election turmoil in both canada and russia today. canadian prime minister justin trudeau is in the fight of his political life with aaron o toole to call an election two years before necessary. we have reporters in montreal and moscow with the latest. we saturday with paula newton in montreal. what s the latest there? reporter: you know what, john, justin trudeau called this, as you said, two years early, in the middle of a pandemic. some called it smart. others called it completely cynical. he looked at the poll numbers and said this is my chance, i can get more seats in parliament, be able to govern the way i want. let me say, this is lightning speed here. only five weeks. imagine getting an election done in five weeks. in the beginning, his polls were down. that s what really crushed him at this point with voters saying, look, why are we even
from coast-to-coast-to-coast, tonight, canadians rejected division and negativity. they rejected cuts and austerity. and they voted in favor of a progressive agenda and strong action on climate change. [ cheers ] i have heard you, my friends. you are sending our liberal team back to work. back to ottawa, with a clear mandate. we will make life more affordable. we will continue to fight climate change. we will get guns off our streets. reporter: they spoke loudly and clearly they want more done on that. the results will leave a divide here in canada, one that will be more difficult to govern in the months and years to come. paula, thank you for that. prime minister benjamin
general election, but as a minority government. cbc and ctv news says trudeau will spend prime minister for a second term but a partnership must be formed with one other party. paula newton in montreal. reporter: good morning, dave and christine. justin trudeau has eked out a victory here. it was not the victory he had four years ago. after the blackface scandal, the fact he dressed up in blackface, apologized. and he said he didn t know how many times he dressed up that way. canadians forgive him. they were disappointed in him. but the issue here was the mandate here. he didn t win the popular vote but gets to be prime minister. sound familiar? the president, president trump, gave his congratulations. listen to his victory speech.
normal. that s how many on describing this bright young student new missing in the middle east and possibly on her way to join isis in syria. at the montreal high school she once attended students say she was well liked and social. andy shau knew shaima. she was his tutor. what was your impression when she was tutoring you? i knew she was really smart. just a normal girl. reporter: and did you get the impression that she was very religious? not really. it was just normal talk. reporter: normal talk. that s how it seemed to those who knew shaima until she went missing this year. one of at least four poem possibly more young people from montreal whose families fear they have been lured into joining isis. students were shocked and only learned the news this morning as it spread through a social media circle at school. three of the missing teens attended this community college across town. and at least one attended
classes have been suspended from campus while police try to determine what could have led the teens to possibly join isis. paula newton cnn, montreal. he has been called a most wanted criminal in all of mexican. the man known as the teacher under arrest. how authorities grabbed this alleged drug king pin next.