tariffs, passed on to consumers. or the other option is lower prices. and we've seen that with a few brands, 65% of adults say that the most important thing to them when they're choosing where to shop is price. so the companies i spoke to, lalo, that is a company that makes baby furniture, toddler furniture. bobby, a formula brand company, and blue apron, a meal kit company, all said independently. in the last month they lowered prices, and they're doing this because they think it's a good investment in their business. for example, lalo in particular, they lowered prices by up to 40% on 90% of their products. so take a look for an example there. a highchair was originally 235. now it's 195. a bib was 2950, now it's 1699. now we know some of those prices may be still too high for consumers, but they're banking on the fact that this is going to hit and resonate with their current consumers. and they said that

just in the month that they've been doing this, they've actually seen that their lower price items have quadrupled in sales. so these companies are banking on this being a good business strategy in a time of economic uncertainty. >> it does come at a cost, though it does affect their bottom line. i imagine. >> it does. >> and experts warn that they that companies need to look at their bottom line to make sure they can do this, because the worst thing to do is you do this and then change your mind. and consumers say, wait a minute, i thought i was getting a deal here. and that can that can affect brand optics for consumers. >> right? vanessa yurkevich great to see you. thank you very much. we've got a lot of news, a brand new hour of cnn news central starts right now. >> president trump preparing to lay out his vision for the country in his big address before congress, just as russia says that trump's foreign policy largely coincides with their vision, elon musk's purge of the federal workforce has left hundreds of noaa employees now without a job, leaving experts

now warning those cuts are going to hurt much more than just a weather forecast. and hollywood's big night the oscars, the big winners, the long speeches and the history making moments. i'm kate bolduan with john. sara is out today. this is cnn news central. >> all right. just moments ago, president trump previewed his speech before congress tomorrow night. he says, quote, tomorrow night will be big. i will tell it like it is. the last few days that has meant telling it as russia likes it. a short time ago, a kremlin spokesperson commented on the president's oval office attacks on ukrainian leader vladimir zelenskyy. the kremlin says, quote, the new u.s. administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations. this largely coincides with our vision. let's get right to cnn's

alayna treene at the white house. the president on social media talking about this speech tomorrow. elena, what are you hearing? >> right. well, when in my conversations, john, with white house officials, trump administration officials. one, they say, of course, they are still working on this speech and they're hesitant to lay out any of the big priorities. of course, they want it to be a surprise. like all presidents, we like to have it be. when it comes to the state of the union address. but i am told at some point you can expect him to take a victory lap not only after his election win, but of course, he wants to try and point out and highlight some of what they argue are his big accomplishments. in his first two months in office. and then you did see him, of course, saying he is going to tell it like it is on truth social this morning, referencing that. but look, i think just to take a step back and remember the last time donald trump delivered a state of the union address, it was a far different washington one. he was freshly impeached. he also had yet to really see the coronavirus pandemic take place. but now we're also really seeing washington be

dramatically reshaped, in part largely because of what we've seen trump do so far in office with slashing the federal workforce and trying to reshape it in his image. but i think one of the biggest things, of course, is what is his speech going to look like as he addresses the world stage, and specifically, will he talk about russia and ukraine? we heard another post from the president this morning as well. i want to read for you what he wrote. he said, quote, the only president who gave none of ukraine's land to putin's russia is president donald j. trump. remember that when the weak and ineffective democrats criticize and the fake news gladly puts out anything they say. so clearly he is watching some of the news this morning and over the weekend where people have been criticizing what took place in the oval office on friday. but look, it wasn't just john. democrats who are criticizing him. we've heard people from the president's own party, people like senator lisa murkowski, who argued that the administration is walking away from our allies and embracing putin. she said it was plainly wrong. so there's a lot of

