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Hey, everybody.

Hey, everybody. Welcome. I just want to give everybody a few moments to roll in. We have people rolling in as we speak. So let's give people a few moments to get ready. I just gave my dog Duke a couple of treats. He's waiting outside. So if you hear a couple of squeaks from him,

it's because he wants to come in and play with his toys. But that's not the point of why I'm

joining you live right now. The point of joining you live right now is to do the news, basically.

So welcome to the show. This is evolving. I want to give everybody a sense as to what is going on out

in the world, what's happening in the news, what's happening in politics here in D.C. to give you a sense

of what the big stories of the day are. And there might be a little bit of analysis at the end. I

might give you a couple of observations at the end. And in the meantime, of course, as you're

tuning in right now, all of you can chat and offer your comments as we're doing this. We're doing this together, which is the great part of this. And I do want to point out, I am working on bringing you some additional guests and additional content as this thing develops. So, you know, stick with me.

This is a process and enjoying just getting started with you.

And so I think the point of what I wanted to do here in the next couple of minutes, just

give you a sense as to what the news is.

This was a huge news day.

There's a ton going on.

So you'll forgive the reading glasses if I

put these on for a few moments and tell you about what's happening. The Trump tariffs, obviously,

the big story of the day, one of the big stories of the day. We did hear earlier on this morning

that Trump has delayed tariffs on Mexico, on products coming in from Mexico. But as you've been seeing in the news throughout the day, the threat of tariffs on Mexico, on products coming in from Mexico. But as you've been seeing in the

news throughout the day, the threat of tariffs on products coming in from China and Canada,

those are still very much in play. Trump was reportedly on the phone with the Canadian Prime

Minister, Justin Trudeau, just a short while ago. We are waiting to see what exactly was said during that phone call.

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