Tariffs View From The EU, Ukraine Weapons Plan, Texas Flood Update

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🗓️ 14 July 2025

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President Trump sent letters to leaders of the European Union and Mexico threatening to impose higher import sanctions. The President has expressed frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin and says he will cut a deal coordinating arms shipments to Ukraine. And, as flood recovery efforts continue in central Texas, the magnitude of the disaster is coming into clearer focus.

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0:00.0	I just want to say welcome.
0:02.0	Thank you, Steve.
0:03.0	It's good to be here always.
0:04.0	I'm glad you could come this early in the morning.
0:06.0	Yeah.
0:07.0	Studio 31.
0:08.0	I'm glad you finished editing because we need to record some stuff now.
0:10.0	Oh, we have to work?
0:11.0	Yeah.
0:12.0	Okay, let's do it.
0:13.0	A French winemaker says tariffs may push him out of the U.S. market.
0:19.0	I have some talks with my distributors, and if the tariffs goes above 20%, they just can't buy.
0:26.1	How are European negotiators responding?
0:28.4	I'm Sarah McCammon with Stevenson, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:35.2	The president promised an announcement today about Russia regarding its war with Ukraine.
0:40.2	He's been talking of sending more American weapons.
0:43.2	And in this case, Europeans would pay for them.
0:45.9	What more can we expect?
0:47.0	Also, crews in central Texas faced the aftermath of a flood.
0:50.5	The latest priority is clearing out the debris from a disaster.
0:54.0	We had many RVs that went down
0:56.3	the river. They broke up. You've got sewage. You've got, you name it. Stay with us. We've got the
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