different reaction we are hearing from capitol hill, in addition to seeing, you know, having the white house really dispatch many of the people and top administration officials like secretaries rubio, national security advisor michael waltz, all of them really spanning the airwaves as well to defend him. key question today, of course, is does that rhetoric shift and how do they move forward on this? >> john alayna treene watching it all at the white house. keep us posted, elena. thank you very much, kate. >> watching it from the white house. but what are lawmakers now preparing for with that big speech tomorrow night? cnn's lauren fox is live in washington. she's got much more on this from that angle. lauren, what are you hearing? >> yeah, i mean, there's. >> obviously a lot of. >> concern from. >> some. >> republicans about what. transpired in the oval. >> office on friday. >> you can expect that. >> some people are going to want more clarity. one of those republicans was senator lisa murkowski, who had this blistering tweet over the weekend. she said this week started with administration officials refusing to acknowledge that russia started

the war in ukraine. it ends with a tense, shocking conversation in the oval office and whispers from the white house that they may try to end all u.s. support for ukraine. i know foreign policy is not for the faint of heart, but right now i am sick to my stomach as the administration appears to be walking away from our allies and embracing putin, a threat to democracy and u.s. values around the world. now, murkowski is really in a smaller camp in the republican party when it comes to concern over that oval office meeting. you have people like senator lindsey graham, who has been a longtime supporter of providing aid to ukraine, who said this over the weekend. >> i have never been more proud of the president. i was very proud of jd vance standing up for our country. we want to be helpful. what i saw in the oval office was disrespectful, and i don't know if we can ever do business with zelenskyy again.

he either needs to resign and send somebody over that we can do business with, or he needs to change. >> and obviously calling on a democratically elected leader to resign is something that a lot of folks on capitol hill are expressing some concern about. this morning, a lot of democrats expressing concern about it, and lawmakers return to washington this evening. you can expect that they are going to be pressed over and over again on whether or not there is a real change happening in the trump administration's response to ukraine, and whether or not all the republicans are going to be aligned with him. obviously, murkowski, a voice who is separating herself from some in her party. we'll see if there's others when we talk to them this evening. >> very important questions to be answered for sure. it's good to see you. lauren, thank you so much. john. >> three years ago, lindsey graham would be surprised by last night. lindsey graham. all right. with us now is christine quinn, executive committee chair for the state of new york's democratic committee and former

white house spokesperson under president george w. bush. pete, see, friends, i'm going to change focus a little bit to this speech tomorrow night. and what else the president will or will not discuss, because the wall street journal and politico and a lot of people are writing this morning about what donald trump, the president, has not been focused as much on stephen moore, who is a fierce ally of president trump for years and years, now raises some concerns about how this white house isn't addressing the economy so much. stephen moore says, quote, i'm nervous about it. stephen moore, a veteran outside adviser to trump on economic issues. we have a graphic of this. the trump administration needs to keep its eye on what's happening with prices. it should be a top priority. the trend is a little bit troubling. what do you think of that, pete? >> i don't know. >> well, presidents. >> have. >> to walk and chew gum at the same time. >> and particularly when it comes. >> to president donald. >> trump. >> there was a lengthy. to do

list that. >> he got from. >> the american people when he was sent back to the oval office. on that to do list is reducing the size and scope of the federal government and reducing federal spending. we know that massive federal spending is inflationary. you get spending down, you can help prices. it's all interconnected. i understand that folks may want to hear more about the economy and and action steps, but there's a lot that needs to happen all at once. and they're tackling it. >> you know, it's interesting because you make the case that cutting spending is anti-inflationary. i actually haven't heard the white house or president trump make that case yet, because that could be an argument that he could try to make if he were trying to say that he is battling inflation and prices right now, but he just hasn't made it. christine politico has got a version of this, too, ahead of this joint session of congress on tuesday, a dozen of the president's allies, trump aligned republican strategists and former administration officials are warning that trump going all in

