The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/21 at 19:00 EST

Episode Date: January 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/21 at 19:00 EST

Every language is a note in the symphony of our heritage. Together, they create a harmony that cannot be silenced. Discover your voice on the new APTN Languages TV channel. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Tom Harrington. The Liberal Cabinet has been hearing from its Council on Canada-U.S. Relations. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convened the group to plan for the threat of 25 percent

tariffs on Canadian goods. It's made up of representatives from across the business, labor and political spectrum. Former Quebec Premier Jean Charest is a member, and he says any tariffs would mean one thing. Some total of all this is that we're all going to suffer. It just doesn't make sense. So let's move to the real question. What is it that the American administration, this administration, wants? What is it that they need? What does Canada have that the Americans need and want and that they

where they can't find easily find any substitutes? And then we can have a good discussion. Tariffs were not part of Donald Trump's first day back in office as he had mentioned late last year. But the president reiterated again today that tariffs would probably be in place against both Canada and Mexico on February the 1st. Several states are fighting back against Donald Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship. That right grants American citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil. Critics say Trump's order violates the

Constitution. Tony Waterman reports. Confusion and anger at the US-Mexico border as hundreds of asylum seekers who had official appointments are turned away. A mobile app which has helped nearly a million people enter the U.S. legally, shut down within minutes of Trump resuming office. There are a lot of people who really need asylum, who face hard things at home, says Honduran migrant Dania Alvarado. Immigration hawks have praised the president's swift action, But his attempt to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants

is already facing legal challenges. More than a dozen Democratic state attorneys general on Tuesday sued, claiming the order violates the 14th Amendment of the Constitution. The case is likely to land in front of the conservative majority Supreme Court. Tony Waterman for CBC News, Eagle Pass, Texas. Toronto police say they have made the biggest cocaine bust in the force's history.

They showed off some of the 835 kilograms seized today. They say the drugs have an estimated street value of more than $80 million. It's the culmination of an investigation that started in August. Six people have been arrested and police are seeking three other suspects. At least 76 people have been killed in a fire at a ski resort in northern Turkey. Hundreds of people were staying in the 12-story hotel when the fire broke out overnight. Firefighters say it took 12 hours for the flames to be extinguished. They say that was because the resort is in a remote location. Four people were arrested, including the hotel's owner. An investigation into the cause is now

underway. The last surviving member of the band has died. Garth Hudson was a versatile, innovative musician and one of four Canadians in the hugely influential rock group. Macte Guerrero-Solace has more on his life and his musical legacy. Born in Windsor, Ontario, Garth Hudson would grow up to be part of rock music history. In the early sixties, the keyboardists who could play multiple

instruments, joined the Hawks, the backup group for Ronnie Hawkins. They would soon go out on their own as the band, which included Robbie Robertson. This is one of their classic songs, The Wait. The band broke up in 1976, but the music made a lasting impression. In 1994 the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In his later years Hudson continued to make music. His death was confirmed by the band's Facebook page in a post that calls Hudson a musical genius

who helped connect people to something greater. Garth Hudson was 87 years old. Makda Gebrselas, CBC News, Toronto. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. [♪upbeat music playing.♪