europe i think that's pretty epic but the canadian broadcasting hundred council says that the societal values that issue a quarter century later have shifted and the broadcast of the song in two thousand and ten must reflect those values rather than those of one nine hundred eighty five but even back in one nine hundred eighty five when the song hit number one on the charts in canada and in the u.s. songwriter mark knopfler responded to accusations of homophobia by pointing out the lyric was meant to be ironic it was written from the viewpoint of a stupid character so i have to ask and are politically correct society is this really what people in canada are worried about if you don't like the song when it comes on the radio turn the station or turn the radio off and whatever happened to canada being more enlightened than the us sounds like they're some uptight people live. in the great white north and that's why you are tonight's tool time where. now a kennedy and woman speaking of was in for quite a surprise when she was stopped at the u.s. border linda burke was randomly searched at

canadian ambassadors are expelled from ivory coast. britain says the move is invalid. despite calls to per bonuses, britain's banks are set to pay out billions of pounds to their staff. welcome to "bbc news," broadcasting to our viewers on pbs and around the globe. coming up for you later, england triumphs in sydney. they win the fifth cricket test against australia, taking the series 3-1. a los angeles hearing decides whether michael jackson's dr should be tried for involuntary manslaughter. hello. robert gates says he wants to make cuts of nearly $80 billion in the military budget over the next five years. it is the biggest reduction since the attacks of september 11. he says cuts will bring the dire financial situation under control and stop the pentagon's culture of endless money. we report from washington. >> u.s. military may be involved in two conflicts abroad, but at home, they're forced to face an economic reality. the defense secretary robert gates today announced the biggest spending cuts since the attacks of 9/11. >> my hope and expectation is as a result of these changes over time, what had been a culture of them less money where cost was really a consideration will become a culture of sav

the former broadcast journalist is also a senior adviser on canadian-u.s. relations for the council of the americas in washington. gary doer was appointed ambassador in 2009. before that he was in manitoba and worked on cross border issues such as trade, climate change and darker culture. -- climate change, and agriculture. now he is fighting protectionist sentiment in some circles and still from time to time is dispelling the myth that 9/11 terrorists entered the u.s. from canada. and the national editor of mcclean is with us this evening. first, let me bring in luiza savage to see with the state of relations is between our two countries. she has been a reporter in washington for seven years. where is canada on the washington radar these days? >> a very small blip. that is not necessarily a bad thing. it can take up all the oxygen in the air when you have china, iran, iraq, north korea. these are countries that worry the white house than they spend most of their attention on. canada has this huge $600 billion trade relationship with the united states and i