As It Happens

As It Happens: Tuesday Edition

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

Jared Kushner latest
With new revelations about his meetings with Russian officials, Jared Kushner has gone from the centre of U.S. President Donald Trump's inner circle to the centre of controversy.

Abortion clinic
Ontario considers a law that keeps protesters away from abortion clinics by establishing "safe zones" — and one Ottawa city councillor says the measure is long overdue. 

Nova Scotia relay team
On their way to an endurance relay race in Nova Scotia, one team stops at a Tim Hortons — and when their car won't start again, an employee volunteers herself and her minivan to ensure they're still driven to succeed. 

Part Two

ISIS US Colonel
The U.S. pushes to wipe out ISIS in Iraq — but in the face of torture allegations and civilian deaths, we'll ask a colonel on the mission what's being done to protect innocent lives. 

Indian restaurant fake news
Targeted by a fake news website. When she opened a small Indian restaurant in London, England, our guest never imagined she'd have to repeatedly defend herself against accusations she was serving human meat. 

Part Three

Manuel Noriega obit
He was their man in Panama. But then, CIA informant-turned-dictator Manuel Noriega became a menace — so the U.S. went after him with everything it had. Now, Noriega has died — and one American journalist remembers the man he knew before the fall. 

Cemetery mystery
It's supposed to be a final resting place. But someone's disturbing a historic cemetery in a British Columbia ghost town — and the couple that maintains it believes someone is digging for treasure.