CBC News: The National | Smoky Canada, Interest rate hike, Elliot Page interview

[Music] foreign [Music] to Toronto all the way to New York City you can see Wildfire smoke smell it feel it tonight a menacing Haze blanketing millions of Canadians it's been hard to breathe the impacts the risks and the questions you have answered Canada's interest rate hits a 22-year high are there more hikes to come for people that have a very thin Financial cushion it is a very difficult medicine to swallow and Elliot page in his first Canadian interview since transitioning it's been extraordinary I I didn't think I'd ever feel this way in my life Bernie through surviving to his life now as a as if there will be people who can't relate to your experience people threaten my life on the street and this is just this is the national with Chief correspondent Adrian Arsenault smoke has a choke hold on so many Canadians tonight it's pumping out of wildfires burning in Quebec and Ontario seeping into major cities and tens of millions of homes in an area not at all used to it the air is thick with pollution and that is Raising serious health concerns not only for the most vulnerable but for everyone this is what that smoke spread looks like tonight you can see huge concentrations of smoke particles cutting right through Quebec and Southern Ontario hanging over the U.S Northeast as well and for many this will get worse before it gets better and how's this for a bit of a cruel irony today June 7th is actually Clean Air Day in Canada it's meant to highlight how important good air quality is to our health but this year the risks of bad air quality are front and center if a Moosa shows us how people are coping for another straight day thick heavy smoke wafting from wildfires continues to envelop some of Canada's biggest cities in Canada's capital it's become hard to bear I thought I would just wear a mask but it's a it's worse than I thought I said what tree all the time and it's really horrible in places like Ottawa and Kingston the air quality has gotten so bad it's downright dangerous the air quality Health index in both cities hit 10 plus or a very high risk to Health ottawa's medical officer of Health says it's led to an increase in hospital visits it's been hard to breathe a lot of headaches a lot of tiredness these University students found Refuge at their local library in Kingston which opened its doors to locals to escape the ever increasing Haze Health experts are urging the very young old and those with health conditions to stay indoors we're seeing vulnerable people at risk outdoor events canceled kids having to be kept inside at recess but it's unavoidable when your work forces you outside it's been much harder on the guys a lot more sort of headaches I got to take more breaks more water if this holds up for the rest of the summer it will be a hard slow summer in Quebec members of the Algonquins of barrier Lake worked hard to protect their territory from raging fires but the smoke pushing in force them to leave the fires that have been contained uh nearby but there's still a heavy smoke coming from those areas Health experts say people should check environment Canada's air quality index before venturing out to make sure it's safe to do so until things clear up evil moves to CBC News Toronto and obviously that smoke doesn't recognize National borders right now some 90 million Americans across 16 States from Texas to Vermont are under smoke alerts but nowhere is it worse than New York we're smoke and neon have combined to create a bit of an eerie glow strange Skies over Times Square and across the city famous landmarks in framed thick glowing haze from the Roosevelt Island Tramway to an empty Yankee Stadium the game canceled Chris Reyes shows us the scene from across the Hudson River well the smell is strong and the haze is thick I'll tell you that I am in Weehawken New Jersey on the Hudson River and on a clear day you'd be able to see the entire Manhattan skyline behind me from the downtown core to Midtown sometimes you can even see the Empire State Building from here all the way to the upper west side but as you can see only faint outlines of the buildings because of how thick the haze is and that's been pretty much uh the conditions all day in and around New York City today New York City ranked as having the worst air quality in the world about twice as bad as Delhi and Dubai New York City's mayor Eric Adams awarding residents to limit all outdoor activities he said this is unprecedented Something New Yorkers have never seen before at some point today at LaGuardia Airport had to ground flights because of the visibility and certainly from the looks of this Skylight it's hard to tell when it's all going to clear up Chris Reyes CBC News New Jersey so here's a familiar face Dr smear Gupta is here to walk us through all of this thank you for being here these images out of New York and other parts of Canada are pretty striking and as I see them I'm curious short short term what is all that smoke doing to our bodies lots of different things and we know this from many studies when people breathe in that material particularly those tiny particles it has all sorts of effects on the lungs some of those particles make their way into the bloodstream and have effects on other organs like the heart so one thing we see is an increase in emergency room visits for things like asthma and COPD so people who have lung conditions they flare up we also see more heart attacks in some studies we see more Strokes more clots pulmonary embolism more heart failure all sorts of impacts on the lungs and the Heart in particular because those particles are getting in there that's right it's what we worry about so anytime you burn a fossil fuel a carbonation's material like wood you're going to get all sorts of gases that are released but you're also going to get these tiny particles we call PM 2.5 particulate matter that is 2.5 microns or smaller they're tiny enough that when you breed them in they go all the way deep into the lungs and that's how they cause the damage and it's very carbon Rich particularly because it's burning wood there's some studies that suggest that that carbon-rich PM 2.5 is even more harmful for the body all right Dr Gupta we have a lot more to ask you and and you'll be back in a few minutes all right and of course when there's smoke there's fire tonight there are about 414 wildfires burning across the country more than half are out of control Allison northgot shows us some of the hardest hit places and the people faced with danger and loss a safe arrival after a long overnight trip more than 7 000 people from the community of shibugomo were forced to leave to escape a dangerous fire creation law says people in neighboring communities have opened their homes to welcome evacuees these kids from the Creek community of uzibugamu are among more than 200 people staying at this college after their Community was evacuated there was smoker and some of these young people are getting sick I'm worried about the the infrastructure the homes the houses that are there because this is a place that we call home wildfires have burned nearly 4 million hectares across the country forcing more than 20 thousand people from their homes the federal government says it's the worst season Canada has seen there are hundreds of armed forces members now deployed additionally the calf is helping with everything from delivering food and supplies to people in mingani Quebec to providing Logistics support in Quebec dry conditions and lightning sparked a hundred fires with more added every day some from human activity rain has helped in some areas but in others fires are still out of control with the uh power we have we can fight about 40 Fires at the same time but we have 150 fires that's why communities from across Canada are getting extra help from the armed forces and firefighters from other countries including the U.S New Zealand and France in Nova Scotia weather conditions and firefighting have helped control the largest wildfire in the province's history officials say it's no longer likely to spread in the Northwest Territories residents can now return to the katlow deche first nation where Holmes and the band Council Office were destroyed yeah it was pretty devastating um to see but uh it was mostly the homes that you know the like it was basically burnt to nothing and as they focus on rebuilding they're still on the watch for more fires Allison northcott CBC News Montreal CBC News senior meteorologist Johanna Wagstaff is with us now so Joe looking forward what does tomorrow hold Adrian unfortunately a couple of factors line up that could make tomorrow morning the worst air quality day yet for the city of Toronto and communities to the West around the Golden Horseshoe so first of all I want to take you back to the fire smoke a dispersion map not only does this track a low level and upper level winds but it also tracks the plumes of smoke themselves that are ejected from those Source fires in Quebec and often we see those biggest plumes coming in the afternoon during the daytime heating that happens to line up with a slight shift in winds bringing the most dense smoke over the city of Toronto tomorrow morning unfortunately that means that we're not through the worst of it yet eventually Adrian that plume of smoke will be carried Southward tomorrow afternoon right back into New York okay to that point how long are we expecting this to stick around it's really about the need for a big shift in winds and a lot of mixing and over the weekend we're going to see winds ease but I think we need a big system to really mix out all of this smoke in the lower levels that's not coming until Sunday into Monday then we get a big system that will bring some rain and a complete reversal in winds that does mean we do have to wait a few more days before thousands if not millions are breathing clean air again Monday it looks like all right Johanna Wagstaff in Vancouver thank you you're welcome there's little Financial relief in sight tonight for Canadians the Bank of Canada has hiked its interest rate for the first time since January it is now the highest it's been in decades today's quarter point increase brings the Benchmark rate up to about 4.75 percent that's the highest since May of 2001 making everything from your mortgage to your line of credit more expensive a quarter of a percentage Point might not sound like a lot but as Nisha Patel shows us for Canadians already stretched the impacts could be huge tons of Nasir is feeling the squeeze of higher interest rates obviously it's hurting right now but I'm feeling anxious like is it gonna continue for even more hikes while he planned to pay a little more he's still shocked by the jump in his variable rate mortgages I thought the increase would be more gradual I've never imagined this scenario where we are at right now it's a harsh reality facing many Canadians as the Bank of Canada said concerns have increased inflation could get stuck above the two percent Target so it's raising interest rates yet again for people that don't have savings or have a very thin Financial cushion it is a very difficult medicine to swallow the central bank said the economy hasn't cooled enough with the job market showing surprising strength and home sales and prices heating up there could have been a little more patience in terms of whether or not to hike it can take 18 months for these policies to have an impact this economist says it won't be long before many households confront much higher interest rates than there used to when those mortgages renew fixed rates renew for the next coming years that's where that shock hit so that's why there's so much of a lag between what happens though Canadian consumer spending has been strong some may be starting to get the message like I used to go watch Raptors maybe like three or four times a year this year I didn't even go not even ones we didn't go on our vacation just trying to save some bucks right so definitely it is impacting the Bank of Canada says it's keeping an eye on inflation to see whether even higher interest rates are necessary many experts say they expect the central bank to take more action betting on another rate hike in July he should Patel CBC News Toronto there's been a major shake-up at CNN the Network's top executive is out after just a year in the job Chris Licht promised to make changes to bring in more Republican viewers but according to a recent article in the Atlantic he'd lost the confidence of CNN employees after a series of missteps including a live town hall with Donald Trump speaking of trump he is now officially running against his former running mate former vice president Mike Pence launched his bid to become president Katie Simpson now on the intensifying race to become the Republican nominee the next president of the United States Mike Pence add Mike Pence to the growing list of Republicans trying to win back the party mantle from Donald Trump he argues what his former boss did leading up to and on January 6th should disqualify Trump from Office anyone who asks someone else to put them over the Constitution should never be president of the United States again the former vice president's chances are slim and with endorsements like this this morning I read that somebody said Mike Pence can be a lot like mayonnaise on toast gaining momentum might be tough and there's a lot of Iowa bacon maybe even a little Tabasco sauce in that toast too Pence is polling in the low single digits along with former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie former U.N Ambassador Nikki Haley and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott a wide field helps Trump he's already got a significant lead and if there are more candidates there's a greater chance of a vote split it's alarming some in the party every candidate needs to understand the responsibility of getting out and getting out quickly if it's not working Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appears to be the only candidate with a clear shot at beating Trump and Trump is worried but in this moment his biggest concern may be his legal exposure this week his lawyers met with the Department of Justice a sign charges in the classified documents case might be imminent even so this former Attorney General says Trump can push ahead there's no disqualification in the Constitution with respect to a candidate being under indictment anytime Trump faces serious legal Jeopardy his supporters and the party establishment rally around him making him an even stronger candidate Katie Simpson CBC News Washington Pope Francis is recovering in hospital the Vatican says he's in good spirits after undergoing a three-hour abdominal surgery now he's awakened he's a fine reportedly there were no complications during the procedure to remove scar tissue and repair a hernia he's expected to stay in hospital for several days doctors said the 86 year old even managed to crack a joke when he woke up from general anesthetic and more rescues are unfolding in southern Ukraine tonight after the destruction of a major Dam Unleashed Rising flood waters it could take weeks for the water to recede as Briar Stewart shows us the expectation is this crisis will only deepen in the city of Harrison residents who've lived through War for more than a year now have to be rescued by boat we have become used to the