Prime Minister Mark Carney has pushed back on recent comments made by U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra. In an interview earlier this week with Vassy Kapelos, Hoekstra said Canada and the U.S. are 'nowhere close' to a deal on CUSMA. Vassy is joined alongside CTV National News Correspondent Abigail Bimman, who put the remarks to Carney at this morning's press conference.

On today's show:

• Vassy goes 1-on-1 with Transportation Minister Steve MacKinnon and presses him on why Ottawa hasn't been more aggressive in fast-tracking infrastructure projects.
• Talk Science To Me with CTV Science and Technology specialist Dan Riskin: Which jobs will Artificial Intelligence actually disrupt?
• The Daily Debrief Panel - featuring Mike LeCouteur, Marieke Walsh, Rob Benzie, and Laura Stone.
• Middle East expert Thomas Juneau joins Vassy with his analysis on how negotiations between the U.S. and Iran are going.
• CTV's Judy Trinh reports on Canada's historic trade mission to Japan.