The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/02/01 at 05:00 EST

Episode Date: February 1, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/02/01 at 05:00 EST

Hi, I'm Jamie Puezo and every weekday I host a news podcast called Frontburner. We do one story a day and we try to give you a deep but not overwhelming amount of information and context. Lately, there has been a ton of political news to keep on top of. Canada is facing a pivotal election, there's a power struggle at the heart of the Liberal Party, and the uncertainty of Trump's second term looms over all of this. So if you want to keep up with what's happening, follow Fran Burner. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Claude Fague.

The Canadian government is watching closely to see what Donald Trump will do next. No official word from the U.S. president or his administration so far this morning. Yesterday, Trump reiterated his commitment to slap steep tariffs on Canadian products starting today. Kate McKenna has the latest on Ottawa's reaction. Should there be tariffs, we will be ready. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanesia Lee says Canada won't take this threat lying down. But at the same time, nothing is official yet.

We have yet seen any form of specific details coming from the White House regarding these comments. Donald Trump repeated his threat on Friday, that 25% tariffs on Canadian goods will come into effect today. He told reporters he expects the tariffs will include oil and gas but at a lower rate and in mid-February. Some provinces have estimated Trump's tariff threat could affect hundreds of thousands of Canadian jobs. Three cabinet ministers, including Jolie, were in Washington. They've been lobbying U.S. lawmakers hard, saying tariffs will hurt Americans too. So

far, Trump doesn't appear to be listening. Kate McKenna, CBC News, Ottawa. Israel and Hamas have begun another exchange of hostages for detainees today. Two of three male hostages were handed over to the International Red Cross in Haun, Eunice and have since been returned to Israel. The third hostage was handed over in Gaza City. In return, Israel is turning over a reported 183 Palestinian detainees. Israel says it has received information from Hamas that eight of the total 33 hostages they will receive over the next few weeks were either killed in the initial Hamas attack on October the 7th of 2023 or have died in captivity. To Philadelphia.

I just see the plane is getting lower and lower and lower. They nipped the house, they hit a couple cars, BOOM! And they took a plaza. I've never seen nothing like that a day in my life. A witness describes what he saw after a Learjet crashed into a mall in a North Philadelphia neighborhood Friday night. Authorities confirm a medevac jet carrying a pediatric patient, her mother, and a crew of four crashed about 30 seconds after takeoff, setting some homes and vehicles on fire. The child, a Mexican national, had

been in Philadelphia for medical care at a local hospital and had been released and heading home. Shay Gold represents the air ambulance company which operates the plane. This flight was a repatriation flight of a patient who recovered and was headed home. She was fit to fly, clear to go back home, and we were contracted by a third party charitable organization to transport her back to Mexico. So the final destination was to Biti Juana International Airport. Authorities can't confirm any survivors from the plane.

Local reports say that several people on the ground were injured and that there were fatalities, but authorities have not confirmed that so far. Officials in Washington say there are still bodies in the wreckage of Wednesday night's fatal midair collision. 67 people died when a U.S. Army helicopter flew into a commercial airliner. Paul Hunter has more on the search for the victims and answers. The Potomac was again the site of divers continuing their grisly task of trying to retrieve bodies, body parts, and as well remnants of the plane and military helicopter as they rest in the

shallow but ice cold waters of the river. We're working as fast as we can. Washington, D.C. Emergency Services Chief John Donnelly. I believe for us to recover the rest of the remains that we are going to need to get the fuselage out of the water. That he expects will be sometime next week. Meanwhile, investigators are going through the so-called black boxes retrieved from both the plane and the helicopter with their cockpit voice recordings and flight data.

Reports now signal a potential key finding. Multiple U.S. news outlets say there's evidence that when it struck the plane, the helicopter was flying well above the allowed altitude for that part of the river. Paul Hunter, CBC News, Washington. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Fague.