shelling said this woman but a natural disaster like this is a nightmare animals are stranded too surrounded by flood waters tainted with whatever has been swept up thousands of houses this MP could smell fuel well down at the nepro river hundreds of tones of engine oil now with the bodies of dead animals all of this is moving to the Black Sea officials say it could take a week for the water to recede much longer to get a true sense of the environmental damage these images show dead fish at the drained bottom of the dams Reservoir Ukraine says that hundreds of thousands of people have been left without drinking water this official says they will bring it in by training by car the defense Ministry released this video of a drone apparently dropping off water too satellite images show that the Nova kahovka Dam had recently sustained structural damage even before it burst the dam was under control by Russian forces and so were communities on the south side of the nipro river this man's house is now filled with the putrid mix of water and sewage there's no help from the authorities he says so he'll be left cleaning up on his own pasta the war can't go on forever it must end some staying here for now turkey's president regip Taya berdawan spoke with both the president of Ukraine and the president of Russia in his phone call with Vladimir Putin he reportedly said that there needs to be an international investigation into the Dam's destruction and it could include the U.N Briar Stewart CBC News London as Thick Smoke from Wildfire spreads across this country Health experts urge people to protect themselves what you do is you put it over your face up next what you can do to stay safe and Dr Gupta is back to answer your questions [Music] Dr Elliot page on Fame after transition that was an instance where I felt this just sort of certain flutter of anxiety perhaps a Canadian exclusive and Prince Harry back in court why he says he is convinced his phone was hacked we're back in two [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] well this soup is our top story tonight A thick cloud of wildfire smoke enveloping huge swaths of Quebec Ontario and the U.S Northeast Environment Canada warns the air quality is poor for Millions so that brings with it some serious health concerns especially for anyone with lung or heart diseases or anyone who is very young or old but many others are feeling the effects too so we asked Lauren Pelley to show us some tips on how to stay safe the scene in New York apocalyptic in Kingston Ontario putrid air and in Toronto the skyline is mostly smog people here are feeling the burn most noticeable to me is my eyes are watering and they and they're stinging kind of feeling in the throat a bit a little in the lungs I am slightly asthmatic so that's why I'm wearing the mask today so what's the best way to protect yourself from toxic smoke air quality experts suggest taking cues from pandemic precautions the same kind of filter people might have bought to remove coven you know from from indoor spaces uh would be very effective at removing um particular air pollution from forest fires those filters the windows closed to keep smoke particles out if you have a large family room where most people are going together maybe after dinner then also place a portable air cleaner there say if you have you have to leave the house keep it brief you may still go outside for a walk but avoid exertion and if you need to work or commute outside for longer periods of time this respiratory therapist says it is recommended that you protect yourself as much as possible in terms of the air that you're breathing that means wearing a good quality mask ideally an n95 so walk me through we asked for a Refresh on how to wear one what you do is you put it over your face depending on the style of mask put the straps over your ears or in this case behind your head tighten around your nose and check for any leaks make sure it's a really good Tight Seal it's not a perfect solution to the smog but it does help protect you from being exposed in in that environment Lauren Pelley CBC News Toronto Dr Samir Gupta is back again this time to answer your questions so Dr Gupta when it comes to a sunburn for example we we know now to check out the UV index what do we do with smoke what what are the numbers we should be looking for or is it just a matter of instinct yeah this is really important because this is something that's been around for a while but we're only sort of talking about and hearing about it now it's something called the air quality Health index and that is similar to the UV index it'll give you a numerical sense of how bad the air is out there and this is something you can see on your weather forecast we'll tell you what that aqhi is right now later on in the day and even forecast it ahead and you're looking for that number anywhere from one to ten one to three is in the low range four to six is moderate seven and higher is the high risk range and that's where we are at in this part of the country and in the northeastern United States right now and that's where you start seriously moderating your behavior definitely particularly if you have an underlying lung condition and what about what about mass in terms of children because if you know we all know from covid you know Toddlers and infants and n95s don't exactly mix very well what are you supposed to do to protect them yeah it's tough you know I think partly with covid a lot of kids got used to masks and kids adapt really well to things but yes you can't get an n95 for children you often can't get a well-fitting mask for children you try your best with that but ultimately you just have to limit the amount of time that they're Outdoors Outdoors is where the risk is indoors is where the air is filtered it's safer and we do worry about the developing brain about the developing lungs this pollution has impact on children okay so that was a question we had from a woman named Samantha we have another one um from someone named David wood so the thing is people in in Alberta and parts of Canada like Nova Scotia know know a lot about the dangers of smoke from wildfires for some in this area in particular it's not all that common so David wants to know about the dangers of the smoke and he says have there been any comparisons done between time exposure to smoke versus the number of cigarettes a person might smoke in a day yeah so that's that's a great question it's not I would say it's not a scientific direct comparison but if you look at those particles that particulate matter 2.5 those tiny particles the impact of those particles from cigarette smoking versus from pollution you can make some type of comparison there and what we're dealing with right now is probably in the range of a third to a half pack of cigarettes so spending the whole day outside 24 hours in this pollution is equivalent to that seven to ten cigarettes range that's astonishing Dr Gupta thank you very much for being with us my pleasure actor Elliot page took a deeply personal step and put it into the spotlight who's Victor I am in his first Canadian interview since transitioning he tells me about his life now as a trans man in joyful and the risks he still faces people threaten my life on the street the national takes you deeper into the story shaping our world next [Music] thank you foreign [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] okay I have the first box of page boy wow it's real did you catch the title of that book Elliott page so carefully unboxed page boy clever name for a brave and open Memoir from the Nova Scotia you know Paige nominated for an Oscar for Juno back in the day starring in the superhero series Umbrella Academy right now and he's a trans man he sat down with us for his first Canadian interview since transitioning and what a transition in so many ways to finally be in a place where I wake up and I feel in my body and I'm present and don't have the sensation of wanting to flee or lift out of myself or cause myself pain it's been extraordinary I I didn't think I'd ever feel this way in my life he did it Elliott page says he finally found a way to be himself this moment is a lot to talk about so we grabbed a little time in Toronto as he was in the last days of shooting Umbrella Academy nearby and if you haven't seen that show yet hang on [Music] it's a comic book come alive a family of adopted siblings with superpowers [Music] Umbrella Academy is funny and colorful and bold and Elliot page stars as Victor only Victor wasn't known as Victor until season 3 episode 2. love the haircut it's a pretty beautiful thing to watch that episode of Umbrella Academy where Victor announces himself as Victor and the family are saying I don't know why I'm telling you you were literally in the scene well somebody had to do something who elected you Vania so Victor who's Victor I am who I've always been and there's like a a moment where it sinks in and then they just move on is that an issue for anyone no I'm good with it yeah me too cool I think that conversation is the dream of every kid when you fantasize coming out you just want people to go okay and move on did you write that did you like where's your hand in that conversation well there was definitely a collaboration and Steve Blackman who's the showrunner of umbrella was so wonderful and completely embraced me when I called him to tell him what I was going through and probably in many ways was one of the first first people I came up to because I had the show was coming up and I was hoping maybe get surgery and you know all of these things and he was really actually the one who was like no I want to put it in the show and I want to do it now I was really happy for you Victor the last time I checked you don't speak for this family was it fun that's it it was fun it was it did actually feel quite intense shooting it I think maybe because I just sort of just done that in my life and there's all these people around like I don't usually feel embarrassed or shy acting it's one of the fun things about it it's like it really lets you work through a lot of your embarrassment I've done a lot of stuff in front of like a giant room of people but that was an instance where I felt this just a certain flutter of anxiety perhaps just because it was so personally connected at that time don't begrudge him the butterflies he only announced publicly in December of 2020 that he was a trans man living as he always knew himself to be [Music] for images of his work before you will find those but you won't find the name he previously used every Credit Now changed to read Elliot right from the Productions as a little kid growing up in Nova Scotia acting on cbc's pit Pony that was my first acting gig at 10 years old Maggie McLean on pit Pony yeah do you remember what that little guy was like who played Maggie at the time he was oh gosh that was actually it was an interesting time um doing that film because I feel like I was sort of getting to really kind of look like myself and um have you know my appearance match how I was feeling inside and uh and was absolutely thrilled to to get that part and embark on the Journey of being an actor the the feeling of it everything it offered me the people I met how much it expanded my world but it came with a an interesting uh Counterpoint which was you know playing these you know girl characters uh which obviously then continued and continued and continued and um I think you know then then shifted how I was feeling or how I could look so it at 10 in your everyday life you were who you were yeah right do you think that you had the words to know that you were a boy or just the feeling mostly the feeling and so the feeling was I was just absolutely perplexed especially as I started to come to terms with more that I wasn't you know like I just was actually baffled like I couldn't wrap my head around it I think it actually was something I was consistently expressing to a degree you know this is what I feel like can I be this when I grow up Etc et cetera but can I be a boy yes but I had no language for what that meant at the time I think some people who will Who will be watching this may remember seeing you I mean not that long ago when you spoke to Oprah right and the transition was very fresh and as a viewer it seemed pretty pretty raw especially when you were talking about things that made you joyful [Music] it's the little it's you know getting out of the shower and the towels around your waist and you're looking at yourself in the mirror and you're just like there I am it's been a little bit of time are you still having these sort of discoveries that make you happy you know absolutely I mean every day when I wake up in the morning or stretch my body and go for a walk it's hard to know how to describe it but when you've spent so much time thinking you could never feel a certain way a level of discomfort that I could never Shake and did and did didn't understand why especially with how fortunate I am the privilege that I have and to finally be in a place where I wake up and I feel in my body and I'm present and don't have the sensation of wanting to flee or lift out of myself or cause myself pain um it's been extraordinary I I didn't think I'd ever feel this way in my life [Music] what Elliott page has always always that need help just admire all those who have been here on the front line protecting the Wetland making a documentary about tainted water in Canada fighting for the protection of the trans and larger lgbtq communities Elliot page here and I just spent an hour taking the U.S trans survey and I'm popping on video that asks you to take it too he's quick to talk of being grateful for what he has but in the opening pages of his Memoir he adds another word to how he's feeling right now terrified there will be people who can't relate to your experience right there who who haven't had to go through this at all who will say come on like where's the threat can you help them understand what being afraid looks like yeah well I'm afraid you know I had a cold beer thrown on me and called a walking down the street around the corner you know it's like I've that people threatened my life on the street and this is just me this is like this person you see on TV you know let alone um people who are more vulnerable than me and what they can deal with literally on a day-to-day basis or a fear every time they just walk out of their house or what have you um and hate crimes are up you know murders of trans women of color are just constant and horrific um Rising suicide rates I wish people did understand more the reality of what the community faces trans people just want to live just want to be able to be who they are authentically access the health care they need to survive and thrive but it's getting turned into this and has always been so highly politicized and used by politicians as as a weapon essentially it absolutely does manifest in the real world in schools and when you're walking down the street what did you do when that beer was thrown at your head I spun around and screamed my head off at them yeah don't know if that was necessarily the right choice but that was the reaction I had in the book you do write about some of these things and one moment that struck me was when you were playing soccer in Nova Scotia and you felt brave enough and bold enough in a moment to tell someone you trusted on the team that you