Europe’s tariff warning, TikTok’s deadline, Karen Read murder trial & more
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🗓️ 1 April 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, April 1st. |
| 0:08.0 | President Donald Trump is set to announce massive tariffs tomorrow, pronouncing April 2nd as Liberation Day. |
| 0:15.0 | But so far, very little is known about what to expect. |
| 0:19.0 | White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt told reporters yesterday that Trump will unveil his |
| 0:24.6 | plan in his first Rose Garden press conference off his second term. |
| 0:28.6 | The president will be announcing a tariff plan that will roll back the unfair trade practices |
| 0:34.7 | that have been ripping off our country for decades. |
| 0:36.8 | Levitt didn't give any details about what Trump would say, instead suggesting the president |
| 0:42.0 | could announce tip-for-tatriffs matching other countries dollar for dollar. |
| 0:46.6 | Trump has already said auto tariffs will go into effect from Thursday, but he and his team |
| 0:51.7 | have contradicted themselves over the past days and weeks, as they've tried to set expectations on what else will be announced. |
| 0:58.0 | Whatever tomorrow brings, a top European official says the block has a, quote, strong plan for striking back if necessary. |
| 1:07.0 | Three federal agencies are reviewing nearly $9 billion in contracts and grants for Harvard |
| 1:14.8 | University over its response to anti-Semitism. The Education Secretary has accused the school |
| 1:21.7 | of failing to protect students on campus from discrimination. The review is the latest effort from a federal task force to fight anti-Semitism on college campuses |
| 1:32.4 | after a spate of high-profile incidents around the country in response to the war in Gaza. |
| 1:38.2 | Harvard's president says taking the funding away would pause life-saving research. |
| 1:43.0 | He said the college has addressed anti-Semitism on |
| 1:45.6 | campus over the past 15 months, but admitted there was still work to do. Last week, Columbia |
| 1:52.1 | University announced policy changes after the Trump administration took away $400 million in |
| 1:58.3 | federal funding following campus protests. |
| 2:02.6 | TikTok is once again heading towards a deadline to find a U.S. buyer or be banned from American |
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