>> their first official meeting five years ago was rumored to have not been an instant success. >> you had a meeting with charles, and it did. it was reported by one of your former press secretaries that you were somewhat bored by the meeting. >> that i was. yeah. no, i wasn't bored. i liked charles, i thought he was great. no, he's an environmentalist. he talked about the environment most of the meeting, which was fine. >> no date set as yet for trump's second state visit to the uk. but when it does happen, we can expect the whole royal family to come out in full force to meet the president. in the 14 years i've been reporting regularly on the british royal family, john, i've never seen them roll out the red carpet like they are for donald trump. this time, king charles even offering to fly up to scotland whilst the president is playing golf there, so they can discuss how they can both get the most out of this unprecedented second state visit. it's set to be

quite the show. >> max foster thank you. the news continues right here on cnn. >> situation that we. find ourselves in. >> i think. >> the tariffs will hurt if it's too high. they're not going to want to deal with us. right. >> they have turned their back on our community. >> you don't. >> believe in d e i. so i. >> don't believe in. >> giving you money. >> do not. >> shop at target. we are boycotting them. >> let these other corporations know we are. >> going to respond. >> it's just a lot of snow. >> totally got. >> stuck by the snow and i'm trying to remove snow, so it's kind of ironic, right? >> hello. and a warm. >> welcome to our viewers joining us. >> from the u.s. and all around the world. i'm rahel solomon. >> it is thursday, march 6th. >> 5 a.m. exactly here in new york, 11 a.m. in brussels. that's where european leaders will soon kick off a peace summit aimed at strengthening

defenses across europe and boosting support for ukraine. the meeting comes at a crucial time as the new trump administration in the u.s. has paused critical support for ukraine and also made it abundantly clear that europe needs to invest more in its own defense. french president emmanuel macron even warning that europe may need to be prepared to go it alone. >> he shou chew les états-unis restaurant a note. >> i would like to believe that the united states will. >> stay by our side. >> but we have to be ready. if this isn't the. >> case. >> whether peace for ukraine is acquired rapidly or not, european countries need to take into account the russian threat i have described and have to get better at defending themselves and dissuading all new aggressions. >> and we are also learning that the u.s. did not just pause military aid to ukraine, but also crucial intelligence sharing. following friday's explosive oval office meeting between the u.s. and ukrainian president, the trump administration appears to have ordered at least a partial halt to the intelligence that the

u.s. shares with kyiv to defend against the russian invasion. now, the extent of those limitations is not clear, but u.s. officials suggest that the pause could be short lived if president trump is satisfied that ukraine is taking steps toward negotiations to end the war. >> president trump said as he asked for a pause in this case as as everyone saw play out, president trump had a real question about whether president zelenskyy was committed to the peace process. and he said, let's pause. i want to give you a chance to think about that. >> i can't say i was entirely surprised. obviously, we've seen the way that the president thinks about ukraine and russia. and then we saw the weapons pause. and so i'm not surprised by it. i am a little disappointed that many of us in the oversight committees, you know, learned about it, you know, about a millisecond before it happened. >> this pause could have dire consequences on the battlefield. the u.s. has provided extensive information on russian troop movements and intercepted communications about their military plans since the early days of the war, and officials

say that that has been critical to ukraine's ability to fight back. let's get to cnn's nic robertson, who is in brussels and joins us with the latest. nic, give us a sense of what we can expect at this summit today. >> yeah. >> it's all these security gaps that you're talking about there that. >> are driving. >> concern here at this eu. >> emergency leaders summit, not. just about how they're going to support the ukraine in the longer term. they're putting money, they're putting weapons in today as we speak. but this is a longer term plan. but it also this is really the way european leaders here meet. it is meeting are. and considering the situation is not just about ukraine, it's about themselves. it's about recognizing that they in the future could be the ones that are not getting the intelligence sharing that are not being supported by the united states as they've traditionally relied on. and that's why they need to spend more on defense. and that was the message we heard from president macron, explaining that to the french people last night, and keir starmer explaining it to the british over the weekend. so this

