they're trying to work through this and that's what we want on the truckers in ontario, being highlighting the grass roots support their protest is getting from large sweets of the public while at the same time pointing to other provinces such as alberta, saskatchewan, quebec, which are all starting to rule by coded restrictions on vaccine mandates. now, one activists in autumn told us people need to stand off for their freedoms. actually been fighting against this for about 2 years. we've got over 400 organizations that have popped up across canada. everything to do with that providing an hour notice of liabilities in order for people to keep their jobs against these ridiculous government dictates and i'm going to call them dictates because that's what they are. but the police coming on our side, it's happening in drugs. and we don't just have the occupation happening in order we've, we've also got in the economic center here, it's ronald and at every other legislature building across the entire country. and we encourage, we encourage market to come out and get in supported this. i mean,

that's the premier of ontario. we called it a siege is now in its 3rd week, the situation of the bass for bridge was cleared yesterday. there are still protesters lingering, and police reportedly allowed some to re gather in that particular spot. so this is the difficulty. we have law enforcement, different levels of law enforcement that over the past several weeks, i've been conclusively failing to act. and that's really the reason why justin grew as imposed these unprecedented measures. and what about the changes to to, to covey rules? i mean, do you think that in the, in those will have as much of an effect as, as bringing this new, the new powers at this stage that appears to be a little bit of a 5050 question. when these protests started, they were clearly about removing all vaccine mandates. that's what the truckers insisted from day one. but at this point, 3 weeks into this, this sprawling and extremely complex movement that is changing on a minute by minute basis. that's simply, that's simply inadequate. wh

on the ontario side, the province has declared a state of emergency, and the nation's prime minister is warning of severe consequences, though many say it's a crisis of just into those own making. if you join the protests, because you're tired of coven, you now need to understand. you are breaking laws. the consequences are becoming more and more severe. the deliberate politicization of the pandemic is undermined to trust in our public health institutions and as damage to national unity. a prime minister's opportunism has created 2 classes of canadians, canadians now watch as the rest of the world moves forward, ending mandate and removing restrictions. while our government has no clear plan to do the same, the prime minister has intentionally stigmatized and divided canadians for political gain. the prime minister has stopped basing his decisions on science. he's now basing them on political science, doing whatever it takes to save his own political skin. when will canadians have a clear plan to end the mandates here? now the movement started back in mid january against a vaccine ma

moore on a plan to safely reopen our economy and remove ontario's vaccine passport system accepted these recommendations. and so today i'm going to nouns that beginning on february 17th, we will remove all capacity limits, except for sporting events, concert venues and theaters, which will be cap of 50 percent on the spot, the partial easing in ontario prime. and i suggest intruder who's maintaining his tough line on the freedom convoy. he's expected to invoke the emergency zack's, given the government extra powers to quell the unrest. comes off the police, arrested 11 people that are protest in alberta and fourthly remove dr. border crossing ontario. we spoke to a church pastor in also a who's been involved in protests. he thinks there's no justification for cracking down on the movement. so he's going to invoke the emergency act for the greatest winter festival and canadian history. or what is he talking about? well, i think we can look out at that, the majority of canadians are on the side of the moving freedom movement. because at this point, you know, has 16 percent support in the p

is it continuing to block a bridge connecting candidate to the us to spot an order from a judge in ontario to leave the injunction is now in effect and gave police the power to in demonstrations which have been against corner virus measures rob reynolds for poor and ontario, superior court judge, ordered right wing protestors to stop blocking a vital bridge between canada and the united states. on friday truck drivers and others clogging the ambassador bridge over the past 5 days have disrupted industrial supply chains on both sides of the border, forcing some auto factories to close. the bridge carries one quarter of all trade between the countries earlier prime minister just and trudeau gave a warning to the occupiers who have been severely disrupting everyday life in the canadian capital ottawa for 2 weeks. it is time for these protesters to go home. it is time to recognize that this protest is blockade his illegal. everything is on the table because this unlawful activity has to end trudeau spoke with you as president joe biden, about the demonstrations and their conservative american

