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situation room. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> and we begin this hour with breaking news. america's trade war quickly escalates. just hours after the u.s. slapped a new tariff on metal imports, canada is hitting right back, slapping a 25% tariff on some $20 billion worth of u.s. goods. and in just moments, president trump will welcome the irish leader, micheal martin, to the white house. we will listen in to see if they speak. i assume they will. cnn business and politics correspondent vanessa yurkevich is in new york for us and chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny is for us over at the white house. vanessa, let me start with you. what can you tell us first of all, about these latest retaliatory tariffs? >> wolf, this is just the latest escalation in what is now a

global trade war. you have canada slapping back with a 25% tariff on $20 billion worth of u.s. goods set to take effect tomorrow. this comes on the heels of that midnight tariff going into effect. 25% on any aluminum and steel coming into the u.s. the e.u. also slapping back pretty quickly, putting their own tariffs on $28 billion worth of u.s. goods on the other side of the fence here, you have a picture of inflation here in america starting to cool. this is the first time in four months that we've seen inflation cool on a monthly basis and on an annual basis. so inflation ticking up just 0.2% in the month of february and 2.8% year over year. this was led by declines in prices for airline tickets and for gas. but we are seeing shelter, that is, rent that people pay every single month, making up half of all increases. in this report. food

prices, though rising about 0.2%. but looking at those egg prices that americans have been struggling with, up 10.4% in the month of february alone, that is just a staggering increase. and markets investors this morning trying to muddle through all of this economic data. the markets, for the most part have been mixed there. but you see the dow down about 350 points trying to understand what kind of economic picture we are facing. cooling inflation. but wolf, a trade war that is very much heating up. >> wolf heating up indeed. stand by. vanessa i want to bring in jeff. this is further. all of this is further straining the relationship between the trump administration and canada. right? well. >> it absolutely is. i mean, obviously, canada, one of the strongest. >> allies. >> one of the biggest trading partners and the closest neighbor. and this is all just really rocked the relationship. even coming as canada is in the verge of finding a new leader in

and of itself. there has been, of course, a. a a party election, but the prime minister's election later this year will, of course, just intensify all of this. but the underlying question here is the uncertainty that this back and forth, really day by day, has added to the markets, has added to business. i mean, keep in mind the free trade that is happening throughout north america, from canada to the u.s. to mexico. that is how automobile companies and others have operated, because, of course, that free trade agreement was signed back in the first trump administration. now the president is clearly using tariffs in a different way and the threat of them as well. but, wolf, all of it is taking a toll on the president's view of how americans view he's handling the economy. we have a new cnn poll out this morning that offers a very interesting window into this. let's look at that right now, about 56% of americans, as you can see right there on the screen, disapprove of the president's handling of the economy. of course, that is a broad question. but the fact of

the the markets have been in steep decline. there's still questions and concerns about high prices, as vanessa was talking about. so this is as the trade war is intensifying and we're nowhere near the end of it. the president is already saying there will be new reciprocal tariffs at the beginning of april. never mind the ones that seem to be imposed day by day with canada. so the bottom line on all of this, this is the president's worst view or worst, a snapshot of how americans view he is doing on the economy. a 12 point underwater, if you will. and that certainly flies in the face of how he was elected, saying he would fix the economy on day one, bring down prices on day one. americans clearly do not have a positive sense of the direction coming from this white house, wolf. >> they certainly don't. all right. jeff zeleny and vanessa yurkevich to both of you. thank you very much. right now, all federal education department offices are closed, and about 2000 federal department, education department employees, nearly half of the department's workforce are losing their jobs.

