>> Adrienne: OPEN THIS MONDAY NIGHT, DONALD TRUMP NOT BACKING DOWN, EVEN AS REPUBLICANS SLAM HIS BORDER POLICY AS INHUMANE, HEARTLESS AND JUST PLAIN WRONG. >>> THE NEW RECORDING WITH THE HEARTBREAKING LOOK OF KIDS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE. AND HOW CANADA DEALS WITH FAMILIES AT THE BORDER. >> Rosemary: CANADIAN COUPLES TRYING TO ADOPT IN JAPAN SUDDENLY TOLD THEY CAN'T BRING THEIR BABIES HOME. >> Ian: PLUS WHEN A VIDEOGAME OBSESSION BECOMES AN ADDICTION. THIS IS "THE NATIONAL." >> Adrienne: CASTING AR
OUND FOR SOMEONE TO BLAME FOR THE IMMIGRATION MESS HE'S IN, THE U.S. PRESIDENT IS POINTING FINGERS, CLAIMING THAT HIS HANDS ARE TIED AS 2,000 MIGRANT CHILDREN ARE SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS. AS PAUL HUNTER TELLS US, DONALD TRUMP'S HARD LINE IS PROVING HARD TO SWALLOW. >> Reporter: IT'S A PLACE WHERE THE LIGHTS STAY ON 24/7. WHERE WITHIN THOSE GIANT CHAIN LINK CAGES, MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN HUDDLE TOGETHER, AWAITING THEIR FATE, CAUSE CROSSING INTO THE U.S. ILLEGALLY AND BROUGHT TO THIS DETENTIO
N CENTRE IN TEXAS FOR PROCESSING SOME CALL THE PLACE URSULA, SOME LABEL IT "THE DOG KENNEL." THESE IMAGES SHOW AN ORDERLY CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT AUDIO SAID TO HAVE BEEN SMUGGLED FROM ONE SUCH CENTRE AND GIVEN TO THE INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM GROUP PROPUBLICA SIGNALS SOMETHING MORE HARROWING. >> Reporter: SUB TITLED FROM SPANISH BY PROPUBLICA. A BORDER PATROL AGENT MAKES A JOKE. >> Reporter: SUCH DETENTION CENTRES HAVE BECOME THE FOCAL POINT IN AN INTENSIFYING DEBATE OVER HOW THE U.S. DEALS WITH ILLEGA
L CROSSINGS. A NEW DIRECTIVE BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, ZERO TOLERANCE, IS TO PROSECUTE SUCH MIGRANTS CRIMINALLY, WHICH MEANS BY LAW PARENTS AND CHILDREN MUST BE SEPARATED. THE DIRECTIVE TO PROSECUTE HAS SPARKED BROAD OUTRAGE FROM DEMOCRATS AND SOME PROMINENT REPUBLICANS. FORMER FOX NEWS HOST BILL O'REILLY CALLS IT ALL "UNACCEPTABLE." SAID FORMER FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH, "IT'S SHAMEFUL." >> President Donald Trump: JUST REMEMBER, A COUNTRY WITHOUT BORDERS IS NOT A COUNTRY AT ALL. >> Reporter: BUT
TODAY DONALD TRUMP STOOD FIRM. >> President Donald Trump: THE UNITED STATES WILL NOT BE A REFUGEE CAMP OR A REFUGEE HOLDING FACILITY. IT WON'T BE. YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN EUROPE AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER PLACES, WE CAN'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN TO THE UNITED STATES. NOT ON MY WATCH. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTOR SAID THAT THE CHILDREN ARE BEING WELL TREATED. >> WE WILL DEFEND THE SOVEREIGNTY AND SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES. >> Reporter: ADRIENN
E, THE CROSSINGS, THE ARRESTS, AND THE FAMILY SEPARATIONS CONTINUE. >> Adrienne: PAUL, IS ANYONE EVEN NEAR A FIX, SOMETHING EVERYONE CAN AGREE ON? >> Reporter: NOT REALLY. IT'S A MESS. PEOPLE ARE FLEEING TERRIBLE SITUATIONS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER ARE SHOWING UP AT THE U.S. BORDER. TRUMP'S POSITION IS, YOU CANNOT LET THEM IN WITHOUT PROPER VETTING AND THERE ARE TOO MANY TO SQUEEZE INTO THE VETTING PROCESS, SO THEY'RE ARRESTING THEM. BY LAW, THE FAMILIES ARE FLIGHT UP. MOST AGR
EE IT'S NOT DOABLE IN THE SHORT OR LONG TERM. FOR THE MOMENT, THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT ALSO ANSWERS TRUMP'S LONGSTANDING PLEDGE TO TIGHTEN THE BORDER, WHICH LET'S NOT FORGET, HELPED TO GET HIM ELECTED PRESIDENT. >> Adrienne: ABSOLUTELY. OK, PAUL, THANKS VERY MUCH. AS YOU HEARD IN PAUL'S STORY, HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY KIRSTJEN NIELSEN WAS ASKED DIRECTLY FOR HER THOUGHTS OF THE STORIES EMERGING FROM TEXAS. HERE'S MORE OF WHAT SHE SAID FOR THE RECORD ARGUING THAT THE KIDS ARE P
ROPERLY CARED FOR. >> 10,000 OF THOSE CURRENTLY IN CUSTODY WERE SENT BY THEIR PARENTS WITH STRANGERS TO UNDERTAKE A COMPLETELY DANGEROUS AND DEADLY TRAVEL ALONE. WE NOW CARE FOR THEM. WE HAVE HIGH STANDARDS. WE GIVE THEM MEALS. WE GIVE THEM EDUCATION. WE GIVE THEM MEDICAL CARE. THERE ARE VIDEOS. THERE ARE TVs. I VISITED THE DETENTION CENTRES MYSELF. >> THE HUNDREDS THAT WE'VE SEEN, PERHAPS UP TO 2,000. IS THERE ANY EXAMPLES OF CHILD ABUSE, DO YOU BELIEVE? HOW COULD IT NOT BE CHILD ABUSE FOR THE
PEOPLE TAKEN FROM THEIR PARENTS? NOT THE ONES SENT HERE WITH THEIR PARENTS' BLESSING WITH A SMUGGLER? >> UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT IN ANY POSITION TO DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, HEARSAY STORIES. IF SOMEONE HAS A SPECIFIC ALLEGATION, AS I ALWAYS DO WHEN I TESTIFY, I ASK IF THEY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. WE WILL LOOK INTO IT. OF COURSE, WE DON'T WANT ANY SITUATION WHERE A CHILD IS NOT COMPLETELY, ADEQUATELY, TAKEN CARE OF. >> Adrienne: SO THE HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETAR
