>> Ian: ON THIS TUESDAY NIGHT --
>> President Donald Trump: YOU
HAVE ILLEGAL PEOPLE COMING INTO
OUR COUNTRY.
WE CAN'T DO THAT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
>> Ian: AS THE U.S. PRESIDENT
DOUBLES DOWN ON HIS DEMAND FOR A
BORDER WALL, AN 8-YEAR-OLD
GUATEMALAN BOY DIES IN U.S.
CUSTODY.
A PERSONAL TRAGEDY THAT SO
QUICKLY HAS BECOME POLITICAL.
>>> A ROYAL FAMILY CHRISTMAS.
>> THAT BODY CHEMISTRY WILL BE
VERY, VERY INTERESTING.
>> Ian: RUMOURS OF A RIFT.
>>> AND RYAN'S ROAD TO RECOVERY
AND HIS COURAGE IN MOVING ON.
>> SORT OF BECOMING MORE
ACCEPTING AND BEING MINDFUL OF
IT BUT NOT LETTING IT GET TO ME.
>> Ian: THE FORMER HUMBOLDT
BRONCO TELLS HIS STORY.
THIS IS "THE NATIONAL."
>> Ian: ON THIS CHRISTMAS DAY,
THE DEATH OF A YOUNG CHILD HAS
ONCE AGAIN PUT THE U.S.
PRESIDENT'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES
IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
TONIGHT, THERE ARE VERY FEW
DETAILS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND
WHO MIGHT BE AT FAULT.
LET'S START WITH WHAT WE KNOW.
AN 8-YEAR-OLD GUATEMALAN BOY
DIED IN HOSPITAL IN NEW MEXICO.
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY SAID THE BOY ALONG WITH
HIS FATHER WAS TRANSFERRED FROM
DETENTION TO HOSPITAL ON
CHRISTMAS EVE.
THE CHILD INITIALLY DIAGNOSED
WITH A COLD.
DOCTORS LATER DETERMINED HE HAD
A FEVER AND HE WAS GIVEN
ANTIBIOTICS FOR THE INFECTION
AND IBUPROFEN FOR THE FEVER AND
THEN RETURNED TO DETENTION.
LATE LAST NIGHT, THE BOY BEGAN
VOMITTING, WAS SENT TO HOSPITAL
AND DIED SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WE DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE OF
DEATH.
U.S. AUTHORITIES ARE LAUNCHING A
REVIEW.
SHORTLY AFTER THE NEWS BROKE,
THE POLITICAL FALLOUT BEGAN.
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR MARTIN
HEINRICH TWEETING --
>> Ian: THE BOY'S DEATH COMES
THE DAY AFTER A FUNERAL SERVICE
WAS HELD IN GUATEMALA FOR
7-YEAR-OLD JAKELIN MAQUIN.
SHE DIED IN U.S. CUSTODY A FEW
WEEKS AGO.
NEWS OF THE SECOND CHILD'S
DEATH CAME AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP
SPOKE TO REPORTERS AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HE'S IN WASHINGTON FOR THE
HOLIDAYS AFTER CANCELLING A TRIP
TO FLORIDA BECAUSE OF THE
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, NOW IN ITS
FOURTH DAY.
SO THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS
REMAIN IN THAT STANDOFF OVER
FUNDING FOR TRUMP'S BORDER WALL.
MEGAN FITZPATRICK HAS THE
LATEST.
>> President Donald Trump:
HELLO, MERRY CHRISTMAS, SPECIAL
PEOPLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Reporter: PRESIDENT DONALD
TRUMP SPENT PART OF HIS
CHRISTMAS DAY SENDING HOLIDAY
GREETINGS TO U.S. TROOPS
STATIONED ABROAD.
HIS CHRISTMAS SPIRIT WANED WHEN
REPORTERS ASKED HOW LONG THE
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN WILL DRAG
ON.
>> President Donald Trump: I
CAN'T TELL YOU WHEN THE
GOVERNMENT WILL BE OPEN.
I CAN TELL YOU, IT WILL NOT BE
OPEN UNTIL WE HAVE A WALL, A
FENCE, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO
CALL IT.
I WILL CALL IT WHATEVER THEY
WANT.
>> Reporter: TRUMP HAS BEEN
ENCOURAGED TO STAND FIRM BY SOME
OF THE 800 EMPLOYEES WHOSE
PAYCHEQUES ARE ON HOLD, HE SAID,
BUT TWITTER TELLS A DIFFERENT
STORY.
TRUMP TOLD REPORTERS HE HAS
CONFIDENCE IN THE U.S. ECONOMY
DESPITE THE STOCK MARKET SLUMP,
BUT KEPT UP HIS CRITICISM OF THE
FEDERAL RESERVE.
>> President Donald Trump:
THEY'RE RAISING INTEREST RATES
TOO FAST.
THAT'S MY OPINION.
THEY ARE DOING THAT BECAUSE THEY
THINK THE ECONOMY IS SO GOOD,
BUT I THINK THAT THEY WILL GET
IT PRETTY SOON.
I REALLY DO.
>> Reporter: HE WRAPPED UP HIS
CHRISTMAS COMMENTS BY RAILING
AGAINST DEMOCRATS AND FORMER
F.B.I. DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY.
HE ONCE AGAIN DENIED ANY
COLLUSION WITH RUSSIA AND SAID
IF DEMOCRATS GO AFTER HIM IN
JANUARY IT WOULD AMOUNT TO
PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT.
>> President Donald Trump: IT'S
A DISGRACE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
OUR COUNTRY, BUT OTHER THAN
THAT, I WISH EVERYBODY A VERY
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Reporter: MEGAN FITZPATRICK,
CBC NEWS, WASHINGTON.
>> Ian: CANADIAN AID TEAMS ARE
HEADING TO INDONESIA.
THEY WILL BE HELPING THE ROUGHLY
16,000 PEOPLE LEFT HOMELESS BY
SATURDAY'S TSUNAMI.
AS OLIVIA STEFANOVICH SHOWS US,
THERE ARE CANADIANS WORRIED
ABOUT FAMILY MEMBERS CAUGHT IN
THE CATASTROPHE AND STILL
HAVEN'T BEEN FOUND.
[SINGING]
>> Reporter: IT WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE A CELEBRATORY CHRISTMAS MASS,
BUT AS PARISHIONERS ARRIVED AT
THIS INDONESIAN EVANGELICAL
SERVICE, IT BECAME CLEAR THE
THOUGHTS OF LOVED ONES BACK HOME
WEREN'T FAR FROM PEOPLE'S MINDS.
>> I HEARD FROM MY FRIEND THAT
THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR THEIR
RELATIVES.
I WAS SHOCKED BECAUSE I NEVER
THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN
AGAIN, ESPECIALLY IN JAVA.
IT'S NEAR TO MY HOMETOWN.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE LATEST
DISASTER UNITING THE CANADIAN
INDONESIAN COMMUNITY, EVOKING
NOT-SO-DISTANT MEMORIES.
JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, THIS
WOMAN RAISED MONEY FOR THE
VICTIMS OF THE TSUNAMI THAT
STRUCK.
NOW SHE'S PLANNING TO COLLECT
DONATIONS ONCE AGAIN.
>> MY HEART BREAKS FOR THE
PEOPLE OVER THERE.
