Today on RBL: Ambassador Pete Hoekstra David Cohen looks ahead to Biden's first official visit to Canada. Then, frmr US Defense Sec. Dr. Mark T. Esper on President Xi's trip to Russia on Monday. Plus, our Sunday Scrum panel with Tonda MacCharles, Ian Bailey, and Jason Markusoff. Starting at 10 ET on CBCNN.

My thoughts on CBC News regarding Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow, the aid the PRC now provides Russia, how the US should respond to the drone incident, and the war crimes committed by Russia in Ukraine. drive.google.com/file/d/11MPf4b…

Coming up, a Canadian exclusive with White House National Security advisor John Kirby, on the President's trip and whether the US is worried about intelligence leaks in this country.

Coming up at 11, innovation and science minister François-Philippe Champagne (FPC) 🇨🇦 reflects on Biden's visit and the 2 Michaels. And, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh looks ahead to the budget announcement next week.

Watch one of the expelled state Representatives Justin J. Pearson in Tennessee on why the state needs gun control and what his removal says about the state of democracy in the US. Coming up on RBL.

Today on Rosemary Barton Live: Expelled Tennessee State Rep Justin J. Pearson joins Rosemary Barton. "This is an egregious overreaction and abuse of power that is concerning for anybody that cares about democracy."

ICYMI: Rosemary Barton spoke to Justin J. Pearson on the show today about his recent expulsion from the Tennessee state legislature. youtube.com/watch?v=3Ov-au…

News: NPR becomes first major news org to stop using Twitter, saying that the Elon Musk-owned platform “is taking actions that undermine our credibility.” “We are not putting our journalism on platforms that have demonstrated an interest in undermining our credibility…”

CBC/Radio-Canada has paused activities on its corporate and news Twitter accounts, after the social media platform put a "government-funded media" label on its CBC account, in its latest move to stamp public broadcasters with designations. cbc.ca/news/world/cbc…

A Canadian exclusive with the Finnish President on the country joining NATO just after 11 eastern on RBL Sauli Niinistö cbc.ca/news/politics/…

BREAKING: Four years after winning its first election, Alberta's United Conservative Party has been elected for a second term with Danielle Smith as premier, CBC News projects. cbc.ca/1.6853380

Congrats team Chatelaine!! 👏🏻👏🏻

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On today's show: Rosemary Barton asked Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs about the efforts to release Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan. Plus, we heard from Evan's sister, Danielle, and @paulwsj about how Evan is doing after being wrongfully detained for one full year in Russia. youtube.com/watch?v=ku4ZDT…

🚨Iran launched dozens of attack drones from its territory towards Israeli territory, the IDF spokesman Brig. General Daniel Hagari said in a statement. 🚨He added that Israel is monitoring the threat and said it will take the drones several hours to reach Israeli air space.

Update from PMO.

Today on Rosemary Barton Live: Russian victory would lead to 'third world war,' Ukrainian PM warns cbc.ca/news/politics/…

Today on RBL, a former hostage speaks to Rosemary Barton about surviving Hamas captivity in Gaza. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

ICYMI: Jen Psaki joined Rosemary Barton to talk about her new book, lessons from the White House, Biden and Trump. youtu.be/fL7hwuAyyAc?si…

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