As It Happens

As It Happens: Wednesday Edition

Oct. 10, 2018

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

Hurricane Michael
Linda Albrecht is among tens of thousands of Floridians who were forced to leave their homes — and now all she can do is watch Hurricane Michael do its worst. 

Khashoggi timeline
A horrifying timeline emerges in the case of Jamal Khashoggi — involving a team of agents who brutally executed the journalist inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. 

Citizenship oath
Marlon Brown was one of six people to get their Canadian citizenship yesterday while extremely high — 356 metres above the ground, on Toronto's sky-scraping CN Tower. 

Part Two

Denmark climate
After this week's disturbing warning about climate change, Denmark's government says it will do what's necessary — but opposition politicians say it's not necessarily enough. 

Will Vinton obit
With amazing ingenuity, and remarkable patience, the late animation pioneer Will Vinton gave life to the inanimate — and gave soul to the California Raisins. 

Part Three

Rwanda assassination
A professor in Belgium has questions for Rwandan president Paul Kagame — after tracing the serial numbers on the missiles used in the assassination that sparked the genocide. 

Harrod's shopper
Britain's National Crime Agency reveals the name of a woman who made some suspicious expenditures. She's the wife of a banker who's in prison for fraud. And if you want to know what constitutes "suspicious", well — she spent 27 million dollars Canadian at Harrods department store. 

Abandoned lion club
A veterinarian in the Netherlands is surprised to get a call from Dutch police asking for his help with a baffling case: the case of an abandoned lion cub.