As It Happens

As It Happens: Tuesday Edition

Dec. 18, 2018

Episode transcript

Part One

Impaired driving changes
Police can now administer breathalyzers to drivers without "reasonable grounds" — and one defence lawyer says that doesn't seem reasonable. 

Salvadoran freed
Because of El Salvador's strict abortion laws, a young woman faced 20 years in prison for attempted murder, even after bearing her abuser's baby — but now, she has walked free. 

San Francisco house demolition
After a homeowner in San Francisco demolishes a 1930s designer home, the city's planning department orders him to rebuild an exact replica of what he bulldozed. 

Part Two

Russian election influence
Two new reports reveal that Russia's so-called "troll factory" set out to divide voters in the U.S. — in part, by specifically targeting black Americans.

Encore: butt dial lawsuit
 An encore presentation of a cautionary tale about a man who got fired for talking smack about his boss, after accidentally butt-dialing him. 

Part Three

Uighur investigation
An investigation finds sportswear sold on US college campuses was produced in detention camps that China says it's using to "educate" members of its Uighur minority.

Deep brain stimulation
A nine-year-old Ontario girl's epilepsy is so severe that she suffers as many as 150 seizures a day. Her mother is hoping deep brain stimulation will dramatically reduce them. 

Bookstore showroomingRichmond, VA bookstore owner Kelly Justice owner speaks out against something called "showrooming" — people taking pictures of books and buying them from Amazon in the store.