thought maybe you were bisexual what happened we were sharing a room in like a dorm like at a soccer tournament and she just laughed and was like no you're not you know um and but that's was not it's not surprising at the time you know Nova Scotia and what year would that have been 2002 if it did come up in school in like health class or something you know everyone be giggling and laughing all the jokes you saw on TV it's not shocking but you know that was probably the first time I tried to express something and the second time would have been to my mother and that was bless her let's go not well it did not go well um yeah we were just in the car and I was like Mom I think I think I was around the same age maybe like 15 about to turn 16 or something around there just was like Mom I think I might be gay or and she just was like she just snapped I think there was some because I don't think she even believed this at the time like she knew people who are get like I knew of maybe one person in her life she knew was gay and she just yelled that doesn't exist so I just was like okey-doke you know interactions like going with your mom and the one with your friend I would imagine shut you down a bit because that's Brave to say those things out loud and then to get shut down really stings and and did that sort of delay your transition um or what it delayed for sure was just me like not wanting to embrace like my queerness I then pretty much didn't talk about it I'm sure ultimately that all that lingering or those initial responses conscious or not we're affecting my ability to step into my trans identity and I would try and just constantly talk myself out of it oh you just need to learn to be comfortable you just need the tighter sports bra you just need this and you just cut your hair this way and it'll be fine and then it's like trying you know like but thank gosh uh I got I got here I feel so lucky and I know I'm still young but I certainly wish it happened a bit earlier but um I'm just so grateful to be here now and when I did tell my mom she just was so supportive and I think for her too she saw me um sorry she saw me struggle so much and so I think in many ways she felt relief just relief to see that her kid was happy and embodied and and just so many ways just healthier and more vibrant and joyful and still our kid yeah still a kid puberty all over again lucky her jokes on me so we had a copy of the book that was an electronic copy of the book so you can search certain things and the word shame and the word Joy they're almost tied for how often they appear in the book and I I wonder how you have kicked shame to the curb or does it sort of lurk around the margin oh gosh I'm sure it's still lurking somewhere but no I feel so much more liberated in that regard I think that's the feeling and and in so many ways and life feels like new in so many ways because I'm not I'm not letting that like virus and like infect my head that is impressive I'm proud and and stoked to be who I am and even in moments when it's you know challenging and difficult I would not I would not change this for a second so much of it thank you I really appreciate talking thank you so what now for Elliot he says maybe he will get to play some of the male roles he's always wanted to maybe more documentary some directing he has choices that he says he never felt like he had before next Prince Harry takes the stand in a phone hacking case what he said in his second day of testimony [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] Prince Harry's two days of testimony are now over he was cross-examined for hours again today as part of a legal battle against the British tabloids Chris Brown now with his unprecedented court appearance prince who claims he has endured unending and much of it illegal media scrutiny since he was a child is trying to convince a judge to hold a British newspaper publisher accountable Harry was cross-examined for the second straight day in a series of combative exchanges with lawyers for the mirror group newspapers the company has previously settled 600 claims for illegally intercepting voicemails but says Harry was never hacked in court both sides sparred over a selection of 33 stories many focusing on Harry's relationship with a former girlfriend Chelsea Davey he claimed a private investigator put a tracking device on their car the newspaper reports that he went drinking at a club after being dumped had to have originated from hacked phone calls the mirror lawyers say that's just speculation under cross-examination Harry was asked to point to any specific voicemail that he knows with certainty was hacked he couldn't instead saying there is only hard evidence of suspiciousness that many were I think we've seen a lack of detail perhaps media lawyer Antonia Foster says a major challenge is that many of the calls or voice messages are now irretrievable when they go back to 1996 and so I mean I I couldn't tell you what was on my phone a year ago and I suspect Harry's in in that particular situation much will depend on how the journalists who wrote the stories explain themselves Jane Kerr a former mirror Royal editor testified immediately after Harry while he stayed in court to listen she says she didn't know how a private investigator obtained phone numbers and she never asked him Harry was on the stand for eight hours in total over the two days he testified if the decision which is still weeks away goes against him it would be an injustice Chris Brown CBC News London soccer Superstar Lionel Messi has a new team he's going to enter Miami and joining Major League Soccer it comes after he left Paris and Germaine the move is somewhat of a surprise he reportedly had offers from Saudi Arabia and Barcelona Messi's move is being seen as a big boost to U.S soccer next the car troubles your mechanic cannot fix so I opened a hood look inside and then I'm just shocked the Curious creature that forced this driver to pull over in Our Moment [Music] those little plastic credit cards that let you automatically withdraw and deposit money in the bank those cards may seem to be the ultimate in computer banking but a more sophisticated system is being tested in a town in eastern France thanks to computers in many stores in burgon breasts people don't have to pay in cash but they can't pay on credit either in fact the minute they make a purchase their money is on its way out of the bank Joe Schlessinger reports the UN credit card it zips money out of your bank account with the speed of lightning the store sales register reach your bank account number and feeds it straight into your bank's computer halfway across town you give the computer the order to pay by punching up your own personal identification code the store keeper Rings up the amount of your purchase computer makes sure you have enough money in the bank and Presto the money is transferred instantaneously from your account to the stores account this newest drinkling shopping is in effect in burgundress a town of forty thousand inhabitants in eastern France if it works here the UN credit card May soon be coming your way the system the first in the world was installed here three months ago and it's too early to tell how it's doing so far the service is only available in 54 Outlets service stations supermarkets clothing stores but more computer terminals are being installed for the bank it's a further step towards automation for the store it's instant money in the bank the new card can also be used for cash withdrawals from electronic tellers and eventually will replace checks for all sorts of money transfers the bank charges neither the store nor the customer for the service but to use the card customers will have to keep larger Bank balances and that's where the bank accounts are making its money that's the hitch you can only go shopping with your own credit card if you have money in the bank but the computer is not totally cruel it won't make you put back the letters for one of a dollar or two it will turn a blind eye to anything less than a 50 overdraft but after that it's no goal the computer will be polite enough about it it won't tell the checkout clerk straight out that you're flat broke it'll just pretend it's having a minor nervous breakdown that it's temporarily deaf and dumb together so what's in it for the customer well it's that old blandishment of our age convenience you don't have to carry cash you don't have to fill out a check you don't even have to sign for anything you just press those buttons Josh lessinger CBC News broadcast [Music] thank you [Music] so what's that cute little noise that is the sound of a marmot in the engine you heard that the sizable Critter crawled right in there well van sambouchard and his daughters were just hiking in Jasper National Park so on their way back to Edmonton the dashboard lit up with warnings with all the warnings they stopped they checked under the hood and there they found the large Road and just staring up at them the Marmot who moved in is Our Moment get in the car um start driving and then all kinds of Lights start flashing on my dashboard like transmission ABS so I open the hood look inside and then I'm just shocked it was a big Marmot right there on my engine just looking at me seemed perfectly happy I just started laughing so I go get a branch and you know try to poke it because I expect it to just run away and then it just went and hit under the engine because at a wildlife conflict specialist was like really really hard takes the Marmot out of the car uh it's not happy mama is not happy but you put him in the cage she seems fine not burn or anything but then uh we start driving again and the lights are still flashing and indeed the Marmot had to the wire that connected to something I don't know everything is fine in the end my car seems to be fine the moment it's gonna be fine but it's just like so unexpected I really did not expect to find a marmot under my hood he's a very good sport they drove for some nine kilometers with all that happening and when they stopped and realized what it was they tried to use a sandwich to sort of get the Marmot out you know hear Marmot sandwich it wasn't biting I guess it had eaten all the cables and was more than happy that is a national for June the 7th thank you for being with us have a good night [Music] thank you [Music] from Ottawa to Toronto all the way to New York City you can see Wildfire smoke smell it feel it tonight a menacing Haze blanketing millions of Canadians it's been hard to breathe the impacts the risks and the questions you have answered Canada's interest rate hits a 22-year high are there more hikes to come for people that have a very thin Financial cushion it is a very difficult medicine to swallow and Elliott page in his first Canadian interview since transitioning It's been a extraordinary I I didn't think I'd ever feel this way in my life his journey through surviving shame to his life now is a famous trans man there will be people who can't relate to your experience people threaten my life on the street and this is just this is the national with Chief correspondent Adrian Arsenault smoke has a choke hold on so many Canadians tonight it's pumping out of wildfires burning in Quebec and Ontario seeping into major cities and tens of millions of homes in an area not at all used to it the air is thick with pollution and that is Raising serious health concerns not only for the most vulnerable but for everyone this is what that smoke spread looks like tonight you can see huge concentrations of smoke particles cutting right through Quebec and Southern Ontario hanging over the U.S Northeast as well and for many this will get worse before it gets better and how's this for a bit of a cruel irony today June 7th is actually Clean Air Day in Canada it's meant to highlight how important good air quality is to our health but this year the risks of bad air quality are front and center if a Musa shows us how people are coping for another straight day thick heavy smoke wafting from wildfires continues to envelop some of Canada's biggest cities in Canada's capital it's become hard to bear I thought I would just wear a mask but it's a it's worse than I thought I said what tree all the time and it's really horrible in places like Ottawa and Kingston the air quality has gotten so bad it's downright dangerous the air quality Health index in both cities hit 10 plus or a very high risk to Health ottawa's medical officer of Health says it's led to an increase in hospital visits it's been hard to breathe a lot of headaches a lot of tiredness these University students found Refuge at their local library in Kingston which opened its doors to locals to escape the ever increasing Haze Health experts are urging the very young old and those with health conditions to stay indoors we're seeing vulnerable people at risk outdoor events canceled kids having to be kept inside at recess but it's unavoidable when your work forces you outside it's been much harder on the guys a lot more sort of headaches I got to take more breaks more water if this holds up for the rest of the summer it will be a hard slow summer in Quebec members of the Algonquins of barrier Lake worked hard to protect their territory from raging fires but the smoke pushing in force them to leave the fires have been contained nearby but they're still a lot heavy smoke coming from those areas Health experts say people should check environment Canada's air quality index before venturing out to make sure it's safe to do so until things clear up CBC News Toronto and obviously that smoke doesn't recognize National borders right now some 90 million Americans across 16 States from Texas to Vermont are under smoke alerts but nowhere is it worse than New York we're smoking Neon have combined to create a bit of an eerie glow strange Skies over Times Square and across the city famous landmarks in framed thick glowing haze from the Roosevelt Island Tramway to an empty Yankee Stadium the game canceled Chris Reyes shows us the scene from across the Hudson River well the smell is strong and the haze is thick I'll tell you that I am in Weehawken New Jersey on the Hudson River and on a clear day you'd be able to see the entire Manhattan skyline behind me from the downtown core to Midtown sometimes you can even see the Empire State Building from here all the way to the upper west side but as you can see only faint outlines of the buildings because of how thick the haze is and that's been pretty much the conditions all day in and around New York City today New York City ranked as having the worst air quality in the world about twice as bad as Delhi and Dubai New York City's mayor Eric Adams awarding residents to limit all outdoor activities he said this is unprecedented Something New Yorkers have never seen before at some point today at LaGuardia Airport had to ground flights because of the visibility and certainly from the looks of this Skylight it's hard to tell when it's all going to clear up Chris Reyes CBC News New Jersey so here's a familiar face Dr Samir Gupta is here to walk us through all of this thank you for being here these images out of New York and other parts of Canada are pretty striking and as I see them I'm curious short short term what is all that smoke doing to our bodies lots of different things and we know this from many studies when people breathe in that material particularly those tiny particles it has