Y REFUSING TO COMMENT ON WHAT SHE CALLS HEARSAY STORIES OF CHILD ABUSE TAKING PLACE IN DETENTION CENTRES. IT'S THOSE IMAGES AND SOUNDS THAT ARE SPARKING OUTRAGE. WHERE DID THE IDEA FOR THE POLICY COME FROM? THE FIRST IMAGES OF THE MIGRANT KIDS TAKEN FROM THEIR PARENTS, IT WAS FLOATED ON TELEVISION. >> ARE YOU, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, CONSIDERING A NEW INITIATIVE THAT WOULD SEPARATE CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS IF THEY TRY TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES ILLEGALLY? >> I'M CONSIDERING EXACT
LY THAT. >> Adrienne: THIS WASN'T A NEW THOUGHT. THE IDEA WAS INTRODUCED EARLIER UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, A SOLUTION SUGGESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IN 2014, IN RESPONSE TO THE SO-CALLED AMERICAN IMMIGRATION CRISIS, A SURGE OF ARRIVALS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA. THEN LEON FRESCO WAS DEPUTY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL. IMMIGRATION HIS FOCUS. HE HEARD THE SEPARATION IDEA OFFERED AND THEN REJECTED. >> THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION NEVER WANTED TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT WAS AN
IM MORAL WAY OF TRYING TO ACHIEVE A SECURE BORDER. >> Adrienne: BUT THE IDEA STUCK IN THE MIND OF JEFF SESSIONS AND HIS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR STEVEN MILLER. NOW THAT SESSIONS IS ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE SEPARATION PLAN HAS FOUND A HOME. BUT IT IS JUST POLICY, NOT LAW, AS TRUMP AND THE HEAD OF HOMELAND SECURITY CONTINUE TO SAY. THERE IS NO STATUTE REQUIRING MIGRANT FAMILIES TO BE SEPARATED. THIS ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY PUT INTO PLACE IN APRIL, WAS A DECISION MADE BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO CRIMI
NALLY CHARGE THOSE WHO ATTEMPT TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES. ON EITHER SIDE OF THE POLITICAL DIVIDE IN THE U.S., THERE ARE LOUD VOICES ARGUING THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING DOES NOT LOOK GOOD. THE ADMINISTRATION IS CONVINCED, IT WILL WORK. IT WILL BE AND ALREADY IS A DETERRENT. PROBLEM IS, THAT MIGHT NOT BE SO. LOOK AT SOME OF THE NUMBERS SO FAR. IN MARCH, 50,296 APPREHENSIONS AT THE BORDER, A SURGE FROM THE MONTH BEFORE. APRIL, 50,924. MAY, 51,912. THERE'S STILL NO DROP. >> IF THEY REMAIN AT THESE NUMBER
S, THESE WILL BE THE HIGHEST NUMBERS OF UNCOMPANIED MINORS AND FAMILIES FROM CENTRAL AMERICA THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NUMBERS THAT ARE VERY COMPARABLE TO THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. >> Adrienne: SO WHAT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE STILL TRY TO KEEP COMING? POSSIBLY FACTORS BEYOND THE ADMINISTRATION'S CONTROL -- DESPERATION IN CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES THAT'S GETTING WORSE AND PROSPERITY IN THE UNITED STATES THAT SEEMS TO BE IMPROVING. SO TO
MANY, IT IS WORTH A TRY. ALSO RAISING QUESTIONS HERE IN CANADA. THAT'S THE PART OF THE STORY YOU ARE FOLLOWING. >> Rosemary: YOU BET, ADRIENNE. SINCE LAST YEAR, THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENT HAS DONE WHAT THEY CAN TO KEEP CHILDREN OUT OF DETENTION. THEY'RE TRACKING TRUMP'S BORDER CRACKDOWN TO SEE IF THE U.S. IS SAFE FOR ASYLUM-SEEKERS. EVAN DYER WITH WHAT THAT MEANS FOR CANADA'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES. >> CHILDREN ARE VERY PRECIOUS CREATURES. AND WE ALL, I'M SURE, NEED TO HAVE THEIR SAFETY, THEIR SECURIT
Y, THEIR WELL-BEING, FIRST AND FOREMOST IN OUR MINDS, AND THAT'S WHAT LIES AT THE BASIS OF CANADIAN POLICY. >> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT SAID THEY'RE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE FAMILY SEPARATION POLICY SOME QUESTION WHETHER THIS COUNTRY'S AGREEMENT TO SEND S ASYL ASYLUM-SEEKERS BACK TO THE U.S. CAN STILL HOLD. THE U.S. IS SEPARATING FAMILIES AND DETAINING CHILDREN AT A TIME WHEN CANADA'S GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN MOVING TO END THE PRACTICE. LAST NOVEMBER, PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER RALPH GOODALE ISSUED A D
IRECTIVE ORDERING CANADA PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA TO PUT THE WELL-BEING OF THE CHILDREN AT THE FORE FRONT. >> WE SEE CHILDREN DEVELOPING ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND SUICIDAL IDEATION. >> AS SOME OF THE CHANGES ARE TAKING EFFECT, WE'LL SEE THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE ON DUE PROCESS, APPEAL RIGHTS, THE ABILITY FOR ASYLUM-SEEKERS TO MAKE A CLAIM. >> Reporter: BUT SOME SAY THAT OTTAWA NEEDS TO SUSPEND THE AGREEMENT NOW AND NOT SEND MIGRANTS TO A COUNTRY THAT CANADA CONSIDERS HARMFUL TO CHILDREN. >> REGARDL
ESS OF THE SHORT-TERM POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES, CANADA NEEDS TO STAND FOR THE PRINCIPLES AND VALUES WE'VE STOOD FOR. >> Reporter: THE SAFE THIRD COUNTRY AGREEMENT ONLY APPLIES AT OFFICIAL BORDER POSTS. ENDING THE AGREEMENT MIGHT ANNOY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, BUT IT WOULD ALSO MEAN THAT ASYLUM-SEEKERS COULD GO BACK TO ENTERING CANADA THROUGH REGULAR BORDER CROSSINGS. EVAN DYER, CBC NEWS, OTTAWA. >> Rosemary: YOU HEARD EVAN MENTION THE SAFE THIRD COUNTRY AGREEMENT. THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA SAID TH
