As It Happens

As It Happens: Monday edition

Monday, August 27, 2018

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

NAFTA Mexico
U.S. President Donald Trump announces a new trade pact with Mexico — and a former U.S. ambassador to Canada warns Ottawa that it faces its toughest-ever trade talks in the week ahead.

UN Rohingya Report
A report released today by United Nations human rights investigators urges that Myanmar's top military brass be charged with genocide against Rohingya Muslims.

El Camino Hornets
It's an el Camino all right, but it drives more like a Stingray — thanks to a colony of European hornets who made themselves at home in the driver's seat of an Ohio man's Chevy.

Part Two

John McCain Obit
John McCain, who died on Saturday, will be remembered as both a valiant military man and GOP statesman. But tonight his former foreign policy advisor reflects on the gentleman behind the officer and senator — and his little-known connection to Canada's North.

Jacksonville Madden Shooting 
Three people are dead and several more injured after a shooter opens fire at a live-streamed video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida. A woman who escaped recounts what she saw.