The Liberal-Conservative fight over border crossers rumbles on.

Guest: Paul Wells - Senior writer for Maclean’s

Topics:

- Trudeau calls out Diane Blain’s heckling

- Richard Sipe, who was instrumental in helping the Boston Globe break the story of priests abusing kids in the early 2000s, has died.

Guest: Geoff Currier - Host, 680 CJOB

Signs of autism could be spotted in babies as young as four-months-old by monitoring their response to games such as “peek-a-boo” and the “incy-wincy spider,” according to a new study. The study, published by the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck, University of London, said babies who were later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) showed a lower level of brain activity in response to people playing interactive social games or watching people laugh, cry or yawn.

Guest: Suzanna Lewis - Chair of the Professional Advisory Committee for Autism Canada, and clinical professor at UBC in Vancouver.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty in New York on Tuesday to campaign finance violations and other charges, saying he made payments to influence the 2016 election at the direction of a candidate for federal office. The guilty pleas came in the same hour that a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, convicted former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort of eight charges of tax and bank fraud and failing to disclose foreign bank accounts.

Guest: Ari Goldkind - Criminal Lawyer and Commentator based in Toronto

BC Premier John Horgan met with Justin Trudeau this afternoon ahead of the federal Liberal retreat in Nanaimo. He also plans to address the cabinet on Wednesday. So we’re wondering what he’s going to be talking about. Joining us now with his take is Keith Baldrey, Global BC Chief Political Reporter

Guest: Keith Baldrey - Global BC Chief Political Reporter

According to a report from the Globe and Mail today, The Liberal government took steps to bar Omar Khadr from attending a celebration in late June where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the keynote speaker, even though Kadr wasn’t on the guest list for the invite-only event. We’re joined now by Jacqui Delaney, assistant to Conservative Senator Leo Housakos. She works on Parliament Hill and came face to face with Omar Khadr and called security.

Guest: Jacqui Delaney - Assistant to Conservative Senator Leo Housakos