meeting here, the 27 leaders will be showing up here very, very shortly is about how they get the money to make these massive, massive, serious increases in defense spending. and we've heard both from starmer and from macron explaining this for domestic audiences, this can be a bumpy process. this will mean losing in some areas to spend more on defense. but the european union, writ large can get access to big money. and what they're talking about here is as much as ÷800 billion spent to uplift defense spending, 150 billion of that could come in loans. that's the sort of proposal here, 650 billion of it could come in individual national governments deciding to spend more of their gdp on defense up to 1.5% more of their gdp to do that inside of europe, with some of the sort of financial budgetary constraints and restraints that the european union have amongst its nations. so they work

together and everyone sort of in lockstep on the same page. that means they need to relax some of those restrictions. so to allow the countries to spend more on defense, these are the ideas that will be on the table. but this is not about saying yes, we spend ÷800 billion on defense. this will actually be about, well, how do we raise the money and deciding to allow the european commission here? because this is a meeting of the council and the leaders of countries, the european commission, to go ahead and and work out the details of how to get that money. and then only after that do you actually get to the nuts and bolts of what you spend it on, how you spend it, where you put the factories, the additional factories to make the additional equipment? so all of that yet to come. so this absolutely important. but i think as we were speaking about earlier, it highlights, you know, the white house can make decisions at speed. the eu it just institutionally takes longer. right now they're working really fast. third summit effectively in in about 12 days. they're working fast.

but it's not as fast as the white house moves. >> yeah. and nick, as you as you talk about the goal of the eu sort of moving in lockstep, moving unified. explain for us some of the divisions that that exist. i mean, there are nations like most notably hungary, but slovakia as well. i mean, how much could those divisions really impact the overall eu's efforts? >> yeah. so you have viktor orban, the hungarian prime minister, a known supporter of putin, a known non advocate, a known sort of if you were grit in the machine of the european union, diplomacy and spending to support ukraine, he doesn't want to do it. robert fitzhugh, a slovakia as well, you were mentioning both these leaders are primarily opposed to supporting ukraine, and they primarily support putin. they will likely today be voices of dissent in the room amongst those other leaders. now, orban

perhaps has the bigger clout. fitso relies more on on on european financial support in other areas, perhaps more malleable. but this is where some of the sort of the difficulty comes in the details of how you manage this. now, the 150 billion in loans that that can be done at sort of high speed, big loans from big banks because the eu works together and it will it will arrive at that decision through a sort of a get out clause on what they call article one, two, two here in the european union, which allows them to sort of access this financing without having full consent of every european union leader. but, you know, trying to get hungry, for example, to spend more on defense to support ukraine. um, that's a big ask. and i don't think anyone here will be holding their breath that that's about to happen. >> yeah. fair enough. certainly a tall order. nic robertson live for us in brussels. thank you. and we should say that we also expect to see the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy at

that summit. if that happens within the next hour or so, we will bring that to you. live at home. now to the tariff war threatening to bring higher prices and an economic recession across north america. donald trump has decided on a one month pause on auto tariffs on canada and mexico. u.s. president saying that he wants to protect the big three u.s. automakers from financial harm. cnn's jeff zeleny has the details president donald. >> trump often. >> talks about imposing tariffs, and he's often talked out of actually. >> going through with them. >> that is exactly. what happened at the white house on. >> wednesday, at. least for. >> the big three automakers who have been tremendously concerned. >> about the. >> unfair competitive advantage. they said that they would be at with these new tariffs to canada and mexico. ever since the u.s., mexican canadian trade agreement was passed during the first trump administration, there has been effectively free trade flowing from mexico to the united states to canada, which has benefited the automotive industry, which of course, have suppliers in all three countries. well, giving a

reprieve for the the tariffs for one month at least offers some relief, but raises questions about what is to come. the market of course, all week long the financial markets have been a key concern at the white house, the white house press secretary said this about the markets. >> for folks on wall street who may be concerned. look at what this president did for you in his first term. wall street boomed, stock market boomed. the president expects that to happen again. but most importantly, main street is going to boom. and that's why the president has this whole of government economic approach, which includes tax cuts, tariffs, regulation cuts and an energy industry that will bring down costs for american consumers. >> now, leavitt said the white house is open to additional carveouts as well. they did not give any specifics on that. but could that be bourbon? could it be sirup? could it be gasoline? other things. the other tariffs are still scheduled to go into effect on april 2nd. those are the broader reciprocal tariffs. now all of this is coming as the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, is trying to urge the