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that's where truckers are blocking traffic on the ontario side. the province has the current state of emergency with the authorities, claiming the freedom convoys out of control. the prime minister is wanting of severe consequences, while many others say, it's a crisis of his own making. if you join the protests, because you're tired of the coven, you now need to understand your breaking laws. the consequences are becoming more and more severe. the deliberate politicization of the pandemic is undermined to trust in our public health institutions and as damage to national unity. a prime minister's opportunism has created 2 classes of canadians, canadians now watch as the rest of the world moves forward, ending mandate and removing restrictions. while our government has no clear plan to do the same, the prime minister has intentionally stigmatized and divided canadians for political gain. the prime minister has stopped basing his decisions on science. he's now basing them on political science doing whatever it takes to save his own political skin. w

i received recommendations from doctor more on a plan to safely reopen our economy and remove ontario's vaccine passport system. i've accepted these recommendations and so today i'm going to nouns that beginning on february 17th, we will remove all capacity limits, except for sporting events, concert venues and theaters, which will be cap, a 50 percent fairly. we spoke with a freedom convoy, ontario organizer about the new powers and he said that the prime minister should engage in dialogue with the truckers as opposed to using force. i think the power do not. let's be honest here. real leaders will come out and talk to the people, they'll come in and find resolve and resolution, especially when the people are being peaceful. and they're only asking that the mandates and we have not used any violence. we have not caused any problems. in fact, we've, we've done more good than these leaders, the so called leaders and ottawa keep attacking us with media and lies. so for us, we're not moving, we're not going anywhere until our demands are met, regardless of what just intruder says we're try

i received recommendations from doctor more on a plan to safely reopen our economy and remove ontario's vaccine passport system. i've accepted these recommendations and so today i'm going to notes that beginning on february 17th, we will remove all capacity limits, except for sporting events, concert venues and theaters, which will be cap, a 50 percent. earlier we spoke with a freedom convoy ontario organized about the new powers and he said that the prime minister should engage in dialogue with the truckers as opposed to using force. i think the power do not. let's be honest here. real leaders will come out and talk to the people, they'll come in and find resolve and resolution, especially when the people are being peaceful. and they're only asking that mandates and we have not used any violence. we have not caused any problems. in fact, we've, we've done more good than these leaders, the so called leaders and ottawa keep attacking us with media and lies. so for us, we're not moving, we're not going anywhere until our demands are met, regardless of what just intruder says we're trying

you s. despite an order from a judge in ontario to leave injunction gives police the power to end the demonstrations against a code 19 and vaccine mandates. and me and my is monica the 75th anniversary of union day with a grand parade. the military lead government has announced an amnesty for hundreds of prisoners. he was president joe biden has signed an executive order to unfreeze $7000000000.00 in afghan funds. the money was deposited by the afghan central bank in new york and was frozen prior to the taliban takeover back in august. how for the funds will go towards humanitarian efforts in afghanistan, the other half to relatives of victims of $911.00 and other attacks by groups. christian salumi is in new york and explains why the relatives of the victims and being allocated some of this money. they have already won lawsuits that were filed years ago here in new york against the taliban and al qaeda against the taliban for its role in those attacks. and so they are suing to get access to that money as a result of those judgments. at the same time, the bite and administration is de

, but struggled to remove protesters in the capitol ottawa. meanwhile, the canadian province of ontario is rolling back many of his cove restrictions in an apparent concession to the nationwide freedom convoy movements the regional premier has announced that compulsive vaccine checks will be dropped from the 1st of march over the weekend. i received recommendations from doctor more on a plan to safely reopen our economy and remove ontario's vaccine passport system. i've accepted these recommendations and so today i can announce that beginning on february 17th, we will remove all capacity limits, except for sporting events, concert venues and theaters, which will be cap of 50 percent. now to dig deeper into this latest development, we can cost live now to freedom. come via protested richard. dru laud, richard, welcome to the program. just in trudeau has invoked emergency powers against your movements. what's your reaction to this? oh 1st thank you for having me and he might think that it will trump our bill of rights, but this numerous act is not trump or bill of rights or bill of rights

it mandate the freedom convoy a blocking traffic on the ontario side. the province is declared, a state of emergency and the nation's prime minister is wanting of severe consequences, though many say it's a crisis of just into those are making. if you join the protests because you're tired of colvin, you now need to understand, you are breaking laws. the consequences are becoming more and more severe. the deliberate politicization of the pandemic is undermined trust in our public health institutions. and as damage to national unity prime ministers, opportunism has created 2 classes of canadians. canadians now watch as the rest of the world moves forward ending mandates and removing restrictions. while our government has no clear plan to do the same, the prime minister has intentionally stigmatized and divided canadians for political gain. the prime minister has stopped basing his decisions on science. he's now basing them on political science doing whatever it takes to save his own political skin. when will canadians have a clear plant in the mandate he