I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT THEY'RE
GOING THROUGH.
>> Reporter: AS THEY STOOD IN
SOLIDARITY, SO, TOO, DID THOSE
DIRECTLY AFFECTED.
>> Interpretor: DURING THE
TSUNAMI, WE WERE IN CHURCH
REHEARSING FOR TODAY'S MASS.
THERE WAS NO WARNING.
WE TRIED TO HELP WHOMEVER WITH
WHATEVER WE HAD.
THE TOSS -- TASK, THOUGH, ISN'T
EASY.
>> Reporter: RESCUE EFFORTS HAVE
BEEN HAM BEARD BY RAIN AND
BLOCKED ROADS.
150 ARE MISSING.
1,400 KILLED.
MORE THAN 400 DEAD.
BACK AT THE CHURCH, THE SHOCK IS
STARTING TO WEAR OFF AND THE
REALIZATION OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE
DONE IS SETTING IN.
>> WE HAVE STRONG INDONESIAN
COMMUNITY HERE.
WE BEAR ONE ANOTHER'S BURDENS.
>> Reporter: EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE
FAR AWAY, THIS CANADIAN
INDONESIAN COMMUNITY PLANS TO
CONTINUE TO SHOW ITS SUPPORT
WELL INTO THE NEW YEAR.
OLIVIA STEFANOVICH, CBC NEWS,
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO.
>> Ian: THE QUEEN ACKNOWLEDGED
THE CHALLENGES FACING PEOPLE IN
THE WORLD IN HER ANNUAL
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE.
SHE CALLED FOR PEACE AND RESPECT
FOR OTHERS REGARDLESS OF THEIR
DIFFERENCES.
IT WAS THE YOUNGER ROYALS THAT
DREW ATTENTION AS THEY ARRIVED
FOR MORNING CHURCH SERVICE ON
THE QUEEN'S ESTATE.
BRIAR STEWART REPORTS.
>> Reporter: THEY LINED UP TO
SEE THE ROYALS AS THEY ATTENDED
THEIR ANNUAL CHURCH SERVICE.
THE QUEEN ARRIVED WITHOUT PRINCE
PHILIP.
IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT THE
97-YEAR-OLD IS IN GOOD HEALTH
BUT DECIDED TO SIT THE SERVICE
OUT.
MANY OF THE EYES, THOUGH, WERE
ON THE YOUNGER ROYALS,
PARTICULARLY THE DUKE & DUCHESS
OF SUSSEX, WHO ARE EXPECTING
THEIR FIRST CHILD.
MUCH HAS BEEN SAID IN THE
BRITISH PRESS AS OF LATE ABOUT
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEGHAN
AND KATE AS WELL AS HARRY AND
WILLIAM, WITH SOME SPECULATING
THERE'S AN ONGOING ROYAL RIFT.
>> I THINK I'M WATCHING FOR WHAT
EVERYONE ELSE IS WATCHING FOR, A
SHOW OF UNITY.
THESE RUMOURS HAVE NOT GONE AWAY
FOR WEEKS NOW.
THE BODY CHEMISTRY WILL BE VERY,
VERY INTERESTING.
>> Reporter: BUT TODAY WAS ALL
SMILES AMONGST THE GROUP.
AFTER THE CHURCH SERVICE, THE
DUKES AND DUCHESSES TOOK TIME TO
CHAT WITH SOME OF THOSE WHO HAD
BEEN WAITING FOR HOURS, JUST FOR
A MOMENT LIKE THIS.
AND THEN THEY WERE OFF TO ENJOY
THE REST OF THEIR CHRISTMAS
TRADITIONS, INCLUDING WATCHING
THE QUEEN'S ANNUAL MESSAGE.
[SINGING]
WHICH WAS BROADCAST THIS
AFTERNOON.
AS PART OF IT, THE QUEEN MADE AN
APPEAL FOR UNITY.
>> EVEN WITH THE MOST DEEPLY
HELD DIFFERENCES, TREATING THE
OTHER PERSON WITH RESPECT AND AS
A FELLOW HUMAN BEING IS ALWAYS A
GOOD FIRST STEP TOWARDS GREATER
UNDERSTANDING.
>> Reporter: ONCE THE HOLIDAY
FESTIVITIES ARE OVER, THERE WILL
BE MORE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT BREXIT AND THE VERY FUTURE
OF THE U.K.
BRIAR STEWART, CBC NEWS, LONDON.
>> Ian: POPE FRANCIS CALLED FOR
UNITY IN HIS CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
AT THE VATICAN, OUR FIRST STOP
IN A LOOK AT CELEBRATIONS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD.
TENS OF THOUSANDS STOOD IN A
SUNNY ST. PETER'S SQUARE TO HEAR
A MESSAGE OF UNITY.
>> Ian: A BLEND OF THE PRESENT
AND THE PAST AS TOURISTS GOT OUT
THEIR TABETTES FOR MORNING MASS.
IN INDIA, SAND AND PLASTIC
BOTTLES WENT INTO THIS GIANT
SANTA SCULPTURE.
IT DREW THE CURIOUS, BUT THE
CHRISTIAN MINORITY MADE THEIR
PILGRIMAGE TO CHRISTMAS
SERVICES.
FROM THE SACRED TO THE SILLY,
THE ANNUAL SANTA'S SWIM IN
GERMANY.
IT HAS HAPPENED IN BERLIN AS FAR
BACK IN 1980 WHEN THIS LAKE WAS
IN EAST GERMANY.
THE WATER JUST 5°.
>>> WE'RE WATCHING NEW STORIES
HERE IN CANADA THIS EVENING,
INCLUDING A VEHICLE CRASH IN
SASKATCHEWAN THAT KILLED THREE
PEOPLE.
IT HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY 10, JUST
WEST OF MELVILLE.
RCMP SAYS IT APPEARS A PICKUP
TRUCK CROSSED THE CENTERLINE,
COLLIDED WITH AN SUV.
ALL THREE VICTIMS WERE IN THAT
VEHICLE.
16-YEAR-OLD BOY, 51-YEAR-OLD
WOMAN AND 48-YEAR-OLD MAN.
THE DRIVER, 18-YEAR-OLD WOMAN,
IS IN HOSPITAL.
THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS TREATED AND
RELEASED AT THE SCENE.
>>> A WOMAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED
BY A POLICE OFFICER IN CALGARY
EARLY THIS MORNING.
POLICE SAY SHE LED THEM ON A CAR
CHASE THAT LASTED HOURS.
WHEN THEY STOPPED HER, THE
SITUATION ESCALATED QUICKLY.
ALBERTA'S POLICE WATCHDOG IS
INVESTIGATING.
>>> AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
STILL IN THE DARK IN BRITISH
COLUMBIA.
THIS JUST DAYS AFTER A STRONG
WINDSTORM SWEPT THROUGH THE AREA
KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND
POWERLINES.
ABOUT 12,000 HOMES AND
BUSINESSES REMAIN WITHOUT POWER
ON VANCOUVER ISLAND AND THE GULF
ISLANDS.
SOME 800 FIELD WORKERS ARE OUT
DOING REPAIRS, BUT B.C. HYDRO
SAID IT WILL BE SEVERAL MORE
DAYS BEFORE SOME PEOPLE GET THE
LIGHTS BACK ON.
