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CNN 5 Things

Wall Street rollercoaster, deadly US storms, zoo’s first-time parents & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

We start with President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat in an escalating trade war. We have new developments on a case regarding a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador. Danger is increasing for many communities hit by severe storms. An Idaho mother who was convicted of killing two of her kids is on trial again. And, two endangered residents at one zoo achieved a significant milestone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

From CNN, I'm Afamadikai, with the five things you need to know for Monday, April 7th.

0:08.0

President Donald Trump has threatened to impose an additional 50% tariff on China that would take

0:13.2

effect midweek. That's unless the country removes a 34% retaliatory tariff on all imports from

0:19.9

the U.S.

0:22.8

slated to go into effect this Thursday.

0:27.8

On Truth Social, the president also threatened to cancel meetings China had requested,

0:32.0

though he said other countries would begin negotiating on trade immediately.

0:37.8

This comes as U.S. stocks have been all over the place as concerns about the global economy rise.

0:41.6

CNN's Vanessa Yerkevich is at the New York Stock Exchange.

0:47.2

Well, at 10 a.m. this morning shortly after, there was a post that came out on social media that said that the president was considering pausing tariffs for 90 days except on China.

0:53.0

When that post went out, we heard cheers on the floor

0:56.4

of the New York Stock Exchange, and we quickly saw all the indexes turn green. But the White

1:02.2

House came out shortly after and said that that was, quote, fake news, that that was not happening.

1:07.3

But what I'm hearing from investors here is that they're looking for some sense of

1:11.7

certainty. Meanwhile, about 900 United Auto Workers' Union members at five Stalances' plants in the

1:17.8

U.S. will be laid off for two or three weeks, starting today. Because their jobs producing

1:23.1

parts for plants in Canada and Mexico have been temporarily idled due to Trump's tariffs.

1:29.1

The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to block today's deadline to bring back a man from Maryland

1:34.8

who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.

1:38.0

CNN's Joan Biscupik explains the dilemma between the administration and the Supreme Court.

1:43.1

The administration has conceded that it made a mistake in sending this Maryland man to deporting him

1:49.0

with the others two weekends ago, but it has said that it does not have the control to get him

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