so i mean to certainly green justin pseudo and doug ford, ontario and le go in quebec. they're going to act based on the polls. and i mean, that's just a natural part of party politics. david, i'm a carry bowman and man and gulped. i really appreciate your insight. thank you very much indeed. and thank you to for watching, you can see the program. i got any time by visiting our website, al jazeera dot com for further discussion. go to our facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash ha. i sorry, you can also join the conversation on twitter a 100. it's as ha inside 40. for me, hash my one on the entire team here. into how bye for now. ah. ah ah. the chuck o region of paraglider, the one of south america's toughest. we follow to men who seemed to thrive on his challenge in a veteran truck drivers, answers every called whatever the web to provide for his growing family and the cowboy who enjoys his rough and only life risk. in an old paragraph on the al jazeera, we know what's happening in our region. we know how to get to play thief, that others cannot. affairs,

you have now, though, a state of emergency in the state of ontario, the province of ontario, in canada, which is right across from detroit, and it's now rippling across the border to affect the auto industry on both sides of the border. what willjustin trudeau, the prime minister of canada, do? they are already talking about the possibility of cracking down more forcefully, perhaps bringing more police, maybe even military in, to clear this way, but it was trudeau himself, when, in india, farmers were blocking roads into new delhi, he was the one who said, "canada would always support free, nonviolent dissenting opinion," so he really has something tricky on his hands, as will other governments if other lorry drivers follow suit around the world. always interesting to see how governments manage those competing interests. and, clive, your pick? i would keep an eye on kamila valieva, 15 years old, - the russian olympic committee figure skater — not russia, - because russia is banned — - an amazing skater for that age. she was part of the winning group team for the russianj olympic co

an injunction, allowing police to force protesters from the ambassador bridge, the mayor of windsor ontario, says he intends to remove all those demonstrate and hopeful that the vast majority of the protesters appreciate the rule of law. appreciate that the court has agreed to grant this injunctive relief. they've made their point move on, but if they fail to move on, police will have capabilities to move in and help them move on. well, we went to ottawa a couple of weeks ago and we're here today because we stand for freedom. this is a free country and we should be able to work and travel and congregate with people as we please. my wife is a business owner. her business has been closed for 18 months out of 2 years. i felt it at home. there's people who lost their businesses, lost their homes. so we understand that pain and we feel it. and since we've been here and since we've had people in ottawa, the world is on fire, right? everybody's changing governments are coming together. they're trying to work for this. and that's what we want. just to pick up on the the truckers in ontario, helping

large numbers of people have defied an injunction against the protests in the canadian province of ontario. the so—called �*freedom convoy�* seems to have inspired copycats around the world. in france, president macron calls for calm. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. president biden is to speak to vladimir putin by phone after the united states warned a russian invasion of ukraine could come "at any time". moscow has repeatedly denied planning to invade. the british and us governments have called for their citizens to leave ukraine immediately. they've been joined by the governments of australia, canada and the netherlands — who are also urging their citizens to leave as soon as possible. a few hours ago, the us secretary of state says america are prepared either way if russia chooses diplomacy or aggression. with the latest. here's our north american editor sarah smith. the russians are not trying to camouflage these military exercises that troops are conducting in belarus, near the ukrainian border. these pictures were provided by the russian de

meanwhile, ontario's premier doug ford earlier declared a state of emergency. the government is exercising new powers to end the blockade. let's bring in someone from ctv who has been covering this. this news coming as they were so many concerns about a lasting economic impact for both canada and the u.s. from what is going on. what is happening on the ground right now? >> that is right, the economic impact being felt over the last few days. we have heard from the big three automakers having to cut shifts short. as for what is happening on the ground, for the first five days, we are seeing some progress when it comes to the protesters. behind me is a single lane about the protesters opened up this morning. this is canada-bound traffic. although they opened up this lane as a sign of goodwill, traffic going into canada is still not open at the ambassador bridge. officials have not made the decision to open up the border. there were a lot of aggressive moves by the government today to end this protest. the premier declaring a state of emergency. right now there is

police coming in and moving, look at this video a short time ago in ontario, and windsor. police are moving into break up daylong protests at the bridge and as we told you, is a very big area moving in-and-out so it's important in the u.s. and canada. the trucks blocking traffic for days, protesters slowly moved out earlier tonight but other groups move-in. as no violence but there's a heavy police presence. coming back here to ottawa, look at this video, you can see protesters out there and there are more protesters than police, thousands of people in a party -like atmosphere, it's under a state of emergency investigators close down several roads trying to keep things under control. a court order barring people from honking their horns and playing loud music but that has not worked. investigators repeatedly are asking for things. >> we have resources available as much as we can and reduce demonstrations as safely and quickly as possible. >> this is a list of the freedom convoy commands you can see, they want to terminate vaccine passports and contact tracing programs, ter