AT CAN ONLY BE AGREED TO WITH A COUNTRY WITH A HIGH RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. THE UNITED STATES IS THE ONLY COUNTRY CANADA DESIGNATED IN THOSE TERMS. >> Ian: A MAN IN TORONTO STRUCK AND KILLED BY A SUBWAY TRAIN. TORONTO POLICE SERVICE ANNOUNCING THEY'VE CHARGED A 57-YEAR-OLD MAN WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER. SUSPECT'S NAME NOT YET RELEASED, BUT HE IS EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN COURT TOMORROW. THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE VICTIM. HE'S DESCRIBED AS ASIAN, BELIEVED TO BE IN HIS EARLY 50s OR 60s. AT
THIS POINT, POLICE SAY THERE IS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SUSPECT AND THE VICTIM AND THE MOTIVE IS STILL UNCLEAR. >>> ALSO TONIGHT, A GOOD NIGHT FOR THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY IN A FEDERAL BYELECTION IN QUEBEC. THE CBC NEWS DECISION DESK IS PROJECTING THAT THE CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE WILL WIN. THAT'S RICHARD MARTEL. THE LIBERAL PARTY WON THE SEAT IN 2015 AND HELD ON TO IT UNTIL THEIR M.P. RESIGNED LAST YEAR FOR PERSONAL REASONS. TO GIVE YOU A SENSE HOW IMPORTANT THIS RACE WAS, LAST WEEK THE LEADERS O
F ALL THREE MAJOR PARTIES APPEARED ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO SUPPORT THEIR CANDIDATES. >>> AND HERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT PARLIAMENT HILL, WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS CLEARED ANOTHER HURDLE IN ITS PUSH TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA. THE LATEST VERSION OF THE LEGALIZATION BILL IS NOW BACK WITH THE SENATE. >>> M.P.s TODAY VOTING IN FAVOUR OF A BILL THAT REJECTS SEVERAL KEY CHANGES PROPOSED BY THE SENATE. NOW IT'S UP TO SENATORS TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO FIGHT FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS OR ACCEP
T THE GOVERNMENT'S BILL. IF THEY FIGHT, THE BILL WOULD AGAIN GO BACK TO THE HOUSE AND THAT WOULD DELAY LEGALIZATION. >>> FIVE CANADIAN FAMILIES ARE STUCK IN LIMBO TONIGHT. THEY WANTED TO ADOPT, FILLED OUT THE PAPERWORK, PAID THE EXPENSIVE FEES AND WAITED FOR MONTHS. WHEN THEY TRAVELLED TO JAPAN TO BRING THEIR BABIES HOME, THEY WERE TOLD, STAY PUT. RENEE FILIPPONE HAS THEIR STORY. >> OK. SO THIS IS THE BABY'S ROOM. >> Reporter: PREPARATION IS KEY FOR ANY EXPECTANT PARENT. RYAN HOGUE IS READY TO W
ELCOME HIS NEW DAUGHTER HOME. >> THIS IS A KIMONO THAT WE BOUGHT FOR OUR BABY. >> Reporter: HIS BABY AND WIFE ARE HALF A WORLD AWAY, STUCK IN TOKYO. >> I CHECK IN WITH HER NUMEROUS TIMES DAILY BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED FOR HER. SHE'S ALONE. SHE'S WITH OUR BABY. >> Reporter: THE COUPLE TRAVELLED TO JAPAN IN MAY TO MEET THEIR DAUGHTER. WITHIN A MONTH, THEY WERE EXPECTING TO GET A VISA AND RETURN HOME. >> THIS PANDA IS A GIFT FROM HER LOVING GRANDPARENTS. >> Reporter: INSTEAD, THEY WERE TOLD THAT THE C
ANADIAN GOVERNMENT HAD TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED VISAS FOR INFANTS COMING FROM JAPAN. >> THE CALLED ME CRYING SAYING, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING THIS TO US. WE FOLLOWED THE PROCESS, RYAN. THEY'RE NOT LISTENING. >> Reporter: AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES. FOUR OTHER B.C. FAMILIES ARE WAITING FOR VISAS FOR THEIR BABIES. EACH HAS BEEN WORKING WITH A JAPANESE ADOPTION AGENCY CALLED BABY LIFE, MATCHING CANADIAN FAMILIES WITH INFANTS FOR NEARLY A DECADE. >> WHY DID IT WORK 200 TIMES BE
FORE AND NOW IN THESE FIVE CASES, IT'S A PROBLEM? >> Reporter: THIS IMMIGRATION LAWYER SAID THAT IT FOLLOWS A MOVE BY THE U.S. THE U.S. SAID THAT JAPANESE COURTS NEED TO APPROVE ALL INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS, WHICH HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE. THEY'RE TREATING THE ISSUE AS A PRIORITY AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. THEY CANNOT FINALIZE THE PROCESSING OF CASES WHERE THE ADOPTION WILL BE COMPLETED IN CANADA. >> THE FAMILIES CAN'T SIMPLY SIT IN JAPAN INDEFINITELY. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN TH
ERE FOR OVER 8 WEEKS. YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO BE IN JAPAN ON A VISA FOR 12. >> GOING ON THE TRAIN HERE. >> Reporter: MARCI NESSMAN AND HER PARTNER ARE STILL IN TOKYO. EVERY DAY SHE WAITS FOR HAPPY NEWS. >> WE JUST WANT TO SHARE OUR CHILD WITH OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND BE HOME. >> Reporter: HOAG WAITS ALONE, BAGS PACKED. >> I MISSED MY FIRST FATHER'S DAY WITH MY BABY. I MISS THEM DEARLY AND I WANT TO CELEBRATE CANADA DAY WITH THEM BACK IN CANADA. >> Reporter: RENEE FILIPPONE, CBC NEWS, VANCOUVER
. >> Ian: THE NUMBER OF CANADIANS ADOPTING FROM ABROAD IS DECLINING. IN 2016, THERE WERE 805 INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS, A DRAMATIC INCREASE FROM THE NEARLY 1,400 BACK IN 2012. WHY? ACCORDING TO THE ADOPTION COUNCIL OF CANADA, IT'S EXPENSIVE, COSTING UP TO $50,000. IT'S A LONG PROCESS, CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM 18 MONTHS TO SEVERAL YEARS TO COMPLETE. AND, FINALLY, GROWING NUMBER OF COUNTRIES ARE IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS OR ALL-OUT BANS ON INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS. >> Rosemary: HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT ELSE W
