York City and Washington, D.C. In the days after September 11, C-SPAN carried CBC's nightly newscast, The National, anchored by Peter Mansbridge. C-SPAN has also carried CBC's coverage of major events affecting Canadians. Among them: Canadian federal elections. Six days in September 2000 that marked the death and state funeral of Pierre Elliott Trudeau. The war in Iraq. The National aired on C-SPAN each night for about three weeks following the attacks on Iraq. Peter Mansbridge signed off his broadcasts during that time, saying "I'm Peter Mansbridge. Thanks for watching, those of you here in Canada, and viewers across the United States watching us on C-SPAN." The power outage crisis in summer 2003. Key proceedings in Parliament of Canada, such as state openings. U.S. presidential elections. In 2004, C-SPAN picked up The National the day after the election for the view from Canadians. State and official visits of American presidents to Canada. During MSNBC's coverage of President George W. Bush's visit to Canada, CBC's senior parliamentary editor, Don Newman, appeared on MSNBC. Several PBS stations also air some CBC programs, especially The Red Green Show, although no CBC programming currently airs on the full network schedule. For a number of years CBC co-produced a news programme, Hemispheres, with Australia's national broadcaster, the ABC; the program was hosted from Sydney and Vancouver and included reports from both networks' foreign correspondents. It was broadcast in both Canada and Australia and across Asia and the Pacific on the Australia Network. Canada–United States border audiences CBC Television stations can be received over-the-air or through cable in many American communities along the Canada–United States border, and have a significant audience in those areas. CBC's sports coverage has also attained high viewership in border markets, including its coverage of the NHL's Stanley Cup Playoffs, which was generally considered to be more complete and consistent than coverage by other networks such as NBC. Its coverage of the Olympic Games also found a significant audience in border regions, primarily due to the fact that CBC aired more events live than NBC's coverage, which had been criticized in recent years for tape delaying events to air in primetime, even if the event is being held in a market in the Pacific Time Zone during primetime hours on the East (where it would still be delayed for West Coast primetime). Over-the-air digital television transition The CRTC ordered that in 28