The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/30 at 08:00 EST

Episode Date: January 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/30 at 08:00 EST

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From CBC News, it's the world this hour. I'm Joe Cummings. First to Washington D.C. and the aftermath of last night's mid-air collision between a military helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane. The collision resulted in both aircraft plunging into the Potomac River. We are now at a point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation. At this point, we don't believe there are any survivors from this accident. And we have recovered 27 people from the plane and one from the helicopter.

That is Washington Fire Chief John Donnelly. 64 people were on the American Airlines flight. Three people were aboard the military helicopter. The aircraft collided as the passenger plane was approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. And Sean Duffy, the U.S. Secretary of Transport, says the sharing of airspace in this area is not unusual. The helicopter was in a standard pattern. If you live in the D.C. area, you'll see helicopters up and down the river. This flight pattern is seen oftentimes when you live in D.C.

This was a standard flight pattern last night as well. The American airline flight coming into land was in a standard flight pattern as it was coming into DCA. So this was not unusual with military aircraft flying the river and aircraft landing at DCA. HOFFMAN Duffy says a full investigation has already been launched. As mentioned, 27 bodies have been recovered from the plane. One body has been recovered from the helicopter. Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Jolie says there is no indication the Trump administration is backing down on its threat to impose tariffs on Canada.

Jolie is in Washington this week meeting with officials from the Trump administration. Rafi Boudjikianian has more. Rafa Boujikianian, Washington, D.C. 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% 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 U.S. comes from Canada,

and less than 1% of illegal migrants in the U.S. come from Canada. Words Jolie and the Canadian government have been repeating for weeks. The government has also kicked in $1.3 billion 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 BoudjikanionCBC News, Ottawa.

Meanwhile, those in Canada's agriculture sector, like many others, are nervously watching and waiting to see what develops on the tariff front. Karen Pauls has more. That uncertainty is a growing problem as agricultural producers have to decide if they're going to ride it out, look for new markets, or build more processing capacity in Canada, says Fletcher Berrigar, an economist at the University of Manitoba. How much change do I need to make in my own business in the short term to still keep me

in a good position for the long term? More than 2 million Canadians work in agriculture, one in nine jobs. John Nickell employs more than 20 people to look after 6,000 sows on two southern Manitoba farms. We export to the U.S. every week. Nickell says the future of all farms is something everyone should be concerned about. We're making your food every day so yeah don't forget about us. Karen Pauls, CBC News near Low Farm, Manitoba. In Gaza today, Hamas has freed another eight hostages. At the same time, another 110 Palestinian prisoners are scheduled to be released.

This is now the third exchange agreed to in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, which went into effect earlier this month. And that is The World This Hour. For news anytime, go to our website cbcnews.ca. For CBC News, I'm Joe Cummings.