>>> MOST OF YOU WATCHING HAD THE
DAY OFF, BUT A GROWING NUMBER OF
CANADIANS SPEND CHRISTMAS DAY ON
THE JOB AND IT'S NOT JUST
ESSENTIAL SERVICES LIKE
HOSPITALS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
THESE DAYS IT INCLUDES RETAIL AS
WELL.
WHY OPEN UP A FULL-SIZE
SUPERMARKET, FOR EXAMPLE, ON
CHRISTMAS DAY?
WE WENT TO ONE TO FIND OUT.
THIS STORE HAS BEEN OPEN ON THIS
DAY FOR 21 YEARS.
>> WHEN WE FIRST STARTED
CHRISTMAS DAY, IT WAS SLOW.
YOU COULD BOWL DOWN THE AISLES,
IS HOW I LIKE TO PUT IT.
>> Ian: WHO IS GOING TO THE
GROCERY STORE ON CHRISTMAS?
>> IT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT'S OPEN
PRETTY MUCH.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO TO A GAS
STATION.
>> WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MAKING
SMOKED SALMON PASTA FOR A FAMILY
DINNER AND WE DIDN'T BUY
ANYTHING, SO WE'RE BUYING IT NOW
TO MAKE IT NOW.
>> Ian: REMEMBER THE LAST-MINUTE
GIFT SHOPPERS?
SOME OF THEM ARE LAST-MINUTE
WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD AS WELL.
>> IT'S SUPER BUSY AND WE GET TO
MANY THINGS TO BE DONE.
>> Ian: AND THEN YOU HAVE THE
PEOPLE THAT MANAGE TO GO THROUGH
ALL OF THEIR FOOD ALREADY.
>> I ATE EVERYTHING UP.
MY HOMIES GAME AND THEY ATE ALL
MY FOOD.
AND I OPENED THE FRIDGE TODAY
AND I HAD NOTHING IN THERE.
I SAID, I HAVE TO RUN TO
SOMETHING THAT'S OPEN.
>> Ian: A LOT OF THE STAFF ARE
HAPPY TO WORK ON THIS DAY.
THEY GET TIME AND A HALF, SOME
DON'T CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS, AND
THEN THE REACTION FROM
CUSTOMERS.
>> YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE ALL THE
LOVE I GET ON THE PHONE WHEN
THEY SAY, YOU'RE OPEN?
YEAH.
YOU'RE THE BEST.
IT'S DEFINITELY A WIN-WIN.
>> Ian: STILL AHEAD ON TONIGHT'S
NATIONAL," FROM SINATRA TO THE
KING OF POP, MY INTERVIEW WITH
LEGENDARY MUSIC PRODUCER QUINCY
JONES.
>>> SUSAN ORMISTON'S
EXTRAORDINARY ACCESS TO AN
EXTRAORDINARY YOUNG MAN.
WHAT CAME AFTER THE HUMBOLDT BUS
CRASH?
>> Reporter: WHAT DID IT FEEL
LIKE TODAY ON THAT TREADMILL?
>> I TRIED MY BEST
>> Ian: ANOTHER GRUELING DAY OF
PHYSIO FOR RYAN STRASCHNITZKI.
THE FORMER PLAYER WITH THE
HUMBOLDT BRONCOS HAS BEEN COMING
TO THIS CALGARY CLINIC FOR SIX
MONTHS.
HE WAS PARALYZED IN THAT
DEVASTATING BUS CRASH.
HE'S BEEN WORKING HARD TO BUILD
UP HIS STRENGTH.
THE BRONCOS LOST 16 PLAYERS AND
STAFF MEMBERS WHEN THEIR TEAM
BUS WAS HIT BY A SEMITRAILER
LAST APRIL.
RYAN WAS ONE OF 13 SURVIVORS.
HE AND HIS FAMILY GAVE "THE
NATIONAL'S" SUSAN ORMISTON
EXTRAORDINARY ACCESS TO TRACK
HIS REHABILITATION.
ON THIS CHRISTMAS DAY, HERE'S A
REMINDER OF WHAT RESILIENCE AND
COURAGE LOOKS LIKE.
THIS IS RYAN'S STORY.
(*)
>> IT'S MAY 7, JUST AFTER 8:35.
ON THE AGENDA TODAY, I HAVE
PHYSIO AND MAYBE A COUPLE OF
VISITORS.
BUT I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT
GOES ON DURING THE DAY.
>> Reporter: IT'S BEEN A MONTH
SINCE THE BRONCOS CRASH.
>> IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN LET
GO --
>> Reporter: RYAN STRASCHNITZKI
IS JUST BEGINNING HIS LONG
THERAPY REGIMEN.
TODAY A SEEMINGLY SIMPLE TASK
TAKES IMMENSE EFFORT.
>> MY ANKLES?
>> YEP.
YOU'RE REALLY FLEXIBLE.
>> CAN YOU PICK THAT LEG UP AND
CROSS YOUR ANKLES?
GOOD.
NICE.
SO THIS LEG, YOU CAN SEE IF I
HAD A FAIR OF SHORTS, YOU COULD
GET THIS FREE AND HOOK IT OVER
THERE.
YEAH.
>> AND BRING IT BACK?
>> YEAH.
>> LEGS ARE REALLY HEAVY.
>> Reporter: RYAN WAS THROWN
FROM THE TEAM BUS.
HIS SPINAL INJURY WAS TO HIS MID
BACK, PARALYZING HIS LEGS AND
HIS TRUNK FROM THE MID CHEST
DOWN.
EVEN THIS MUCH EFFORT FATIGUES
HIM.
>> YOU'RE MAKING MOM CRY.
WAY TO GO, BUDDY.
(*)
>> Reporter: THE HORRIFYING
CRASH BETWEEN THE HOCKEY TEAM'S
BUS AND TRANSPORT TRUCK CHANGED
30 LIVES FOREVER.
15 BRONCOS PLAYERS AND STAFF
DIED, ALONG WITH THE BUS DRIVER.
THE TRUCK DRIVER FACES MULTIPLE
CHARGES OF MANSLAUGHTER.
RYAN AND 12 OF HIS TEAMMATES
SURVIVED, BUT THEY ARE LEFT
FORAGING THROUGH THE TRAUMA.
(*)
WE FIRST GOT TO KNOW RYAN
THROUGH HIS MUM, MICHELLE, LESS
THAN 48 HOURS AFTER THE CRASH.
>> BETTER THAN AVERAGE CHANCE
THAT HE WON'T PLAY HOCKEY AGAIN
OR POSSIBLY EVEN WALK.
WE'RE NOT SURE.
>> Reporter: NICE TO MEET YOU.
FINALLY.
WE CAUGHT UP WITH RYAN HIMSELF A
FEW WEEKS LATER AFTER HE WAS
TRANSFERRED TO FOOTHILLS MEDICAL
CENTRE IN CALGARY.
WHAT HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE MOST
DIFFICULT MOMENTS FOR YOU?
>> LIKE NOT BEING ABLE TO --
SORRY.
>> Reporter: IT'S OKAY.
IF IT'S TOO TOUGH, DON'T WORRY.
>> NOT BEING ABLE TO GO TO THE
FUNERALS.
IT'S MAY 14.
NEW WEEK.