all sorts of effects on the lungs some of those particles make their way into the bloodstream and have effects on other organs like the heart so one thing we see is an increase in emergency room visits for things like asthma and COPD so people who have lung conditions they flare up we also see more heart attacks in some studies we see more Strokes more clots pulmonary embolism more heart failure all sorts of impacts on the lungs and the Heart in particular because those particles are getting in there that's right it's what we worry about so anytime you burn a fossil fuel carbonation material like wood you're going to get all sorts of gases that are released but you're also going to get these tiny particles we call PM 2.5 particulate matter that is 2.5 microns or smaller they're tiny enough that when you breed them in they go all the way deep into the lungs and that's how they cause the damage and it's very carbon Rich particularly because it's burning wood there's some studies that suggest that that carbon-rich PM 2.5 is even more harmful for the body all right Dr Gupta we have a lot more to ask you and and you'll be back in a few minutes all right and of course when there's smoke there's fire tonight there are about 414 wildfires burning across the country more than half are out of control Allison northcott shows us some of the hardest hit places and the people faced with danger and loss a safe arrival after a long overnight trip more than 7 000 people from the community of shibugomo were forced to leave to escape a dangerous fire yeah says people in neighboring communities have opened their homes to welcome evacuees these kids from the cree community of ujabugamu are among more than 200 people staying at this college after their Community was evacuated there was smoker and some of these young people were getting sick I'm worried about the the infrastructure the homes the houses that are there because this is a place that we call home wildfires have burned nearly 4 million hectares across the country forcing more than 20 thousand people from their homes the federal government says it's the worst season Canada has seen there are hundreds of armed forces members now deployed additionally the calf is helping with everything from delivering food and supplies to people in mingani Quebec to providing Logistics support in Quebec dry conditions and lightning sparked a hundred fires with more added every day some from human activity rain has helped in some areas but in others fires are still out of control with the uh power we have we can fight about 45 years at the same time but we have 150 fires that's why communities from across Canada are getting extra help from the armed forces and firefighters from other countries including the U.S New Zealand and France in Nova Scotia weather conditions and firefighting have helped control the largest wildfire in the province's history officials say it's no longer likely to spread in the Northwest Territories residents can now return to the katlodache first nation where Holmes and the band Council Office were destroyed yeah it was pretty devastating um to see but uh it was mostly the homes that you know the like it was basically burned to nothing and as they focus on rebuilding they're still on the watch for more fires Allison northcott CBC News Montreal CBC News senior meteorologist Johanna Wagstaff is with us now so Joe looking forward what does tomorrow hold Adrian unfortunately a couple of factors line up that could make tomorrow morning the worst air quality day yet for the city of Toronto and communities to the West around the Golden Horseshoe so first of all I want to take you back to the fire smoke a dispersion map not only does this track a low level and upper level winds but it also tracks the plumes of smoke themselves that are ejected from those Source fires in Quebec and often we see those biggest plumes coming in the afternoon during the daytime heating that happens to line up with a slight shift in winds bringing the most dense smoke over the city of Toronto tomorrow morning unfortunately that means that we're not through the worst of it yet eventually Adrian that plume of smoke will be carried Southward tomorrow afternoon right back into New York okay to that point how long are we expecting this to stick around it's really about the need for a big shift in winds and a lot of mixing and over the weekend we're going to see winds ease but I think we need a big system to really mix out all of this smoke in the lower levels that's not coming until Sunday into Monday then we get a big system that will bring some rain and a complete reversal in winds that does mean we do have to wait a few more days before thousands if not millions are breathing clean air again Monday it looks like all right Johanna Wagstaff in Vancouver thank you you're welcome there's little Financial relief in sight tonight for Canadians the Bank of Canada has hiked its interest rate for the first time since January it is now the highest it's been in decades today's quarter point increase brings the Benchmark rate up to about 4.75 percent that's the highest since May of 2001 making everything from your mortgage to your line of credit more expensive a quarter of a percentage Point might not sound like a lot but as Nisha Patel shows us for Canadians already stretched the impacts could be huge tons of Nasir is feeling the squeeze of higher interest rates obviously it's hurting right now but I'm feeling anxious like is it gonna continue for even more hikes while he planned to pay a little more he's still shocked by the jump in his variable rate mortgages I thought the increase would be more gradual I've never imagined this scenario where we are at right now it's a harsh reality facing many Canadians as the Bank of Canada said concerns have increased inflation could get stuck above the two percent Target so it's raising interest rates yet again for people that don't have savings or have a very thin Financial cushion it is a very difficult medicine to swallow the central bank said the economy hasn't cooled enough with the job market showing surprising strength and home sales and prices heating up there could have been a little more patience in terms of whether or not the hike it can take 18 months for these policies to have an impact this economist says it won't be long before many households confront much higher interest rates than there used to when those mortgages renew fixed rates renew for next coming years that's where that shock hit so that's why there's so much of a lag between what happens though Canadian consumer spending has been strong some may be starting to get the message like I used to go watch Raptors maybe like three four times a year this year I didn't even go not even months we didn't go on our vacation just trying to save some bucks right so definitely it is impacting the Bank of Canada says it's keeping an eye on inflation to see whether even higher interest rates are necessary many experts say they expect the central bank to take more action betting on another rate hike in July Nisha Patel CBC News Toronto there's been a major shake-up at CNN the Network's top executive is out after just a year in the job Chris Licht promised to make changes to bring in more Republican viewers but according to a recent article in the Atlantic he'd lost the confidence of CNN employees after a series of missteps including a live town hall with Donald Trump speaking of trump he is now officially running against his former running mate former vice president Mike Pence launched his bid to become president Katie Simpson now on the intensifying race to become the Republican nominee the next president of the United States Mike Pence add Mike Pence to the growing list of Republicans trying to win back the party mantle from Donald Trump he argues what his former boss did leading up to and on January 6th should disqualify Trump from Office anyone who asks someone else to put them over the Constitution should never be president of the United States again the former vice president's chances are slim and with endorsements like this this morning I read that somebody said Mike Pence can be a lot like mayonnaise on toast gaining momentum might be tough and there's a lot of Iowa bacon maybe even a little Tabasco sauce in that toast too Pence is polling in the low single digits along with former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie former U.N Ambassador Nikki Haley and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott a wide field helps Trump he's already got a significant lead and if there are more candidates there's a greater chance of a vote split it's alarming some in the party every candidate needs to understand the responsibility of getting out and getting out quickly if it's not working Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appears to be the only candidate with a clear shot at beating Trump and Trump is worried but in this moment his biggest concern may be his legal exposure this week his lawyers met with the Department of Justice a sign charges in the classified documents case might be imminent even so this former Attorney General says Trump can push ahead there's no disqualification in the Constitution with respect to a candidate being under indictment anytime Trump faces serious legal Jeopardy his supporters and the party establishment rally around him making him an even stronger candidate Katie Simpson CBC News Washington Pope Francis is recovering in hospital the Vatican says he's in good spirits after undergoing a three-hour abdominal surgery now he's awakened he's a fine reportedly there were no complications during the procedure to remove scar tissue and repair a hernia he's expected to stay in hospital for several days doctors said the 86 year old even managed to crack a joke when he woke up from general anesthetic and more rescues are unfolding in southern Ukraine tonight after the destruction of a major Dam Unleashed Rising flood waters it could take weeks for the water to recede as Briar Stewart shows us the expectation is this crisis will only deepen in the city of Harrison residents who've lived through War for more than a year now have to be rescued by boat we have become used to the shelling said this woman but a natural disaster like this is a nightmare animals are stranded too surrounded by flood waters tainted with whatever has been swept up thousands of houses this MP could smell fuel well down at the nepro river hundreds of tones of engine oil now with the bodies of dead animals all of this is moving to the Black Sea officials say it could take a week for the water to recede much longer to get a true sense of the environmental damage these images show dead fish at the drained bottom of the dams Reservoir Ukraine says that hundreds of thousands of people have been left without drinking water this official says they will bring it in by training by car the defense Ministry released this video of a drone apparently dropping off water too satellite images show that the Nova kahovka Dam had recently sustained structural damage even before it burst the dam was under control by Russian forces and so were communities on the south side of the nipro river this man's house is now filled with the putrid mix of water and sewage there's no help from the authorities he says so he'll be left cleaning up on his own foreign the war can't go on forever it must end sometime he's staying here for now turkey's president erdogan spoke with both the president of Ukraine and the president of Russia in his phone call with Vladimir Putin he reportedly said that there needs to be an international investigation into the Dam's destruction and it could include the U.N Briar Stewart CBC News London as Thick Smoke from Wildfire spreads across this country Health experts urge people to protect themselves what you do is you put it over your face up next what you can do to stay safe and Dr Gupta is back to answer your questions Dr Elliott page on Fame after transition that was an instance where I felt this just sort of certain flutter of anxiety perhaps a Canadian exclusive and Prince Harry back in court why he says he is convinced his phone was hacked we're back in two [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you foreign [Music] tonight A thick cloud of wildfire smoke enveloping huge swaths of Quebec Ontario and the U.S Northeast Environment Canada warns the air quality is poor for Millions so that brings with it some serious health concerns especially for anyone with lung or heart diseases or anyone who is very young or old but many others are feeling the effects too so we asked Lauren Pelley to show us some tips on how to stay safe the scene in New York apocalyptic in Kingston Ontario putrid air and in Toronto the skyline is mostly smog people here are feeling the burn most noticeable to me is my eyes are watering and they and they're stinging kind of feeling in the throat a bit a little in the lungs I am slightly asthmatic so that's why I'm wearing the mask today so what's the best way to protect yourself from toxic smoke air quality experts suggest taking cues from pandemic precautions the same kind of filter people might have bought to remove coven you know from from indoor spaces uh would be very effective at removing the particular air pollution from forest fires those filters work best while you keep the windows closed to keep smoke particles out if you have a large family room where most people are going to gather maybe after dinner then also place a portable air cleaner there experts say if you have to leave the house keep it brief you may still go outside for a walk but avoid exertion and if you need to work or commute outside for longer periods of time this respiratory therapist says it is recommended that you protect yourself as much as possible in terms of the air that you're breeding that means wearing a good quality mask ideally an n95 so walk me through we ask for a Refresh on how to wear one what you do is you put it over your face depending on the style of mask put the straps over your ears or in this case behind your head tighten around your nose and check for any leaks make sure it's a really good Tight Seal it's not a perfect solution to the smog but it does help protect you from being exposed in in that environment Lauren Pelley CBC News Toronto Dr Samir Gupta is back again this time to answer your question so Dr Gupta when it comes to a sunburn for example we we know now to check out the UV index what do we do with smoke what what are the numbers we should be looking for or is it just a matter of instinct yeah this is really important because this is something that's been around for a while but we're only sort of talking about and hearing about it now it's something called the air quality Health index and that is similar to the UV index it'll give you a numerical sense of how bad the air is out there and this is something you can see on your weather forecast I'll tell you what that aqhi is right now later on in the day and even forecast it ahead and you're looking for that number anywhere from one to ten one to three is in the low range four to six is moderate seven and higher is the high risk range and that's where we are at in this part of the country and in the northeastern United States right now and that's where you start seriously moderating your behavior definitely particularly if you have an underlying lung condition