the new education secretary saying the cuts are just the first steps and the next could be an executive order from president trump that would begin the process of completely closing, shutting down the federal department of education altogether. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says he hopes the u.s. will take strong steps against russia if moscow does not agree to a proposed cease fire. president zelenskyy told reporters the 30 day deal, proposed by the u.s. would include a truce to set up a future peace deal. listen to this. >> we will not play with the narrative that we do not want the war to end. the narrative that russia has and is spreading around the world. i'm very serious about this. it is important for me to end the war. i want the president of the united states of america to see this. i want americans to see and feel this a kremlin

spokesperson is refusing to comment on the proposed cease fire initiative, saying they expect a briefing from the u.s. >> government first. cnn's chief international correspondent, clarissa ward, is joining us live from the ukrainian capital of kyiv right now. clarissa, how are people on the ground responding to this proposal? >> well, i. >> think there's. >> a sense, wolf, on the ukrainian side. >> of victory after yesterday's meetings in jeddah, not because people here are optimistic that peace is imminent, but because the meetings really reinforced the crucial cooperation between the u.s. and ukraine. getting that relationship back on track, restarting that clutch, that vital military assistance, that intelligence sharing, and essentially allowing ukraine to take back ownership of the narrative to tell the world we are not the obstacles to peace here. as you just heard from

president zelenskyy himself. and during that press conference, it was interesting, wolf. first of all, he only spoke in ukrainian. he wanted to choose his words very carefully. and despite being prodded by several journalists about the spat with trump about his accusation that trump was living in a disinformation bubble, he really wouldn't be drawn into that at all. the ukrainians want to take this moment and deflect onto the russians, essentially saying the ball is firmly in your court. you now have an opportunity to show the world what your true intentions are. at the same time, wolf, when you're out on the streets, when you're talking to people, i think the ukrainians have a very cynical view of the russians. they have seen russians repeatedly break ceasefires in the past. i would not say that they are terribly optimistic that this ceasefire is going to take place anytime soon. and they still believe for there to be any kind of a lasting peace that they would want to be a part of, that there

need to be security guarantees going forward. so some absolute reservations still remain on that side. but the broader takeaway here is feeling that ukraine is no longer on the back foot, that it is in control of the narrative and that, crucially, that partnership with the united states is once again in a much better place than it has been for weeks, wolf. >> very quickly, before i let you go, clarissa, as we know for three years now, the russians have launched bombing strikes against civilian targets throughout ukraine, including in kyiv. where where you are, the sirens are going off all the time. but this week we actually saw the ukrainian military launch. what about 300 drone strikes against targets in moscow? is the expectation this kind of warfare on both sides is going to escalate now, even before a potential ceasefire takes place. >> i mean, certainly from what we saw last night, wolf,

there's no sense that the violence that these strikes is abating in any way. there were dozens of strikes last night. and as you said, those ukrainian drone strikes hitting the heart of moscow, sending a very firm message. we don't want to keep fighting, but we're willing to do it, and we will keep going as long as it takes. so nobody here anticipating that the skies will be quiet until everybody signs up to this 30 day ceasefire, wolf. >> should find out very soon if it's actually going to happen. clarissa ward, thanks very much for your excellent reporting. as always, stay safe over there in kyiv. and for more on this, democratic congressman jake auchincloss of massachusetts is joining us right now. he is part of what's called the ukraine caucus in the house of representatives. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. i want to get your reaction, first of all, to the proposed u.s. planned ceasefire between the russians and the ukrainians. how can this trump administration get russia, first of all, to agree to this ceasefire and then

to actually honor it, because, as we heard from clarissa and so many others in the past, russia has signed ceasefire deals, but almost always have gone ahead to violate those, violate those same ceasefire deals. >> good morning, wolf. thanks for having me on. it would help if the administration would stop telling russia that it has all the cards. not a great way to negotiate when you grant leverage to your enemy. russia does not have all the cards. they have double digit inflation in their rear. they have unsustainable casualties on their front lines, trading thousands of deaths or wounded for every square kilometer gained. they're short of material, and of the sanctions are beginning to bite on their oil and gas sector. so russia's war effort was not something that could be sustained in the long run. and yet the administration is ceding that premise to the kremlin. so they got to stop doing that and be clear that they would back ukraine for as long as it took. but then in terms of driving