E'RE WORKING ON TONIGHT ON "THE NATIONAL." HE STOPPED EATING, SLEEPING, AND BATHING, AN ADDICTION TO VIDEOGAMES CONSUMED HIS LIFE. THE PUSH TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE A MODERN MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION. >> Ian: WITH THOUSANDS OF HOMES AT RISK, HOW ONE COASTAL COMMUNITY IS BRACING FOR RISING SEA LEVELS. >> Adrienne: FACEBOOK'S WAR FOR VIOLENT CONTENT, MEET A WOMAN THAT IS PAID IT LOOK AT WHAT MOST KURN AWAY FROM. >> PORNOGRAPHY, BESTIALITY, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. >> Rosemary: IF YOU HAVE EVER SPENT A FEW HOU
RS PLAYING VIDEOGAMES, YOU MAY WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS STORY. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION HAS ADDED A NEW DISORDER TO ITS LIST OF MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS -- GAMING DISORDER, SAYING IT'S SIMILAR TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ADDICTIVE GAMBLING. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE IGNORING OTHER ACTIVITIES OR INTERESTS, SLEEP DISTURBANCE, CHANGE IN APPETITE. AND FOR A DIAGNOSIS TO BE MADE, THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF TOO MANY GAMING MUST CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR. THE GOOD NEWS, THE W.H.O. SAID ONLY ABOUT 1% TO 3
% OF GAMERS MEET THOSE CRITERIA. SALIMAH SHIVJI TALKED TO A RECOVERING GAMING ADDICT THAT DESCRIBES HOW DESTRUCTIVE IT CAN BE. >> Reporter: FOR MANY, IT'S A SIMPLE PASTIME, BUT FOR OTHERS, GAMING IS AN OBSESSION OR WORSE, AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING ADDICTION. JAKE USKOSKI LIVED IT WHEN HE LEFT HOME FOR UNIVERSITY. >> I HAD NOT SHOWERED FOR WEEKS IF NOT MONTHS. I HAD BARELY EATEN. I STAYED UP ALL NIGHT EVERY NIGHT PLAYING GAMES UNTIL I WOULD PASS OUT BECAUSE IT WAS THE EASIEST WAY FOR ME TO ESCAPE THE M
ASSIVE AMOUNTS OF SHAME. >> Reporter: HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MOTHER SUFFERED. SHE SAW THE SIGNS BUT FELT HELPLESS UNTIL HE HIT ROCK BOTTOM. >> NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THEIR SON LOOK LIKE THAT. IT WAS HEARTBREAKING. AND IT WAS EXTREMELY SURPRISING THAT THOSE SYMPTOMS COULD OCCUR JUST FROM SOMEONE PLAYING VIDEOGAMES. >> Reporter: THAT PERCEPTION MAY CHANGE. >> GAMING HAS NOW BEEN ADDED BECAUSE OF VERY CLEAR SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE. >> Reporter: IT'S A HUGE STEP SAID HIS PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR THAT ADVISE
D THE W.H.O. ON ITS RECOMMENDATION. >> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT DOES BRING ATTENTION TO IS THE FACT THAT PSYCHIATRISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS ALL NEED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT CONSTITUTES A GAMING DISORDER AND THAT IT'S A LEGITIMATE AREA IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS CAN SEEK TREATMENT FOR THAT KIND OF PROBLEM. >> Reporter: A LEGITIMACY THAT COULD LEAD TO MORE RESEARCH AND PERHAPS EVEN BETTER INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR THOSE SEEKING HELP. IT AFFECTS JUST A SMALL PERCENTAG
E OF GAMERS NOW, BUT EXPERTS PREDICT THE NUMBERS WILL GROW. THE GAMING INDUSTRY IS STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE W.H.O.'S MOVE, IN A STATEMENT SAYING "IT NEEDLESSLY IS AING -- STIGMA STIGMATIZES." >> WE NEED TO STUDY THIS AND TAKE IT MORE SERIOUSLY FOR THE PEOPLE LIKE ME AND PEOPLE THAT STILL SUFFER. >> Reporter: WELCOME NEWS AS HE CELEBRATES A MILESTONE, ONE FULL YEAR SINCE HE LAST PLAYED A GAME. SALIMAH SHIVJI, CBC NEWS, TORONTO. >> Rosemary: SOUTH KOREA HAS WHAT THEY CALL A SHUT DOWN LAW. IT PROHIB
ITS ANYONE UNDER 16 FROM PLAYING BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6:00 A.M. CHINA, BOOT CAMP FOR 23 MILLION INTERNET ADDICTS. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GAMERS? 52% OF CANADIANS HAVE PLAYED. THAT'S ALMOST 19 MILLION OF ALL OF US. GLOBALLY, 2.6 BILLION PEOPLE PLAY VIDEOGAMES. >> Adrienne: UP NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL," HATE SPEECH, TROUBLING CONTENT AND SPREAD OF FAKE NEWS. FACEBOOK SAID THEY'RE TRYING TO TACKLE ALL OF IT. WE'LL TAKE TO YOU SILICON VALLEY TO HEAR HOW. >> THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE MILLION ACCOUNT
S PER DAY THAT WE STOP AT THE TIME OF CREATION BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY'RE FAKE. >> Reporter: A MILLION A DAY? >> YES. >> Ian: BUT FIRST, THE WHITE HOUSE HOSTED LEGENDARY ASTRONAUT BUZZ ALDRIN AS DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCED NEW SPACE INITIATIVES. >> President Donald Trump: WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE AIR FORCE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SPACE FORCE. SEPARATE BUT EQUAL. >> Ian: AS TRUMP HINTED, SPACE HAS BEEN PART OF THE AIR FORCE'S MISSION. ITS BEEN A CONCERN FOR THE PENTAGON FROM THE MOMENT THE FIRST SATE
LLITES WERE LAUNCHED. A YEAR AFTER SPUTNIK, NUKES WERE TESTED AT THE TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERE. >> NUCLEAR WEAPONS WERE DELIVERED FROM THE DESIRED LOCATIONS TO THE DESIRED ALTITUDE. >> Ian: FOR ALL THE TALK OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT, THE SPACE PROGRAMME WAS ALWAYS A NATIONAL SECURITY EFFORT. >> I LOOK AT THE APOLLO PROGRAMME AND SPACE PROGRAMME AS LIFE INSURANCE FOR THIS COUNTRY. >> Ian: RONALD REAGAN'S SPACE BASE MISSILE DEFENCE WAS MOSTLY SCIENCE FICTION. >> SPACE HAS BECOME A THEATRE OF OPERATIONS. SO