and what about what about mass in terms of children because if you know we all know from covid you know Toddlers and infants and n95s don't exactly mix very well what what are you supposed to do to protect them yeah it's tough you know I think partly with covid a lot of kids got used to masks and kids adapt really well to things but yes you can't get an n95 for children you often can't get a well-fitting mask for children you try your best with that but ultimately you just have to limit the amount of time that they're Outdoors Outdoors is where the risk is indoors is where the air is filtered it's safer and we do worry about the developing brain about the developing lungs this pollution has impact on children okay so that was a question we had from a woman named Samantha we have another one um from someone named David wood so the thing is people in in Alberta and parts of Canada like Nova Scotia know know a lot about the dangers of smoke from wildfires for some in this area in particular it's not all that common so David wants to know about the dangers of the smoke and he says have there been any comparisons done between time exposure to smoke versus the number of cigarettes a person might smoke in a day yeah so that's that's a great question it's not I would say it's not a scientific direct comparison but if you look at those particles that particulate matter 2.5 those tiny particles the impact of those particles from cigarette smoking versus from pollution you can make some type of comparison there and what we're dealing with right now is probably in the range of a third to a half pack of cigarettes so spending the whole day outside 24 hours in this pollution is equivalent to that seven to ten cigarettes range that's astonishing Dr Gupta thank you very much for being with us my pleasure actor Elliot page took a deeply personal step and put it into the spotlight who's Victor I am in his first Canadian interview since transitioning he tells me about his life now as a trans man just so many ways just healthier and more vibrant and joyful and the risks he still faces people threaten my life on the street the national takes you deeper into the story shaping our world next [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] box of page boy wow it's real did you catch the title of that book Elliott page so carefully unboxed page boy clever name for a brave and open Memoir from the Nova Scotia you know Paige nominated for an Oscar for Juno back in the day starring in the superhero series Umbrella Academy right now and he's a trans man he sat down with us for his first Canadian interview since transitioning and what a transition in so many ways to finally be in a place where I wake up and I feel in my body and I'm present and don't have the sensation of wanting to flee or lift out of myself or cause myself pain it's been extraordinary I I didn't think I'd ever feel this way in my life he did it Elliott page says he finally found a way to be himself this moment is a lot to talk about so we grabbed a little time in Toronto as he was in the last days of shooting Umbrella Academy nearby and if you haven't seen that show yet hang on [Music] with superpowers [Music] Umbrella Academy is funny and colorful and bold and Elliot page stars as Victor only Victor wasn't known as Victor until season 3 episode 2. love the haircut it's a pretty beautiful thing to watch that episode of Umbrella Academy where Victor announces himself as Victor and the family are sitting I don't know why I'm telling you you were literally in the scene there was somebody had to do something who elected jivania so Victor who's Victor I am it's who I've always been and there's like a a moment where it sinks in and then they just move on is that an issue for anyone no I'm good with it yeah me too cool I think that conversation is the dream of every kid when you fantasize coming out you just want people to go okay and move on did you write that did you like where's your hand in that conversation well there was definitely a collaboration and Steve Blackman who's the showrunner of umbrella was so wonderful and completely embraced me when I called him to tell him what I was going through and probably in many ways was one of the first first people I came up to because I had the show was coming up and I was hoping to maybe get surgery and you know all of these things and he was really actually the one who was like no I want to put it in the show and I want to do it now I'm truly happy for you Victor well last time I checked he don't speak for this family fun that's it it was fun it was it did actually feel quite intense shooting it I think maybe because I've just done that in my life and there's all these people around like I don't usually feel embarrassed or shy acting it's one of the fun things about it it's like it really lets you work through a lot of your embarrassment I've done a lot of stuff in front of like a giant room of people but that was an instance where I felt this just a certain flutter of anxiety perhaps just because it was so personally connected at that time [Music] don't begrudge him the butterflies he only announced publicly in December of 2020 that he was a trans man living as he always knew himself to be thank you look for images of his work before you will find those but you won't find the name he previously used every Credit Now changed to read Elliott right from the Productions as a little kid growing up in Nova Scotia acting on cbc's pit Pony that was my first acting gig at 10 years old Maggie McLean on pit Pony yeah do you remember what that little guy was like who played Maggie at the time he was oh gosh that was actually it was an interesting time um doing that film because I feel like it was sort of getting to really kind of look like myself and um have you know my appearance match how I was feeling inside and and was absolutely thrilled to to get that part and embark on the Journey of being an actor that the feeling of it everything that offered me the people I met how much it expanded my world but it came with a an interesting uh Counterpoint which was you know playing these you know girl characters uh which obviously then continued and continued and continued and I think you know then then shifted how I was feeling or how I could look so at 10 in your everyday life you were who you were yeah right do you think that you had the words to know that you were a boy or just the feeling mostly the feeling and so the feeling was I was just like absolutely perplexed especially as I started to come to terms with more that I wasn't you know like I just was actually baffled like I couldn't wrap my head around it I think it actually was something I was consistently expressing to a degree you know this is what I feel like can I be this when I grow up Etc et cetera but can I be a boy yes but I had no language for what that meant at the time I think some people who will Who will be watching this may remember seeing you I mean not that long ago when you spoke to Oprah right and the transition was very fresh and as a viewer it seemed pretty pretty raw especially when you were talking about things that made you joyful [Music] the little it's it's getting out of the shower and the towels around your waist and you're looking at yourself in the mirror and you're just like there I am it's been a little bit of time are you still having these sort of discoveries that make you happy you know absolutely I mean every day when I wake up in the morning or stretch my body and go for a walk it's hard to know how to describe it but when you've spent so much time thinking you could never feel a certain way a level of discomfort that I could never Shake and did and did didn't understand why especially with how fortunate I am the privilege that I have and to finally be in a place where I wake up and I feel in my body and I'm present and don't have the sensation of wanting to flee or lift out of myself or cause myself pain um it's been extraordinary I I didn't think I'd ever feel this way in my life [Music] what Elliott page has always done is be willing to lend his voice to issues that need help I just admire all those who have been here on the front line protecting the Wetland making a documentary about tainted water in Canada fighting for the protection of the trans and larger lgbtq communities Elliot page here and I just spent an hour taking the U.S trans survey and I'm popping on video that asks you to take it too he's quick to talk of being grateful for what he has but in the opening pages of his Memoir he adds another word to how he's feeling right now terrified there will be people who can't relate to your experience right there who who haven't had to go through this at all who will say come on like where's the threat can you help them understand what being afraid looks like yeah well I'm afraid you know I had a cold beer thrown on me and called a walking down the street around the corner you know it's like I've that people threatened my life on the street and this is just neat this is like this person you see on TV you know let alone um people who are more vulnerable to me and what they can deal with literally on a day-to-day basis or a fear every time they just walk out of their house or what have you um and hate crimes are up you know murders of trans women of color are just constant and horrific Rising suicide rates I wish people did understand more the reality of what the community faces trans people just want to live just want to be able to be who they are authentically access the health care they need to survive and thrive but it's getting turned into this and has always been so highly politicized and used by politicians as as a weapon essentially it absolutely does manifest in the real world in schools and when you're walking down the street what did you do when that beer was thrown on your head I spun around and screamed my head off at them yeah I don't know if that was necessarily the right choice but that was the reaction they had in the book you do write about some of these things and one moment that struck me was when you were playing soccer in Nova Scotia and you felt brave enough and bold enough in a moment to tell someone you trusted on the team that you thought maybe you were bisexual what happened we were sharing a room in like a dorm like at a soccer tournament and I mean she just laughed and was like no you're not you know um and but that's was not it's not surprising at the time you know Nova Scotia and what year would that have been 2002 if it did come up in school in like health class or something you know everyone would be giggling and laughing all the jokes you saw on TV it's not shocking but you know that was probably the first time I tried to express something and the second time would have been to my mother and that was bless her let's go not well it did not go well um yeah we were just in the car and I was like Mom I thing I think I was around the same age maybe like 15 about to turn 16 or something around there I just was like Mom I think I might be gay or and she just was like she just snapped I think there was some because I don't think she even believed this at the time like she knew people who are get like I knew of maybe one person in her life she knew was gay and she just yelled that doesn't exist so I just was like okey-doke you know interactions like going with your mom and the one with your friend I would imagine shut you down a bit because that's Brave to say those things out loud and then to get shut down really stings and and did that sort of delay your transition um well what a delayed for sure was just me like not wanting to embrace like my queerness I then pretty much didn't talk about it I'm sure ultimately that all that lingering or those initial responses conscious or not were affecting my ability to step into my trans identity and I would try and just constantly talk myself out of it oh you just need to learn to be comfortable you just need the tighter sports bra you just need this and you just cut your hair this way and it'll be fine and then that's like trying you know like but thank gosh I got I got here I feel so lucky and I know I'm still young but I certainly wish it happened a bit earlier but um I'm just so grateful to be here now and when I did tell my mom she just was so supportive and I think for her too she saw me um sorry she saw me struggle so much and so I think in many ways she felt relief just relief to see that her kid was happy and embodied and and just so many ways just healthier and more vibrant and joyful and still our kid yeah still a kid puberty all over again lucky her jokes on me so we had a copy of the book that was an electronic copy of the book so you can search certain things and the word shame and the word Joy they're almost tied for how often they appear in the book and I I wonder how you have kicked shame to the curb or does it sort of lurk around the margins oh gosh I'm sure it's still lurking somewhere but no I feel so much more liberated in that regard I think that's the feeling and and in so many ways and life feels like new in so many ways because I'm not I'm not letting that like virus and like infect my head that is impressive I'm proud and and stoked to be who I am and even in moments when it's you know challenging and difficult I would not I would not change this for a second so much of it thank you really appreciate talking thank you so what now for Elliot he says maybe he will get to play some of the male roles he's always wanted to maybe more documentaries some directing he has choices that he says he never felt like he had before next Prince Harry takes the stand in a phone hacking case what he said in his second day of testimony [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] 's two days of testimony are now over he was cross-examined for hours again today as part of a legal battle against the British tabloids Chris Brown now with his unprecedented court appearance the prince who claims he has endured unending in much of it illegal media scrutiny since he was a child is trying to convince a judge to hold a British newspaper publisher accountable Harry was cross-examined for the second straight day in a series of combative exchanges with lawyers for the mirror group newspapers the company has previously settled 600 claims for illegally intercepting voicemails but says Harry was never hacked in court both sides sparred over a selection of 33 stories many focusing on Harry's relationship with a former girlfriend Chelsea Davey he claimed a private investigator put a tracking device on their car the newspaper reports that he went drinking at a club after being dumped had to have originated from hacked phone calls the mirror lawyers say that's just speculation under cross-examination Harry was asked to point to any specific voicemail that he knows with certainty was hacked he couldn't instead saying there is only hard evidence of suspiciousness that many were I think we've seen a lack of detail perhaps media lawyer Antonio Foster says a major challenge is that many of the calls or voice messages are now irretrievable they go back to 1996 and so I mean I I couldn't tell you what was on my phone a year ago and I suspect Harry's in in that particular situation much will depend on how the journalists who wrote the stories explain themselves Jane Kerr a former mirror Royal editor testified immediately after Harry while he stayed in court