As It Happens

As It Happens: Wednesday Edition

Aug. 14, 2019

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

Ethics SNC Lavalin
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he accepts responsibility for his part in the SNC-Lavalin affair, after a damning report by the Ethics Commissioner that he broke the rules.

Loujain Alhathloul
The brother of a detained Saudi women's rights activist says she rejected a deal that could have led to her release — but she would have had to deny, on video, reports of her torture.

Tasered Emu
Parker the Emu has been on the lam before from his Vancouver Island farm, but his latest escape — and escapades — convinced RCMP officers they had no choice but to subdue him by Taser.

Part Two

Hong Kong: Ronny Tong
Hong Kong's airport has resumed an air of stability a day after clashes — but an advisor to the city's chief executive is dismissing apologies from protesters, instead calling some of them terrorists.

Emma Lazarus 
The US Immigration chief takes a stab at re-interpreting the Statue of Liberty's celebrated ode to immigrants — but his new "New Colossus" falls flat for the original poet's biographer.