THEY'RE DOING ALL THEY CAN IN SPACE. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO FLIRT WITH THAT BALANCE OF POWER. >> Ian: CHINA TESTED ITS FIRST SATELLITE-KILLER IN 2007. FROM COMMUNICATIONS TO G.P.S., RELIANCE ON SPACE HAS GROWN. THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE SPACE IS SEEN THE SAME WAY. >> SPACE IS A WAR-FIGHTING DOMAINE. >> Ian: SO IT MAY BE A SMALL STEP >> Adrienne: FACEBOOK PROFITS FROM ITS POWER TO SHAPE AN OCEAN OF USER-GENERATED CONTENT, BUBBLING UP THE STUFF WE WANT TO KEEP US CLICKING, COMMENTING AND SHARI
NG AND IT'S GOOD FOR BUSINESS UNTIL IT ISN'T. FROM RECENT REVELATIONS ABOUT HOW FACEBOOK WAS USED TO SPREAD FAKE NEWS FOR GROWING CONCERNS ABOUT VIOLENT OR EXTREMIST CONTENT OR HATE SPEECH, THE COMPANY HAS FACED SCRUTINY LIKE NEVER BEFORE, SO HOW IS IT RESPONDING? SUSAN ORMISTON WENT INSIDE FACEBOOK TO FIND OUT. >> Reporter: FACEBOOK WANTS TO BE LIKED, BUT LATELY SOME THUMB'S DOWN, PRESSURING C.E.O. MARK ZUCKERBERG TO EXPLAIN. >> WE DIDN'T TAKE A BROAD ENOUGH VIEW OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT
WAS A BIG MISTAKE AND IT WAS MY MISTAKE AND I'M SORRY. >> Reporter: THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANT ON HACKER WAY IN MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA, IS UNDER PRESSURE, BUILDING 10, FEELS LIKE STROLLING DOWN AN OUTDOOR MALL. RESTAURANTS, BARS, EVEN A PLACE TO HANG IN HACKER SQUARE. THE IDEAL ENVIRONMENT TO CONSIDER HOW BEST TO CONNECT THE WORLD. THESE DAYS, FACEBOOK NEEDS ITS ZEN GARDEN AS IT'S FORCED TO TRY TO FIX THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE FROM USERS THAT HIJACK FACEBOOK TO SPREAD VIOLENCE, FAKE NEWS OR HATE. >> IF
I THINK BACK FIVE YEARS AGO, IT WAS A LESS NUANCED POLICY, BUT AS WE'VE SEEN THE WORDS THAT PEOPLE USE TO ATTACK ONE ANOTHER CHANGE, WE'VE INCORPORATED THAT INTO OUR STANDARDS. >> Reporter: WE ASKED MONICA BIX, VICE PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL POLICY, TO ANSWER SOME COMPLAINTS. >> WE DON'T REMOVE SOMETHING FOR BEING UPSETTING OR OFFENCIVE. WE'LL ONLY REMOVE IT IF IT CROSSES THE LINE INTO, FOR INSTANCE, HATE SPEECH, BULLYING, OR HARASSMENT. WHERE WE DRAW THE LINE, IS WHERE PEOPLE ATTACK PEOPLE BASED ON R
ACE, RELIGION, OTHER CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE SENSITIVE OR PROTECTED. >> Reporter: WHAT ABOUT SEX? WHAT ABOUT BEING A WOMAN? >> YES IF SOMEBODY CRITICIZES SOMEBODY ELSE OR ATTACKS SOMEBODY ON THE BASIS OF HER GENDER, WE'LL REMOVE THAT COMMENT. >> Reporter: SOMETIMES THE DAMAGE IS ALREADY DONE. TAKE ALEX MINASSIAN, WHO DROVE A VAN DOWN YONGE STREET IN TORONTO PLOWING INTO PEOPLE. >> MINASSIAN'S POST PRAISED MASS KILLER ELLIOT RODGER, WHO TARGETED WOMEN IN 2016. >> IF WE FIND EVIDENCE OF A CREDIB
LE THREAT, OUR TERMS AND THE LAW ALLOW US TO SEND THAT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO. >> Reporter: SO ELLIOT RODGER HAD COMMITTED A CRIME, MURDERED SIX PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES. SO HIS NAME WOULD HAVE FLAGGED ANYTHING. SO ARE YOU TAKING DOWN ANYTHING THAT MENTIONS ELLIOT RODGER? >> HIS NAME WOULDN'T NECESSARILY FLAG ANYTHING. REVIEWERS KNOW YOU CANNOT PRAISE OR SUPPORT ELLIOT RODGER. SO IF WE BECAME AWARE OF CONTENT THAT WAS PRAISING OR SUPPORTING HIM, WE WOULD REMOVE IT. >> Report
er: FACEBOOK REMOVED MINASSIAN'S ACCOUNT AFTER THE RAMPAGE. IDENTIFYING HARMFUL POSTS OR FAKE ACCOUNTS IS BECOMING SUCH A CHALLENGE, THE COMPANY SUPERVISOR GROWING AN ARMY OF CONTENT-REVIEWERS, 7,500 FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. RECENTLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, FACEBOOK PUBLISHED ITS STANDARDS FOR WHAT IS OR IS NOT ACCEPTABLE CONTENT, REVEALING HOW IT DECIDES TO PULL CONTENT OR LEAVE IT UP. >> IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK VIOLATES THESE STANDARDS, REPORT IT BY CLICKING THE REPORT LINK. >> Reporte
r: DID YOU DO THAT BECAUSE OF PRESSURE, PEOPLE UNHAPPY WITH WHAT CONTENT THEY SEE ON FACEBOOK? >> WE DID LISTEN TO PEOPLE THAT SAID, YOU REMOVED A POST OF MINE AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY. IN THAT SENSE, IT WAS US RESPONDING TO WHAT PEOPLE WERE ASKING FOR, WHICH WAS MORE INFORMATION. PART OF THIS IS ALSO ABOUT JUST BEING OPEN ABOUT THE KIND OF COMMUNITY WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE. >> IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST CONNECT PEOPLE. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THOSE CONNECTIONS ARE POSITIVE. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST G
IVE PEOPLE A VOICE. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT USING IT TO HARM OTHER PEOPLE OR SPREAD MISINFORMATION. >> Reporter: FACEBOOK IS STRUGGLING TO CONTAIN FAKE NEWS LIKE THE SO-CALLED NEWS THAT FLORIDA'S PARKLAND STUDENTS WERE PAID ACTORS. IT CIRCULATED WIDELY ON FACEBOOK AND WAS PATENTLY UNTRUE. FOR NEWS THAT IS DEEMED QUESTIONABLE, FACEBOOK SAID IT WILL SHRINK THE PROMINENCE OF THOSE POSTS ON YOUR FEED. WHY NOT LABEL IT FALSE? WHY NOT SAY, THIS IS FAKE? >> IT'S BETTER, MORE SUCCESSFUL