MORE PHYSIO.
>> Reporter: 6 WEEKS INTO
RECOVERY, RYAN IS WORKING ON
HIS UPPER BODY AND CORE
STRENGTH, EVEN JUST TO ROLL OVER
AND SIT UP.
BALANCE IS TRICKY.
>> GOOD.
THERE YOU GO.
BEAUTIFUL.
NICE.
>> Reporter: DAD, TOM, IS
RECORDING EVERY DEVELOPMENT.
[LAUGHTER]
RYAN WAS THE FIRST BORN TO
MICHELLE AND TOM.
TWINS JETT AND JADEN FOLLOWED
AND THEN BABY CONNOR.
RYAN WORKED HIS WAY UP THE
HOCKEY LADDER, BANTAM, MIDGET
AAA, WITH THE OIL KINGS, BEFORE
HE JOINED THE BRONCOS LAST YEAR.
>> IT'S MAY 18.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF
PHYSIO SESSIONS.
ERIKA, MY GIRLFRIEND, IS HERE.
SHE WILL STAY FOR THE LONG
WEEKEND.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Reporter: RYAN MET ERIKA
BURNS JUST TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE
CRASH.
A TEAMMATE INTRODUCED THEM.
ON THAT HORRIBLE NIGHT, SHE GOT
TO THE HOSPITAL BEFORE HIS
PARENTS AND SHE'S BEEN LOYAL
EVER SINCE.
STILL, THE TWO OF THEM ARE NOW
EMBARKING ON A RELATIONSHIP
NEITHER COULD HAVE EVER
IMAGINED.
IT'S NOW END OF MAY.
RYAN'S PARENTS ARE PACKING HIM
UP AT THE HOSPITAL.
>> THE NURSES SAY THAT YOU ARE
GOOD TRANSFERRING BED TO BED.
>> Reporter: THEY'VE TAKEN AN
OFFER FROM THE SHRINER'S CHARITY
TO GO TO A RENOWNED REHAB
HOSPITAL IN PHILADELPHIA, ALL
PAID.
THE FAMILY THINKS HE CAN
PROGRESS FASTER THERE.
THEY'RE STILL HOLDING OUT HOPE
HE MIGHT REGAIN SENSATION IN HIS
LEGS, MAYBE EVEN WALK AGAIN.
>> Reporter: SHRINER'S HOSPITAL
IN PHILADELPHIA BECOMES RYAN'S
NEW TRAINING CAMP, INCLUDING THE
FIRST SESSION IN THE POOL.
BUT THAT SENSE OF WEIGHTLESSNESS
FEELS LIKE FREEDOM.
EVEN IF HE'S AFRAID HE'LL SINK.
RYAN'S ON A MISSION.
TODAY THE EXERCISE WITH
PHYSIOTHERAPIST IS FALLING
BACKWARDS, WHAT TO DO.
>> NOW WHAT?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
IT FEELS WEIRD.
>> IT FEELS REALLY WEIRD,
DOESN'T IT?
YOU PROTECTED YOUR HEAD, SO
YOU'RE GOOD.
HOLD THE FRONT END OF THE FRAME
HERE.
>> Reporter: HE WILL NEED TO
INSTRUCT PEOPLE TO HELP HIM GET
UPRIGHT.
IT'S NOT EASY.
>> I LIKE TO SAY, WORKING ON THE
FUNDAMENTALS AND FOUNDATION OF
TRANSFERS AND SITTING, BALANCE,
ROLLING, JUST ROLLING OVER LEFT
TO RIGHT AND THEN, OKAY, I'M ON
MY SIDE.
HOW DO I SIT UP?
NOW IN YOUR WHEELCHAIR, YOU CAN
PUSH ALONG A LINOLEUM SURFACE IN
THE HOSPITAL, BUT CAN YOU PUSH
ACROSS THE SIDEWALK THAT IS NOT
LEVEL AND HAS BUMPS?
>> PUSH FORWARD, PUSH FORWARD.
>> Reporter: YOU'VE DESCRIBED
HIM AS A STAR STUDENT.
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: HAVE YOU SEEN
FRUSTRATION?
>> EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
HE CHANNELS IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS
WHERE HE WILL JUST BE QUIET
ABOUT SOMETHING OR -- HE'S JUST
LIKE, LET ME DO THAT AGAIN.
>> THERE BETTER NOT BE A 6-INCH
CURB ANYWHERE ELSE.
>> Reporter: DID YOU SEE HIM
GIVE UP?
>> NEVER.
>> WE HAVE A LOT TO WORK ON,
HUH?
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: AFTER INJURY, THEY
ARE THE SAME PERSON BEFORE THE
INJURY.
SO YOU SEE THAT CARRY THROUGH IN
THEIR REHAB AND ACTIVITIES
BEYOND THE HOSPITAL SETTING.
>> Reporter: PART OF THE
CHALLENGE IS TO AVOID COMPLETE
ATROPHY OF LEG MUSCLES, SO THEY
NEED TO MANIPULATE HIS LEGS,
PUTTING HIM FIRST IN A HARNESS
OF PREPARATION OF A TREADMILL.
>> HOW DOES THAT FEEL UP TOP?
DO YOU FEEL IT AGAINST YOUR
CHEST OR YOUR SHOULDERS?
>> Reporter: AS KRISTIN AND HER
TEAM SIMULATE A WALKING
MOVEMENT, RYAN WATCHES HIMSELF
STANDING DOWN RIGHT FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE THE CRASH.
WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE TODAY ON
THAT TREADMILL?
>> SURREAL, JUST TO SEE YOURSELF
WALK AGAIN.
IT WAS PRETTY COOL.
I TRIED MY BEST TO DO WHAT I
COULD.
I TRIED TO MOVE MY LEGS.
THEY DID IT FOR ME.
HOPEFULLY IT WILL HELP IN THE
LONG RUN.
>> Reporter: WHEN YOU CAME DOWN
HERE, WHAT WAS YOUR HOPE?
>> TO BE MORE INDEPENDENT.
OBVIOUSLY, I WANT TO WALK AGAIN
AND I WAS COMING HERE HOPING TO
GET STRONGER.
BEING ABLE TO ADAPT TO A NEW WAY
OF LIFE.
>> JOINING US ON STAGE RIGHT
NOW, THE HUMBOLDT BRONCOS.
>> Reporter: MOTIVATING RYAN ALL
THIS TIME, A TRIP TO THE NHL
AWARDS IN LAS VEGAS, A PHYSICAL
AND MENTAL CHALLENGE.
IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD
SEEN MOST OF THE SURVIVING
BRONCOS SINCE THE CRITICAL DAYS
IN HOSPITAL.
>> IT WAS FANTASTIC.
IT WAS LIKE BEING IN THE LOCKER
ROOM AGAIN.
YOU ARE JUST ENJOYING THE
MOMENT.
>> Reporter: DID YOU CRY?
>> NO.
I CAN'T CRY IN FRONT OF GUYS,
BUT I WAS DEFINITELY EMOTIONAL.
IT WAS A GOOD TIME.
>> Reporter: DID YOU TALK?
>> OH, YEAH.
WE TALKED THROUGH EVERYTHING.
HOW THINGS WERE GOING.
WHAT THEIR PLAN IS FOR THE
FUTURE?