white house to back off of those broader tariffs. the president of the united states said he is signing them to protect the u.s. from a fentanyl. of course, canada is responsible for very little of the fentanyl that actually comes into the united states. more of that, of course, comes from mexico. topping all of this, the mexican president, claudia sheinbaum, is scheduled to speak with president trump on thursday. jeff zeleny, cnn, the white house. >> and we're also now getting a clearer picture of how americans feel about the trump tariffs and the u.s. economy. as cbs yougov survey finds that 64% of respondents say that they oppose u.s. tariffs on canada, 80% think that president trump should focus on inflation. meanwhile, a yale lab survey finds that the annual cost of tariffs to the median household would be about $1,300. that's a 1.5% cut to the share of spendable income. now, when it comes to specific products, the yale survey found that computers would be about 11% more expensive, natural gas about 5%,

and white rice 4%. more expensive. and just a reminder now of what the candidate, donald trump, said while he was campaigning for president. his main promise to the american people. take a look. >> starting on day one, we will end inflation and make america affordable again to bring down the prices of all goods. starting on day one of my new administration, we will end inflation and we will make america affordable again. because the prices are too high. >> now, labor department statistics show that inflation so far this year is running at an annual 3%. that is down from a near 40 year high in 2021 during the covid pandemic. that was closer to about 9%, but it is up slightly from the final year of joe biden's presidency. now, republican lawmakers are privately pushing elon musk for control over sweeping cuts to the federal workforce and government spending. the world's richest man met with congressional republicans behind

closed doors on capitol hill wednesday. one republican said that musk acknowledged making some mistakes while carrying out the trump administration's efforts to shrink the federal government. but another lawmaker said that musk blamed the widespread firings on federal department heads. overall, though, it appears that republicans support his efforts. >> he has adopted. >> i think, the. >> silicon valley. >> motto of move quickly and break things. some of these things needed to be broken. >> clearly, there are some things. nobody bats a thousand. and so i think what thoughtful people need to come together. >> to. >> do is. >> figure out, all right, where do we miss. >> the mark? >> how do we come back around? >> and how do we rebuild what really. >> needs to be rebuilt? >> i'm not. >> he won. the room. he actually. >> gave out his number. >> we need a system where if you see something that you think is not what it was intended, who do you call and how do you fix it? and he said, when i, i want to fix it quickly is what he said. i want to keep the momentum. but from a political point of view, we need to take the work product

of doge and put it in a rescission package. >> elon is very. >> up front, he said. they're moving fast. >> it's not going to. >> be perfect. there will be. mistakes made, but we'll. >> correct those mistakes very quickly. >> it's very encouraging of the things that he's he's. >> disclosing and and. >> where he's headed. >> with this, because they haven't even really cracked the nut. >> there's a. >> lot of. >> room. >> a lot of opportunity. >> to improve expenditures. >> in the government. and we're. >> making. >> good progress in that regard. >> i just have a vote on this. does congress have a vote on this? >> well. they do have a vote on it. >> house speaker mike johnson says that they discussed the legislative package that would codify the cuts. musk joking with reporters about giving out his number to republican lawmakers. >> now. >> he yes. something, you know, 8008.

>> all right. let's bring in cnn political analyst laura barron-lopez. she is the white house correspondent for pbs newshour. she is with us this morning from washington. laura, always great to have you. i just want to circle back to the tariffs of it all. i mean, i think a lot of people waking up this morning, perhaps breathing a sigh of relief, what more can you share with us, sort of about how the president came to to have this decision? we know it obviously followed the call with the big three automakers, but we're also seeing this polling about how americans feel about it. we've obviously seen wall street this week. i mean, what more can you share with us about how we got here? >> i mean. >> ultimately. >> like you said, rachel, there. >> was a. >> lot. >> of pressure. >> and incoming on the white. house from the automakers. and so i think that you've seen in. >> the past. >> where the. >> president has at some times threatened things, including. >> tariffs. >> and then after having conversations, after. >> feeling. >> some pressure and from the automakers, you know, them saying that this would hurt them be a disadvantage, it would raise the cost of car parts,

