try to drill down on what putin is gunning for. thank you. we re also following breaking news, everybody, along the canadian/u.s. border. less than 30 minutes ago, canadian police in windsor moved in to secure routes and remove protesters near the ambassador bridge into detroit. that is where we find cal perry who has been reporting there for the last few days or so. cal. it s snowing now. i see. and it wasn t just a couple hours ago so i imagine you re quite cold covering these protests. we appreciate it, my friend. thank you. talk us through the latest developments this hour. where are we? so we are physically, if you can see two intersections away, two intersections away is the main road that runs to the ambassador bridge. that road connects route 401, which is a major thoroughfare in canada, to the ambassador bridge, which is the formally until this week, the busiest land crossing in north america. police have been moving up to try to clear what are at this
ambassador bridge in detroit now. abc s trevor ault from ottawa. reporter: tonight, canada s capital city crippled by eleven straight days of protests. video shines lines of semis at the ambassador bridge into detroit. officials saying ghon stray or thes were slowing border wait times. it comes as canada s capital city has been crippled by 11 straight days of protests. hundreds of trucks and thousands of demonstrators clogginottawat first protesting a vaccine mandate for truck drivers in order to cross the border, now calling for an end to all covid restrictions. the noise is nonstop. it s hundreds of truck horns or music or speeches.pthey re goin. how long do you feel like you ll be out here? until something happens. reporter: officials now
is very disappointing. dr. paul offitt, thank you for taking the time with us. thank you. we turn to the growing trucker protest over covid-19 mandates. they have now shut down the busiest international crossing in north america. this is the ambassador bridge connecting detroit and windsor, ontario, in canada. miguel, there is a big impact here in the u.s. tell us more. reporter: well, it could be a big impact. right now traffic is shut down entirely on the u.s. side going into canada. there is a trickle of traffic, of commercial traffic, and passenger traffic coming out of canada across the ambassador bridge into detroit, and that s been going for 24 hours, a little over at this point. there are other places that commercial traffic and passenger traffic can get through. that is clogging it up, though.
port huron about an hour north of detroit, it takes a long time, several hours for a truck to get through that port because the bridge is too small, too many trucks, and they have customs that they have to get through as well. police on the windsor side said they re only dealing with 100 protesters, 50 or 75 personal vehicles that are blocking the access to the bridge. they re trying to keep other roads open to bridge access but it s very difficult. windsor police saying that they want to resolve the situation through the use of diplomacy and negotiation seeking a solution that is safe and sustainable for our community. clearly a lot of people on both sides of the border getting antsy and wanting to get this wrapped up. it s been a few days now of this. tonight will be the third night that they have shut down that bridge. and we are waiting to see if police at some point will use more stringent measures to try to move those protesters off. they say they re doing everything from making
ocean off the north carolina coastline after finding a debris field where a small plane carrying eight people went down sunday. this just in, the local sheriff s office says the body of one person is found and no indication any of the people on board survived. the n.t.s.b. is investigating. the so-called freedom convoy that shut down the business nest border crossing between the u.s. and canada is over. the protests of covid man dates are still making a mess in places like outwa requiring emergency powers to end the demonsations.avs thet canadian police pushing anti-vaccine mandate protestors away from the border allowed traffic and trade to review across the ambassador bridge into detroit monday. i believe they got that message out and they were able to do it peacefully and our