The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/03 at 19:00 EST

Episode Date: January 4, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/03 at 19:00 EST

Hey there, I'm Kathleen Goltar and I have a confession to make. I am a true crime fanatic. I devour books and films and most of all true crime podcasts. But sometimes I just want to know more. I want to go deeper. And that's where my podcast Crime Story comes in. Every week I go behind the scenes with the creators of the best in true crime. I chat with the host of Scamanda, Teacher's Pet, Bone Valley, the list goes on. For the insider scoop, find Crime Story in your podcast app. From CBC News, The World This Hour, I'm Karen Howerluck. Justin Trudeau is back at work after the holidays. He met with a cabinet committee on Parliament Hill today, but isn't saying anything publicly about his future as Liberal Party leader. However, as David Thurton tells us, others in the party are being much more vocal.

Trudeau is leaving the Liberal Party and indeed the country in continued suspense. He's back at work the same day the heads of his regional caucuses are meeting virtually to discuss his future. It is time for the party to be pragmatic and for him to step down. Ken Hardy, a Liberal MP from Surrey, BC, hopes the caucus chairs outline a transition plan for the Prime Minister. My advice would be prorogue, resign, and then have a leadership process. Despite all this, former Liberal Ministerial staffer Greg McEachran is not convinced Trudeau will leave. If you're asking me if I think he should, I think he should. This is not trending in a good way for him. The NDP and Conservatives are promising to bring down the government no matter what.

This is the reality confronting Trudeau. An emboldened opposition riding high in public opinion polls, his own party support reaching historic lows, and a country wondering if he will stay or go. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case has been set for January 10th. That's just over a week before he returns to the White House. Trump's lawyers had requested the conviction be tossed because of his re-election. The judge refused but has promised not to jail the president elect, instead indicating he will receive a conditional sentence. U.S. House Speaker Mike

Johnson won re-election today in the first round of voting with the absolute minimum number of votes he needed. The total number of votes cast is 434, of which the Honorable Mike Johnson of the state of Louisiana has received 218. Johnson came very close to losing. Three Republicans initially voted for people who were not running, but during a break, Johnson met with the holdouts and all but one came back into the House and changed their votes. Some MAGA stalwarts are upset Johnson negotiated a government funding agreement and an aid package for Ukraine. Doctors in Quebec are calling on the province to provide more support for people who are homeless.

They say emergency rooms are being seen as places to get out of the cold. Rowan Kennedy has more. Some people will tell us they have nowhere else to go, says Ammar Boujerida. He heads emergency services at Montreal's South Central CS Health Body. Boujerida says this winter, more than other years, people experiencing homelessness

are using hospital waiting rooms to warm up. We can't ask them to leave when we know they could find themselves in danger, he says. Oldbury Mission CEO James Hughes says it's a way to survive, but he says hospitals are meant to address medical emergencies. He says homelessness is a social emergency. Quebec's Association of Emergency Physicians says the issue highlights a lack of support for this population. Bujarita and the association agree they need more shelters and warming centers as soon as possible. Rowan Kennedy, CBC News, Montreal. Investigators have confirmed the identity of the man killed in the New Year's Day explosion

in front of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. They say the body of Matthew Allen Livelsberger was found in the burned-out Tesla Cybertruck. Police are still looking for a motive. Assistant Sheriff Dory Korn shared parts of letters attributed to Livelsberger. This was not a terrorist attack. It was a wake-up call. Americans only pay attention to spectacles and violence. What better way to get my point across than a stunt with fireworks and explosives? Why did I personally do it now? I need to cleanse my mind of the brothers I've lost and relieve myself of the

burden of the lives I took. An FBI official says the soldier likely suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder caused by his time in Afghanistan. And that is your World is Hour. For CBC News, I'm Karen Howerluck.