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00:00Developing headline as we're on the air this evening, north of the border, Canadian Prime

00:04Minister Justin Trudeau declaring a national emergency now to end the trucker protests

00:09and to halt anyone coming from the U.S. to join the protests.

00:13Here's our Chief Justice Correspondent, Pierre Thomas, now.

00:16Tonight, Canada taking drastic new action to put an end to the so-called Freedom Convoy

00:20trucker protests, paralyzing the country's capital city.

00:24Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoking the Emergencies Act, a never-before-used law

00:29granting the Canadian government broad powers, including the ability to remove vehicles

00:33and freeze bank accounts.

00:35Occupying streets, harassing people, breaking the law, this is not a peaceful protest.

00:43The time to go home is now.

00:46Tonight, officials blocking people from crossing the border into Canada.

00:50The Canadian Border Services Agency is already turning back non-Canadians trying to enter Canada

00:56to participate in blockades.

00:59For the past three weeks, truckers have been clogging the streets of Ottawa, disrupting

01:03daily life, shutting down schools and businesses, to protest vaccine mandates and all COVID restrictions.

01:10But tonight, the Ambassador Bridge, the busiest land border crossing between the U.S. and Canada,

01:15is back open.

01:16Police finally clearing the remaining protesters Sunday, arresting more than two dozen people.

01:21The end to the week-long blockade can't come soon enough for American automakers.

01:25Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors all forced to shut down plants and cancel shifts due to

01:30the disruption in the supply chains of car parts.

01:33David, this new emergency deployment, which will not involve the military removing protesters,

01:39could last as long as 30 days.

01:40David, Pierre Thomas tonight.

01:42Pierre, thank you.