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Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

Way Too Early 4/8/25

Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

MS NOW, Ali Vitali

Washington, Congress, Msnbc, Elections, Government, News, President, Politics, Versant, Ms Now, 2018, Issues, Versant Media, Analysis, Senate, Sunday

4.5538 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Trump holds firm on tariffs amid stock market turmoil

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0:00.0

China, as you know, against my statement, they put a 34% tariff on above what their ridiculous

0:10.1

tariffs were already. And I said if that tariff isn't removed by tomorrow at 12 o'clock,

0:16.2

we're putting a 50% tariff on above the tariffs that we put on.

0:22.5

That was President Trump yesterday, threatening to escalate his trade war with China

0:27.2

amid the global market turmoil already sparked by his tariffs.

0:31.2

The question is, how committed is the president really to these tariff plans?

0:35.2

Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, Republican lawmakers are becoming more concerned

0:38.7

about the impact of Trump's tariffs on their constituents and the U.S. economy. The question is,

0:43.9

what can Congress actually do about it? Also ahead, we'll go through the Supreme Court's ruling

0:48.7

on the Trump administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants without due process.

0:54.0

The question is, will migrants now get a hearing before they're removed? use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport migrants without due process.

0:54.5

The question is, will migrants now get a hearing before they're removed from the country?

0:59.3

It's way too early for this.

1:09.7

Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that knows better than to trust a verified badge on Twitter.

1:16.0

We're going to explain that if you're not chronically online like we are a little bit later in the show.

1:20.7

I'm Ali Vitale on this Tuesday, April 8th, and we'll start for now with the news.

1:25.2

The markets are rising this morning after three tumultuous

1:28.7

trading days. The Dow is up almost 800 points, while the S&P and the NASDAQ futures have added

1:34.3

more than 1% in value. It comes after another volatile trading session yesterday tied to President

1:40.0

Trump's tariffs, but the president says he's not backing off his trade wars. And when asked if

1:45.1

the overall tariffs are permanent or open to negotiation, a point that his advisors really struggled

1:50.1

to clarify for the last week, the president insisted both can be true. Would you be open to

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