those are london ontario police and they seem to be helping in the effort. windsor police and its policing partners have commenced enforcement at and near the ambassador bridge. we urge all demonstrators to act lawfully and peacefully. commuters are being asked to avoid the areas affected by the demonstrations at this time. so the police have tweeted that the enforcement actions have begun. one of the things that were different is that police were standing by. they had the authority to do it. they were distributing pamphlets to indicate. this is what they look like. they are center cities across from each other, across the bridge. canada is on the south side and detroit is on the north side. straight from the police the enforcement actions have begun and just to be lear and police are saying that they have begun clearing it out. you are not seeing anything that looks like arrests or confrontations between police and the truckers. >> no, and a deliberate effort to avoid confrontation on the part of the police. these have been peaceful protests in large part b

the key transit point connects wins or -- windsor castle ontario to detroit. truckers have shut down the road. >> we want freedom from all mandates. that's what were fighting for. we are canadians and we want to be free canadians. correspondent: canada is our biggest trading partner, bigger than china, and the ambassador bridge is the biggest border crossing, 25% of all trade flowing across his bridge. it is a key economic problem, auto parts delivery stalled, manufactures, ford, toyota, gm scaling down production or entirely shuttg down plants. >> this is significant. for one, it comes at a terrible time. we are already short on new vehicle inventory because of global computer chip shortage last year. we had a lot of plant shutdown and not producing vehicles, so very little inventory to buy, so consumers may have to wait longer for the vehicles they ordered. for automakers, it has shut down their production. correspondent: what began as defiance of a specific covid trucking rule has morphed into a larger protests into how justin trudeau's government has been

cnn's lucy kafanov in windsor, ontario for us. lucy, looks like you have got a situation going on behind you right now. what is the latest? >> reporter: jim, you can see and hear the demonstrators behind me. they have been holding firm, despite the cold, despite the wet weather of their blockade of the ambassador bridge, that critical route into detroit, michigan. now, a canadian judge has ordered the protestors to end their five-day blockade, which has disrupted the flow of goods between the two countries. that is set to take effect at 7:00 p.m. tonight, less than an hour from now. it is not clear, at this point, when or if law enforcement will descend on this area to forcibly remove them but the protestors did take a vote minutes ago, promising to link arms and remain here on this location. they are not dispersing. the mayor of windsor, ontario, threatening to start towing cars away if the protestors don't leave. the premiere of ontario, declaring a state of emergency as you pointed out with severe consequences, fines for noncom

that includes most of a crucial bridge between detroit and windsor, ontario. it has led to shutdowns of auto plants and production cuts in michigan, west virginia, kentucky, alabama, and canada. paul solman has the latest. >> reporter: a normally free -flowing u.s./canada trade artery, choked to a standstill by protestors, many from the u.s., calling themselves the "freedom convoy." it began in late january, in response to a rule imposed by both countries that truckers be fully vaccinated to cross the border. it's day five of protests at the bassador bridge, the key transit point which connects windsor, ontario to detroit. truckers have shut down the ro. >> we want freedom-- freedom of all mandates-- and that's what we are fighting for. we are canadian, and we want to be free canadians. >> reporter: canada is our biggest trading partner-- bigger than china-- and the ambassador bridge is the busiest u.s./canada border crossing. a quarter of all trade between the two countries flowing across this one bridge. a key economic problem? auto parts deliveries, stalled

back in windsor, joe philbert drives one of the 7,000 trucks that make the cross into ontario daily. many like him hauling important supplies for detroit area auto manufacturers. >> everyone has heard the brotherhood between windsor and detroit to even make a car, sometimes those parts may go back and forth across the border several times. it might go from a frame to having suspension put on to shipped back, to have an engine put in or vice versa or whatever. >> multiple trips? >> multiple trips. >> despite the bridge now being open, damage is already done. experts say last week alone workers in michigan may have lost up to $51 million in wages. >> it's one thing to have some disruption in your neighborhood or in your capital city. you do it for 18 days and it affects your economy. it affects your ability to send your kids to school. and you heard from the prime minister in his team today that is having very severe economic impacts on not only canada, but the united states. >> following unrest in the capital, the movement reached windsor last week, with protesters parking big rigs at

kristina partsinevelos live near the ambassador bridge in windsor, ontario. >> reporter: you can see the crowds are still here. we're an hour into the injunction the latest i have heard from one police officer is by midnight if they are not cleared that's when things could start to escalate you can see the crowds are jus surrounding saying freedom they could potentially face fines up to $80,000, go to prison, get their cars seized, potentially lose their driver's license. there is a lot at risk but of course a lot of people believe in certain rights for them and so that's why they're still standing here. you can see just by this crowd -- we will bring you in just across the board, people are pretty friendly, it's very peaceful right now i counted seven police officers on the other side over there so the police presence is not in the crowd. i'd like to preface that they're keeping their distance, still very, very peaceful. you can see -- you can see how animated the crowd is. so i'm going to toss it back to you. >> christina live north of the border >>> 60 seconds left on a race to th

large numbers of people have defied an injunction against the protests in the canadian province of ontario.

