAT LONG AGO. TV SHOWS DIDN'T HAVE WEBSITES. AND WE'RE LIKE, WELL, WE WILL. CREATE ONE OF THOSE NEW FANCY.
WEBSITES THAT WE HAVE HEARD. ABOUT. AND IT. BECAME A REAL STORY INSIDE OF AN.
ELECTION. THAT WAS PRETTY EXCITING. >> Rosemary: I DON'T KNOW IF. YOU HAVE A FAVOURITE.
POLITICIAN -- IS THAT POSSIBLE? I DON'T KNOW. >> Rick Mercer: I MENTIONED. NELSON MANDELA. HE WAS A PRETTY GOOD ONE.
>> Rosemary: ALL RIGHT, MAYBE. THIS GUY. HOLD ON. >> THE NORTHERN LIGHTS HAVE SEEN.
STRANGE SIGHTS, BUT THE. STRANGEST THEY EVER DID SEE WAS. THE DAY THAT BOB RAE WITH RICK. MERCER DID PLAY ON THE SHORES OF.
LAKE KILLARNEY AND IT WAS ROUGH. TO SEE THEM BOTH IN THE BUFF, RICK MERCER WITH BOB AT HIS. SIDE. BUT IF TRUTH BE TOLD THEY'RE.
BOTH PRETTY OLD AND THEY DIDN'T. HAVE MUCH TO HIDE. >> Rick Mercer: THAT'S A LONG. POEM.
>> WHAT A LIFE WE'VE HAD. TOGETHER. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN ME. IN QUITE A WHILE BECAUSE I HAVE.
RETURNED TO MY OBSCURITY WHICH. HAS BEEN SO RICHLY DESERVED. ONLY ILLUMINATED OCCASIONALLY BY. A VISIT TO THE AIRPORT OR.
SOMEWHERE. WHERE A GUY WILL COME UP TO ME. AND SAY, BOB, NICE ASS. THANK YOU, RICK, AND THANK YOU, CANADA, FOR WATCHING IT.
[Laughter] >> Rosemary: I'D LIKE TO THANK. YOU BECAUSE I HAD TO INTERVIEW. HIM KNOWING WHAT HIS ASS LOOKED. LIKE.
[Laughter] HE'S A GOOD SPORT. >> Rick Mercer: HE'S A GOOD. SPORT AND HE WAS A GOOD SPORT. THAT DAY JUMPING INTO THE LAKE.
AT THE TIME HE WAS RUNNING FOR. THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LIBERAL. PARTY SO HE HAD TO MAKE A CALL. RIGHT THERE.
HE WAS ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE OF. THAT LEVEL THAT I SPENT TIME. WITH THAT CAME COMPLETELY ALONE. THERE WAS NO -- THERE WAS NO.
ENTOURAGE AND NO ONE TO SAY -- NO, YOU ARE NOT DOING THAT. HE SAID, YEAH, I'LL DO IT. IT'S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T CATCH ANY. FISH.
>> Rosemary: SO YOU HAD TO DO. SOMETHING? >> Rick Mercer: WE HAD TO DO. SOMETHING, OTHERWISE. PEOPLE WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT US.
AND SAID THOSE GUYS ARE MORONS. AND GOING OUT IN THE PRISTINE. WILDERNESS AND THEY CAN'T CATCH. A FISH? >> TOO BAD WE DIDN'T CATCH ANY.
FISH. >> I KNOW, I KNOW, BUT IT'S NOT. WHAT IT'S ABOUT, BOB. >> TELL ME WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
>> IT'S ABOUT A MEMORY, BOB, AND. WE STILL HAVE TO GET THAT ONE. MEMORABLE MOMENT. >> I HAVE AN IDEA.
[Laughter] [Applause] >> Rosemary: LET'S TALK ABOUT. THE RANT. (*) (*) >> Rosemary: THAT'S RICK. MERCER REHEARSING HIS FINAL RANT.
IN GRAFFITI ALLEY. WE WERE ABLE TO FOLLOW HIM WHILE. HE PREPARED. >> CAN YOU TAKE HALF -- THIS IS.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF. SHOOTING IN THE ALLEY. SEE THE SUN SHIFTS? PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA HOW HARD WE. GOT IT.
NOW WE HAVE TO STEP INTO -- THERE WE GO. >> Rosemary: LET'S TALK ABOUT. THE RANT. SO I HAVE HEARD THE STORY -- THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU.