towards the ceasefire negotiations, the linchpin is security guarantees. without security guarantees, everything else is rhetoric. and those security guarantees have three parts to them. one is ukraine. ukraine is going to need to be able to field probably a million man army, probably cost between 20 to $40 billion a year. that money should come from the frozen assets held by russia in brussels. it should be expropriated for the use of ukrainian defense. number two, the europeans need to be willing to field a 20 to 30,000 european force to do strategic response. and then finally, the americans have to be willing to snap back much tougher sanctions that are even in place now against russia. should russia violate a ceasefire. >> as you know, the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, is now saying he hopes the u.s. will take what he calls strong steps against russia if they don't agree to all of this. what's your response to that? >> agreed. that would be a much tougher imposition of the price

cap on russian oil and gas exports. that would be a green light to ukraine to use american arms to strike deep inside of russia, including at its oil refineries. and that would be an open ended grant of economic and military support for ukraine for so long as it takes to bring the russians back to the negotiating table. we have to be very clear and very aligned that we are going to fight with freedom and democracy against putin's brutalism. anything other than strength will only serve to embolden the kremlin. >> and as i assume you agree and support the decision by the trump administration to end the pause on u.s. military aid to ukraine and to end the pause on sharing sensitive intelligence information with ukraine. do you think that's appropriate? right. >> yes. however, even using that as a piece of leverage against

our ally undermines not just our credibility with the russians, but frankly, it undermines the u.s. defense, diplomacy and industrial base globally. i mean, countries are going to buy from us, whether it's india or eastern europe or asia pacific allies are now wondering, do we want to buy these f-35s? can we count on them when things get tough? >> important point on another sensitive issue, congressman, the u.s. envoy, steve witkoff has arrived in doha, qatar, as the u.s. is hoping to advance negotiations in a potential cease fire hostage deal between israel and hamas before leaving the u.s., wittkopf told fox news that hamas demands that the idf, the israel defense forces leave gaza is a nonstarter. listen to this. >> a starter is hamas demilitarizing not not rearming, leaving all their arms on the ground and leaving gaza. that's the start. there's there's they

there's no logical or rational choice for them other than to leave. if they leave, then i think all things are on the table for a negotiated peace deal. and that's what they're going to need to do. >> so how do you think that approach will be received in doha, qatar right now? >> the united states has never been unclear about its war aims aligned with israel. the release of all the hostages, there's two dozen still being held by hamas and a demilitarized gaza strip. hamas cannot be allowed to govern in gaza again. they have immiserated the palestinian people. they have brutalized the israeli people. and it's simply a nonstarter for hamas to think that they're going to have the levers of power going forward. so he's not restating anything new. and i do think that because joe biden and now donald trump have supported israel, hamas is in such a boxed in negotiating position that they're more

likely to accede to these demands. now, that was not going to be the case a year ago, potentially because hezbollah and syria and iran had not yet been severed from hamas. but hamas is feeling much more isolated now. >> congressman, i want to get back to our top story quickly. canada has announced its latest round of retaliatory measures in president trump's trade war with canada, including 25% tariffs on billions of dollars of imports such as aluminum products. what are you hearing from your constituents? first of all, about this trade war between the u.s. and canada and the impact it's having on them? >> car insurance, home insurance and utility bills, wolf. home insurance and car insurance bills are messages from the future about cost of living because they are insurance companies underwriting. what's it going to cost for us to repair or rebuild this house or this car? and the message from the future for my constituents is going to be it's going to cost a lot more, because houses and cars are bundles of steel

and aluminum and lumber and semiconductors, all of which this president is taxing. he is imposing an onerous tax upon the middle class right now. they're going to see it first in their insurance premiums, but ultimately it's going to cascade across the economy from prescription drugs to employment and hiring decisions. and he rightfully is now underwater in voters approval of his handling of the economy. because while americans are starting to feel the pain of his chaotic approach to geoeconomics, he's sitting there at his joint address to congress, spending 98 minutes out of 100 minutes talking about non-economic issues, and then two minutes out of those 100 minutes talking about prices, but saying that prices are going to go up, not down. so he's lost. i think the confidence of the mainstream american voter that he knows what he's doing. >> congressman jake auchincloss of massachusetts, thanks so much for joining us. and still ahead, a prominent palestinian activist in the united states who was arrested over the weekend is in court right now. the trump