on the muskian effort is a risky gamble that threatens to overshadow his more popular and politically crucial economic and legislative priorities. >> i think that's right. >> and we're seeing. >> it both in. >> polls where. >> he's losing. >> support amongst independents, among women, among hispanics, and more people think the country is going in the wrong direction than the. right direction. but most significantly, in an organic way. we're seeing americans turn out at all of these congressional town hall meetings make their voice very clear that they may have voted for donald trump, but they didn't sign up for hard working americans, veterans being laid off without any real analysis of whether their job is critical to the country, and whether it's a job that should remain or be cut. that's not the donald trump they voted for. they want prices to go down. they want their pocketbook to go further, not shorter. and that's what's happening. >> what do democrats do? should

they do in your mind tomorrow night during this speech, we've heard from members of congress who are not going because they don't want to have to sit through it. we've heard from members of congress chris van hollen, a senator, saying he's bringing people involved in some of the lawsuits against the administration on these layoffs. how do you think they should behave? >> well, i think the democrats, as democrats, we need to hit back hard. we need to stop being the party that takes it on the chin, that turns the other cheek. we need to be as tough on donald trump as he has been on us. i think for some people, like senator murphy from connecticut, not going and being a real leader and a voice of opposition is the right answer. i also think bringing people who symbolize who trump has forgotten can work. but what can't work is just sitting in your seat, being angry and discouraged. we need to fight back. >> all right, pete, how about republicans? how about those republicans like james lankford? how about those republicans like mitch mcconnell? i guess the former lindsey graham, who were supportive of ukraine's efforts to beat back the russian invasion. how will they feel

tomorrow night if we see more of the oval office friday version of president trump in this address to congress? >> well, i think it's absurd to say that we are abandoning an ally after what occurred on friday in the oval office. if we were abandoning allies, the president of the united states would not have met with the president of france, the prime minister of the united kingdom, and the president of ukraine in the span of just a couple of days at the white house, he hosted all of them. he would not have sat next to the president of ukraine in the oval office, which clearly and obviously annoyed vladimir putin. he wouldn't have had a deal literally on the table in the east room, ready to be signed. that also annoyed vladimir putin. so to think that we're abandoning an ally, i think is farcical, and i'm sure we're all going to be watching and listening very intently for what the president may or may not say

about that. and the next steps in the negotiations. but that's the key here. there needs to be a negotiated end to this conflict. it is the only path forward. >> look, the kremlin doesn't sound annoyed this morning. i will say that. they say it's they're basically celebrating the fact that u.s. foreign policy seems to, in their words, now align with theirs. we'll see what the next 48 hours holds. christine quinn, thanks both so much. great to see you. so amid all of this, as we've been saying, the president will speak to congress tomorrow night. join cnn for all the coverage. it begins tomorrow night at 8 p.m. kate. >> firefighters are battling more than 175 wildfires across north and south carolina. evacuations ordered statewide burn ban in place. we're going to take you there for the latest tariffs. they're coming. that's the message from the commerce secretary, just as he also says very quickly, quote, it's a fluid situation and

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today kind of by. and large winds dying down, cooler temperatures setting in. what's that going to mean for your crews? >> it's a big help for our crews, especially with the winds and the first day of the first day of the of the fire, you know, winds were pushing the fire everywhere. uh, with the winds being calmed down, we're able to get lines in and reinforce lines. we've already got do some back burn operations and protect structures that's are in danger. >> there are also, as i mentioned, also talking about an area that is still recovering from the horrible effects of hurricane helene. now, add all of this now in i mean, what have these natural disasters done to the region? what have they meant for your county? >> this county and this this area hit is one of the hardest hit by helene. um, the whole county was hit, but this area that we're in with this fire up here is was one of the worst, worst areas impacted by helene. so they're still in the midst of cleaning up. um, you know, we still have damage to structures. we still have people trying to get their lives back together. now we have this. so it's just