WRITE YOURSELF IN YOUR OFFICE. >> Rick Mercer: YEP. >> Rosemary: YOU DECIDE WHAT. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT? >> Rick Mercer: SURE, OH, ABSOLUTELY.
>> Rosemary: HOW DID THEY. EVOLVE OVER THE 15 YEARS? >> Rick Mercer: MY OPINION HAS. CERTAINLY EVOLVED AND SOMETIMES. THEY'RE MORE PERSONAL NOW.
I REALISED OVER THE LAST NUMBER. OF YEARS THAT I DIDN'T ALWAYS. HAVE TO BE FUNNY. I THINK WHEN I STARTED THEY WERE.
COMMENTARY BUT I WAS A LITTLE. MORE FOCUSED ON BEING CLEVER. I REALISED THAT WAS NOT. NECESSARILY WHAT WAS IMPORTANT.
I NEVER LOST TRACK OF THE FACT. THAT IT WAS A HUGE PRIVILEGE TO. BE ABLE TO DO. SO MANY CANADIANS RANT AND HAVE.
AN OPINION AND TO GET TO DO IT. ON NATIONAL TELEVISION EVERY. SINGLE WEEK -- IT'S A GIFT. THAT'S THE GREATEST THING THAT.
HAPPENED TO ME IN MY CAREER THAT. I GET TO DO THAT. AND IN MANY WAYS I VIEW THE. WHOLE SHOW AS WRAPPED AROUND.
THAT MOMENT. >> Rosemary: DID YOU MEMORIZE. IT? I ALWAYS WONDERED THAT. >> Rick Mercer: OH, YEAH I.
ALWAYS MEMORIZE THE RABBITS. THERE'S NO TELEPROMPTER. >> Rosemary: HAVE YOU DONE IT. ONCE? >> Rick Mercer: I OFTEN DID IT.
ONCE BUT I ALSO HAD TO DO IT 15 OR 20 TIMES. IT'S AN ALLEY AND THE. ALLEY IS A FUNCTIONING ALLEY. AND DELIVERY TRUCKS GO THROUGH.
THERE AND PEOPLE TAKE SHORTCUTS. THROUGH THERE AND ART STUDENTS. ARE TAKING PHOTOS NON-STOP. BECAUSE OF THE ARTWORK THERE AND.
THERE'S OTHER TRADE THAT GOES ON. IN ALLEYS. [Laughter] YOU HAVE TO DODGE DEAD RATS. [Laughter] AND MY CAMERAMAN DON IS GOING.
BACKWARDS. >> Rosemary: SO THAT'S NOT. FUN. >> Rick Mercer: AND THERE'S.
ICE AND HE TRIPS AND FALLS AND. THERE'S A LOT THAT CAN GO WRONG. >> Rosemary: THOSE RANTS. THOUGH -- YOU SAID THAT YOU.
BUILT THE SHOW AROUND BUT I. THINK THAT THEY WERE THE PARTS. THAT PEOPLE TUNED IN FOR TO SEE WHAT. YOU HAD TO SAY IN A GIVEN WEEK.
THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE VERY, VERY POWERFUL. YOU KNOW, THE VOTING ONE. RESONATED REALLY DEEPLY AT A. MOMENT WHEN PEOPLE NEEDED MAYBE.
TO HEAR THAT. >> Rick Mercer: IT IS THE. CONVENTIONAL WISDOM OF ALL YOUNG. PEOPLE THAT YOU WILL NOT VOTE.
AND THE PARTIES, THEY LIKE IT. THAT WAY. IT'S WHY YOUR TUITION KEEPS. GOING UP.
>> Rosemary: THE BULLYING. AGAINST GAY KIDS. >> Rick Mercer: YOU WANT TO. SAY TO THESE KIDS WHO ARE BEING.
BULLIED YOU WANT TO SAY, YOU'RE. RIGHT, THESE ARE NOT THE BEST. DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. IN FACT, THESE ARE PROBABLY THE.
WORST BUT AFTER THIS THEY GET. BETTER AND THEN, BELIEVE IT OR. NOT, THEY GET GREAT. TRUST ME, I'M ONE OF THE.
SMARTEST GUYS THAT I KNOW. >> Rosemary: IT TURNED INTO A. NEWS STORY AND THAT WAS THE. POWER OF THOSE MOMENTS AND YOUR.
VOICE. DO YOU GRASP THAT? >> Rick Mercer: OCCASIONALLY. YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE. RANTS HAS REALLY RESONATED.
I KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT ALL. GOING TO RESONATE LIKE THAT. BUT OCCASIONALLY THEY DO. RESONATE.
I MEAN, THE ANTI-BULLYING RANT, IT TRAVELLED ALL AROUND THE. WORLD. SOMEONE SENT ME AN ARTICLE AND. THEY SAID THIS MAN IN CANADA HAS.
THIS TO SAY, AND WHY HE'S. WALKING IN THAT ALLEY WE HAVE NO. IDEA. THEY'RE LIKE WHAT IS HE DOING? AND OCCASIONALLY I GOT TO RANT.
ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WASN'T IN. THE MEDIA AT ALL AND I JUST. THOUGHT THAT MAYBE IT WAS. SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE SHOULD.
KNOW ABOUT. THREE YEARS AGO THE HARPER. GOVERNMENT WENT TO COURT IN A. FIGHT WITH CANADIAN VETERANS.
MY FRIEND PAUL FRANKLIN HAS NO. LEGS AND HE LOST HIS LEGS IN. AFGHANISTAN. HE WAS CONSTANTLY HAVING TO.
PROVE TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS THAT. HE STILL HAD NO LEGS. >> Rosemary: LIKE, OTHER. PEOPLE TOO.
>> Rick Mercer: YEAH. AND I KNEW THIS ABOUT HIM. BECAUSE HE WOULD TELL ME ABOUT. IT AND I WOULD SAY CAN I DO.
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AND HE'D. SAY, NO, BECAUSE SOLDIERS DON'T. COMPLAIN. YOU'RE JUST GOING TO SUCK IT UP? YEP, THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT IT.
IS. AND EVENTUALLY HE SAID, OKAY, YOU CAN BUT THE FOURTH TIME THAT. HE HAD TO PROVE THAT HIS LEGS. HADN'T GROWN BACK.
SO THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU BUMP. INTO AN M.P. AND THEY TELL YOU. HOW MUCH THIS GOVERNMENT HAS.
DONE FOR VETERANS, DON'T TAKE. THEM AT THEIR WORDS -- TELL THEM. TO PROVE IT. AND THEN IT BECAME A STORY AND A.
PUBLIC POLICY ISSUE. AND, YOU KNOW, THE MINISTER. STOOD UP AND SAID WE'RE GOING TO. FIX THIS.
SO NOW HE ONLY HAS TO PROVE THAT. HIS LEGS HAVEN'T GROWN BACK. EVERY TWO YEARS. >> Rosemary: OH, LOVELY.
>> Rick Mercer: IT USED TO BE. EVERY YEAR. [Laughter] >> Rosemary: THAT'S CHANGE. >> Rick Mercer: THAT'S.
PROGRESS. CHANGE THAT YOU CAN BELIEVE IN. >> Rosemary: BUT WE'RE. LAUGHING ABOUT IT BUT THOSE WERE.
POWERFUL MOMENTS FOR THE. COUNTRY. I REALLY DO THINK THAT. >> Rick Mercer: WELL, THANK.
YOU VERY MUCH. I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SO. MANY RANTS AND I LIKE TO THINK. THAT SOME OF THEM RESONATED AND, YEAH, I FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT.
THAT. >> Rosemary: ARE YOU SAD AT. ALL? >> Rick Mercer: I'M SAD, SURE. I'M ALSO EXCITED.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD NEVER COMPLAIN. ABOUT THE SHOW BECAUSE, YOU. KNOW, I LOOK AT IT LIKE IF YOU. WANT A CAREER IN SHOW BUSINESS.
OR COMEDY THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT. YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. WHEN YOU'RE A KID YOU WANT A. STUDIO LIKE THIS WITH YOUR SET.
AND CAMERAS. AND THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS. AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN. 15 YEARS IS TREMENDOUS.
AND I WOULD NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT. IT BUT IT IS ALL-ENCOMPASSING. AND IT TAKES UP A LOT OF TIME. I'M EXCITED ABOUT DOING OTHER.
THINGS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE YET. BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THEM. >> Rosemary: I'M EXCITED FOR.
YOU. >> Rick Mercer: THANK YOU. >> Rosemary: AND I KNOW THAT. YOU WON'T GO AWAY.
>> Rick Mercer: I'M NOT. RETIRING. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE KEEP SAYING. HAPPY RETIREMENT AND I'M LIKE I.
DIDN'T SAY THAT I WAS RETIRING. >> Rosemary: WELL, GOOD LUCK. >> Rick Mercer: THANK YOU. >> Rosemary: CONGRATULATIONS.