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and the president's decision to embolden russian president vladimir putin, but also the trade war. there is a rising, growing trade war between the european union and the united states. just this morning, the european union announcing that it is going to slap tariffs on very american products like harley-davidson motorcycles, for example, kentucky bourbon, for example. so the eu suddenly is awash in steep tensions with the united states. so that is going to be a bit of the underlying factor here at the white house as this meeting happens. now, we are not expecting the irish prime minister to get into any type of a confrontation with the president. in fact, he had a meeting with vice president jd vance this morning and he hailed the u.s. role, long standing role in brokering peace. of course, thinking back to the 1998 good friday agreement with the with northern ireland, as you remember. well, you covered and this is something that he is using as an example to talk about how the united states can

also bring peace with ukraine. but, wolf, a ceremonial visit that's often awash in shamrocks and the strong relationship between the united states and ireland certainly is coming under a different view today as those those tensions with the european union come front and center. >> and it was nice that the irish prime minister went to meet with the vice president, jd vance. i think they were meeting at the vice presidential residence down the street from the white house as well. do we expect that the upcoming meeting with the president, both leaders, to answer reporters questions as well? >> we do, wolf, after the the prime minister arrives here, which again, should be happening shortly this morning, he will have what's called a bilateral meeting in the oval office. we've seen many of the leaders come in from really around the world. excuse me, as i'm just looking to the gate here. he's not coming in quite yet. but yes, we do expect the president and the prime minister to take questions and talk a bit before going into a closed door bilateral meeting. but of

course, that is where the exact type of meeting the exact same location in the oval office just less than two weeks ago, where things went incredibly wrong with the ukrainian president, who was also visiting. but we expect today's visit to be very friendly. but again, those those tensions that are underlying it certainly are so different in this administration from previous ones, wolf. >> because of the imposed tariffs. and we'll be watching and listening to the q&a that's about to take place. thanks very much, jeff zeleny over at the white house. up next, attorneys are now fighting to keep a student activist from being deported from the united states. president trump has likened him to a terrorist sympathizer. we're live outside the courthouse in new york. >> i brought in ensure max protein with 30g of protein. >> those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks. here, i'll take. >> that. >> ensure. max protein, 30g. >> protein, one gram of. >> sugar and a. >> protein blend. >> to feed muscles up to seven

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want to show you what's happening. many of the supporters of khalil have shown up here. protesters, you can see there are signs here saying release mahmoud khalil. we're seeing other protest signs. people protesting against ice. and what the administration has been doing. and you can hear here, the protesters are now starting to chant wolf. so today in court, when this hearing gets underway, it will be the first time we really get to hear from the government and their position as to why they feel the need they need to keep detaining khalil and also perhaps some explanation as to why they believe they have the right to revoke his green card. that's what's so different about this situation. yes, wolf. he was here on a student visa. but also there's the green card. of course, we know the secretary of state here in this country has decided that he is within,

right, that he has the legal permission to revoke his green card. and that is why we see government officials, the hpsci, the homeland security investigators here on saturday in new york city, arresting him, meeting him at his home. and as he was coming home from dinner, taking him into custody. we'll see what the judge here decides. the judge could decide that the government has to release khalid owls. the process gets underway and immigration judge will ultimately decide whether or not he should be deported. so a lot of unknowns here. a lot of firsts here, wolf, as we wait for this hearing to get underway. >> we'll stay in close touch with you, shimon. thank you very, very much. and there's other breaking news we're following right now here in the situation room. another volatile day up on wall street. u.s. markets are in the red, just about two hours after the opening bell. cnn's matt egan is joining us with the latest from new york. what is the latest, matt? >> well, wolf. >> the mood. >> on wall.