to listen she says she didn't know how a private investigator obtained phone numbers and she never asked him Harry was on the stand for eight hours in total over the two days he testified if the decision which is still weeks away goes against him it would be an injustice Chris Brown CBC News London soccer Superstar Lionel Messi has a new team he's going to enter Miami and joining Major League Soccer it comes after he left Paris and Germain the move is somewhat of a surprise he reportedly had offers from Saudi Arabia and Barcelona Messi's move is being seen as a big boost to U.S soccer next the car troubles your mechanic cannot fix so I opened the hood look inside and then I'm just shocked the Curious creature that forced this driver to pull over in Our Moment foreign [Music] those little plastic credit cards that let you automatically withdraw and deposit money in the bank those cards may seem to be the ultimate in computer banking but a more sophisticated system is being tested in a town in eastern France thanks to computers in many stores in burgundress people don't have to pay in cash but they can't pay on credit either in fact the minute they make a purchase their money is on its way out of the bank Joe Schlessinger reports the UN credit card it zips money out of your bank account with the speed of lightning the store sales registered your bank account number and feeds it straight into your bank's computer halfway across town you give the computer the order to pay by punching up your own personal identification code the store keeper Rings up the amount of your purchase the computer makes sure you have enough money in the bank and Presto the money is transferred instantaneously from your account to the stores account this newest drinkling shopping is in effect in burgundress a town of forty thousand inhabitants in eastern France if it works here the UN credit card May soon be coming your way the system the first in the world was installed here three months ago and it's too early to tell how it's doing so far the service is only available in 54 Outlets service stations supermarkets clothing stores but more computer terminals are being installed for the bank it's a further step towards automation for the store it's instant money in the bank the new card can also be used for cash withdrawals from electronic tellers and eventually will replace checks for all sorts of money transfers the bank charges neither the store nor the customer for the service but to use the card customers will have to keep larger Bank balances and that's where the bank accounts are making its money that's the hitch you can only go shopping with your own credit card if you have money in the bank but the computer is not totally cruel it won't make you put back the letters for one of a dollar or two it will turn a blind eye to anything less than a 50 overdraft but after that it's no goal the computer will be polite enough about it it won't tell the checkout clerk straight out that you're flat broke it'll just pretend it's having a minor nervous breakdown that it's temporarily deaf and dumb together so what's in it for the customer well it's that old blandishment of our age convenience you don't have to carry cash you don't have to fill out a check you don't even have to sign for anything you just press those buttons Josh lessinger CBC News broadcast [Music] thank you [Music] so what's that cute little noise that is the sound of a marmot in the engine you heard that the sizable Critter crawled right in there well van Sam Bouchard and his daughters were just hiking in Jasper National Park so on their way back to Edmonton the dashboard lit up with warnings with all the warnings they stopped they checked under the hood and there they found the large Road and just staring up at them the Marmot who moved in is Our Moment get in the car um start driving and then all kinds of Lights start flashing on my dashboard like transmission ABS so I open the hood look inside and then I'm just shocked it was a big Marmot right there on my engine just looking at me seemed perfectly happy I just started laughing so I go get a branch and you know try to poke it because I expect it to just run away and then it just went and hit under the engine because at a wildlife conflict specialist was like really really hard takes the Marmot out of the car uh it's not happy mama is not happy but you put him in the cage she seems fine not burn or anything but then we start driving again and the lights are still flashing and indeed the Marmot had two the wire it connected to something I don't know everything is fine in the end my car seems to be fine the mama it's gonna be fine but it's just like so unexpected I really did not expect to find a marmot under my hood he's a very good sport they drove for some nine kilometers with all that happening and when they stopped and realized what it was they tried to use a sandwich to sort of get the Marmot out you know here Marmot sandwich it wasn't biting I guess it had eaten all the cables and was more than happy that is a national for June the 7th thank you for being with us have a good night from Ottawa to Toronto all the way to New York City you can see Wildfire smoke smell it feel it tonight a menacing Haze blanketing millions of Canadians it's been hard to breathe the impacts the risks and the questions you have answered foreign Canada's interest rate hits a 22-year high are there more hikes to come for people that have a very thin Financial cushion it is a very difficult medicine to swallow and Elliot page in his first Canadian interview since transitioning it's been extraordinary I I didn't think I'd ever feel this way in my life his journey through survive ashamed to his life now as a famous trans man there will be people who can't relate to your experience people threaten my life on the street and this is just this is the national with Chief correspondent Adrian Arsenault smoke has a choke hold on so many Canadians tonight it's pumping out of wildfires burning in Quebec and Ontario seeping into major cities and tens of millions of homes in an area not at all used to it the air is thick with pollution and that is Raising serious health concerns not only for the most vulnerable but for everyone this is what that smoke spread looks like tonight you can see huge concentrations of smoke particles cutting right through Quebec and Southern Ontario hanging over the U.S Northeast as well and for many this will get worse before it gets better and how's this for a bit of a cruel irony today June 7th is actually Clean Air Day in Canada it's meant to highlight how important good air quality is to our health but this year the risks of bad air quality are front and center if a Musa shows us how people are coping for another straight day thick heavy smoke wafting from wildfires continues to envelop some of Canada's biggest cities in Canada's capital it's become hard to bear I thought I would just wear a mask but it's a it's worse than I thought I said what tree all the time and it's really horrible in places like Ottawa and Kingston the air quality has gotten so bad it's downright dangerous the air quality Health index in both cities hit 10 plus or a very high risk to Health ottawa's medical officer of Health says it's led to an increase in hospital visits it's been hard to breathe a lot of headaches a lot of tiredness these University students found Refuge at their local library in Kingston which opened its doors to locals to escape the ever increasing Haze Health experts are urging the very young old and those with health conditions to stay indoors we're seeing vulnerable people at risk outdoor events canceled kids having to be kept inside at recess but it's unavoidable when your work forces you outside it's been much harder on the guys a lot more sort of headaches I got to take more breaks more water if this holds up for the rest of the summer it will be a hard slow summer in Quebec members of the Algonquins of barrier Lake worked hard to protect their territory from raging fires but the smoke pushing in force them to leave the fires have been contained nearby but there's still a lot of heavy smoke coming from those areas Health experts say people should check environment Canada's air quality index before venturing out to make sure it's safe to do so until things clear up CBC News Toronto and obviously that smoke doesn't recognize National borders right now some 90 million Americans across 16 States from Texas to Vermont are under smoke alerts but nowhere is it worse than New York we're smoking Neon have combined to create a bit of an eerie glow strange Skies over Times Square and across the city famous landmarks in framed thick glowing haze from the Roosevelt Island Tramway to an empty Yankee Stadium the game canceled Chris Reyes shows us the scene from across the Hudson River well the smell is strong and the haze is thick I'll tell you that I am in Weehawken New Jersey on the Hudson River and on a clear day you'd be able to see the entire Manhattan skyline behind me from the downtown core to Midtown sometimes you can even see the Empire State Building from here all the way to the upper west side but as you can see only faint outlines of the buildings because of how thick the haze is and that's been pretty much the conditions all day in and around New York City today New York City ranked as having the worst air quality in the world about twice as bad as Delhi and Dubai New York City's mayor Eric Adams awarding residents to limit all outdoor activities he said this is unprecedented Something New Yorkers have never seen before at some point today at LaGuardia Airport had to ground flights because of the visibility and certainly from the looks of this Skylight it's hard to tell when it's all going to clear up Chris Reyes CBC News New Jersey so here's a familiar face Dr Samir Gupta is here to walk us through all of this thank you for being here these images out of New York and other parts of Canada are pretty striking and as I see them I'm curious short short term what is all that smoke doing to our bodies lots of different things and we know this from many studies when people breathe in that material particularly those tiny particles it has all sorts of effects on the lungs some of those particles make their way into the bloodstream and have effects on other organs like the heart so one thing we see is an increase in emergency room visits for things like asthma and COPD so people who have lung conditions they flare up we also see more heart attacks in some studies we see more Strokes more clots pulmonary embolism more heart failure all sorts of impacts on the lungs and the Heart in particular because those particles are getting in there that's right it's what we worry about so anytime you burn a fossil fuel or carbonation of material like wood you're going to get all sorts of gases that are released but you're also going to get these tiny particles we call PM 2.5 particulate matter that is 2.5 microns or smaller they're tiny enough that when you breed them in they go all the way deep into the lungs and that's how they cause the damage and it's very carbon Rich particularly because it's burning wood there's some studies that suggest that that carbon-rich PM 2.5 is even more harmful for the body all right Dr Gupta we have a lot more to ask you and and you'll be back in a few minutes all right and of course when there's smoke there's fire tonight there are about 414 wildfires burning across the country more than half are out of control Allison northcott shows us some of the hardest hit places and the people faced with danger and loss safe arrival after a long overnight trip more than 7 000 people from the community of shibugomo were forced to leave to escape a dangerous fire yeah says people in neighboring communities have opened their homes to welcome evacuees these kids from the cree community of uzibugamu are among more than 200 people staying at this college after their Community was evacuated there was smoker and some of these young people are getting sick I'm worried about the the infrastructure the homes the houses that are there because this is a place that we call home wildfires have burned nearly 4 million hectares across the country forcing more than 20 thousand people from their homes the federal government says it's the worst season Canada has seen there are hundreds of armed forces members now deployed additionally the calf is helping with everything from delivering food and supplies to people in mingani Quebec to providing Logistics support in Quebec dry conditions and lightning sparked a hundred fires with more added every day some from human activity rain has helped in some areas but in others fires are still out of control with the uh and power we have we can fight about 40 Fires at the same time but we have 150 fires that's why communities from across Canada are getting extra help from the armed forces and firefighters from other countries including the U.S New Zealand and France in Nova Scotia weather conditions and firefighting have helped control the largest wildfire in the province's history officials say it's no longer likely to spread in the Northwest Territories residents can now return to the katlow deche first nation where Holmes and the band Council Office were destroyed yeah it was pretty devastating um to see but uh it was mostly the homes that you know the like it was basically burned to nothing and as they focus on rebuilding they're still on the watch for more fires Allison northcott CBC News Montreal CBC News senior meteorologist Johanna Wagstaff is with us now so Joe looking forward what does tomorrow hold Adrian unfortunately a couple of factors line up that could make tomorrow morning the worst air quality day yet for the city of Toronto and communities to the West around the Golden Horseshoe so first of all I want to take you back to the fire smoke a dispersion map not only does this track low level and upper level winds but it also tracks the plumes of smoke themselves that are ejected from those Source fires in Quebec and often we see those biggest plumes coming in the afternoon during the daytime heating that happens to line up with a slight shift in winds bringing the most dense smoke over the city of Toronto tomorrow morning unfortunately that means that we're not through the worst of it yet eventually Adrian that plume of smoke will be carried Southward tomorrow afternoon right back into New York okay to that point how long are we expecting this to stick around it's really about the need for a big shift in winds and a lot of mixing and over the weekend we're going to see winds ease but I think we need a big system to really mix out all of this smoke in the lower levels that's not coming until Sunday into Monday then we get a big system that will bring some rain and a complete reversal in winds that does mean we do have to wait a few more days before thousands if not millions are breathing clean air again Monday looks like all right Johanna Wagstaff in Vancouver thank you you're welcome there's little Financial relief in sight tonight for Canadians the Bank of Canada has hiked its interest rate for the first time since January it is now the highest it's been in decades today's quarter point increase brings the Benchmark rate up to about 4.75 percent that's the highest since May of 2001 making everything from your mortgage to your line of credit more expensive a quarter of