>> Rick Mercer: CHEERS. THANK YOU. >> Rosemary: SO HE'S NOT. RETIRING AND YOU CAN WATCH THE.
LAST SHOW TOMORROW AND I THINK. THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD BECAUSE. IT'S AN HOUR-LONG LOOK BACK AT. THOSE 15 YEARS BUT HE'LL DO.
SOMETHING ELSE. I MEAN, CAN YOU IMAGINE CANADA, CBC, OTHER PLACES WITHOUT SOME. SORT OF PRESENCE OF RICK MERCER? HE'LL BE AROUND. >> Ian: SO TWO THINGS -- FIRST.
OF ALL WATCHING THAT FANTASTIC. PIECE AND THE CHEMISTRY THAT YOU. GUYS HAVE -- ROSIE AND RICK -- A. PODCAST ON CBC.
IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. >> Rosemary: I FEEL THAT. YOU'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF ME. FROM HERE.
IS THAT POSSIBLE? >> Ian: NOT AT ALL. YOU CAN JUGGLE BOTH OF THOSE. THINGS. AND THE SECOND THING IS -- WHAT.
A ONE-OF-A-KIND, A GENIUS MAY BE. TOO STRONG -- BUT WHAT A. ONE-OF-A-KIND TALENT AND I THINK. THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME AND.
DISTANCE AND COLLECTIVELY IN. CANADA WE'RE GOING TO REALLY. RECOGNIZE WHAT WE HAD AND WHAT. WE DON'T HAVE EVERY WEEK ONCE.
HE'S FINISHED WITH THE SHOW. ANYWAY, THAT WAS A REALLY NICE. PIECE FOR TELEVISION AND PEOPLE. CAN WATCH IT AGAIN ONLINE.
WE'LL BE BACK IN A MOMENT FROM. HERE IN HUMBOLDT, SASKATCHEWAN, WITH TONIGHT'S "MOMENT," THE. SIMPLE GESTURE PLAYING OUT AT. HOMINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> If you are an alien and are looking to relocate, I can find your terrestrial forever home. I'm Liz Klein, earthling house huntress. You are gonna love the next place. I just know it.
* >> Ian: THIS, OF COURSE, IS HOME. ICE FOR THE HUMBOLDT BRONCOS, BUT THE TEAM WAS OFTEN ON THE ROAD. AND MANY PEOPLE OPEN THEIR HOMES. TO THEM.
SOME PLAYERS GAIN MORE THAN A PLACE TO STAY. THEY GAINED A SECOND FAMILY, LIKE EVAN THOMAS, WHO DIED IN THE CRASH. HIS PARENTS MET WITH HIS BILLET FAMILY YESTERDAY, WENT TO THE ROOM THAT HE STAYED IN, A SPACE EMPTY, SILENT, A SUDDEN SHRINE. >> WE WANTED THEM TO GET HIS LAST MOMENTS, SO WE LEFT EVERYTHING AS IT WAS.
ALL OF HIS LAUNDRY WAS ON THE FLOOR, TYPICAL TEENAGER. HIS BOTTLES OF WATER. HIS MILK JUGS. HIS -- THE THINGS THAT HE -- >> AND THEY WANTED TO COME HERE AND GET A FEEL FOR HIS LAST MOMENTS BEFORE HE LEFT AND GET A.
FEEL OF HIS DAILY RITUALS. LIKE SHE SAID, YOU GUYS TOOK CARE OF MY SON. HE LIVED IN YOUR HOUSE, NOT MINE. AND IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR HER TO KNOW WHERE HE IS AT THE TABLE.
PLAYED WITH THE BOYS. CONNER DUQUESNE WAS ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS BILLETS AND HE WROTE, "YOU ARE IN OUR PRAYERS ALWAYS. REMEMBER HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE TO EACH AND EVERY BILLET AND THEIR FAMILIES." IT'S VERY TOUCHING BECAUSE WE'VE. BEEN IN TOUCH SINCE THIS TRAGEDY.
FROM EVERYONE WE HAVE BILLETED OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS AND ALL. OF THEM EXPRESSING THEIR GRATITUDE AND HOW IMPORTANT BILLETS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY OF HUMBOLDT AND SHAPING THEIR LIVES. AND MAKING THEM WHO THEY ARE TODAY. >> Ian: LET'S FINISH WITH THIS.
