As It Happens

As It Happens: Tuesday Edition

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

full episode transcript

Part One

London attack update
When a counter-extremism group told British police about Khuram Butt last year, they let him off with a warning — and this past Saturday, he led the deadly London Bridge attack. 

NSA leaks
A source who shared classified NSA documents with The Intercept is facing criminal charges — and the site itself is facing criticism for failing to protect her. 

Shelter donation
A homeless man gives 10,000 dollars from his residential school settlement to a save an outreach program at a shelter in Thunder Bay, Ontario, where he once lived. 

Part Two

Bruce Heyman
The Canadian government says that it will step up as a world leader as the United States steps back — and Barack Obama's former ambassador to Ottawa says that's a step in the right direction. 

Old tanks 
Before leaving for Normandy, Canadian soldiers buried some of their tanks in England — and now, an expert has helped unearth one from what is now a vineyard. 

Part Three

UK election: Labour
With the UK election imminent, everyone is calling everyone else soft on terrorism — but our guest, a Labour Party candidate, gives us the hard sell on the toughness of his party's leader. 

Philippines civilians
As the fighting continues in the southern Philippines, dozens of civilians have been killed, tens of thousands have fled but some still remain trapped.