WE KNOW THAT NO ONE CAN
EXPERIENCE WITH THE WE
EXPERIENCED.
WE KNOW EACH OTHER TOO WELL.
(*)
>> Reporter: THE ATTENTION
DOESN'T STOP WITH VEGAS.
THE BRONCOS TOUCH SO MANY
INTERNATIONALLY.
IN PHILADELPHIA, RYAN BECOMES A
BIT OF A LOCAL CELEBRITY.
>> RYAN STRASCHNITZKI!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Reporter: THE PHILLIES HONOUR
HIM AS THEIR SPECIAL GUEST.
IT'S ALL VERY HEADY.
EXCITING.
AND UNEXPECTED.
WHEN THE SPOTLIGHT GOES AWAY,
THERE ARE THE UNAVOIDABLE
REMINDERS OF LOSS.
TOM IS RYAN'S CHIEF CHEERLEADER,
COUNSEL AND LIFE COACH.
>> WHAT GETS ME IS JUST LOOKING
AT HIM.
WHAT HE MAY WAS ABLE TO DO THREE
MONTHS AGO TO WHAT HE CAN'T DO
NOW.
IT HITS ME ON THAT ONE.
I WOULD LOOK FORWARD AND GO,
LET'S WORK A DIFFERENT CORNER, A
DIFFERENT PATH.
AND WE CAN GET THROUGH IT.
>> Reporter: WHAT FRUSTRATES
HIM?
>> STARING AT HIS LEGS AND
TRYING TO MAKE THEM MOVE.
BUT THEY CAN'T MOVE.
OR WHAT REALLY FRUSTRATES HIM IS
NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE HIS CORE.
DEEP DOWN, WE KNOW THE PEOPLE HE
LOST, HIS TEAMMATES.
>> Reporter: STILL?
>> OH, YEAH, EVERY DAY.
>> Reporter: REALLY?
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: IT'S NOW EARLY
JULY, TIME TO GO HOME, BUT NOT
BEFORE A VISIT TO PHILADELPHIA'S
ICONIC MONUMENT TO FIGHTING
BACK, THE ROCKY STEPS.
THE STORY OF HOW THE UNDERDOG
BOXER, ROCKY BALBOA, FOUGHT HIS
WAY UP, IS NOT LOST ON RYAN.
LOTS OF RUTS IN THE PAVING
STONES.
>> ARE YOU OKAY, BUDDY?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> HERE'S OUR TEST, I GUESS.
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: RYAN PROBABLY
IMAGINED TEARING UP HERE TWO
STEPS AT A TIME ONCE.
IT'S DIFFERENT NOW.
>> Ian: WHAT AN INSIGHT INTO HOW
CHALLENGING ALL OF THIS HAS
BEEN.
COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, RYAN
IS NOT FULLY HEALED, BUT HE'S
TAKEN TO HEART THE FACT THAT
HE'S NOT DEFINED BY HIS LEGS.
>> EVERYTHING THAT I'VE WORKED
UP TO, IT KEEPS GOING AND GOING.
I KEEP GETTING BETTER AND
BETTER.
I'M SORT OF BECOMING MORE
ACCEPTING AND BEING MINDFUL OF
IT BUT N
>> Reporter: IN JULY, RYAN COMES
BACK TO ALBERTA ON A COMMERCIAL
FLIGHT, MOVING EASILY NOW IN HIS
WHEELCHAIR.
THE HOMETOWN MEDIA IS WAITING.
>> Reporter: WELCOME HOME.
HOW DOES IT FEEL?
BUT RYAN CAN'T GO HOME YET.
THE FAMILY HOME HE GREW UP IN IS
WAITING BUT IT NEEDS A MAJOR
RENOVATION TO MAKE IT
ACCESSIBLE.
WHAT'S THIS?
THAT'S GREAT.
>> SOMEBODY MADE THAT FROM ALL
THE STICKS THEY PUT AROUND THE
HOCKEY RINK JUST UP HERE.
>> Reporter: THAT'S COOL.
>> AND HE DROPPED IT OFF.
>> Reporter: SO YOU ARE GOING TO
RENOVATE THIS HOUSE?
>> YES.
>> Reporter: WOW, IT'S HOCKEY
HOUSE.
MEMORABILIA EVERYWHERE.
>> THIS IS HOCKEY HOUSE.
>> Reporter: DID YOU PUSH RYAN
INTO HOCKEY?
>> STARTED HIM IN LEARN TO
SKATE.
AND HE HATED IT.
AND GOT HIM INTO HOCKEY.
HATED IT.
AND THEN HE SLOWLY STARTED TO
LIKE IT.
I SAID, OKAY, LET'S GO.
>> Reporter: ANY REGRETS?
>> NO.
NO.
HOCKEY TEACHES YOU LIFE.
IT TEACHES YOU TEAMWORK AND HOW
TO DEAL WITH THINGS.
LOOK AT ALL THE SUPPORT HE GOT.
HEY, STEWY.
>> Reporter: EVER SINCE THE
NIGHT OF THE CRASH, T.J. STEWART
HAS BEEN A ROCK.
>> I WILL GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES.
ON WHAT IS GOING ON HERE.
>> ALL RIGHT, BUDDY.
>> Reporter: HE ORGANISED
NEIGHBOURS TO GUT THE BASEMENT.
>> ELEVATOR WILL BE IN THE
GARAGE.
>> Reporter: AND HELPED TO RAISE
$200,000 FOR REHAB AND THE RENO,
INCLUDING OFFERS OF BUILDING
MATERIALS.
IT WILL TAKE MONTHS.
SO RYAN AND HIS FAMILY MOVE INTO
THE WINGATE HOTEL IN AIRDRIE,
FOR AS LONG AS THEY NEED TO,
COURTESY OF THE HOTEL'S OWNER.
RYAN TAKES THE ACCESSIBLE GROUND
FLOOR ROOM.
THE THREE OTHER KIDS AND THEIR
PARENTS SPLIT TWO OTHER ROOMS.
MICHELLE IS ESSENTIALLY RUNNING
A HOUSE IN A HOTEL.
>> THERE ARE DAYS THAT I MISS
THE SIMPLICITY OF GOING TO WORK
AND COMING HOME AND NOT HAVING
ALL THE CRAZINESS.
IT'S REALLY HARD.
IT'S AWKWARD.
WE'RE GETTING THERE.
>> Reporter: THE LOBBY HAS
BECOME THEIR LIVING AND DINING
ROOMS.
TOM CALLS IT STRAS-GATE, NOT
WINGATE.
THE CHANGES TO THEIR FAMILY LIFE
ARE REALLY SETTLING IN.
ESPECIALLY FOR RYAN.
>> THE DAYS HE DOESN'T HAVE
PHYSIO, ARE THE HARDEST BECAUSE
HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH
HIMSELF.
I THINK JUST TO -- THE ENORMITY
OF WHAT HE'S FACING IS HITTING
HIM SOMETIMES.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER TIMES THAT I
KNOW HE FEELS, YEAH, A LITTLE
LEFT BEHIND, I THINK.
>> WE'RE GOING TO SLIDE YOU BACK
A TINY BIT.
>> Reporter: RYAN IS HAPPIEST
HEADING BACK TO THE ICE.
>> DON'T TRY TO JUST HAMMER THE
PUCK.