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expected to go into effect tonight at midnight. but how high will they go? and could they still be pushed off another time? key and significant questions about trump's trade moves with canada, mexico and china included. even just hours left with even just hours left before they're supposed to be setting in. according to trump's commerce secretary, the situation is fluid. president trump last month proposed a 25% tariff on both canada and mexico. leaders in almost every industry have also then warned that that if those tariffs, when those tariffs set in, it's going to raise prices on everything from shoes to electronics, from groceries to cars. investor warren buffett, he just weighed in for the first time, saying that he thinks tariffs could trigger inflation. >> how do you. >> think tariffs. >> will. affect the economy? >> i mean, tariffs. >> are actually we've had a lot of experience with them. they're an act of war to some degree. how do you think tariffs will impact inflation over time.

there are attacks on on goods. i mean you know the tooth fairy doesn't pay. >> them. >> donald trump's treasury secretary though, pushing back on those inflation fears. >> we have the experience of president trump's first term, where the tariffs they did not affect prices. and it's a holistic approach that there will be tariffs, there will be cuts in regulation. there will be cheaper energy. so i would expect that very quickly. we will be down to the fed's 2% target. so i'm expecting inflation to continue dropping. >> over the year. >> joining us right now is mark zandi chief economist at moody's analytics. of course it's good to see you again mark. so what we just heard there from the treasury secretary is something that i have heard multiple times now in interviews with donald trump's top trade adviser. the tariffs are not going to cost consumers more in driving up prices. what do you say to that?

>> uh. >> with warren buffett? >> i think they're going to raise prices. >> their attacks on american consumers. >> i mean, if. >> you. >> add up all of the tariffs that are now in play, those that have already. >> been imposed. >> like the 10% on china and those that are being discussed, like the 25% on canadian and mexican imports. add that all up, kate. uh, that will add, uh, about $1,250 to the typical american's bill over a period of a year. so could you kind of context, uh, and, you know, that assumes that the price increases related to the tariffs are kind of one off. you know, they're just they everyone passes those through to american consumers at the end of the story. but i'm not so sure that's going to be the case this go around. because the inflationary backdrop in the current environment is very different than the one in president trump's first term. back then, the problem was inflation was too low. inflation expectations were nonexistent

today because of what we americans have gone through, all the inflation that they've suffered. inflation expectations are very fragile. so this increase in tariffs could be more persistent and more of a problem. and i don't think we're going to get back to the reserves target. if these tariffs go through. >> that's exactly i was going to ask you i mean the two are saying that 2% inflation target is going. they're going to be able to hit it quickly. now with tariffs setting in. i mean does that at all seem reasonable. >> not in the near term. no. i mean not not while the tariffs are being imposed. i mean at some point though, the tariffs will do economic damage. right. because they'll cost american jobs, you know, especially if other countries respond and retaliate and raise their own tariffs and impose their own trade restrictions, which is what they did, certainly with china did back in president trump's first term. that will hurt american companies and manufacturers. transportation, distribution, construction cost, american jobs. and then ultimately, you know, that will weigh on inflation. but the

first initial effects will be about higher inflation. and then down the road we'll get weaker economic growth. so it's a combination of higher inflation and higher interest rates and weaker economic growth. as you can tell, i'm not a fan of broad based tariffs. i just don't think they're going to work. >> i was going to say so i'm going to i'm going to mark you down as not a fan of the direction things are headed here. um, but add up what you were kind of just laying out. right. consumer confidence is down. consumer spending dropping, layoffs, ticking up, gdp forecast turning negative. do you see this as a momentary blip, or could this really be the beginning of something bigger? >> well i'm worried. you know, i think, uh, the uncertainty here and uncertainty around economic policy. and we talked about tariffs. but, you know, there's the doge cuts. there's what's going on with immigration and deportation. what's there's what's going on in congress around tax and spending. you know, there's a looming government shutdown a couple of weeks away. we've got the treasury debt limit. i can go on and on and on. i think, you know, the uncertainty that that's creating for business people and for consumers like

you and me. i mean, if you see all this and you don't understand what it means, i don't think it means you cut back on your spending, but it certainly makes you more cautious in your spending. so you add that all up, you know, it feels like the economy is gagging on the uncertainty. and, you know, the longer the uncertainty hangs around, the more likely the economy is going to start choking. and yeah, i think it's going to do a lot of damage. so, you know, i'm hopeful that we can get some clarity here soon around policy and allow businesses and people to get back to the business of doing business. >> it's clarity. but also, is it when you're talking about uncertainty is also consistency. you know, like there being some kind of like through line here because every industry and every company, large or small, they are not planning their production, if you will, you know, two days out and they're planning years out for their growth and their expectations. right. >> yeah. i mean, think about, uh, you know, say you're in the business of of processing food.

