3.17.25 Smith & Wesson on the defense, Trump’s tariff agenda, and John Newton’s life before “Amazing Grace”

The World and Everything In It

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🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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On Legal Docket, Mexico attempts to hold U.S. gunmakers responsible for cartel violence; on Moneybeat, David Bahnsen talks tariffs, markets, and economic uncertainty; and on History Book, a storm sparks John Newton’s faith. Plus, the Monday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donate.Additional support comes from Barnabas Aid. The ministry of Barnabas Aid is to send financial support and practical aid to projects that help Christians where they suffer discrimination, oppression or persecution as a consequence of their faith. The projects aim to strengthen Christian individuals, churches, and their communities by providing material and spiritual support in response to needs identified by local Christian leaders on the ground. More at barnabasaid.orgFrom Dordt University. where engineering students are taught to do more than solve problems; they’re equipped to help God’s creation flourish. Dordt.eduAnd from Pensacola Christian College. Academic excellence, biblical worldview, affordable cost. go.pcci.edu/world

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0:00.0	Good morning. Can Mexico's government sue Americans over cartel violence in Mexico? If so, what does it mean?
0:12.4	If Mexico is right, then every law enforcement organization in America has missed the largest criminal conspiracy in history operating right under their nose.
0:21.3	Also today, the Monday money beat the stock market is Reeling. Can President Trump write the ship?
0:27.6	And later, the world history book today a slave trader reckons with his own mortality.
0:32.3	He put a very wavering faith in God, acknowledging that his life had been a complete mess.
0:46.0	It's Monday, March 17th, St. Patrick's Day. This is The World and Everything in it from
0:51.2	listeners-supported World Radio. I'm Mary Rikert. And I'm Nick Einker.
0:55.2	Good morning.
0:57.6	Time now for the news. Here's Kent Covington.
1:01.5	Thousands of Americans are still surveying the damage this morning after violent storms rampaged
1:07.1	across more than a half dozen states, killing at least 36 people.
1:11.6	One resident of rural Wayne County, Missouri, said he was able to rescue his aunt after a tornado
1:16.4	ripped through her house.
1:18.0	She was trapped in that bedroom.
1:19.6	What's the only room standing left of this house?
1:21.8	We got her out the window.
1:23.5	Then we were helping other people.
1:25.2	We found a few bodies that was out in the field, a few deceased people.
1:28.9	Dozens of tornadoes reportedly touched down over the weekend from Louisiana to Tennessee to Illinois.
1:35.0	And blinding dust storms were blamed for at least 11 deaths after car crashes in Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma.
1:43.1	President Trump and Vladimir Putin are expected to talk this week as the Trump administration
1:48.1	works to broker a ceasefire in Ukraine.
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