>> Reporter: FOR THE FIRST TIME,
WEARING THE BRONCOS' HELMET AND
GLOVES, SLEDGE HOCKEY VETERANS
TALKED UP THE SPORT IN THE FIRST
FEW WEEKS AFTER THE CRASH.
THEY HAVE THEIR EYE ON RYAN AS A
POTENTIAL TEAM CANADA PLAYER.
ERIKA, HIS GIRLFRIEND, IS MOVING
FROM SASKATCHEWAN TO ALBERTA TO
BE WITH HIM.
>> I'M GOING TO FALL.
>> YEAH, YOU WILL.
>> AH!
I'M SCARED.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> Reporter: SUMMER IS FADING.
ANY OTHER YEAR, RYAN WOULD HAVE
BEEN AT HOCKEY CAMP BY NOW.
>> HOW ARE THE NERVES TODAY?
>> Reporter: INSTEAD, TOM HELPS
GET THE DAY GOING.
>> IT'S THURSDAY, AUGUST 23.
I WOKE UP.
THE NERVES WEREN'T TOO BAD
TODAY.
SUNDAY ERIKA MOVES IN, SO I'M
PRETTY EXCITED FOR THAT.
>> Reporter: 5 MONTHS AGO, HE
COULDN'T EVEN RAISE HIMSELF OUT
OF BED.
THIS IS REAL PROGRESS.
HIS MORNING ROUTINE CAN TAKE 1
1/2 HOURS, BUT NOW DAD CAN LEAVE
AND RYAN'S JUST A 19-YEAR-OLD
AGAIN WITH THINGS TO DO AND HIS
INDEPENDENCE COMING BACK.
HIS SCARS AREN'T FULLY HEALED,
OUTSIDE OR INSIDE.
BUT HE HAS TAKEN TO HEART THE
IDEA THAT HE IS NOT DEFINED BY
HIS LEGS.
>> EVERYTHING I'VE WORKED UP TO.
IT KEEPS GOING AND GOING.
I KEEP GETTING BETTER AND
BETTER.
>> Reporter: WHAT'S THE WORST
THING?
>> THE DISTANCE FROM EVERYONE.
EVERYONE IS GOING AWAY FOR
HOCKEY AND/OR SCHOOL.
NOW YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
TO DO NOW.
EVERYONE'S LIVES HAVE BEEN
CHANGED.
I THINK ABOUT IT EVERY DAY.
IT WILL NEVER LEAVE MY MIND, TO
BE HONEST, BUT --
>> Reporter: DO YOU GET ANGRY
STILL?
>> NOT REALLY.
I'M ACCEPTING AND BEING MINDFUL
OF IT BUT NOT LETTING IT GET TO
ME.
>> Reporter: YOU'RE NOT GOING
BACK TO HUMBOLDT FOR THE FIRST
GAME?
>> NO.
I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, I
DON'T THINK.
>> Reporter: WHY?
>> I LOVE THE BRONCOS AND THE
ORGANISATION IS AMAZING, BUT I
DON'T WANT TO WATCH THE TEAM I
SHOULD BE PLAYING ON RIGHT NOW.
I WISH THEM ALL THE BEST OF LUCK
AND EVERYTHING DURING THE
SEASON, BUT I DON'T THINK I CAN
GO WATCH.
>> Reporter: JUST TOO HARD?
>> I THINK SO, YEAH.
>> Reporter: BACK IN MAY, SOCKS
WERE THE GOAL.
RYAN'S MASTERED A LOT OF LIFE
SKILLS SINCE THEN.
>> IT'S ONLY BEEN 5 MONTHS AND
LOOK WHERE I AM NOW.
>> Reporter: THE ENERGY THAT
FUELED HIS AMBITION IN HOCKEY IS
BEING REROUTED.
WE HAVEN'T HEARD THE LAST FROM
THIS FORMER HUMBOLDT BRONCO,
NUMBER 10.
>> Ian: BY THE WAY, THE
STRASCHNITZKI FAMILY IS SPENDING
THE HOLIDAY AT THAT HOTEL IN
AIRDRIE.
RENOVATIONS ARE NOT YET
FINISHED.
SINCE WE RAN THAT STORY, RYAN
AND ERIKA HAVE PARTED WAYS.
RYAN IS CONTINUING TO PLAY
EXTRAORDINARY PROGRESS
HE'S PLAYING A LOT OF SLEDGE
HOCKEY.
BUT COMING HOME FROM PHYSIO, THE
VAN HE WAS RIDING IN WAS
REAR-ENDED AND THREW HIM TO THE
FLOOR, SHOOK HIM UP, BUT DIDN'T
KEEP HIM DOWN.
AS SUSAN SAID, NO DOUBT, WE
HAVEN'T HEARD THE LAST OF RYAN.
>>> NEXT ON "THE NATIONAL,"
WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT A
RECENT CONVERSATION I HAD WITH
QUINCY JONES.
AS A COMPOSER AND PRODUCER, HE'S
HELPED MEGA STARS GET BETTER,
EVEN THE KING OF POP.
>> MICHAEL SAID, CAN YOU TAKE ON
-- OFF THE VIOLINS AND
INTRODUCTIONS?
IT MESSED UP MY GROOVE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS?
IT WAS THE IDENTIFYING LINE ON
THE GODDAMN SONG.
>> Ian: QUINCY JONES, LEGENDARY
COMPOSER AND PRODUCER HAS
REACHED YET ANOTHER CAREER
MILESTONE.
THIS MONTH HIS NAME APPEARED ON
A RECORD 80TH GRAMMY NOMINATION.
IT'S A POWERFUL REMINDER OF JUST
HOW MUCH HE'S ACCOMPLISHED.
APPROPRIATELY CALLED "QUINCY,"
THE MOVIE CHRONICLES HIS LIFE
AND THE INDELIBLE IMPACT HE HAD
ON THE SOUND OF A GENERATION,
ACROSS ALL GENRES.
>> MUSIC WAS THE ONE THING THAT
OFFERED ME MY FREEDOM.
>> Ian: FOR SEVEN DECADES,
JONES'S FINGERPRINTS HAVE BEEN
ALL OVER SO MANY ICONIC
RECORDINGS.
(*)
FROM FRANK SINATRA TO MICHAEL
JACKSON.
(*)
HE'S CREDITED OF MAKING TV STARS
OUT OF OPRAH WINFREY AND WILL
SMITH.
HIS INFLUENCE REMAINS, INSPIRING
LADY GAGA AND KENDRICK LAMAR.
WHO COULD FORGET "WE ARE THE
WORLD?"
ONE OF THE FASTEST SELLING
SINGLES OF ALL TIME.
WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THAT
WHEN I SAT DOWN WITH HIM AT
TIFF, BEGINNING WITH GROWING UP
SO FAR AWAY FROM THE WORLD OF
MUSIC.
(*)
I READ YOU GREW UP IN A ROUGH
NEIGHBOURHOOD, ROUGH
CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND I'M SURE SOME OF YOUR
FRIENDS AT THE TIME TOOK THE
WRONG PATH.
>> YES, THEY DID AND THEY'RE
GONE.
I WANTED TO BE A GANGSTER TOO,
YOU KNOW.
YOU WANT TO BE WHAT YOU SEE.
