Hi, everyone. Welcome to Friday. It's 4 o'clock in New York. We come on the air amid a tsunami

of Trump manufactured crises and extreme conduct. We'll get to all of that for you. But our top

story is the one driving Donald Trump's approval ratings down to new depths by the day.

It's the prospect of empty store shelves and rising prices on all sorts of goods nationwide.

NBC News reporting this, quote, retailers are warning that U.S. consumers could once again be faced with empty store shelves

and the kind of supply chain snarls that mark the COVID era

if Donald Trump's tariffs on China remain at their current levels. Companies have been canceling

their shipments of goods from China and halting new orders. Some of the products likely as to go

missing from store shelves in the coming months will be lower cost footwear,

apparel, toys, and electronics for which manufacturing is heavily concentrated in China.

And what will be on the store shelves will likely come in at a higher cost.

Prices are already rising.

CNBC reports this, quote,

Amazon merchants are hiking prices for everything from diaper bags and refrigerator magnets to charm necklaces and other top-selling items as they confront higher import costs.

E-Com Software Company Smart Scout tracked 930 products on Amazon that have seen increased prices since April 9th, with an average jump of 29%. Six months after a presidential election that was defined by deep voter frustration over the price of everything, there are headlines like this one in the New York Times today,

quote, a sign that consumers are anxious. They're cutting back on snacks. New York Times reports

this, quote, consumers worried about the economy are pulling back on their spending and that anxiety

is translating into lower sales and profits for some of the country's largest

consumer-oriented companies. In fact, we've seen a steady drumbeat of warnings from the

business community in the last couple weeks. America's CEOs are sounding the alarm, warning that

the U.S. economy could soon take a big hit after President Trump's

sweeping tariff announcement sent markets spinning. Rick, Liberation Day was just a few weeks ago earlier

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