Good evening. I'm Omna Nawaz. Jeff Bennett is away. On the news hour tonight, President Trump

projects confidence in his tariff plan, but the markets flash more warning signs over the enormous

levies placed on Chinese imports. Food banks and their customers feel the pain from cuts to government programs coupled with

higher prices.

And we report from Senegal on the struggle to cope with climate change despite promises

from other nations to help.

The Western world promised Senegal financing up two and a half billion dollars, but we haven't seen it yet.

Welcome to the News Hour.

Markets dropped again today as investors and businesses focused on the escalating trade war

between the U.S. and China and what it could mean for the economy.

Markets continued their major slide since mid-February.

The Dow dropped more than a thousand points or two and a half

percent. The NASDAQ fell by four percent and the S&P 500 dropped by nearly three and a half percent.

For his part, President Trump showed no immediate signs of easing Chinese tariffs. John Yang

begins with this report. Today, stock markets gave back much of what they gained yesterday.

At a cabinet meeting, President Trump said it's just part of the process.

There'll be a transition cost and transition problems, but in the end it's going to be a beautiful thing.

He underscored his willingness to negotiate with trading partners.

Everybody wants to come and make a deal.

And we're working with a lot of different countries.

And it's all going to work out very well.

One country not showing any interest in making a deal?

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