Steel Tariffs, East Coast Storm & 'Casting Couch' - Friday, March 2nd, 2018
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
3.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2018
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
All the news you need to know for Friday, March 2nd, 2018!
Today, we're talking about an East Coast storm with possible flight cancellations, new tariffs on steel and aluminum and a threat from Russia.
Plus: what's the casting couch statue and the best/worst U.S. states for quality of life...
All that and much more in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:06.0 | All the day's news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:11.0 | Thanks so much for tuning in. |
| 0:12.8 | Today, an East Coast storm with possible flight cancellations, |
| 0:16.2 | new tariffs and a Russian threat. |
| 0:18.6 | Plus, what's the casting couch statue |
| 0:20.9 | and the best and worst states for quality of life. |
| 0:23.6 | All that and much more in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:26.3 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:27.4 | Today is Friday, March 2nd. |
| 0:29.7 | You ready. |
| 0:30.7 | Let's do this. It's about to get more expensive to import steel and aluminum |
| 0:38.5 | into the US. President Trump said he's signing an order next week to put a 25% tariff on steel and a 10% |
| 0:46.0 | tariff on aluminum. Basically, putting a tax on every shipment with those materials coming |
| 0:50.5 | into the U.S. So what's the potential upside? The President believes this will lead to more US jobs. |
| 0:56.5 | He expects more companies will buy from US manufacturers instead of overseas. |
| 1:01.5 | The stock market was not as excited though. The Dow dropped |
| 1:05.2 | 500 points yesterday. Fox News reports the expected tariffs could mean more tension |
| 1:10.6 | with China. Critics wonder if other countries will retaliate and start |
| 1:15.2 | their own tariffs on imported U.S. products, and whether this could lead to a trade war. |
| 1:19.9 | The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico says she'll be the next one to leave. She's resigning. |
| 1:28.0 | The AP reports she called it a difficult decision considering the importance of a U.S.Mexico relationship and what she calls a |
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