As It Happens

As It Happens: Tuesday Edition

Tuesday, August 11th 2015

Part One

Colorado spill: Navajo
It looks like Tang, but contains mercury, lead, and arsenic -- and tonight, a Navajo tribal delegate from New Mexico tells us how an enormous toxic spill is affecting his community. 

Ferguson activist
One year after Michael Brown was shot, there are angry protests and a state of emergency in Ferguson, Missouri -- and activist DeRay McKesson tells us what's happening now. 

Cabbage Patch Kids sale
A Maryland couple loves every one of the kids they've adopted -- but now, they're selling off every one of those five thousand and some odd Cabbage Patch Kids.  

Part Two

Morning sickness drug
When Kim Kardashian endorses a Quebec company's morning sickness drug, it raises questions about social media and prescription meds. 

Russian books
Journalist and writer Luke Harding knows a thing or two about publishing books -- but nothing at all about the one published in Russian under the name "Luke Harding."