Trump’s Approval Dips, Tourists Trapped in Mexico, School Shooter's Mom Testifies and more

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🗓️ 24 February 2026

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Trump’s approval rating drops to 36%, ahead of tonight’s State of the Union Address. Tourists are still trapped in Mexico after a cartel leader was killed. The mother of a school shooter testifies in the Colin Gray trial. The Northeast is digging out of as much as three feet of snow. Plus, Punch the Monkey’s Ikea plushie is selling out globally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning, everyone. I'm Kate Baldwin. It's Tuesday, February 24th. Here are the five things you need to know to start your day.
0:10.6	Number one, the State of the Union. President Trump heads into the House chamber tonight to address the Congress and the American public.
0:17.5	This will be his fourth State of the Union address between his two terms in office. What's different this time? He's facing significant headwinds. The Supreme Court just struck a major blow to his tariff plans.
0:26.6	The man who campaigned on a promise of no new wars is considering possibly igniting one with Iran.
0:33.6	His administration is facing more anger, not less, over the release of the Epstein files.
0:38.3	Several Epstein survivors actually will be in the audience tonight as guests of Democratic lawmakers.
0:43.3	And then there's this, a brand new and bad new approval rating.
0:49.3	Standing now at just 36% in a new CNN poll down from 48% one year ago.
0:54.7	Trump's speech is expected to focus heavily on arguing for the economy's overall strength,
1:00.3	and he clearly has work to do on that.
1:02.7	Improving the cost of living is the issue Americans want to hear about most tonight by a wide margin.
1:08.5	Look at that, 57%.
1:09.8	Affordability also expected to be a main theme
1:12.5	in the Democratic response delivered by Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger.
1:18.2	Number two, the trapped tourists. There is more and more video and more and more stories
1:23.1	coming out of Mexico, and it is painting a scary picture. American tourists on vacation and now caught in the middle of the violence that erupted
1:29.9	after the Mexican military took out the country's most powerful drug kingpin El Minchot.
1:35.1	The State Department now says that it's gotten hundreds of calls to its crisis hotline about
1:39.4	this.
1:40.4	Most Americans now stuck in places like the resort town of Port Vayarta, are still being told, best advice, shelter in place.
1:49.8	Mexico's president spoke out Monday saying all flights into and out of the country should be restored by tonight at the latest.
1:56.2	CNN spoke to a former Illinois state representative who now works for Congressman Mike Quigley and was on vacation in Port of IARTA.
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