MY FATHER WAS AN ARCHITECT FOR
THE MOST NOTORIOUS BLACK
GANGSTERS IN AMERICA, THE JONES
BOYS.
I WANTED TO BE A GANGSTER UNTIL
I WAS 11.
A SERIOUS GANGSTER.
I SAW TOMMY GUNS EVERY DAY.
DEAD BODIES, STOGIES.
PILES OF MONEY IN BACK ROOMS,
LIQUOR.
UNBELIEVABLE.
>> Ian: WHEN DID IT CHANGE?
>> WHEN I MOVED TO BREMERTON AND
WE WERE BABY GANGSTERS AT 11
YEARS OLD AND WE WANTED TO TAKE
THAT PLACE OVER AND WE HAD TO --
WE BELIEVED IN THE EXPERIENCE
ENOUGH TO DO IT.
WE RAN ALL THE STORES, WOULD
STEAL EVERYTHING IN THERE.
WE BROKE INTO THE ARMOURY, WHICH
WAS OUR RECREATION HALL NEXT TO
AN ARMY CAMP.
AND INDIVIDUALLY WENT TO THE
SEPARATE ROOMS TO BREAK IN THE
OFFICES AND I BROKE INTO ONE
WITH A PIANO AND I LEFT IT.
SOMETHING SAID, IDIOT, GO BACK
IN THAT ROOM.
I WENT TO THE PIANO AND TOUCHED
IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALISE THAT
HUMAN BEINGS PLAYED THIS.
I HEARD IT ALL MY LIFE.
IT TOLD ME RIGHT THEN, THIS IS
WHAT YOU WILL DO THE REST OF
YOUR LIFE.
>> Ian: NO LESSONS?
>> NO.
THE NEXT DAY I WENT TO THE
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND STARTED
TUBA, BARITONE, E-FLAT ALTO,
FRENCH HORN, TROMBONE, AND
PLAYED IN THE MARCHING BANDS
WITH THE MAJORETTES.
>> Ian: THOSE ARE TOUGH
INSTRUMENTS FOR A KID TO LEARN.
>> I LOVE BRASS.
LOVE IT.
LOVE IT.
>> Ian: I ONLY HAVE 10 MINUTES
WITH YOU, SO WE HAVE TO COVER
SOME BIG NAMES.
>> OKAY, SO SHUT UP.
>> Ian: NOT AT ALL.
WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THERE.
FRANK SINATRA, DO YOU STILL WEAR
THE RING HE GAVE YOU?
>> REST OF MY LIFE.
ONE OF THE GREATEST GUYS I EVER
MET IN MY LIFE
>> I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU MEET
A GENTLEMAN WHO HAS BEEN DOING
THESE ORCHESTRATIONS FOR ME,
MR. QUINCY JONES.
[APPLAUSE]
ONE OF THE BRIGHT YOUNG STARS.
IN THE ORCHESTRATING BUSINESS.
Q, GO AHEAD.
(*)
>> Ian: AND I THINK SOME PEOPLE
WATCHING MAY NOT KNOW THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN YOU AND
SINATRA.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
>> IT WAS VERY, VERY POWERFUL.
ONE THING TO ME ILLUSTRATES IT
AS STRONGLY AS ANYTHING ELSE AND
THAT'S -- HE WAS MARRIED TO MIA
FARROW ABOUT 1 1/2 YEARS.
SHE WENT TO LONDON AND SO DID I.
SHE WAS ON "ROSEMARY'S BABY."
I WAS GOING TO COULD "ITALIAN
JOB" FOR MICHAEL CAIN, THE
SCORE.
MY SON WAS BORN THERE.
MIA NOTIFIED FRANK THAT I HAD A
SON BORN THERE IN '68, '69.
WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE STATES, I
HAD ALL THIS MAIL.
ON TOP OF IT, SINATRA
ENTERPRISES.
SINATRA'S LETTER WAS TO MY SON.
Q3, I'M JR.
MY FATHER WAS SR.
"LET ME WELCOME YOU TO THIS
WORLD WITH A COLLEGE EDUCATION."
AND HE PUT A BOND IN THERE TO
PAY FOR MY SON'S ENTIRE COLLEGE
EDUCATION.
AND SAYING, KNOWING IT WILL BE A
FAR BETTER WORLD THAN WE MESSED
UP.
HE'S GOT THAT ON HIS WALL NOW.
THAT'S A REAL FRIEND.
FRANK WAS THE MOST DEVOTED,
LOVING FRIEND YOU COULD ASK FOR.
HE HAD NO GRAY.
HE WOULD ROLL OVER YOU IN A MACK
TRUCK IN REVERSE.
[LAUGHTER]
HE WAS A REAL FRIEND, MAN.
REAL FRIEND.
ALWAYS.
>> Ian: LET'S TALK ABOUT MICHAEL
JACKSON.
(*)
ALL OF US HAVE "THRILLER."
>> IT'S AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
MICHAEL IS A VERY, VERY SPECIAL
TALENT, REALLY SPECIAL, IN ANY
WAY.
IN OBSERVATION, INFLUENCES,
DANCING, SINGING, EVERYTHING.
DIDN'T MISS A THING.
HE KNEW EVERYBODY'S LINES,
SONGS, DANCE STEPS, EVERYTHING.
>> Ian: SO "THRILLER" HAD SEVEN
TOP 10 SINGLES.
IT DOMINATED THE CHARTS IN A WAY
NO ALBUM EVER HAD BEFORE.
>> 110 MILLION ALBUMS.
>> Ian: WHEN YOU WERE IN THE
STUDIO DOING IT, WERE THERE ANY
MOMENTS THAT YOU THOUGHT -- DID
YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IMPACT
THAT ALBUM WOULD HAVE?
>> I DON'T THINK OF IT LIKE
THAT.
I THINK ABOUT WHAT TOUCHES ME.
I'VE NEVER IN MY LIFE EVER DONE
MUSIC FOR MONEY OR FAME.
NEVER.
AND NEVER WILL.
GOD WALKS OUT OF THE ROOM THEN.
IT'S NOT SACRED ANYMORE.
AND IT IS SACRED, YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE TO ME, MELODY IS GOD'S
VOICE.
IT'S CLOTHED BY LYRICS, BUT THE
MELODY IS GOD'S VOICE.
THAT'S THE POWER.
>> Ian: WHEN YOU DID THE
PLAYBACK FOR "BILLIE JEAN," WAS
THERE A MOMENT WHERE YOU SAID,
WE'VE DONE SOMETHING SPECIAL
HERE?
>> NO.
THAT WAS THE PLAN IN THE
BEGINNING, MAN.
YOU GO THROUGH 800 SONGS TO GET
NINE.
THAT'S NOT CASUAL.
THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE AIMING FOR.
MY LEAST FAVOURITES ARE 2, 6,
AND 11.
YOU WANT IT TALK ABOUT A TOP 6
RECORD?
IF YOU ARE 2, YOU WANT TO BE 1.
RIGHT?
>> Ian: SO WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT
MICHAEL JACKSON AND YOU WERE
JUST TALKING ABOUT HIM.
WHAT ON THOSE ALBUMS,
"THRILLER," FOR EXAMPLE, IS YOU?
WE HAVE HIS MUSIC, SOME OF HIS
WRITING.