, AND PEOPLE LIKE IT MORE, IF WE SIMPLY PROVIDE THEM WITH MORE CONTEXT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE SEEING AND HOW THAT FITS WITH THE OTHER NEWS THAT IS ON-LINE. >> Reporter: SO YOU ARE SAYING THAT PEOPLE REACTED POORLY OR NEGATIVELY TO TAGGING INFORMATION THAT WAS FALSE WHEN THEY THOUGHT IT WAS TRUE? >> I'M SAYING THAT WE'RE TESTING DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO SEE WHAT WORKS BEST IN GETTING PEOPLE THE CONTEXT AND INFORMATION THEY NEED TO DISCERN WHETHER SOMETHING IS TRUE. >> Reporter: FACEBOOK IS STI
LL TRYING TO RECOVER FROM THE U.S. ELECTIONS SCANDAL WHEN IT BECAME A TOOL FOR RUSSIAN TROLLS SPREADING FALSE NEWS. >> WE KNOW THERE WERE ACCOUNTS BEFORE THE 2016 ELECTION THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE. THOSE WERE FAKE ACCOUNTS. THEY WERE INAUTHENTIC ACCOUNTS AND THEY DIDN'T BELONG ON FACEBOOK AND WE SHOULD HAVE FOUND THEM FASTER. WE'RE DEVELOPING TECHNICAL TOOLS THAT LOOK FOR SIGNALS THAT TELLS US WHEN AN ACCOUNT IS FAKE. NOW THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE MILLION ACCOUNTS A DAY THAT WE STOP AT THE T
IME OF CREATION BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY ARE FAKE. >> Reporter: ONE MILLION A DAY? >> YES. >> Reporter: THAT'S A PRETTY BIG NUMBER. >> THIS IS A SIGN THAT OUR TOOLS ARE GETTING MUCH BETTER AND WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP THE SITE MUCH CLEANER FROM THIS SORT OF CONTENT. >> Reporter: THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT HAS WARNED FACEBOOK TOING VIGILANT FOR FAKE NEWS LEADING UP TO THE FEDERAL ELECTION IN 2019. PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU MET FACEBOOK'S C.O.O. CHERYL DANBERG AT DAVOS. >> Reporter: THE PRIME MINISTER HAS MET W
ITH FACEBOOK SEVERAL TIMES, WITH THE SAME MESSAGE, IF YOU DON'T CURB YOUR CONTENT BETTER, WE'RE GOING REGULATE YOU MORE. DO YOU EXPECT MORE REGULATIONS? >> WE'LL KEEP TALKING TO THE GOVERNMENTS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, OUR INCENTIVES ARE REALLY ALIGNED. THEY WANT FACEBOOK TO BE A SAFE PLACE AND SO DO WE. >> Adrienne: THE JOB OF GUARDING FACEBOOK FROM TROUBLING USER CONTENT IS STAGGERING. AS YOU HEARD SUSAN MENTION, THERE ARE 7,500 PEOPLE WORLDWIDE REVIEWING CONTENT. THAT'S UP SIGNIFICANTLY FROM LA
ST YEAR. MEMBERS OF A TEAM WORKING ON SAFETY AND SECURITY THAT THE COMPANY PLANS TO EXPAND TO 20,000 PEOPLE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT'S A SMALL CITY OF EMPLOYEES FACE BEING TOXIC IMAGES AND MESSAGES. THAT'S JUST ONE COMPANY. TWITTER AND YOUTUBE ARE WRESTLING WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. AND THAT'S WHY SUSAN LOOKED DEEPER AT FACEBOOK'S CLEANERS, PEOPLE POLICING THE LINE BETWEEN THE OUT UTOPIAN TO THE DISTOPIAN THAT'S SEEPING IN. >> Reporter: IT'S AS IF PANDORA'S BOX IS OPEN AND EVERYTHING IS SPILLI
NG OUT. TORTURE OF A MENTALLY HANDICAPPED YOUTH WENT LIVE ON FACEBOOK BEFORE IT COULD BE STOPPED. THIS MAN'S INTENT TO MURDER WAS POSTED LIVE ON FACEBOOK. >> I KILLED 13, SO I'M WORKING ON 14 AS WE SPEAK. >> Reporter: THESE CANADIAN UNIVERSITY WOMEN SUFFERED VIOLENT, SEXIST POSTS. FACEBOOK PULLED DOWN 21 MILLION POSTS OF ADULT NUDITY OR PORN AND 2.5 MILLION EXAMPLES OF HATE SPEECH IN JUST THREE MONTHS THIS YEAR. LIKE A CANCER, IT KEEPS COMING BACK. >> I WAS A SPAM ANALYST. >> Reporter: SARAH KAT
Z WORKED AT FACEBOOK FOR 8 MONTHS IN 2016. WE MET HER AS A CAFE IN PAL' -- PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA. >> PRIMARILY PORNOGRAPHY, SOMETIMES BESTIALITY, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. THERE WAS A LOT OF THAT. OBVIOUSLY, THE CHILD TRAFFICKING WAS CONTENT THAT STAYED WITH ME THE MOST. >> Reporter: WHAT DID YOU WITNESS? >> IT WAS -- AM I OK TO -- >> REPORTER: YEAH. >> THERE WAS A GIRL THAT WAS ABOUT 12 AND A LITTLE BOY WHO WAS LIKE 9 AND THEY WERE STANDING FACING EACH OTHER AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE PANTS ON AND THERE W
AS SOMEONE OFF THE CAMERA SPEAKING ANOTHER LANGUAGE, BUT THEY WERE TOUCHING EACH OTHER, SO HE WAS PROBABLY TELLING THEM WHAT TO DO. THAT WAS DISTURBING, BECAUSE I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> Reporter: VIOLENT, HATEFUL CONTENT IS RISING AS FACEBOOK DOUBLES DOWN ON EFFORTS TO FIND IT. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE, THERE ARE HORRIBLE THINGS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD. >> Reporter: JAMES MITCHELL IS DIRECTOR RISK AND RESPONSE AT FACEBOOK'S HEADQUARTERS IN MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA. >> TH
AT BEHAVIOUR BEGINS TO MANIFEST ON FACEBOOK. >> Reporter: PEOPLE ARE USING FACEBOOK TO MANIFEST THESE VERY VIOLENT, TOXIC THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. >> Reporter: YEP, YEP. I KNOW. >> Reporter: AND YOU JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT, BECAUSE IT'S OPEN, IT'S OPEN? IS THAT THE RESPONSE? >> I THINK -- I THINK THE WAY IT LOOK AT THAT IS, THE CONTENT REVIEWERS' JOB IS TO MINIMIZE THAT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE TEAM FAKES A GREAT DEAL OF SATISFACTION IN, KNOWING IT'S THEIR JOB TO MINIMIZE THE EXPERIE