>> street remains. >> one of concern. >> and., frankly. >> confusion over. >> this trade war. >> it's telling that we're seeing the u.s. markets down again today. 200 point drop for the dow, about half a percent. this is coming despite the fact that we actually had some good economic news, learning that the inflation rate cooled off for the first time in months. but that's not the focus. the. >> hey, matt, hold on for one second. i want to just show our viewers these live pictures coming in from the white house. there you see president trump, he's about to receive the visiting irish prime minister, micheal martin. they're going to then go inside the west wing of the white house, head over to the oval office and talk a bit. and then we're told they will both be answering reporters questions. let's listen in and see if they say anything now. >> very good news. >> we're watching the retirement accounts. >> i just heard the president say very good news. i assume he was reacting to a question about the consumer price index that came out today with relatively

very good numbers. jeff zeleny give us another little sense. a preview. normally on saint patrick's day, there's a lot of symbolism and it's a nice meeting. but today they've got some substantive issues. the united states and ireland that they need to discuss. >> well, if they definitely do. and against the backdrop of a ceremony which there will be certainly both now and later in the east room, there are many things for the president and the irish taoiseach, as it's called the prime minister to discuss. as you see the president greeting him there, we have seen really world leader after world leader coming here to the white house. he's trying to begin a relationship with the president. the president feels strongly about ireland. his mother has scottish connections. he talks a lot about his golf courses there. but underlying a lot of this are the the tensions over the trade wars, which we are seeing more of from the european union imposing reciprocal trade wars to what the president has

talked about as well as ukraine. so certainly this underlies the meeting that is underway right now. and, wolf, what will happen now is the president and the prime minister will be meeting in the oval office. they'll likely take reporter questions. we will not see that live, but we will see that a little bit later on. and we'll certainly get back to you. >> and we'll share that videotape once we get it with our viewers here. what they both have to say, jeff zeleny at the white house, thanks very much. and we'll be right back with more news. >> and power. >> i got her a little something. >> a little something, dad. >> hold up. walt rolled his 401 k account into an ira, and it's grown nicely. i'm for team splurge. >> thanks, grandpa. >> get g good at money so you c be a little bad. >> and here. >> are my five morning alarms. a metaphor for everything else i'm putting off. like my laundry or my 768 unread texts. >> i'm just your dermatologist. >> you don't want. >> all of this showing up on

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ukraine says 14 people were killed in russian aerial attacks across the country. joining us now is donald trump's former national security advisor, the former u.s. ambassador to the un under president george w bush, john bolton. ambassador bolton, thanks so much for joining us. you have enormous amount of experience in these areas. can russia, first of all, be trusted to even negotiate in good faith over the cease fire proposal? >> well, i certainly wouldn't trust russia. >> to negotiate. >> in good faith. and up until now, because donald trump has effectively flipped the american position to be supportive of russia. the russians have had no incentive to negotiate. now, i think after the meeting in jeddah yesterday, putin wants to be careful. he doesn't lose what he's got from trump. so he'll have to think about this pretty carefully. but but one way that he might proceed is to say, sure, in principle, we agree to

a ceasefire. now let's have the combatant parties on both sides negotiate operationally exactly what that means. it's one thing to sit in a conference room somewhere and say, let's have a ceasefire. it's another thing for the people on the ground to know exactly what that means, and negotiating the specifics can can take quite some time. if you don't have the parties both willing to do it. >> good. good point. ukraine's president zelenskyy says it's now up to russia to show they are serious about peace. how much pressure does this put on moscow? >> well, i do i do think it puts some pressure on him. it complicates putin's position a little bit. i don't think, frankly, a ceasefire is in ukraine's interest. i think if you freeze the conflict along the existing front lines and start negotiations in geneva or vienna or some neutral capital that drag on and on, the cease fire line could become a new de facto ukraine russian border,

which gives russia 20% of ukraine's territory. i think zelenskyy had to agree to the cease in saudi arabia because he needed to get u.s. military assistance, intellig assistance turned back on. he had to try and repair the damage from the debacle in the oval office. so of course he agreed to it, and he did get the military assistance turned back on. he wants that to continue and he'll try and leverage this against the russians. but it's a he's in a very dangerous and precarious position. so is ukraine as a whole. >> i want to share, ambassador bolton, something you wrote in an important article in the atlantic magazine yesterday, and i'll put it up on the screen, and i'm quoting you now. ronald reagan knew how to handle nations that might commit unprovoked aggression against u.s. interests. trump clearly does not. this does not reflect differences in strategy, which trump lacks. instead, it's another trump reversal, this time of the godfather's famous

