As It Happens

As It Happens: Tuesday Edition

As It Happens: Tuesday Edition

Episode transcript

Part One

Saudi Arabia driving
Saudi Arabia says its now OK for women to drive, and we ask one activist who fought the ban how she'll exercise her new right to go for a spin. 

Thunder Bay death
The body of yet another young Indigenous person is pulled from the water in Thunder Bay leaving one regional Chief to console yet another family. 

Georges Laraque
Former NHLer Georges Laraque says the Pittsburgh Penguins's decision to walk into Donald Trump's White House is an embarrassment, while so many other pro athletes are taking a knee.

Part Two

Rachael Harder: Liberal
Liberal MPs walk out of the Committee on the Status of Women when the Conservatives try to install a chair who has said she is anti-abortion. 

Guppy study 
UK scientists deploy a dismembered garden ornament to terrify guppies into giving them clues about their fishy little personalities. 

Part Three

Surgeon stabbed
He helped treat victims after Manchester's murderous stadium attack earlier this year. Now, a surgeon describes the last words he heard before he was recently stabbed outside his mosque.

Guggenheim exhibit
An art installation featuring live reptiles and insects is one of the pieces that has been withdrawn from an upcoming exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum after curators reportedly faced threats of violence.