As It Happens - Thursday Edition

Part One

Minnesota police shooting
It started as a routine traffic stop. Then a St. Paul, Minnesota police officer shot Philando Castile — a black man — at point-blank range. Tonight, a local pastor talks to us about his friend. 

Bangladesh student
Canadian resident Tahmid Hasib Khan was saved from a hostage-taking in Bangladesh last week, but police have held him ever since — and his family is worried. 

Kale eating contest 
It's a new eating contest that will test the boundaries of human endurance: this weekend in Buffalo, brave athletes will compete to see who can eat the most...kale. 

Part Two

Disability advocate
Remembering Laurie Hoirup — an author, blogger, and disability rights advocate who achieved phenomenal things, before a fatal accident on the Fourth of July. 

Chelsea Manning lawyer
There are reports that the former intelligence officer who leaked thousands of classified U.S. military documents has tried to take her own life — tonight, Chelsea Manning's lawyer tells us what he knows.