>> WE TAKE HIS STUFF AND TAKE IT
TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
"DON'T STOP UNTIL YOU GET
ENOUGH," VERY WELL KNOWN THAT
MICHAEL SENT ME A NOTE, COULD
YOU TAKE OFF THE VIOLINS IN THE
INTRODUCTION?
IT'S MESSING UP MY GROOVE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT LINE WAS?
(*)
THE IDENTIFYING LINE ON THE
GODDAMN SONG.
>> Ian: HE SAID TAKE IT OFF?
>> YEAH.
>> Ian: AND YOU SAID?
>> NO WAY.
DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
>> Ian: WHO WAS RIGHT?
>> WHAT ENDED UP ON THE RECORD?
(*)
THAT'S ONE OF THE STRONGEST
PARTS IN THE INTRODUCTION.
(*)
BEN WRIGHT WROTE THAT, MOTOWN
ARRANGER.
* DON'T STOP UNTIL YOU GET
ENOUGH *
>> Ian: LET'S TALK ABOUT "WE ARE
THE WORLD."
ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING RECORDS
OF ALL TIME.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF OTHER
GROUPS THAT HAVE DONE SIMILAR
SONGS, INCLUDING HERE IN CANADA.
FIRST OF ALL, THAT LINE, "PARK
YOUR EGO AT THE DOOR," WHO COME
UP WITH THAT?
>> I DID, BUT IT WASN'T
NECESSARY.
THEY CAME IN FOR THE RIGHT
REASONS.
THEY REALLY DID.
THEY CAME THERE TO GIVE BACK.
AND THAT'S -- IT WASN'T
NECESSARY.
* WE'RE A PART OF GOD'S GREAT
BIG FAMILY *
* YOU KNOW LOVE IS ALL WE NEED
* WE ARE THE WORLD
* WE ARE THE CHILDREN
>> Ian: WAS THERE A LOT OF
POLITICS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHO WOULD DO WHICH VOCALS?
>> YES.
AND PLACEMENT, ALL SIGNED OF
-- KIND OF STUFF.
I HAD TO TAKE CARE OF TELLING 46
PEOPLE ONLY 21 COULD SING SOLOS.
THAT WAS NOT POPULAR AT ALL.
I MEAN, THEY WERE FREAKING OUT,
MAN.
>> Ian: WHO DID YOU HAVE TO SAY
NO TO?
>> I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO
THAT.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT YOU CAN IMAGINE.
* WE ARE THE WORLD
* WE ARE THE CHILDREN
>> DIANA ROSS AND HER LIMOSINE,
HER BODYGUARDS, AND SPRINGSTEEN
COMES IN A PICKUP TRUCK.
* WE ARE THE WORLD
THEY CAME FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.
THEY SAW EACH OTHER AND THEY GOT
IT.
THEY REALLY DID.
>> Ian: OUR TIME'S UP.
ONE LAST THING -- WHAT'S NEXT
FOR YOU?
>> 10 MOVIES, 6 ALBUMS, 4
BROADWAY SHOWS, 2 NETWORKS, IN
BUSINESS WITH DONATELLA VERSACE
JAZZ LOUNGE AND JUKE JOINT IN 25
HOTELS, $700 MILLION HOTELS
AROUND THE WORLD.
I HAVE A HUGE COMPANY IN DUBAI.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
I HAVE A HUGE COMPANY.
>> Ian: SO YOU ARE RETIRING?
>> NO.
I'VE NEVER BEEN SO BUSY IN MY
LIFE.
I'M 85.
>> Ian: YOU ARE AN IMPRESSIVE
MAN.
NICE MEETING YOU.
>> YOU, TOO, BROTHER.
YOU'RE LIKE A MOVIE STAR, MAN.
GOOD GOD.
HAVE YOU DONE MOVIES?
>> Ian: NO.
>> YOU SHOULD, MAN.
>> Ian: THAT'S FANTASTIC.
I APPRECIATE IT.
I'VE BEEN A HUGE FAN OF A LOT OF
YOUR WORK.
THAT'S VERY COOL.
ON TO YOUR NEXT INTERVIEW.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> Ian: THANK YOU.
>> BEAUTIFUL
>> Ian: OVER THE HOLIDAYS, WE'RE
TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT SOME OF
THE POWERFUL IMAGES OF THE YEAR,
TAKING YOU BEHIND THE LENS TO
HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE WHO
CAPTURED THEM.
TONIGHT VIDEOGRAPHER JARED
THOMAS TALKS ABOUT SUSAN
ORMISTON'S STORY ON CLIMATE
CHANGE, SHOT IN CANADA'S FAR
NORTH.
>> I'D BE LYING IF I DIDN'T SAY
THAT THERE'S A FEW TIMES I WOULD
LET MY CAMERA ROLL AND I WOULD
TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND TAKE IT
ALL IN.
(*)
TAKE ONE.
SO I GOT THE AMAZING OPPORTUNITY
TO GO TO YUKON THIS YEAR AND
SHOOT UP ON THE GLACIERS WITH
SUSAN ORMISTON.
A LOT OF TIMES YOU ARE LOOKING
FOR THAT CLOSE-UP, THAT DETAIL
TO REALLY BRING A VIEWER INTO
THE STORY YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL.
EVERY SHOT I WAS TRYING TO GET,
FELT LIKE IT NEEDED TO BE A WIDE
SHOT TO TELL THE STORY.
WHEN I WENT TO THE YUKON, I WAS
TRYING TO THINK ABOUT, HOW CAN I
BRING THIS TO THE VIEWER THAT
THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN BEFORE.
I BROUGHT A GIMBLE, A STABILIZER
THAT CAN MAKE YOUR CAMERA FEEL
LIKE IT'S FLOATING.
FOR ONE OF THE SCENES THAT WE
SHOT, I USED THAT THE WHOLE
TIME.
YOU CAN MOVE WITH THE SUBJECTS.
THEY WERE MEASURING ICE DEPTHS.
AND IT GAVE AN IDEA, THESE ARE
THE CREVICES THEY HAD TO WALK
THROUGH.
MAYBE IT'S STEEPER THAN I
THOUGHT.
I WOULD BE LYING IF I DIDN'T
SLIP A FEW TIMES.
IT SHOWED IT WAS VERY ICY AND
SLIPPERY AS WELL.
IT WAS THE BEST WAY TO GIVE
PEOPLE PERSPECTIVE.
IF I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT SHOTS
FOR SUSAN, SHE IS NOT ABLE TO
WRITE THE STORY PROPERLY.
WE REALLY NEED TO WORK AS A
TEAM, SO ESPECIALLY IN AN
IMPORTANT STORY LIKE CLIMATE
CHANGE HAPPENING IN CANADA, IF I
DON'T HAVE THE PROPER SHOTS,
SUSAN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WRITE
THE SCRIPT TO TELL THE STORY
PROPERLY.
>> Ian: AND HOPEFULLY SAW THAT
WITH OUR YouTube CHANNEL.
THERE'S A LOT OF MATERIAL ON
THERE, INCLUDING SOME MORE OF
THOSE "BEHIND THE LENS"
FEATURES.
THAT IS "THE NATIONAL" FOR THIS
CHRISTMAS DAY FROM VANCOUVER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WATCHING
AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.
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