WHAT SHOULD WE REMEMBER, WHAT SHOULD WE KNOW ABOUT EVAN? >> EVAN WAS A GOOD KID. THEY'RE ALL A BUNCH OF YOUNG BOYS WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD OF THEM, LIVING THE HOCKEY DREAM. RIGHT NOW. MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THEIR END RESULT OF BEING AN NHL HOCKEY PLAYER, BUT NOBODY DESERVES THIS.
TRAGEDY, SO I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO US AS BEING BILLETS. I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT THE PARENTS ARE GOING THROUGH. YOU GET ATTACHED TO THEM. >> YEAH.
I THINK FOR ME, IT'S IN THEIR HONOUR THAT HUMBOLDT GOES ON WITH HOCKEY NO MATTER WHAT. IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE KNOWN AS. A PLACE OF TRAGEDY, YOU KNOW. BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN AS A PLACE FOR SMALL TOWN, GREAT HOCKEY IN THE PAST AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO BE REMEMBERED FOR.
I MEAN, ANY BILLET THAT COMES IN. FROM THIS POINT ON WITH US IS GOING TO BE, I'M SURE, IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, HOW WILL I MEASURE UP TO WHAT THEY JUST LOST. WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE HIM. WE WILL MISS HIM.
BUT, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE WISH WE COULD UNDO WHAT'S DONE, BUT WE CAN'T. >> Ian: ON THE FRONT PORCH OF THE WARFORD HOME AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, A POIGNANT TRIBUTE TO THE HUMBOLDT BRONCOS. IT STARTED WITH A TWEET. BRIAN MUNZ TWEETED OUT A TEXT FROM A FRIEND SAYING, WILL PUT OUT A HOCKEY STICK IN CASE THE BOYS NEED IT.
IT FOLLOWED WITH #PUTYOURSTICKSOUT. WE ASKED CANADIANS WHY THEY TOOK. PART. THIS IS OUR "MOMENT OF THE DAY." >> THIS IS FOR THE 15 THAT DIED IN SASKATCHEWAN.
IF THEY NEED A STICK, THEY CAN USE MINE. >> WE'RE A HOCKEY FAMILY FROM KANATA, ONTARIO. WE HAVE STICKS OUT TO REPRESENT EACH OF THE LIVES LOST 7 THE WEEKEND. >> I'M FROM BARRIE, ONTARIO, WE'RE PULLING FOR YOU ALL.
SO THIS ONE IS FOR THE BOYS RIGHT HERE. HUMBOLDT STRONG. >> I PUT OUT THREE HOCKEY STICKS. ONE FOR EVEN OF OUR SONS TO SHARE THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR THOSE THAT WERE LOST IN THIS TRAGEDY.
>> WE'RE THE YOUNGS. I GREW UP IN SASKATCHEWAN. AND WE'RE A HOCKEY FAMILY. >> MY NAME IS SCOTT BAISLER AND THIS IS MY SON, CHARLIE.
THUMB'S UP, HUMBOLDT STRONG. >> Ian: THE STICKS ON THE FRONT PORCH, THE GOFUNDME CAMPAIGN, THE AVALANCHE OF TWEETS, THERE'S. NOT BEEN ANY STORIES THAT I'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS THAT HAVE TOUCHED SO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE JUST WANTING TO FIND SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO. >> Rosemary: YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHY THOSE PICTURES FOR ME, VERY EMOTIONAL.
I TWEETED THAT OUT EARLIER TODAY. JUST AFTER LUNCH, OVERWHELMED BY. THE NUMBER OF PICTURES AND VIDEOS THAT EVERYONE SENT US. WE COULDN'T FIT THEM ALL IN, MANY, MANY MORE ARE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
>> Ian: THIS HAS BEEN A TOUGH STORY TO COVER, BUT IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO BE IN THIS TOWN AND. MEET ALL THE PEOPLE HERE AND EVEN AS RECENTLY AS JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, SOMEBODY CAME BY, SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT LAST NIGHT, AND THANKED US FOR BEING HERE, EVEN AS EMOTIONS RUN HIGH ABOUT THE GRIEF THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE FEELING. LAST NIGHT THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE. WATCHING SAW THAT WE PAID TRIBUTE TO ALL 15 OF THE PEOPLE KILLED, THE LIVES THEY LIVED, HOW THEIR LOVED ONES ARE REMEMBERING THEM.
AS WE TOLD YOU EARLIER, THERE'S A NEW NAME ON THE LIST TONIGHT..
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