a percentage Point might not sound like a lot but as Nisha Patel shows us for Canadians already stretched the impacts could be huge tons of Nasir is feeling the squeeze of higher interest rates obviously it's hurting right now but I'm feeling anxious like is it gonna continue for even more hikes while he planned to pay a little more he's still shocked by the jump in his variable rate mortgages I thought the increase would be more gradual I've never imagined this scenario where we're at right now it's a harsh reality facing many Canadians as the Bank of Canada said concerns have increased inflation could get stuck above the two percent Target so it's raising interest rates yet again for people that don't have savings or have a very thin Financial cushion it is a very difficult medicine to swallow the central bank said the economy hasn't cooled enough with the job market showing surprising strength and home sales and prices heating up there could have been a little more patience in terms of whether or not to hike it can take 18 months for these policies to have an impact this economist says it won't be long before many households confront much higher interest rates than there used to when those mortgages renew fixed rates renew for next coming years that's where that shock hit so that's why there's so much of a lag between what happens though Canadian consumer spending has been strong some may be starting to get the message like I used to go watch Raptors maybe like three four times a year this year I didn't even go not even months we didn't go on our vacation just trying to save some bucks right so definitely it is impacting the Bank of Canada says it's keeping an eye on inflation to see whether even higher interest rates are necessary many experts say they expect the central bank to take more action betting on another rate hike in July Nisha Patel CBC News Toronto there's been a major shake-up at CNN the Network's top executive is out after just a year in the job Chris Licht promised to make changes to bring in more Republican viewers but according to a recent article in the Atlantic he'd lost the confidence of CNN employees after a series of missteps including a live town hall with Donald Trump speaking of trump he is now officially running against his former running mate former vice president Mike Pence launched his bid to become president Katie Simpson now on the intensifying race to become the Republican nominee the next president of the United States Mike Pence add Mike Pence to the growing list of Republicans trying to win back the party mantle from Donald Trump he argues what his former boss did leading up to and on January 6th should disqualify Trump from Office anyone who asks someone else to put them over the Constitution should never be president of the United States again the former vice president's chances are slim and with endorsements like this this morning I read that somebody said Mike Pence can be a lot like mayonnaise on toast gaining momentum might be tough and there's a lot of Iowa bacon maybe even a little Tabasco sauce in that toast too Pence is polling in the low single digits along with former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie former U.N Ambassador Nikki Haley and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott a wide field helps Trump he's already got a significant lead and if there are more candidates there's a greater chance of a vote split it's alarming some in the party every candidate needs to understand the responsibility of getting out and getting out quickly if it's not working Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appears to be the only candidate with a clear shot at beating Trump and Trump is worried but in this moment his biggest concern may be his legal exposure this week his lawyers met with the Department of Justice a sign charges in the classified documents case might be imminent even so this former Attorney General says Trump can push ahead there's no disqualification in the Constitution with respect to a candidate being under indictment anytime Trump faces serious legal Jeopardy his supporters and the party establishment rally around him making him an even stronger candidate Katie Simpson CBC News Washington Pope Francis is recovering in hospital the Vatican says he's in good spirits after undergoing a three-hour abdominal surgery now he's awakened he's a fine reportedly there were no complications during the procedure to remove scar tissue and repair hernia he's expected to stay in hospital for several days doctors said the 86 year old even managed to crack a joke when he woke up from general anesthetic and more rescues are unfolding in southern Ukraine tonight after the destruction of a major Dam Unleashed Rising flood waters it could take weeks for the water to recede as Briar Stewart shows us the expectation is this crisis will only deepen in the city of Harrison residents who've lived through War for more than a year now have to be rescued by boat we have become used to the shelling said this woman but a natural disaster like this is a nightmare animals are stranded too surrounded by flood waters tainted with whatever has been swept up thousands of houses this MP could smell fuel well down at the nepro river hundreds of tones of engine oil now with the bodies of dead animals all of this is moving to the Black Sea officials say it could take a week for the water to recede much longer to get a true sense of the environmental damage these images show dead fish at the drained bottom of the dams Reservoir Ukraine says that hundreds of thousands of people have been left without drinking water this official says they will bring it in by training by car the defense Ministry released this video of a drone apparently dropping off water too satellite images show that the Nova kahofka Dam had recently sustained structural damage even before it burst the dam was under control by Russian forces and so were communities on the south side of the nipro river this man's house is now filled with the putrid mix of water and sewage there's no help from the authorities he says so he'll be left cleaning up on his own foreign the war can't go on forever it must end sometime he is staying here for now turkey's president regip Taya berdawan spoke with both the president of Ukraine and the president of Russia in his phone call with Vladimir Putin he reportedly said that there needs to be an international investigation into the Dam's destruction and it could include the U.N Briar Stewart CBC News London as Thick Smoke from Wildfire spreads across this country Health experts urge people to protect themselves what you do is you put it over your face up next what you can do to stay safe and Dr Gupta is back to answer your questions Dr Elliott page on Fame after transition that was an instance where I felt this just sort of certain flutter of anxiety perhaps a Canadian exclusive and Prince Harry back in court why he says he is convinced his phone was hacked we're back in two [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign tonight A thick cloud of wildfire smoke enveloping huge swaths of Quebec Ontario and the U.S Northeast Environment Canada warns the air quality is poor for Millions so that brings with it some serious health concerns especially for anyone with lung or heart diseases or anyone who is very young or old but many others are feeling the effects too so we asked Lauren Pelley to show us some tips on how to stay safe [Music] the scene in New York apocalyptic in Kingston Ontario putrid air and in Toronto the skyline is mostly smog people here are feeling the burn most noticeable to me is my eyes are watering and they and they're stinging kind of feeling in the throat a bit a little in the lungs I am slightly asthmatic so that's why I'm wearing the mask today so what's the best way to protect yourself from toxic smoke air quality experts suggest taking cues from pandemic precautions the same kind of filter people might have bought to remove coven you know from from indoor spaces uh would be very effective at removing the particular air pollution from forest fires those filters keep the windows closed to keep smoke particles out if you have a large family room where most people are going to gather maybe after dinner then also place a portable air cleaner there say if you have to leave the house keep it brief you may still go outside for a walk but avoid exertion and if you need to work or commute outside for longer periods of time this respiratory therapist says it is recommended that you protect yourself as much as possible in terms of the air that you're breeding that means wearing a good quality mask ideally an n95 so walk me through we asked for a Refresh on how to wear one what you do is you put it over your face depending on the style of mask put the straps over your ears or in this case behind your head tighten around your nose and check for any leaks make sure it's a really good Tight Seal it's not a perfect solution to the smog but it does help protect you from being exposed in in that environment Lauren Pelley CBC News Toronto Dr Samir Gupta is back again this time to answer your questions so Dr Gupta when it comes to a sunburn for example we we know now to check out the UV index what do we do with smoke what what are the numbers we should be looking for or is it just a matter of instinct yeah this is really important because this is something that's been around for a while but we're only sort of talking about and hearing about it now it's something called the air quality Health index and that is similar to the UV index it'll give you a numerical sense of how bad the air is out there and this is something you can see on your weather forecast we'll tell you what that aqhi is right now later on in the day and even forecast it ahead and you're looking for that number anywhere from one to ten one to three is in the low range four to six is moderate seven and higher is the high risk range and that's where we are at in this part of the country and in the northeastern United States right now and that's where you start seriously moderating your behavior definitely particularly if you have an underlying lung condition and what about what about mass in terms of children because if you know we all know from covid you know Toddlers and infants and n95s don't exactly mix very well what are you supposed to do to protect them yeah it's tough you know I think partly with covid a lot of kids got used to masks and kids adapt really well to things but yes you can't get an n95 for children you often can't get a well-fitting mask for children you try your best with that but ultimately you just have to limit the amount of time that they're Outdoors Outdoors is where the risk is indoors is where the air is filtered it's safer and we do worry about the developing brain about the developing lungs this pollution has impact on children okay so that was a question we had from a woman named Samantha we have another one um from someone named David wood so the thing is people in in Alberta and parts of Canada like Nova Scotia know know a lot about the dangers of smoke from wildfires for some in this area in particular it's not all that common so David wants to know about the dangers of the smoke and he says have there been any comparisons done between time exposure to smoke versus the number of cigarettes a person might smoke in a day yeah so that's that's a great question it's not I would say it's not a scientific direct comparison but if you look at those particles that particulate matter 2.5 those tiny particles the impact of those particles from cigarette smoking versus from pollution you can make some type of comparison there and what we're dealing with right now is probably in the range of a third to a half pack of cigarettes so spending the whole day outside 24 hours in this pollution is equivalent to that seven to ten cigarettes range that's astonishing Dr Gupta thank you very much for being with us my pleasure actor Elliot page took a deeply personal step and put it into the spotlight who's Victor I am in his first Canadian interview since transitioning he tells me about his life now as a trans man in joyful and the risks he still faces people threaten my life on the street the national takes you deeper into the story shaping our world next [Music] thank you foreign [Music] thank you foreign [Music] box of page boy wow it's real did you catch the title of that book Elliott page so carefully unboxed page boy clever name for a brave and open Memoir from the Nova Scotia you know Paige nominated for an Oscar for Juno back in the day starring in the superhero series Umbrella Academy right now and he's a trans man he sat down with us for his first Canadian interview since transitioning and what a transition in so many ways to finally be in a place where I wake up and I feel in my body and I'm present and don't have the sensation of wanting to flee or lift out of myself or cause myself pain it's been extraordinary I I didn't think I'd ever feel this way in my life he did it Elliott page says he finally found a way to be himself this moment is a lot to talk about so we grabbed a little time in Toronto as he was in the last days of shooting Umbrella Academy nearby and if you haven't seen that show yet hang on [Music] it's a comic book come alive a family of adopted siblings with superpowers [Music] Umbrella Academy is funny and colorful and bold and Elliot page stars as Victor only Victor wasn't known as Victor until season 3 episode 2. love the haircut it's a pretty beautiful thing to watch that episode of Umbrella Academy where Victor announces himself as Victor and the family are sitting I don't know I'm telling you you were literally in the scene there was somebody had to do something who elected you Vania so Victor who's Victor I am who I've always been and there's like a a moment where it sinks in and then they just move on is that an issue for anyone no I'm good with it yeah me too cool I think that conversation is the dream of every kid when you fantasize coming out you just want people to go okay and move on did you write that did you like where's your hand in that conversation well there was definitely a collaboration and Steve Blackman who's the showrunner of umbrella was so wonderful and completely embraced me when I called him to tell him what I was going through and probably in many ways was one of the first first people I came up to because I had the show was coming up and I was hoping to maybe get surgery and you know all of these things and he was really actually the one who was like no I want to put it in the show and I want to do it now it's really happy for you Victor the last time I checked he don't speak for this family was it fun that scene it was fun it was it did actually feel quite intense shooting it I think maybe because I just sort of just done that in my life and there's all these people around like I don't usually feel embarrassed or shy acting it's one of the fun things about it it's like it really lets you work through a lot of your embarrassment I've done a lot of stuff in front of like a giant room of people but that was an instance where I felt this just a certain flutter of anxiety perhaps just because it was so personally connected at that time don't begrudge him the butterflies he only announced publicly in December of 2020 that he was a trans man living as he always knew himself to be look