line it's not business. it's strictly personal. end quote. is trump's foreign policy driven by transactional priorities? what's your sense? >> sure. he doesn't do philosophy or grand strategy. he doesn't even really do policy. he believes if he has good relations with vladimir putin, then the u.s. has good relations with russia, which is not true. i think putin, a kgb agent, that he used to be, sees trump as an easy mark. and he's been been manipulating him very successfully since the election. and i think his task now, from putin's point of view, is to keep the manipulation going. trump hasn't had a good relationship with zelenskyy since the famous perfect phone call in the summer of 2019 that led to the first impeachment. and i think that remains the case. so right now, the calculus, i think, tilts very heavily in russia's favor for

reasons that don't help american national security at all. >> the u.s. and ukraine have also come to an agreement, apparently on minerals, on a mineral deal. this is the deal that stalled last month after the verbal breakdown of talks between the ukrainian president and the u.s. president in the oval office. this is the 52nd day of donald trump's second term. how would you characterize trump's approach to foreign policy, foreign diplomacy, at least so far? >> well, i think he's ripping up decades of of effort to build security for the united states. i think the nato alliance is in grave danger. i think our allies in japan, south korea and other countries are very worried that they may see the same attitude. i think the this trade war through increased tariffs that he's getting us into around the world is a is a is another form of isolationism. it's economic

nonsense. it's going to leave everybody engaged in the trade war worse off. and and economically and it's going to cause enormous damage. so i think we're stumbling into potentially into a real crisis if, if, if trump doesn't wake up, if the markets don't him to try and change course on the economic side, or if we don't face a crisis somewhere around the world, he's pursuing policies or directions that are completely contrary to our interests. >> ambassador john bolton, always good to have you in the situation room. thanks. thanks very much for joining us. >> great to be with you. >> and we'll be right back.

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that seems to be what's really driving it. people may have a decrease in exercise tolerance. they might even have difficulty going up a few stairs as a result of this. so it's just something to keep in the back of the mind. the good news is, candy, there is evidence that even simple directed breathing exercises, as simple as it sounds, can have a big impact overall on your breathing difficulties. and you got to make sure to not get another infection. that's one of the big ones as well. we got george from california who asks this. i would like to know what the latest rule of thumb is regarding vaccinations. i just got the flu and covid vaccines in september and hope for the best. so george, you're doing the right thing staying up to date on your vaccinations. really important. and keep in mind with regard to flu, which you mentioned, it's been one of the worst seasons for flu as well in the last ten years. so if you're having bad respiratory symptoms, it's worth getting checked out to find out if this is flu or covid, because there might be some antivirals you can take, especially if you get diagnosed early. also, keep in mind if you're over the age

of 65, if you have immune compromise, you're at higher risk. so really making sure you stay up to date on vaccinations important. if you've had covid recently, you're likely to have some immunity from that. but with natural immunity or with vaccine induced immunity, because the virus is mutate so regularly, that's why you need to stay up to date on your vaccinations. that immunity will sort of wane over time. i think we got time for one more question here. this one's coming from from sweden, isabella, who says, why do we all seem to have gone through a shift in terms of how we experience time? what is this phenomenon called time is fixed, but how we experience it can be very different. the term is subjective. time distortion. subjective time distortion. and what's interesting about this is that, you know, a pandemic can cause people to have subjective time distortion, but so can just about any other big societal event. a natural

disaster, conflicts, things like that. so when we talk about that, you start to have feelings of time, sort of feeling rushed, time moving very quickly, days and weeks sort of blending together. things that may have happened last week feel like they may have happened, you know, years ago. that is typically what happens. it's because your attention is sort of focused on one thing for a long period of time. that's what happens when big societal events are happening. so for a lot of people, isabella, it does improve over time. subjective time distortion. the key is to start focusing your attention on things outside of that singular event. hope that helps. wolf. >> it certainly does. always helps to hear from you. dr. sanjay gupta appreciate it very, very much. and to our viewers, thanks very much for joining me this morning. you can always keep up with me on social media at wolf blitzer. we're following all these late breaking developments inside politics with dana bash is coming up next, right after a short break.

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