which would be passed on to the consumer. and that ultimately the president came to the decision that he wanted to pause these. now, the question is, does he do this across more of these threatened tariffs? because right now, all indications, whether you talk to conservative or liberal economists, is that the longer these tariffs are in effect, the more pain that the consumer will feel. and the other things that have obviously will go up for them are the cost of different types of food, whether it's vegetables or fruits, the cost of appliances and electronics. and so this is not necessarily something that the average american voter, especially voters who supported trump, want to see. in effect. >> yeah. and we know that in the past, trump has seen a lot of value in tariffs. laura, i'm curious if this sort of pause yet again sort of undermines the credibility of the administration when it comes to tariffs as a sort of political

tool. if we have this history of threatening tariffs, pausing tariffs, threatening tariffs, pausing tariffs, i mean, what do you think? >> well, it's certainly not an effective way potentially to treat american allies. and you know, the president has given a variety of so-called justifications, you know, reasons for why he wants to impose these tariffs. it's not necessarily been just one thing. yes, the white house in recent days has said it's because of the flow of fentanyl, which, as jeff zeleny noted, the flow of fentanyl from canada is less than 1% in total. and so, yes, mexico is responsible for much more of the flow of fentanyl, but that mexico has taken steps to try to curb that. whether it's cracking down on cartels or other things. and so that's one reason that the white house has given president trump has also at times said that if canada were to become the 51st state, then no tariffs. he has given a variety of other reasons for why he may want to impose

these or not impose these, and it's something that you're seeing are allies to the north and south, are not taking kindly to. >> yeah. laura, any sense of how closely the administration may be watching the performance on wall street? we know in his last term, trump did follow the markets quite closely. obviously he is a businessman, but followed it quite closely when he was in office as perhaps an indicator of how investors were responding to his moves. obviously it has been a rough week for the markets. do we know if that is factoring into the president's decision making this time around? >> i think it's definitely factoring into the president's decision making. the president is known, as you said, to be someone who follows the markets. in the past. he has said that if, when, when his predecessor was in office or when the opposing party was in office, that if the stock market remained low for too long, then then that sitting president should be impeached. so we saw in the immediate aftermath of these tariffs of him saying that these tariffs were going to take effect, that that stock market

took a hit and that something that the white house is watching closely. >> yeah, it's also been interesting to sort of hear some of the remarks from his commerce secretary, which have really been the driver of some of the news on tariffs this week. and you've seen the markets react to that. it's created a lot of uncertainty in terms of, you know what we're listening to, who we're listening to and who who is ultimately to be believed at any given moment. laura barron-lopez, we appreciate your time this morning. thank you. >> thank you. >> and more severe weather in the eastern and central u.s., where powerful storms have killed at least five people this week. high winds, blizzards and tornadoes have left a trail of destruction. more than a foot of snow fell in parts of wisconsin and minnesota with dangerous driving conditions. like you see here, you hear the wind there. also, governor of minnesota tim walz authorizing the national guard to provide emergency support for hard hit areas where conditions are especially precarious. the powder more agreeable in some areas, with one person ditching their car for a pair of ice skates to get

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think the hope is that tariffs are short lived and produce an objective. >> more now from cnn's cheryl hubbard. >> there's a. >> trade war brewing. canada is resorting to retaliatory measures a day after president donald trump doubled a tariff on chinese goods to 20% and enacted a 25% tariff on canada and mexico. >> pulling american booze. off the liquor mart. shelves. >> canada is also responding by imposing a 25% tariff on some u.s. goods, with plans to include more later. trump spoke with canadian prime minister justin trudeau wednesday morning

