All right, let's go. It's Wednesday. April 9th, 2025. Welcome to First Thing with Kevin Mano. That's me.

Just a real quick look at all the headlines. Easy way to get caught up as you start your day and the show starts right now.

And we always start with the top headline. Really, it's just more of the same today.

All the top news sites are waiting for the stock market to open to see what happens,

waking up uncertain of how the stock market will react to President Trump's tariffs.

The White House did confirm yesterday that we are adding a 50% tariff on Chinese goods,

which brings the overall tariff rate to 104%.

They say those went into effect just after midnight, along with additional

tariffs on multiple countries. Chinese authorities said they will take resolute and strong

measures in response. This news made yesterday another day full of wild swings for the market.

Also, the tariffs are leading to some infighting amongst President Trump's administration.

Elon Musk had some real negative things to say about Peter Navarro.

He's Trump's senior trade advisor.

The White House press secretary was asked about it yesterday, and she said,

Boys will be boys.

Let's go.

All right, okay on the sports.

First, a real sad one out of the sports world.

Former Major League Baseball pitcher Octavio Dottel has passed away.

He played for 13 teams throughout his time in the majors.

He was a World Series winner.

Anyway, he was at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic when the roof collapsed.

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