you're putting tuna into cans to deliver to american consumers. uh, and, you know, we're thinking about building another plant or expanding an existing one or, you know, refurbishing one. you know, that investment that you're making. that's an investment not for just next month, next quarter or next year. that's an investment you're going to make over the next years. you know, next decade or two. and if you don't have clarity, if you don't have confidence as to what the rules of the game are, and tariffs are a key part of that, right, then, uh, you're just not going to invest now? again, i don't know that that means you pull back i don't know. that means you start firing people, but it certainly means you don't

>> secretary says, let us see what the next two hours bring in this fluidity. it's good to see you, mark. thank you very much for coming in. a programming on just that the commerce secretary howard london, will be on in its new time slot. >> starting today, you can catch wolf blitzer pamela brown weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon eastern. john. >> all right. this morning, new reporting that supreme court justices are privately nervous about the cases against the trump administration that are making their way through the court system. cnn chief legal affairs correspondent paula reid is with us now with this new reporting. paula, what are you hearing? >> yeah. john, look, it's clear that the trump white house and the supreme court, they are on a collision course. we know there are dozens of lawsuits challenging president trump's use of executive power, his efforts to cull the power of the federal government. in fact, the supreme court is currently actively considering two of

these lawsuits. and this was widely expected. the trump lawyers expected this. i'm sure the court expected this. but one of the big questions outstanding is whether the trump administration would follow an order that does not go their way, even if it comes from the supreme court. some officials have left that an open question. so our colleague john fritzy, he reports that there is a self-consciousness on the part of the court not wanting to sort of antagonize president trump. now, the state of the union provides really this unique opportunity, because it's one of the rare times where the president of the united states comes in contact with some of the justices. now, i also want to note that the supreme court has not always consistently sided with trump. yes, they gave him that enormous victory in the immunity case related to the jack smith prosecution, which made it impossible for smith to bring a trial before the election. but they've also sided against trump when it comes to

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government service and say what you will about woodrow wilson. back in the old days, he was a big anti-monopoly guy. this is trying to undo the robber barons. and so if you read the book about elon musk and so on, he there's a whole section on his unrealistic goal setting. so he found this weak part, this weakness in the u.s. government exploited it as fast as he could. and now for it's one thing leading to another. and he's trying to undo a public service and supplant it with one of his. and this is is just good old corruption. so sooner or later, i believe the court system will catch up with these guys. and so it's just going to be it's just talk about efficiency, destroying a system that was working and then trying to replace it later is inefficient. >> and we heard. >> we heard from that. we heard from that employee bill who said, it's like asking for a

disaster to happen. >> what concerns do you have on that front, given the valuable service that noaa provides? >> well, the other thing everybody, the climate is changing. you can say to yourself, it's not. and you can take campaign financing from the fossil fuel industry, and you can pretend it's the climate's not changing and hurricanes aren't becoming more frequent and flooding isn't more. there's there's forest fires, wildfires in in the carolinas. that didn't used to be a thing. everybody is because weather patterns have changed and things dried out in an extraordinary fashion that they didn't use to do. you can pretend that's not happening, but it is. and this is where noaa's service helped us prepare and deal with that. and it certainly informs where to apply whatever limited resources you have to disaster relief. so it's just everybody. uh, the reason you have, the reason you have public service is to serve the public. and by

dismantling this public service, you are not serving the public. and i understand where this came from. this engineer who looked for the weakness, found the weakness, exploited the weakness as fast as he unrealistically could. and now we have a system that's broken in many ways that has to be rebuilt. so, yes, this is in nobody's best interest. >> and it's playing out still. and we'll see how far and deep these cuts, these cuts really do hit in this agency and others. bill nye, good to see you. thank you. >> another thing is those employees are losing their health insurance. and somebody's going to pay for that too. it's just. not efficient. >> the trickle effects are vast. it's good to see you. thank you. coming up for us oscars night had a lot going on. big wins, big upsets, big emotion. we'll be right back. >> all there is with anderson cooper. listen, wherever you get