NCES THAT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE OR THINK THAT WE CERTAINLY SEE OURSELVES AS A TEAM THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO MINIMIZE THAT HARM IN THE WORLD. >> DELETE. IGNORE. DELETE. >> Reporter: THE COSTS OF POLICING THE WORLD'S EVIL ARE GROWING. >> IGNORE. DELETE. >> Reporter: A NEW DOCUMENTARY, "THE CLEANERS," EXPOSES HOW FACEBOOK HIRES INEXPENSIVE LABOUR IN COUNTRIES LIKE THE PHILIPPINES TO MONITOR CONTENT, AN INTENSE JOB WITH NASTY SIDE EFFECTS. >> I'VE SEEN HUNDREDS OF BEHEADINGS. IGNORE. DELETE. DELETE. IGNO
RE. DELETE. IGNORE. >> Reporter: UNTIL RECENTLY, THIS WORK WAS MOSTLY IN THE SHADOWS. THE FILMMAKERS SAID THEY GOT NO ACCESS TO FACEBOOK OR THE CONTRACTING COMPANIES THAT HIRE THE WORKERS OFFSHORE. THEIR FILM HEADLINES AT TORONTO'S HOT DOCS FESTIVAL. >> THEY HIDING THE DILEMMA THEY'RE FACING WITH BUILDING THESE PLATFORMS AND NOT FEELING RESPONSIBLE FOR GOES ON ON THESE PLATFORMS. >> Reporter: SARAH RODGERS, AN ACADEMIC AT UCLA, WAS A CONSULTANT. >> IT'S THE UNDERBELLY. IT DOESN'T BRING REVENUE O
R POSITIVE EFFECT. IT DOES THE OPPOSITE. >> Reporter: SHE'S BEEN TRACKING THIS FOR 10 YEARS. >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BILLIONS OF POSTS A DAY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 400 HOURS OF VIDEO CONTENT PER MINUTE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YouTube SO THE AMOUNT IS VAST. EVEN 20,000 WORKERS, HOW CAN THEY REASONABLY ADJUDICATE A PLATFORM OF BILLIONS OF USERS? >> Reporter: THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS ARE BEING FORCED TO COME CLEAN AND PROTECT AGAINST THE MENTAL REPERCUSSIONS OF WORKERS LOOKING AT MILLIONS OF POSTS EVERY D
AY. >> YOU GROW DESENSITIZED. FACEBOOK IS UP FRONT ABOUT HOW YOU WILL BE VIEWING GRAPHIC MATERIAL. THEY HAVE YOU SIGN A WAIVER. AT THE TIME I WAS THERE, THERE WAS NO COUNSELLING. I DIDN'T FEEL THE NEED FOR COUNSELLING, BUT I MET SOME FOLKS THAT I BELIEVE IT WOULD HAVE BENEFITED. >> WE TRY TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS AND HAS RESOURCES FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELLING. AND THAT'S EXTRAORDINARILY IMPORTANT AS WE THINK ABOUT THE WELLNESS OF PEOPLE WORKING ON THESE ISSUES. >> Reporter: THE VOLUME OF E
XTREME MATERIAL IS RISING, WILL RISE, AND GET MORE NUANCED. SO INCREASING CONTENT REVIEWERS WILL NOT SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS. >> THE OTHER WILD CARD IS THE WAY THAT THE WORLD CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. >> Reporter: DO YOU THINK YOU WILL HAVE TO BE MORE OF A POLICEMAN AND LESS OF AN OPEN PLATFORM? >> FROM THE RESPECT OF CONTENT REVIEWERS, WE'VE ALWAYS PLAYED THAT ROLE. WHAT WE SEE IS DEPENDENT ON WHAT PEOPLE ARE SHARING AND THAT'S CHANGING EVERY FEW MONTHS. SO THAT DYNAMIC NATURE OF THE CONTENT BEING SH
ARED WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE CHALLENGES FOR US. >> Reporter: SUSAN ORMISTON, CBC NEWS, MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA. >> Adrienne: STILL AHEAD ON "THE NATIONAL," WE'LL LOOK AT HOW RISING SEA LEVELS ARE PUTTING HOMES ACROSS THE U.S. IN DANGER. >> HOW FAR UP DO YOU THINK THE WATER MIGHT GO? >> WITHIN THE NEXT 30 YEARS, WE COULD SEE UP TO 2 FEET OF SEA LEVEL RISE >> Rosemary: WARNS ABOUT THE RISE IN SEA LEVEL ACROSS U.S. COASTAL COMMUNITIES IS NOT A NEW PHENOMENA, BUT NEW NUMBERS ABOUT THE UNION OF CONCER
NED SCIENTISTS SUGGESTS THAT THE REALITY MAY ARE MORE THAN EXPECTED AND MORE EXPENSIVE. 310,000 HOMES ARE PROJECTED TO BE AT RISK OF FLOODING BY 2045. SO THAT NUMBER RISES TO 2.5 MILLION HOMES BY THE END OF THE CENTURY AND THAT HAS CITIES, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS. KIM BRUNHUBER VISITED ONE COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: HERE IN FOSTER CITY, THERE ISN'T MUCH THAT'S NOT MAN MADE. IT'S A PLANNED SUBURB, ROWS OF HOUSES ALONG A CHAIN OF CANALS AND WATERWAYS SOUTHEAST OF SAN FRANCISCO. THIS
LAGOON. THE LAND ITSELF, ALL OF IT ARTIFICIAL, BUILT ON INFILL DUMPED INTO THE SEA. ONLY THE GEESE ARE NATURAL. ONE OF THE BIGGEST NATURAL DISASTERS THREATENING THE CITY, ALSO MAN-MADE. >> WHERE ARE YOU GOING? OK. >> Reporter: 20-YEAR-OLD ANNIE HACKETT. SHE GREW UP HERE IN FOSTER CITY, A COMMUNITY OF ABOUT 30,000 PEOPLE. SHE HEARD THAT BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, SEA LEVELS ARE SLOWLY RISING. NOW EVERY TIME SHE LOOKS AT THE OCEAN, SHE IMAGINES IT LAPPING HUNGRILY AT HER FRONT PORCH. >> MY HOUSE
IS FEET FROM THE WATER. IF WATERS RISE, IT WOULD PROBABLY FLOOD MY STREET. >> Reporter: IT'S NOT IF THE WATER RISES, IT'S WHEN. AT RISK IS NOT A DISTANT GENERATION YET UNBORN, IT'S HERS. HOW FAR UP DO YOU THINK THE WATER MIGHT GO? >> WITHIN THE NEXT 30 YEARS, WE COULD SEE UP TO TWO FEET OF SEA LEVEL RISE IN THIS AREA. >> Reporter: I'M WALKING WITH KRISTINA DAHL, LEAD AUTHOR OF A REPORT ON SEA LEVEL. SOME REPORT THAT IT COULD BE 2 METRES OF RISE BY THE END OF THE CENTURY. DAHL'S STUDY COMPARED TH
OSE WITH CURRENT REAL ESTATE DATA. THOSE NUMBERS SUGGEST THAT MANY MORE HOMES IN THE U.S. WILL BE AFFECTED THAN PREVIOUSLY PREDICTED. >> BY THE END OF THE CENTURY, WE FOUND THAT THERE ARE 2.5 MILLION COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AT RISK AND THEY'RE VALUED AT OVER $1 TRILLION. >> Reporter: FEMA PUTS OUT MAPS FOR AREAS THAT ARE AT RISK OF FLOODING, BUT SEA LEVEL RISE IS NOT INCLUDED. ONE OF THE REASONS AMERICAN HOMEOWNERS MAY BE UNDERESTIMATING THE THREAT THEY COULD BE FACING WITHIN THE L
