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As It Happens: Monday Edition

Aug. 5, 2019

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

El Paso: Lawmaker
At least 22 people are dead after a shooting in an El Paso Walmart — and a Texas lawmaker believes the gunman's hateful beliefs were inspired by the U.S. President's attacks on Hispanic immigrants. 

Baltej Dhillon Retires
Baltej Dhillon changed the RCMP dress code when he became the first officer to wear a turban — and now that he's retiring, he's got more than the red uniform to get off his chest. 

Death Race Winner
It took him nearly 13 hours to run 125 kilometres over 3 Rocky Mountains, to win  the gruelling Canadian Death Race — and Alex Petrosky gained a whole new perspective while losing several toenails. 

Part Two

El Paso: Friend
On Saturday, Benjamin Thompson lost the sense that his hometown of El Paso was a safe place — because he lost a high school friend in that shooting. 

Metallica Cougar 
To scare off a cougar that won't leave her alone, a B.C. woman blared a Metallica song out of her phone — and when the story blew up, the lead singer himself got onto her phone.