for images of his work before you will find those but you won't find the name he previously used every Credit Now changed to read Elliot right from the Productions as a little kid growing up in Nova Scotia acting on cbc's pit Pony that was my first acting gig at 10 years old Maggie McLean on pit Pony yeah do you remember what that little guy was like who played Maggie at the time he was oh gosh that was actually it was an interesting time um doing that film because I feel like I was sort of getting to really kind of look like myself and um have you know my appearance match how I was feeling inside and and was absolutely thrilled to to get that part and embark on the Journey of being an actor the the feeling of it everything that offered me the people I met how much it expanded my world but it came with a an interesting uh Counterpoint which was you know playing these you know girl characters uh which obviously then continued and continued and continued and I think you know then then shifted how I was feeling or how I could look so it at 10 in your everyday life you were who you were yeah right do you think that you had the words to know that you were a boy or just the feeling mostly the feeling and so the feeling was I was just like absolutely perplexed especially as I started to come to terms with more that I wasn't you know like I just was actually baffled like I couldn't wrap my head around it I think it actually was something I was consistently expressing to a degree you know this is what I feel like can I be this when I grow up Etc et cetera but can I be a boy yes but I had no language for what that meant at the time I think some people who will Who will be watching this may remember seeing you I mean not that long ago when you spoke to Oprah right and the transition was very fresh and as a viewer it seemed pretty pretty raw especially when you were talking about things that made you joyful [Music] it's the little it's you know getting out of the shower and the towels around your waist and you're looking at yourself in the mirror and you're just like there I am it's been a little bit of time are you still having these sort of discoveries that make you happy you know absolutely I mean every day when I wake up in the morning or stretch my body and go for a walk it's hard to know how to describe it but when you've spent so much time thinking you could never feel a certain way a level of discomfort that I could never Shake and did and did didn't understand why especially with how fortunate I am the privilege that I have and to finally be in a place where I wake up and I feel in my body and I'm present and don't have the sensation of wanting to flee or lift out of myself or cause myself pain um it's been extraordinary I I didn't think I'd ever feel this way in my life [Music] what Elliott page has always that need help I just admire all those who have been here on the front line protecting the Wetland making a documentary about tainted water in Canada fighting for the protection of the trans and larger lgbtq communities Elliot page here and I just spent an hour taking the U.S trans survey and I'm popping on video that asks you to take it too he's quick to talk of being grateful for what he has but in the opening pages of his Memoir he adds another word to how he's feeling right now terrified there will be people who can't relate to your experience right there who who haven't had to go through this at all who will say come on like where's the threat can you help them understand what being afraid looks like yeah well I'm afraid you know I had a cold beer thrown on me and called a walking down the street around the corner you know it's like I've that people threatened my life on the street and this is just neat this is like this person you see on TV you know let alone um people who are more vulnerable than me and what they can deal with literally on a day-to-day basis or a fear every time they just walk out of their house or what have you um and hate crimes are up you know murders of trans women of color are just constant and horrific um Rising suicide rates I wish people did understand more the reality of what the community faces trans people just want to live just want to be able to be who they are authentically access the health care they need to survive and thrive but it's getting turned into this and has always been so highly politicized and used by politicians as as a weapon essentially it absolutely does manifest in the real world in schools and when you're walking down the street what did you do when that beer was thrown at your head I spun around and screamed my head off at them yeah don't know if that was necessarily the right choice but that was the reaction I had in the book you do write about some of these things and one moment that struck me was when you were playing soccer in Nova Scotia and you felt brave enough and bold enough in a moment to tell someone you trusted on the team that you thought maybe you were bisexual what happened we were sharing a room in like a dorm like at a soccer tournament and I mean she just laughed and was like no you're not you know um and but that's was not it's not surprising at the time you know Nova Scotia and what year would that have been 2002 if it did come up in school in like health class or something you know everyone be giggling and laughing all the jokes you saw on TV was not shocking but you know that was probably the first time I tried to express something and the second time would have been to my mother and that was bless her let's go not well it did not go well um yeah we were just in the car and I was like Mom I think I think I was around the same age maybe like 15 about to turn 16 or something around there just was like Mom I think I might be gay or and she just was like she just snapped I think there was some because I don't think she even believed this at the time like she knew people who were like I knew of maybe one person in her life she knew was gay and she just yelled that doesn't exist so I just was like okey-doke you know interactions like going with your mom and the one with your friend I would imagine shut you down a bit because that's Brave to say those things out loud and then to get shut down really stings and and did that sort of delay your transition um or what it delayed for sure was just me like not wanting to embrace like my queerness I then pretty much didn't talk about it I'm sure ultimately that all that lingering or those initial responses conscious or not we're affecting my ability to step into my trans identity and I would try and just constantly talk myself out of it oh you just need to learn to be comfortable you just need the tighter sports bra you just need this and you just cut your hair this way and it'll be fine and then that's like trying you know like but thank gosh I got I got here I feel so lucky and I know I'm still young but I certainly wish it happened a bit earlier but um I'm just so grateful to be here now and when I did tell my mom she just was so supportive and I think for her too she saw me um sorry she saw me struggle so much and so I think in many ways she felt relief just relief to see that her kid was happy and embodied and and just so many ways just healthier and more vibrant and joyful and still our kid yeah still a kid puberty all over again lucky her jokes on me so we had a copy of the book that was an electronic copy of the book so you can search certain things and the word shame and the word Joy they're almost tied for how often they appear in the book and I I wonder how you have kicked shame to the curb or does it sort of lurk around the margin oh gosh I'm sure it's still lurking somewhere but no I feel so much more liberated in that regard I think that's the feeling and and in so many ways and life feels like new in so many ways because I'm not I'm not letting that like virus and like infect my head that is impressive I'm proud and and stoked to be who I am and even in moments when it's you know challenging and difficult I would not I would not change this for a second so much of it thank you really appreciate talking thank you so what now for Elliot he says maybe he will get to play some of the male roles he's always wanted to maybe more documentaries some directing he has choices that he says he never felt like he had before next Prince Harry takes the stand in a phone hacking case what he said in his second day of testimony [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign this is your Red Flag Warning uh-oh a Maestro Fresh West watch as we race against the tide Prince Harry's two days of testimony are now over he was cross-examined for hours again today as part of a legal battle against the British tabloids Chris Brown now with his unprecedented court appearance the prince who claims he has endured unending and much of it illegal media scrutiny since he was a child is trying to convince a judge to hold a British newspaper publisher accountable Harry was cross-examined for the second straight day in a series of combative exchanges with lawyers for the mirror group newspapers the company has previously settled 600 claims for illegally intercepting voicemails but says Harry was never hacked in court both sides sparred over a selection of 33 stories many focusing on Harry's relationship with a former girlfriend Chelsea Davey he claimed a private investigator put a tracking device on their car the newspaper reports that he went drinking at a club after being dumped had to have originated from hacked phone calls the mirror lawyers say that's just speculation under cross-examination Harry was asked to point to any specific voicemail that he knows with certainty was hacked he couldn't instead saying there is only hard evidence of suspiciousness that many were I think we've seen a lack of detail perhaps media lawyer Antonia Foster says a major challenge is that many of the calls or voice messages are now irretrievable when they go back to 1996 and so I mean I I couldn't tell you what was on my phone a year ago and I suspect Harry's in in that particular situation much will depend on how the journalists who wrote the stories explain themselves Jane Kerr a former mirror Royal editor testified immediately after Harry while he stayed in court to listen she says she didn't know how a private investigator obtained phone numbers and she never asked him Harry was on the stand for eight hours in total over the two days he testified if the decision which is still weeks away goes against him it would be an injustice Chris Brown CBC News London soccer Superstar Lionel Messi has a new team he's going to enter Miami and joining Major League Soccer it comes after he left Paris and Germain the move is somewhat of a surprise he reportedly had offers from Saudi Arabia and Barcelona Messi's move is being seen as a big boost to U.S soccer next the car troubles your mechanic cannot fix so I opened the hood look inside and then I'm just shocked the Curious creature that forces driver to pull over in Our Moment [Music] those little plastic credit cards that let you automatically withdraw and deposit money in the bank those cards may seem to be the ultimate in computer banking but a more sophisticated system is being tested in a town in eastern France thanks to computers in many stores in burgundress people don't have to pay in cash but they can't pay on credit either in fact the minute they make a purchase their money is on its way out of the bank Joe Schlessinger reports the uncredit card it zips money out of your bank account with the speed of lightning the store sales registered your bank account number and feed it straight into your bank's computer halfway across town you give the computer the order to pay by punching up your own personal identification code the store keeper Rings up the amount of your purchase the computer makes sure you have enough money in the bank and Presto the money is transferred instantaneously from your account to the stores account this newest wrinkling shopping is in effect in broken brass a town of forty thousand inhabitants in eastern France if it works here the UN credit card May soon be coming your way the system the first in the world was installed here three months ago and it's too early to tell how it's doing so far the service is only available in 54 Outlets service stations supermarkets clothing stores but more computer terminals are being installed for the bank it's a further step towards automation for the store it's instant money in the bank the new card can also be used for cash withdrawals from electronic tellers and eventually will replace checks for all sorts of money transfers the bank charges neither the store nor the customer for the service but to use the card customers will have to keep larger Bank balances and that's where the bank accounts are making its money that's the hitch you can only go shopping with your own credit card if you have money in the bank but the computer is not totally cruel it won't make you put back the letters for one of a dollar or two it will turn a blind eye to anything less than a 50 overdraft but after that it's no goal the computer will be polite enough about it it won't tell the checkout clerk straight out that your flat broke it'll just pretend it's having a minor nervous breakdown that it's temporarily deaf and dumb so what's in it for the customer well it's that old blandishment of our age convenience you don't have to carry cash you don't have to fill out a check you don't even have to sign for anything you just press those buttons Josh lessinger CBC News vogampress France [Music] so what's that cute little noise that is the sound of a marmot in the engine you heard that the sizable Critter crawled right in there well van Sam Bouchard and his daughters were just hiking in Jasper National Park so on their way back to Edmonton the dashboard lit up with warnings with all the warnings they stopped they checked under the hood and there they found the large Road and just staring up at them the Marmot who moved in is Our Moment get in the car um start driving and then all kinds of Lights start flashing on my dashboard like transmission ABS so I opened the hood look inside and then I'm just shocked it was a big Marmot right there on my engine just looking at me seemed perfectly happy I just started laughing so I go get a branch and you know try to poke it because I expect it to just run away and then it just went and hit under the engine because the wildlife conflict specialist was like really really hard takes the Marmot out of the car uh it's not happy mama is not happy but he put into the cage she seems fine not burn or anything but then we start driving again and the lights are still flashing and indeed the Marmot head to the wire that connected to something I don't know everything is fine in the end my car seems to be fine the moments can be fine but it's just like so unexpected I really did not expect to find a marmot under my hood well he he's a very good sport they drove for some nine kilometers with all that happening and when they stopped and realized what it was they tried to use a sandwich to sort of get the Marmot out you know here Marmot sandwich it wasn't biting I guess it had eaten all the cables and was more than happy that is a national for June the 7th thank you for being with us have a good night foreign [Music]

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Published: Thu Jun 08 2023