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CNN 5 Things

Retail CEOs' tariff warning, top Dem retiring, US cancer outlook & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

The chief executives of four major retailers are sounding the alarm on President Donald Trump’s tariff policy. The No.2 Democrat in the Senate says he won’t seek re-election. A sentencing hearing is underway over the deadly Highland Park mass shooting in 2022. The Palestinian Authority president gave what’s perhaps his strongest public criticism of Hamas to date. And, when it comes to cancer prevention, where does the US stack up? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm making a robot head with an Amazon box.

0:03.0

I've painted it silver and Daddy helped me make it.

0:05.0

At Amazon, we're actually using paper bags for more of our deliveries.

0:09.0

And now I'm making a paper hot air balloon and I even made a little brown basket

0:13.0

and I'm making a dog that looks just like Monty.

0:16.0

Just one of the ways we've reduced the weight of our packaging by more than 40% since 2015,

0:20.0

which is still good for playtime.

0:22.6

Mom, where's the scissors?

0:25.7

To learn more, visit aboutamason.com.ukuk forward slash sustainability.

0:31.4

From CNN, I'm a Falmedy K, with the Five Things You Need to Know for Wednesday, April 23rd.

0:38.2

In the noon episode of Five Things, we told you about President Donald Trump's shift in tone

0:42.9

toward Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and China.

0:46.2

Well, that came a day after he met privately in the Oval Office with chief executives of four

0:50.7

major U.S. retail companies.

0:53.2

Administration officials say the CEOs of Walmart, Target, Home Depot, and Lowe's were invited

0:58.0

to the White House to warn Trump about the real-world impact of his trade policies.

1:03.0

Two people familiar with the meeting say the business leaders warned that store shelves across America could, quote,

1:09.0

soon be empty.

1:10.0

Officials say Doug McMillan, the head of Walmart,

1:13.0

bluntly told Trump the trade war with China had already started to disrupt the supply chain and would

1:17.9

only intensify by summer. I truly love the job of being United States Senator, but in my heart,

1:24.8

I know it's time to pass the torch. The longtime second-ranking Democrat in the Senate says he plans to retire at the end of next year.

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