The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/06/14 at 20:00 EDT

Episode Date: June 15, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/06/14 at 20:00 EDT

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The event also coincides with President Trump's 79th birthday. In reaction to the parade, anti-Trump protests are being held in more than a thousand U.S. towns and cities. No ICE! No KKK! No fascists! USA! It's being called the No Kings protest, one of the biggest public displays of opposition to Trump since he returned to power in January. Here in Canada, we do have a king, but that didn't stop protesters from coming out in support of the U.S. demonstrations.

Here it's called the No Tyrants Movement, and rallies were held in multiple Canadian cities. A massive manhunt continues in Minnesota after two Democratic state lawmakers were targeted in what officials are calling a politically motivated attack. Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were shot and killed. State Senator John Hoffman and his wife were shot and wounded. Tony Waterman has more. Authorities have identified the suspect as 57-year-old Vance Bolter, who they say was

impersonating a police officer at the time of the shooting. Police engaged in a shootout with the suspect at the home of Representative Melissa Hortman before he fled on foot leaving behind his vehicle. A manifesto was found inside, which included a hit list of other Democratic lawmakers. Those individuals have been notified and are now receiving protection. President Donald Trump says he is monitoring the situation and that violence like this has no place in America.

Police are still investigating a motive for the shootings, but it comes at a time of heightened tensions in the country, with millions taking to the streets protesting President Trump's policies and what they see as an erosion of democracy. Tony Waterman for CBC News, Washington. Incoming missiles from Iran are lighting up the sky over Jerusalem this evening. Iran has attacked Israel, sending millions of Israelis into bomb shelters. Israel has also been carrying out attacks and Trent Murray reports about that from Tel Aviv. Well that state of emergency is still in place

across Israel following what has been a pretty difficult night in the Israeli government's own admission. We know that while most of the missiles were intercepted by air defences, a number did make it through and land in several areas. Much of the destruction that we're seeing is in a suburb called Rishon Le Zion. Rescue crews there have spent much of the morning combing through the debris and rubble and local hospitals are treating those that have been injured. We also saw a missile hit a residential building in downtown Tel Aviv very close to the Ministry of Defence. Of course this comes really as Israel had been anticipating some sort

of retaliation based on the rhetoric out of Tehran but it certainly was a very busy night with four separate waves of air strikes by the Iranians and the air defense systems doing their best to intercept them. Trent Murray for CBC News, Tel Aviv. About 1800 wildfire evacuees from northern Manitoba were given the green light to return home today and about 10,000 people in Saskatchewan are also heading home. Peter Preble of the Saskatchewan Environmental Society says this year's fires should be a wake-up call to take action on climate change,

but instead the province has been rolling back climate policies like industrial carbon pricing and energy efficiency standards. For that kind of response to be taking place while we face the enormous threat of a worse and worse wildfire season with thousands of people suffering from evacuations and terrible smoke conditions. It's really – it's just unbelievable that we're not seeing a more serious response from the Provincial Government.

Hosted by the U.S. Department of State, Premier Scott Moe says while he agrees there needs to be efforts to reduce the carbon emitted into the atmosphere, he says Saskatchewan's oil and gas is cleaner than fossil fuels from other places. And that's The World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Gina Louise Phillips. Thanks for listening.