>> disturbance, but we're okay with that. i'm sure i'll hubbard reporting apparently and important for minder for people coming to the u.s. >> right now. leave the eggs behind. high prices may make bringing them in from mexico or canada seem like a good deal or good idea, but customs and border patrol agents are on the lookout for them. egg seizures are up about 30% at all ports of entry. now, usually it's just u.s. tourists bringing back a

few eggs that maybe they had forgotten. bringing in illegal eggs, whether on purpose or by accident, carries a $300 fine. earlier today, chinese tech giant alibaba unveiled its latest a.i. model that it says is up there with open a.i. and deep sea. now, deep sea stunned the tech world when it unveiled an a.i. model that cost far less, it said, to train than its rivals from the west. it also signaled china's growing strength in developing industry, leading a.i. while the news, as you might imagine, sent alibaba shares soaring, it closed 8% higher in hong kong. and taking a look at the markets now. u.s. futures. well this has become a common sight this week at least are solidly lower. it is early. we'll see what the day brings. but at this point dow, nasdaq and s&p futures look set to close lower. atlanta based church is spearheading a boycott of target. and its quickly growing and gaining traction online. the boycott is expected to last throughout lent in response to the shopping

chain's changes to its diversity, equity and inclusion programs. our ryan young spoke with the senior pastor at that church about the movement. >> al-mawasi anora. >> there's never a revolution without inconvenience. >> they are calling it a spiritual act of resistance prominent atlanta area megachurch pastor jamal bryant is calling for at least a 40 day boycott of target during lent. >> it is not over in 40 days. that is a benchmark for us. this is being driven by the church. the montgomery bus boycott was effective not just because of its strategy, but because of its spiritual underpinning. >> what do you want people to do? >> we're asking people to divest from target because they have turned their back on our community. black people spend upwards of $12 million a day, and so we would expect some loyalty. >> customer visits to target

have slowed since they announced it was eliminating hiring goals for minority employees. days into the trump presidency. >> target made overtures to meet with me on last week, and i told them i'm only going to meet with the ceo. i need a decision maker. i don't need a photo op. >> and doctor bryant is not the only pastor calling for the target fast. >> if we do this strong and we come on strong and we weaken, target and flex our muscle and let these other corporations know we are going to respond. >> in a note from target's chief equity officer, they say they are still committed to inclusivity and offers a wide range of products and services, including items from vendors that are black and minority owned. the company has declined to comment to cnn further about the boycott. >> fafo stayed. >> as strong reactions by supporters continue online. >> you don't believe in die, so i don't believe in giving you money.

>> do not shop at target. we are boycotting them. >> we have hit up target's official page and they are getting torn up. >> the ceo of one of the largest black owned makeup companies carried in target, says they are disappointed about target's rollback of dei policies. >> it's a really ugly situation to be in. >> but emphasizes concerns with the realities of a long term boycott. >> by not shopping in these stores, you are also impacting the hundreds of black owned businesses. >> the idea now that the pullback is going to affect that customer base, what do you think about those businesses? >> there are over 1000 black vendors who have their wares and targets across the country. we've reached out to all of them to shift their focus to online. >> some target shoppers we met were supportive of the boycott. >> i'm all for it. >> yet skeptical. you see benefit in people standing together. >> i do, but i'm not sure if this is the only vehicle to get the word out and to unite us as

a country. >> it's where i get my prescriptions. and so no, i'm not going to do no toe to block on target. >> it is what makes america a democratic space is that people have the space to disagree. >> so this is about reforming the. >> bryant says he wants the show the white house. they have a responsibility to all americans, not just maga supporters. >> i think we're getting ready to see a revival of the civil rights movement, much akin to what we saw in the 1960s. >> yet still the early days of the fast. we'll have to see how it plays out economically for target, but we know the retailers are already facing headwinds, especially with the downturn that they've been reporting as of recently. we'll have to see how this all plays out. back to you. >> our thanks to ryan young there. well, if you are in times square today, you likely won't miss kim kardashian. no, not the real one, but a 60 foot inflatable of the reality tv

star and businesswoman. now it's there to promote her company's new swimwear collection and reactions from tourists and locals. well, they're mixed. >> yeah, because i feel like it can only be like this in america, because everything in america is really big. so that's why i find it really funny. yeah, i. >> think it's something that can only happen in america. >> why do you say that? >> yeah, it's just funny. it's so big. and some people seem to care. and a lot of people don't like they just walking past. and i think it's very funny. >> well, it's typical of times square because they like to do things on a very big scale. and it's kim kardashian, of course, and her kim kardashian's rear end. >> all right. and the balloon popped up in times square on tuesday and quickly became a tourist attraction. if the idea was certainly to be seen and to get people talking, well, kim

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halftime show. fifa's president says that it's a first for world soccer, and he adds that coldplay will help decide which musical acts should perform. you might remember that coldplay gave the concert at the super bowl in 2016. i think that was the show with beyonce. it was a very good show, if i'm not mistaken, but unclear if they will actually play at the world cup next year. the u.s., canada and mexico are co-hosting. yes, yes. you see, was with beyonce. our co-hosting next year's tournament should be a lot of fun. and now i want to actually head to brussels, where we are seeing ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy appear at this eu summit. let's pause for a minute to see if we actually get any comments from him, or if he is just walking in for this, this summit. >> okay no comment.