IFETIME OF THEIR MORTGAGE. HERE IN FOSTER CITY, FOR INSTANCE, THIS LEVEE IS MEANT TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY BEHIND IT, BUT IF THE PROJECTED RATE OF SEA LEVEL RISE, IT WILL NOT BE HIGH ENOUGH TO SAVE THOUSANDS OF HOMES. >> THE MEASUREMENTS ARE SHOWING THAT THERE'S A CURVE OF SEA LEVEL RISE THAT'S GRADUAL AND THEN IT SPIKES AS THE YEARS PROGRESS. >> Reporter: NOT ONLY IS THE SEA RISING, HE SAYS, THE LAND ITSELF IS ALSO SINKING. MUCH OF THE BAY AREA'S RECLAIMED LAND BUILT ON ENGINEERED LANDFILL AND
FOSTER CITY IS SINKING FASTER THAN ALMOST ANYWHERE ELSE, AS MUCH AS 2 CENTIMETRES A YEAR. SO DURING THE RECENT PRIMARY ELECTIONS, FOSTER CITY'S GOVERNMENT PROPOSED A BALLOT MEASURE, $90 MILLION WORTH OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASES TO FUNDRAISING THE LEVEES BY 2 1/2 METRES. AND FOSTER CITY RESIDENTS VOTED YES BY MORE THAN 80%. LARGER SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS COULD COST BILLIONS, HERE LOCALLY AND ACROSS ALL COASTAL COMMUNITIES. >> WE HAVE CONCERNS. >> Reporter: FOSTER CITY RESIDENT HOWARD HERT
Z FEARS IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOESN'T FOCUS MORE ON PREVENTION RATHER THAN RELIEF, BY THE END OF THE CENTURY, HIS HOME WILL BE NECK DEEP IN WATER. >> I DON'T FEEL THAT OUR PRESIDENT AND MUCH OF THE REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED CONGRESS IS CONCERNED ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN TODAY. >> Reporter: THERE ARE TWO CLEAR OPTIONS. FIGHT THE SEA BY BUILDING UP, LIKE THEY'RE DOING HERE IN FOSTER CITY, OR RETREAT. >> SEA LEVEL IS A SLOW-MOVING DISASTER. AND WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR IT AHEAD OF TIME SO WE'RE NOT CAUGH
T OFFGUARD. >> Reporter: THOSE THAT LIVE HERE ASK THEMSELVES, IF YOU BUILD UP, HOW HIGH? AND IF YOU RETREAT, HOW FAR? KIM BRUNHUBER, CBC NEWS, FOSTER CITY, CALIFORNIA. >> Rosemary: CANADIAN COASTAL CITIES ARE ASKING THEMSELVES SIMILAR QUESTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, SURREY, B.C., IS LOOKING AT BUYING OUT SOME 400 HOMES THAT ARE AT RISK AND ALLOWING THE AREA TO TURN INTO A WETLAND. IF IT WENT THROUGH, IT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST GOVERNMENT HOUSING BUYOUT EVER. THE CITY IS CONSIDERING SHORT-TERM OPTIONS LIKE
MASSIVE CONCRETE BARRIERS. WHAT COULD RISING SEA LEVELS ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? ACCORDING TO THE U.S.-BASED ORGANISATION CLIMATE CENTRAL, HERE'S WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO METRO VANCOUVER IF TEMPERATURES WENT UP 2° CELCIUS AND NOTHING IS DONE TO MITIGATE THE DAMAGE. PARTS OF VANCOUVER AND RICHMOND WOULD BE UNDER WATER. ADD ANOTHER 2° AND STANLEY PARK IS AN ISLAND. THE SITUATION ISN'T MUCH BETTER ON THE EAST COAST. WATCH WHAT HAPPENS TO CHARLOTTETOWN AS THE TEMPERATURE RISES. AFTER A 2° INCREASE, THE HARB
>> Ian: TONIGHT ON "THE NATIONAL," THE MOTHER OF RENA VICKE HAS DIED. HER DAUGHTER WAS 14 YEARS OLD BACK IN 1997 WHEN SHE WAS BEATEN AND DROWNED BY A GROUP OF TEENS. IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING, THE COUPLE BECAME WELL KNOWN ANTI-BULLYING ADVOCATES. >> I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER REPLACEMENT THAN SOMEONE LIKE PRINCE CHARLES. HE LOOKED VERY HANDSOME AND MY DAUGHTER LOOKED BEAUTIFUL WITH HIM. I WAS JEALOUS. I WISH I HAD BEEN THERE. I WISH IT HAD BEEN ME. >> Ian: THAT'S MEGHAN MARKLE'S FATHER SPEAKING PUBL
ICLY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE ROYAL WEDDING. THOMAS MARKLE TOLD "GOOD MORNING BRITAIN" THAT HE REGRETTED NOT BEING WELL ENOUGH TO WALK MEGHAN DOWN THE AISLE AND SHE CRIED WHEN HE SAID HE COULDN'T MAKE IT AND HE WAS GRATEFUL THAT PRINCE CHARLES TOOK HIS PLACE. >> Rosemary: FORGET LEMONADE STANDS, THERE'S A 6-YEAR-OLD IN L'ANSE AMOUR, LABRADOR. HE'S SAVING UP FOR THE BIKE OF HIS DREAMS AND SELLING NOT LEMONADE, NO, NO, BAGS OF ICE FROM ICEBERGS, YEAH, YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT, HE'S MAKING A KILLI
NG. AND THAT'S OUR "MOMENT OF THE DAY." >> Rosemary: JAX RYLAND STARTED SELLING THE ICE LAST WEEK. HE SAID HE GOT THE IDEA FROM HIS DAD. >> Rosemary: JAX A SELLING THE ICE FOR $4 A BAG. HE'S ALREADY SOLD 145. HOW MANY MORE DOES IT TAKE TO GET THAT BIKE? >> Adrienne: HE'S WELL ON HIS WAY. HERE'S THE DEAL, YOUNG JAX. I KNOW DAD GAVE YOU THE IDEA, BUT THERE'S A 9-YEAR-OLD VETERAN OF THE BERGY BITS BUSINESS SELLING BAGS FOR $5 A POP WITH THE SLOGAN "GET THEM WHILE THEY'RE COLD." [LAUGHTER] >> Rosema
ry: AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD IN COCKTAILS IS WHAT I HEAR. >> Ian: SO QUESTION FOR BOTH OF YOU. JAX'S MOM SAID THAT THE ICEBERG ICE LASTS LONGER IN A DRINK THAN REGULAR ICE? TRUE OR FALSE? >> Adrienne: I THINK IT'S TRUE. >> Rosemary: I WOULD TEST IT. >> Ian: THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HAS ADDRESSED THIS QUESTION AND THEIR ANSWER BASED ON SCIENCE IS, YES, ICE FROM ICEBERGS LAST LONGER THAN REGULAR ICE. HAS TO DO WITH THE SIZE OF THE CRYSTALS, SOMETHING I LEARNED TONIGHT. >> Rosemary: WHICH MAKES THE
COCKTAIL BETTER. >> Ian: THERE YOU GO. THAT'S "THE NATIONAL" FOR MONDAY, JUNE 18. GOOD NIGHT. >> Adrienne: GOOD NIGHT. >> Rosemary: GOOD NIGHT.
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