, to detroit, while another border crossing in ontario is experiencing an hours'-long delay. the ambassador bridge sees about one-quarter of all of the goods that go between the two countries every day. on a normal day, that's about $340 million worth of goods rolling through. and the impact is already being felt. ontario auto plants, including ford and stellantis, reduced production over the last 24 hours due to missing parts from shipments. >> prime minister justin trudeau calling for an end to the protests. >> right now, people in windsor are suffering and losing their jobs because they can't get auto parts across the ambassador bridge. >> trevor: see, now you can really see how much impact a truck protest can have. you just park a bunch of them on a key bridge and, boom, international trade slows to a trickle. which i didn't know could still happen, bay the way. it almost sounds like medieval times when when an army would block one mountain pass, and then your entire village would starve. then you'd have to eat your horse, and then your dog, and then eventually you'd be f

the city of windsor, ontario, is ina or reme >> they don't have the right to affect you or your family's ability to earn a living, and they've gone too far. >> reporter: now in its fifth day, the blockade is slowing down the auto industry in canada and the u.s. >> there are hard-working men and women in an industry that's just getting back to full strength who are going to be out of a job at least temporarily. >> reporter: gm, ford, and toyota are among several companies that cut production at plants on both sides of the border due to a lack of parts. >> at the best case scenario we might be back in production early next week assuming the blockade gets cleared today or tomorrow. >> reporter: 25% of all trade between the two countries passes over the bridge. some of that has been redirected to nearby routes. protesters want an end to canada's covid restrictions. blockades have spread to two other crossings north of montana and north dakota. >> we have a right as americans and canadians to stand up for what we liev >> reporter: there are concerns a trucker convoy could start this weekend a

meanwhwhile, the ambassador brie linking detroit and windsor, ontario, remained close going into canada for a third day yesterday. the blockade has forced toyota and ford to temporarily shut down or limit production at their auto plants in ontario. >> i think it's important for everyone in canada and the united states to understand what the impact of this blockage is, potential impact on workers, on the supply chain. >> canadian prime minister justin trudeau is standing firm on the government's covid policies, including one that requires truck drivers entering canada to be fully vaccinated. >>> there's new information on how comedian bob saget died. his family says that he died from an accidental blow to his head. they issued a statement yesterday saying authorities concluded that saget accidentally hit the back of his head on something, thought nothing of it, and went to sleep. they said that no drugs or alcohol were involved. the 65-year-old star of "full house" was found dead last month in his orlando hotel room. investigators said that there were no signs of foul play. >>> the natio

a state of emergency has been declared in ontario over the truck, blockades at the border. and today a judge ordered protesters to end their 5 dale blockade. government officials say they will urgently enact laws to crack down on those who interfere with the free flow of goods and people since monday, dozens of big rigs and other vehicles have blocked the ambassador bridge which connects windsor ontario to detroit. it is all to protest canada's covid man days. the traffic jam is disrupting the auto industry on both sides of the border, forcing factories to lay off workers while plants stay closed, awaiting the delivery of parts. canadian officials say the truckers could face up to a year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000. it was not immediately clear whether law enforcement officers will move in to remove the demonstrators. let's go outside right now on this friday night and see how things are shaping up. it looks if you're heading to san mateo from a from a word. >> but your sunglasses on, but your for sure. and if you're heading to the airport, well, lawrence has the

police have cleared the remaining protesting at truckers from ambassador bridge in the province of ontario. the usually busy border crossing into the u. s. had been blocked off by an empty vaccine monday demo for a week. dozens of arrests were made. vehicle sees the freedom convoy movement has gripped the country for over a fortnight leading to a state of emergency being imposed in ontario. while the authorities viewed the truckers as a public danger, the demonstrators themselves point died, their protest helping calm and relax. here in windsor at the ambassador bridge, it has been nothing but peaceful. all the, all the people on the side of supporting the protest or supporting the truckers supporting the bill of rights supporting freedom, have your word it. there has not been one negative incident that i've witnessed or heard of myself and i've been there every day. and in most cases, every night, the reason why people are protesting in the 1st place are because of these illegal mandates and restrictions if, if you tell someone to go home from protest or else they can't cross the border a

