The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/01/30 at 13:00 EST

Episode Date: January 30, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/01/30 at 13:00 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 ours. I'm Tom Harrington in Washington. 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 this accident. And we have recovered 27 people from the plane and one from the helicopter. DC Fire Chief John Donnelly speaking about the search and recovery efforts on the Potomac River. An American Airlines jet on approach to Ronald Reagan National Airport collided with a military helicopter last night. Both plunged into the cold, dark waters. There were 64 passengers and crew on the plane

and three army personnel in the Black Hawk. US Secretary of Transport, Sean Duffy says, the sharing of airspace in this area is not unusual. The helicopter was in a standard pattern. If you live in the DC area, you'll see helicopters up and down the river. This flight pattern is seen oftentimes when you live in DC. This was a standard flight pattern is seen oftentimes when you live in DC. This was

a standard flight pattern last night as well. The American Airlines 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. Duffy says the National Transportation Safety Board is on the scene and an investigation is underway into the cause of the incident. US President Donald Trump turned the plane crash into an attack on the Democrats. In an unusual news conference and with providing any evidence, Trump accused previous administrations of

putting DEI ahead of competence in the hiring of air traffic controllers. Caroline Bargout has more. This was a dark and excruciating night in our nation's capital. U.S. President Donald Trump started off with a message of unity. He said the U.S. is one family and today we are all heartbroken. But then his message quickly turned. Without any evidence, he took aim at a number of people and blamed them for the crash. He said the air traffic controller should have done more to get the helicopter off the plane's flight path. That the Black Hawk pilot should have seen the plane. Ultimately, Trump blamed diversity and inclusion hiring practices implemented under the Democrats.

Well, you have many, many planes coming into one target. You need a very special talent and a very special genius to be able to do it. Targeted disabilities are those disabilities that the federal government, as a matter of policy, has identified for special emphasis in recruitment. Trump said last week he signed an executive order restoring the highest standards of air traffic controllers and says the U.S. will make sure these things don't happen again. Caroline Bargoud, CBC News, Washington. Among the passengers on the flight were 14 people returning from the United States figure

skating championships in Wichita, Kansas. Six are from a skating club outside Boston. The respected Russian-born skating coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on the plane, as well as their 23-year-old son, former U.S. junior champion, Maxim Naumov, also on board. Global Affairs Canada says it is not aware of any Canadians on the flight. The latest hostage-prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas is underway. Hamas released three Israelis and five Thai farmworkers.

After a delay, Israel started releasing 110 Palestinian prisoners and detainees. Sasha Petrusic has the latest. Hamas militants struggled to keep a surging crowd of Palestinians back as they escorted Israeli hostages to Red Cross cars in southern Gaza. Hostage families in Tel Aviv watched outside on big TVs and cheered.

Relatives worried that the fragile ceasefire may not hold for all 97 hostages to be set free. We've got to get them all out. Every single person has got to come out. In Israel the hostages had emotional reunions with friends and family. In the occupied West Bank, Israel delayed the release of 110 Palestinian detainees, complaining that the earlier crowd in Gaza had been too threatening. And then, once the busloads arrived, Israeli soldiers tried to subdue the inevitable celebration. Sasha Petrusik, CBC News, Jerusalem. And that is Your World This Hour.

For CBC News, I'm Tom Harrington. Thanks for listening.