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hollywood history. so i contributed. >> you are contributing. >> contributing, contributing. joining us now live from los angeles to talk about this night. entertainment journalist. great to see you. thank you so much for being with us. look, as i was joking only sort of i did see honora, which puts me in the minority of americans. i did like it. what did you think about its big, big night and the historic night for its director? >> yeah. it was the engine that could that turned into a steamroller. it for a for oscars, for the director, sean sean baker. and then when you think about. just upsetting demi moore for best actress, like honora was the lowest grossing film. say whatever you want about it. it it the little indie that could went, went home with the most oscars of the night. so hats off to them. as you can see from my outfit. um, it's early

morning in l.a., but i never took my tux off because we still up here partying in hollywood. >> what what what made it. what do you think was so captivating about it? what do you think? if it's so low grossing and so unknown. what? and it was a little engine that became a steam. steam train. what made it so great? artists. >> well, i think that it's the fact that it was indie. it was the way it was put together. the the small cast of not relatively unknowns, but it didn't have the big budget push. it just kept delivering great work. and you kind of saw in the lead up to the oscars and some of the other, uh, directors guild, writers guild, honora was winning and other movies started to drop off. other movies weren't as interesting. and if you could sit through the brutalist, good luck with that. so honora was this was this movie that people were talking

about, you know, was it porn? was it safe to even talk about at work? didn't matter. on hollywood's biggest night. it was the only thing we were talking about. >> well, what surprised you most last night or for you, a few hours ago? >> biggest surprise for me was demi moore not winning. i thought that she was a shoo in. uh, the most slam dunk, i thought was zoe saldana. and her speech was word perfect. i love everything that she had to say. uh, being the first dominican or first, uh, actor or actress of dominican descent to to go home with a gold statue. but i was sad for people that i wanted to see go up there. i wanted to see colman domingo win for sing sing. i wanted, uh, i wanted it to be a livelier event. i wish, i wish conan was funnier. so that i guess that wasn't really a surprise, but i didn't find conan to be all that engaging

and entertaining. although keeping the drake kendrick beef alive with that one liner, i credit for that. you know, chef's kiss for keeping rap beef still thrilling, but i just didn't find the entire oscars to be that compelling. >> but you are. i'm looking at i was looking at other headlines i'm always interested in kind of on the take of the host, because it is the most thankless job in, like, all of hollywood. you're you are going going against the grain on this one time said that conan nailed the oscars hosting job simply by being conan atlantic. said conan o'brien understood the assignment, and shagoon says, absolutely not. >> yeah, look, it was a maybe it's a case of two americas. but for me, that open that we're showing right now with demi moore, i found it disturbing. i didn't think of it. i mean, we've got the blake lively, uh, case going on right now where women are fighting to be seen in

hollywood. and the opening of the oscars basically makes her an object that conan crawls out of. i found that really distasteful and bothersome, and it kind of set the tone for me for the entire oscars. it wasn't an oscars that was heavy on speeches where people were, you know, uh, decrying political statements, which you see a lot, but that that opening didn't do it for me, that that's not entertaining. that was kind of creepy. >> the substance a little bit like that, too, though, to be fair. shane o'donoghue. great to have you. great to share this morning with you. get some sleep when it's appropriate. >> thank you all so much for joining us. this is cnn news central in the situation room with wolf blitzer. and pamela brown is next. >> amid upheaval and sweeping changes. >> the president of the united states. >> trump heads to capitol hill to share what's next. follow cnn for complete coverage and in-depth analysis. the presidential address to congress

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