listen to what the ontario premier doug ford had to say earlier today. take a look. >> we are now two weeks into the siege of the city of ottawa. i call it a seizure because that is what it is. it is an illegal occupation. this is no longer a protest. so let me be as clear as i can. there will be consequences for these actions. and they will be severe. today i am using my authority as premier of ontario to declare a state of emergency in our province. fines for noncompliance will be severe with a maximum penalty of $100,000 and up to a year imprisonment. >> sean: really, you're going to start a fight with the truckers? you are going to take away their livelihood? a court in canada is also attempting to freeze over $8 million in donations to the freedom convoy, but the christian u.s.-based crowdfunding site hosting the donations, they don't take orders from canada. they are vowing to get those funds to the truckers one way or another. keep in mind, despite attempts by trudell and other leftists, they've been lying and vilifying these truckers and calling

so no traffic coming from michigan into ontario. and in the meantime, police diverted truckers and other traffic to another bridge about a 100 kilometers away. this lynx, sarnia ontario with port huron michigan to less important trade route, but still significant. and yet that is now being blocked, as well as a new tractor protest on the highway leading towards that bridge. it doesn't appear to be interfering with traffic coming from michigan into one cerio, but it is stopping traffic going the other way. so the bridges remain if not entirely sealed, almost. yes, it's the situation is volatile. it's unpredictable if any of these bridges is blocked or if you just have one lane open. we're talking about an economic crisis for both canada and the united states in the making here. ari. yep. that right. i mean, winter detroit is the heart of the north american auto industry. this is where more cars are made than anywhere else of the us or canada. and these cars typically cross the border multiple times. the auto industry often talks abou

we spoke to a member of candidate ontario provincial parliament, which includes the city of ottawa. he says the government's accusations of violence are fabricated and the authorities actions unconstitutional. no, it's absolutely all sync it's a fabrication. it's a pretext for what's actually our government, assuming this is a very peaceful, friendly, energetic festival and winter carnival that is happening a to purposely distort and fabricate fabricate dishes. in any means bonded or dangerous is wholly reprehensible. but it does provide them to cover to what you're actually doing. and that is, in effect, the to, to talk against our constitution and removing all the checks and balances on, on political and government for to that's what is happening here in captivated and for many canadians, very, very difficult for many counties to believe that our government would act in such a reprehensible and such a destructive metal. it has to keep with kennedy the freedom conway began in the final week of january as a demonstration against vaccine mandates for truckers, but it is morphed into

rob reynolds reports and ontario, superior court judge, ordered right wing protestors to stop walking, a vital bridge between canada and the united states. on friday truck drivers and others clogging the ambassador bridge over the past 5 days have disrupted industrial supply chains on both sides of the border, forcing some auto factories to close. the bridge carries one quarter of all trade between the countries. earlier prime minister justin trudeau gave a warning to the occupiers who have been severely disrupting everyday life in the canadian capital ottawa for 2 weeks. it is time for these protestors to go home. it is time to recognize that this protest is blockade. is it legal? everything is on the table because this unlawful activity has to end trudeau spoke with you as president joe biden, about the demonstrations and their conservative american supporters. we discussed the american and indeed global influences on the protest. we talked about the u. s . based flooding of the 9 on one phone lines, in ottawa, the presence of u. s. citizens in the blockades and the impact of foreig

we spoke to a member of canada's ontario provincial parliament, which includes the city of ottawa. he says the government's accusations of violence among the protesters are fabricated and that the authorities actions are unconstitutional. no, it's absolutely a also, it's a fabrication. it's a pretext for what actually our government is doing. this is a very peaceful, friendly, energetic festival and winter carnival that is happening a to purposely distort and fabricate fabricate that dishes. in any means bonded or dangerous is wholly reprehensible. but it does provide them the cover to what to actually do. even that is in effect the to, to talk against our constitution and removing all the checks and balances on political and government afford. that's what is happening here in kent deleted. and for many canadians, very, very difficult for many counties to believe that our government would act in such a reprehensible and such a destructive medal. it has to keep with kent around a 1000 vehicles and 5000 people had again flooded downtown ottawa on sunday. protestors were seen dancing

he spoke to a member of candidates, ontario provincial parliament, which includes the city of ottawa. he says the government's accusations of violence are fabricated and the authorities actions unconstitutional. oh, absolutely. yeah. awesome. it's a fabrication. it's a pretext for what's actually our government is doing. this is a very peaceful, friendly law. energetic festival and winter carnival about his property. a purposely distort and fabricate fabricate dishes. in any means, violent or dangerous is wholly reprehensible because it does provide them the cover to what to actually do. mean that is in effect, the key to talk against our cost to ship and removing all the checks and balances on, on political and government afford. that's what is happening here in candidate and for many canadians, very, very difficult for many counties to believe that our government would act in such a reprehensible and such a destructive medical institute. we've kept the freedom conway began in the final week of january as a demonstration against vaccine mandates for truckers. but it has morphed into

