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PBS News Hour - Full Show

April 8, 2025 – PBS News Hour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Tuesday on the News Hour, the global economy teeters while President Trump claims his tariffs are bringing nations to the negotiating table. The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to continue deporting migrants under the Alien Enemies Act. Plus, Taiwan closely watches the global response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, fearing China could soon attempt a similar takeover. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm Amna Nawaz. Jeff Bennett is away. On the news hour tonight, the global economy teeters while President Trump claims that his tariffs are bringing nations to the negotiating table. The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to continue deporting migrants under the Alien Enemies Act,

0:22.3

what we know about the conditions at the infamous El Salvador prison where they're being held.

0:27.6

And Taiwan closely watches the global response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine,

0:33.4

fearing that China could soon attempt a similar takeover.

0:42.0

If Russia is not held accountable for its actions, China might think they can get away with it too.

0:44.9

We can't let that happen. Welcome to the news hour. Just hours before major new tariffs are set to kick in, President Trump and his team said he remains open to deals, but generally would not back down from levies on goods for more than 80 countries.

1:13.0

That includes a 104% tariff on China set to take effect at midnight. That message helped

1:18.9

kill an early rally in the markets and the Dow swung by nearly 1,800 points.

1:24.4

The Dow closed at its lowest point in about a year, finishing down about eight-tenths

1:28.6

of a point. The NASDAQ was down more than 2 percent, and the S&P 500 dropped more than one and a half

1:34.1

percent. Stephanie Syne begins with this report. On Wall Street this morning, stocks around the world

1:41.5

began the day with a bounce after days of losses set off by

1:46.0

tariff turmoil.

1:48.0

Everything's on the table.

1:49.0

Before the opening bell, Treasury Secretary Scott Besant had told CNBC that U.S.

1:54.0

trading partners are eager to negotiate and strike new deals.

1:58.0

I think there's going to be a lot of back and forth. President Trump is going to be

2:03.0

personally involved in the negotiations, and we will see what our trading partners offer.

2:13.7

The market optimism had faded by the time the president spoke this afternoon, saying the U.S. is now taking in $2 billion a day on tariffs and claiming 70 countries are ready to strike a deal.

2:26.6

Right now, Japan is flying here to make a deal. South Korea is flying here to make a deal and others are flying here.

2:34.2

Our problem is can't see that many that fast, but we don't have to because, as you know,

2:40.0

the tariffs are on.

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