>> just at the moment as he sort of hugs and greets the eu commission president, ursula von der leyen. let me bring in my colleague nic robertson, who is in brussels. nic, we've been talking about this summit all morning long. give us a sense of what zelenskyy is hoping to accomplish here with this meeting of eu leaders. >> yeah. >> i mean, i think what we're going to see in a couple of minutes, maybe less than is zelenskyy walk up the red carpet here. and perhaps what you can't see out of eyesight over there about 50 yards away from where he is now, a group of journalists, a large group of journalists, and they'll all be asking him questions. that's the expectation. this meeting, though, is being led by ursula von and antónio costa. you see, they're talking to zelenskyy. it's, in essence, what has happened here is von der leyen has put forward a proposal and costa, if you like, as president of the council, is hosting the 27 leaders to look at that proposal. and the proposal is about how you raise the money. ÷800 billion. they're talking

about approximately to increase defense spending in europe. and of course, the reason they're doing that is because there are shortfalls for ukraine. and also europe is now really concerned that the u.s. is not going to step up and provide the security backing that traditionally it did. so there's a lot of pressure on this meeting. and while, you know, this sort of red carpet pre-conversation is underway, i think it gives you a sense that nothing here is sort of as it would be previous in the eu, where everyone waited to get in the room and have and have a meeting and have a discussion. there are events and conversations that will have happened. while zelenskyy has been in transit since his since his arrived here. he's met already with the diva, the belgian prime minister. that was the expectation this morning. and so costa and von der leyen, they're huddling with him as sort of a pre-meeting to give him the lay of the land from their latest conversations. there is momentum here. what you don't get a sense of is perhaps the speed that decisions are made inside the white house,

where it's a tiny core group. president trump has his his advisors, et cetera., that can make decisions here. it takes getting together the 27 european union leaders today, deciding how to raise the money to spend it on weapons before they decide how they're going to spend it on weapons, where they're going to purchase those weapons, where they might ramp up production. which countries in the european union might mostly predominantly benefit from that, where the money can be dispersed or and also the controls on raising that, on raising that money. so there's a lot of technicalities that take time to work out. but the core of those discussions, zelenskyy, von der leyen and costa, they're the european council president hosting the meeting today. the european commission president, von der leyen, who's bringing in the proposal about how to raise the money and the prime beneficiary, if you will, the ukrainian

president, volodymyr zelenskyy, in this huddle of a conversation. i've already seen a lot of the leaders coming in and we're expecting those leaders coming in to be inside a session that could last all afternoon, and it could go on into the evening. and we know that there are potential outliers in those 27 to not wanting to give ukraine the support, not wanting the eu to to spend the money. so here they come. antónio costa on the left of your picture, von der leyen on the right and the white jacket, of course, on vladimir zelenskyy and his traditional military type attire. meeting with all these diplomats who are all in suits. but he is wearing his traditional attire and you will see him as he's worn through the last three years of the war. you will see him in a moment, appear on another camera in that direction, where he is expected to give comments, and we can get to hear how he is going to explain his mission here today. we know that just yesterday or even earlier this

morning, has already talked with four different european leaders to kind of bring them up to speed with where ukraine is, with ukraine's readiness to work with the united states, readiness has talked about to sign this minerals deal. but what he is most keen to look for, of course, is how europe can fill the security gaps that are emerging because the united states is withdrawing itself from the fulsome support that it has given ukraine previously witnessed. just yesterday. the intelligence support, intelligence support that alerts ukrainians to the potential of attack on front lines, on cities, all of that, and we've heard today reports that president macron of france is is offering some intelligence that can help zelenskyy. so again, you know, he's been in the building now ten minutes. he was expected to walk directly up to the cameras.