so no traffic coming from michigan into ontario. and in the meantime, police diverted truckers and other traffic to another bridge about a 100 kilometers away. this lynx, sarnia ontario with port huron, michigan. it's a less important trade route, but still significant, and yet that is now being blocked, as well as a new tractor protest on the highway leading towards that bridge. it doesn't appear to be interfering with traffic coming from michigan into one area, but it is stopping traffic going the other way. so the bridges remain if not entirely sealed, almost yes. so the situation is volatile. it's unpredictable if any of these bridges is blocked or if you just have one lane open. we're talking about an economic crisis for both canada and the united states in the making here. ari. yeah, that's right. i mean, winter detroit is the heart of the north american auto industry. this is where more cars are made than anywhere else in the us or canada. and these cars typically cross the border multiple times. the auto industry often talks

where police have cleared the remaining protesting truckers from boston or bridge in the province of ontario. they usually busy border crossing into the u . s. had been blocked off by an anti vaccine mandate demo for a week. dozens of arrests where maids vehicle seized as well. the freedom convoy movement has gripped the country for over a fortnight leading to a state of emergency being imposed in ontario. while the authorities view the truckers as a public danger, the demonstrators themselves point out that protests have been peaceful. we spoke to one of the ambassador bridge demonstrators here in windsor at the ambassador bridge. it has been nothing but peaceful. all the, all the people on the side of supporting the protest or supporting the truckers supporting the bill of rights supporting freedom. however you wanna warn it. there has not been one negative incident that i've witnessed or heard of myself and i've been there every day. and in most cases, every night, the reason why people are protesting in the 1st place are because of these illegal mandates and restrictions if, if you tell

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assets will be used to support the families of the victims of the $911.00 terror attacks. canada's ontario province has declared a state of emergency over the truckers protests that has paralyzed the capital and block trade with the united states. ontario's government is threatening steep fines in prison sentences and less drivers in their blockade. the drivers want authorities to scrap all compulsory vaccinations and the truckers purchased in canada it has sparked a copy cat action in france. thousands of protesters are heading for pears in what they are calling freedom convoys. the city has ban, demonstration sang, the risk to public orders simply to hi. but opponents of corona virus restrictions they are determined to reach pairs. french police are preparing for anything. as convoys of demonstrators descend on paris, members of the self styled freedom convoys are hoping to blockade roads in the capital to protest against coven measures. many have been inspired by similar truck or protests in canada, which have shut down central ottawa and cut off border crossings into the us. but the fr

toyota had to briefly halt production at 3 factories in ontario and a shortage of canadian made part is impacting an assembly plant in kentucky. court and general motors have also mentioned disruptions due to the blockade, while still lantis, which was formed by a merger between chrysler and p. a say group, had to shut down a plant in windsor, which was eventually brought back online. so let's go ahead and take a look at this and some other news out of the auto industry with ryan moody. he's the executive editor at auto trader and lauren fix. of course, our good friend, the car coach, florida. i want to start with you here. everything going on with the supply chain. i mean, how much is a further strain impacting the industry even if it is, you know, i mean, obviously that's huge, but also at the same time, it seems like a small event compared to everything else going on globally. well certainly a part of this impact. now, one of the things that we have to keep in mind, it's not just new cars, it's also used cars and maintenance parts. so we're talking about tires and components suspe

so no traffic coming from michigan into ontario. and in the meantime, police diverted truckers and other traffic to another bridge about a 100 kilometers away. this lynx, sarnia ontario with port huron michigan. the less important trade route, but still significant, and yet that is now being blocked, as well as a new tractor protest on the highway leading towards that bridge. it doesn't appear to be interfering with traffic coming from michigan into one area, but it is stopping traffic going the other way. so the bridges remain if not entirely sealed, almost yes. so the situation is volatile. it's unpredictable if any of these bridges is blocked or if you just have one lane open. we're talking about an economic crisis for both canada and the united states in the making here. ari. yeah, that's right. i mean, winter detroit is the heart of the north american auto industry. this is where more cars are made than anywhere else in the us or canada. and these cars typically cross the border multiple times. the auto industry often talks abo

