The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/30 at 05:00 EST

Episode Date: January 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/30 at 05:00 EST

When a body is discovered 10 miles out to sea, it sparks a mind-blowing police investigation. There's a man living in this address in the name of a deceased. He's one of the most wanted men in the world. This isn't really happening. Officers are finding large sums of money. It's a tale of murder, skullduggery and international intrigue. So who really is he? I'm Sam Mullins and this is Sea of Lies from CBC's Uncovered, available now.

From CBC News, the world is sour. I'm Neel Kumar. U.S. authorities have confirmed that there are fatalities after a commercial plane and military helicopter crashed in a mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Airport just outside of Washington DC. At this stage the number of deaths is not known. A major search and rescue operation is now underway as teams search the Potomac River next to the airport where the crash occurred. Nick Harper reports from Washington. 60 passengers and four crew were on board the American Airlines flight that crashed

mid-air as it was coming into land, colliding with a Blackhawk helicopter with three army personnel on board. US President Donald Trump says he's been fully briefed on the terrible accident and has praised the incredible work of the first responders. They are working in the river trying to access the broken apart aircraft that is partially submerged in the freezing water. Ronald Reagan Airport is one of the busiest runways in America with a challenging approach to land over the nation's capital not far from the White House and the Pentagon in one of the most tightly

controlled air spaces in the world. Nick Harper for CBC News, Washington. Hamas has started the process of freeing three more Israeli hostages and five Thai captives. This is the third release since the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip from earlier this month. Israel was expected to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners. The truce is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and Hamas. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie says there's still no guarantee the U.S. won't impose 25% tariffs on Canada in just two days. She's in D.C. this week, meeting with officials in Donald Trump's administration trying to

prevent that. Rafi Puchat-uchakian has more. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie meeting her U.S. counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Jolie is in D.C. on a last-ditch effort to stave off 25 percent American tariffs from kicking in possibly on Saturday on imported Canadian goods, a threat Donald Trump made shortly after his election, citing the traffic of illegal drugs and irregular migrants from this country to his. Less than 1% of fentanyl that is in the US comes from Canada and

less than 1% of illegal migrants in the US come from Canada. Words Jolie and the Canadian government have been repeating for weeks. The government has also kicked in 1.3 billion dollars to add Mounties, helicopters and drones to watch over the border. And Canadian officials have started messaging videos of blackhawks to their U.S. counterparts. The federal government says it is mulling financial supports for Canadian workers should the tariffs come to pass. Rafi Boudjikan, YonCBC News, Ottawa.

Donald Trump's nominee for Commerce Secretary is teasing about a possible reprieve from those tariffs. Howard Lutnick told his confirmation hearing the levies won't be imposed on Saturday as threatened if Canada clamps down on fentanyl shipments into the US. This is a separate tariff to create action from Mexico and action from Canada. And as far as I know, they are acting swiftly. And if they execute it, there will be no tariff. And if they don't, then there will be.

But it's an action-oriented model. Overall, Lutnick says he favors broad tariffs on all products from a country, even if those countries are allies. Lutnick is expected to be confirmed. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was grilled at his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday. He's President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy strongly refuted accusations he is a vaccine skeptic. Despite a record as pro-choice, he also says he agrees with Trump

that states should control abortion. Forcing somebody to participate in a medical procedure as a provider that they believe is murder does not make any sense to me. We need to respect each other when we have different opinions and not force our opinions on other people. And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Neal Kumar.