over the truckers protests and his paralyzed the capital and blocked trade with the united states. ontario's government is threatening steep fines and prison sentences unless drivers in there block, hey, the protesters want the canadian government to scrap vaccine mandates for all truck drivers. the 1st co 19 vaccine manufacturing plant on the african continent has opened in south africa. a vaccination programs around the world have delivered more than 10000000000 doses. sub saharan africa is facing a massive shortage in the long term. hopes are that cape town based, african biologists will be able to increase local production delivery and affordable products. and hopefully reducing dependency on imports of the head of the world. health organization says the new plant will help africa become more self sufficient in producing backseat. this will not be just for bobby martin, a technology would be good for a chevy, malaria t d. so this is an investment, and that could possibly be a game changer in combating the images. so this is big and whatever time it takes the keys as needle thing and the

so no traffic coming from michigan into ontario. and in the meantime, police diverted truckers and other traffic to another bridge about a 100 kilometers away. this lynx, sarnia ontario with port huron, michigan. it's less important trade route, but still significant, and yet that is now being blocked, as well as a new tractor protest on the highway leading towards that bridge. it doesn't appear to be interfering with traffic coming from michigan into one area, but it is stopping traffic going the other way. so the bridge is remain if not entirely sealed, almost. yes, it's the situation is volatile. it's unpredictable if any of these bridges is blocked or if you just have one lane open. we're talking about an economic crisis for both canada and the united states in the making here. ari. yep. that's right. i mean, winter detroit is the heart of the north american auto industry. this is where more cars are made than anywhere else in the us or canada. and these cars typically cross the border multiple times. the auto industry often tal

so we are just outside the perimeter right now that various police forces here in ontario have set up, just steps from the ambassador bridge around 8am this morning. there was still about 20 protesters, approximately three transport trucks, and dozens of passenger vehicles that were parked on a busy thoroughfare that connects the ambassador bridge, as you said, into detroit, michigan. just to give a bit of context — every single day, more than $400 million in trade crosses over that bridge. so it being shut down for the whole week, as you can imagine, has had a very quick impact on the local economy — we had auto plants shut down across the border, across canada because they didn't have enough parts to make vehicles. so last night, as you said, the court approved an injunction at 7pm — at 8am this morning, police came onto the scene from three different areas. and what they did was walk in behind the protesters and split the blockade in two. they went to the right and spoke with the owners of the vehicles that were parked on the foot of the ambassador bridge to the right and ask

traffic is stalled between port huron, michigan and sarnia, ontario. in two bridges linking detroit and ontario have been clogged since monday. the mayor of windsor, ontario said today it has to stop. >> i'm not saying that to suggest we bring in battering rams and 1000 police officers. that may not be the solution but there has to be a resolution. stephanie: the protests are affecting production and forcing plant closures at automakers including forward, toyota and gm. russia's military moves kept the pressure on ukraine today. moscow released a video showing a convoy in belarus transporting an air defense system should the russians planned joint military exercises with belarus tomorrow. the british foreign secretary flew to russia in the latest diplomatic effort to defuse the situation. iran has unveiled a new long-range missile reportedly capable of reaching israel. they tv said today the weapon is highly accurate and can defeat missile shield systems. it can fly 900 miles putting it in range of u.s. bases in the middle east as well as israel. in me

and that bridge between windsor ontario and my hometown of detroit, michigan, it's responsible for 25% of all of the trade. so this is -- the blockades are really putting a block on the economy. this is impacting everything from produce, to auto parts, the list goes on. >> go on -- list the oindustries this blockade -- you said it's produce, auto parts. others? >> any industry is aircrafted. i mean, not everyone can afford to fly things in on a plane like the big auto makers are. you know who is really hurting is mall businesses and businesses around the auto plants that have had to shut down. >> yes, i was saying during the break, you know, that this was -- i believe in the right to protest. and that is an american right. but this is -- do you think this is something quite different because of what doing to the economy. >> well it's obviously having an economic zing. >> billions of dollars. >> billions of dollars and will likely according to the economists and analyst reports it will have some kind of impact, maybe not long-term but in the short-term. but the other thing to -- to keep

jon: alexis mcadams live in ottawa ontario. more on this the ambassador bridge from windsor ontario to detroit could be opening soon, canadian police are making arrests there and towing vehicles. u.s. leaders calling for action for days as canadian truckers block traffic on the vital trade route to protest canada's vaccine mandate. near the ambassador bridge on the detroit river. >> it is a vastly different seen today in windsor compared to 24 hours ago when it was assessable with musical barbecue and around 200 people in the middle of the streets, take a look at the live video from a camera, you can see there is only a dozen or two protesters left. they have now been forced out of the street up the road there on sidewalk surrounding the intersection where a lot of cars have been driving by honking their horns to show support for the cars and trucks left behind had been towed for much of today a line of officers was working his way down the street asking protesters to leave and every so often they would arrest those folks who r