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>> maurice: we begin here tonight with the tit-for-tat tariffs. >> john: president trump started the day by retaliating for a 25% surcharge on canadian electricity that lights up homes in minnesota, michigan, and new york. he hit back hard, smashing a 50% tariff over the border on canadian aluminum and steel. >> maurice: premier doug ford of ontario responded by rescinding the electricity surcharge, as well as his threat to cut off power entirely. >> john: the president was next. late today he reduced the 50% metals tariff to 25%. >> maurice: for investors, it was like watching a tennis match. at one point, the major stock indexes were off about 1.5% before recovering some of their losses by the close of trading. >> john: chief white house correspondent nancy cordes talked to one of the generals in the trade war, commerce secretary howard lutnick. nancy? >> reporter: john, good evening. lutnick insisted today that president trump's unpredictable tariff moves will actually benefit the economy by year's

end, but consumer confidence is falling, right along with the markets. >> our country had to do this... >> reporter: his announcement this morning caught the financial world off guard. 50% tariffs on canadian steel and aluminum. but by this afternoon, it was off, after ontario's premier agreed to drop his new 25% tariff on electricity going to the u.s. >> we have both agreed that cooler heads prevail. >> reporter: by then, however, the dow had told another one present. since thursday has followed by more than 2.5%. >> the markets are going to learn, let the dealmaker make his deals. >> reporter: commerce secretary howard lutnick brokered today's truce with the ontario premier. what is really being accomplished with all of these one- or two-day tariffs that end up getting yanked? >> well, when you are negotiating with someone and they are not paying attention, and they are disagreeing, the president who is the best disage

president who is the best dealmaker ever to sit in chair, he's going to say, here's my response. and then all of a sudden, shockingly, they respond. >> reporter: and yet the prospect of an aggressive trade war has prompted both jpmorgan and goldman sachs to bump up the risk of a recession this year. will these policies be worth it if they lead to a recession? even a short-term recession? >> these policies are the most important thing america has ever had. >> reporter: so it is worth it? >> it is worth it. a, i don't think -- the only reason there could possibly be a recession is because of the biden nonsense that we had to live with. these policies produce revenues. >> reporter: so you are saying when it looks chaotic and unpredictable from the outside, that there actually is a master plan when it comes to these tariffs? >> it is not chaotic. and the only one who thinks it's chaotic is someone who is being silly. he said reciprocal tariffs -- >> reporter: nobody expected him to announce 50% tariffs this morning.

>> he needed to break some guy in ontario who said he was going to tax american energy 25%. the president of the united states in the white house says, oh, no you won't. and breaks him. and you think that's chaotic? >> maurice: okay, nancy, so after all that, where do we stand tonight? >> reporter: well, maurice, we are back to where we were essentially this weekend, which is the u.s. has imposed 25% tariffs on some canadian goods, and canada has responded in kind, and lutnick says trump is still on track to impose reciprocal tariffs on countries around the globe in early april, which means whatever they tax us, we tax them, which will likely lead to a lot more standoffs like the one we saw today. >> john: nancy, the commerce secretary says this is all worth it. remind us what the it is, which is to say what's all of this supposed to accomplish? >> reporter: well, president trump's theory is if he taxes goods coming from overseas that it will

incentivize companies to move production back to the united states, which will create american jobs. but to make decisions like that, companies normally need certainty. they need to know that policies are unchanging, and a new survey, john, of ceos this month finds that they are more pessimistic about the state of the economy than they have been at any time since the start of the pandemic. >> maurice: okay, nancy cordes at the white house, thank you. >> john: american brides are caught in the cross fire of the trade war. tariffs on imports from china will raise the cost of gowns. >> maurice: so janet shamlian in indiana reports there is a rush to the bridal store. >> reporter: finding the perfect wedding gown is something jessica stone told us she has dreamed of since childhood. >> right here. >> reporter: the big day isn't until september, but after she heard tariffs were coming, she's anxious to say yes to the dress. more than 80% of dresses are made in china. when you heard about tariffs coming, how did that impact your thoughts about buying a dress? >> i definitely wanted to make

sure that i bought a dress immediately. >> reporter: try to avoid the tariffs? >> yes. >> reporter: we met the 28-year-old as she was shopping with family and friends at stephenson, a small elkhart, indiana, store, doing big business in his indiana. what did you think when you heard the word tariff this time around? >> oh no, here we go again, i guess. >> reporter: owner danny reynolds told us he had to raise prices in 2019 during the first trump administration when 25% tariffs were enacted on textiles and apparel. >> i'm seeing more in the $1800. >> reporter: this time, he doesn't know what will happen. >> the difficult original decision is going to be in the hands of the manufacturer. they are going to have to decide how much price increase they can absorb and what they need to pass on to us, which ultimately would get passed on to the bride. >> reporter: these dresses are manufactured and imported by companies like justin alexander, which sells to 700 bridal stores nationwide. >> we have around 10,000 dresses at a given time... >> reporter: we met owner

justin warshaw at his new jersey warehouse. you can't just shift wedding dress production to the united states? >> no, it's impossible. the labor force does not exist to make dresses here in america. >> reporter: once they arrive from overseas, workers inspect them before they go to the store. the company did move some manufacturing to vietnam and myanmar during the last round of tariffs. it wasn't enough to blunt their impact. >> a dress like this takes hundreds of hours to hand bead this. >> reporter: the average dress, warshaw told us, has increased in price from $1300 to $1800 over the last five years. >> i love the stretch lace. >> reporter: that could trickle down to retailers such as danny reynolds. >> i love it. >> reporter: and for better or worse, to the nations brides. an extra 10%, 12%, what would that do to your budget? >> it would definitely change the dress that i would pick. >> reporter: in the bridal boutique, love, lace, and potentially levees. >> are you saying yes to the dress? >> yeah, this is it.

>> aw! >> reporter: the dressmaker told us this flip-flopping on tariff policies is making it very difficult for him to run his business. and that clothing store owner in elkhart, indiana, says concerns over the economy has many of his brides running right to the sales rack. >> john: janet shamlian, thank you. >> maurice: now some of the top stories from around the world in tonight's "evening news" roundup, beginning with protests in new york and los angeles today over the arrest of mahmoud khalil, the former columbia university student is facing deportation for leading last year's campus protests against israel's war with hamas. as a green card holder, khalil is a legal permanent resident. the trump administration says he can be deported for allegedly supporting hamas. >> john: the u.s. education department is laying off more than 1,000 workers, or roughly half of its workforce. it's part of the trump administration's plans to cut the size of the federal government. >> maurice: british authorities arrested an officer who was aboard the portuguese

cargo ship that crashed into a u.s. tanker ship yesterday off the coast of england. he is facing the charge of gross negligent manslaughter. one member of his crew is missing and presumed dead. >> john: and federal regulators say there is a serious safety issue in the airspace around washington's reagan national airport. an investigation into the midair collision of a military helicopter and a regional jet in january found there have been many close calls involving planes and helicopters near the airport. at least one a month going back 13 years. senior transportation correspondent kris van cleave joins us. and, kris, what is being done to fix this? >> reporter: secretary of transportation sean duffy used some colorful language to express his anger that information like that wasn't acted on. now the ntsb has found routinely planes and helicopters coming into washington reagan were coming within 75 feet of each

other. the ntsb chair called that intolerable and issue two urgent safety recommendations, essentially saying the faa needs to keep planes and helicopters apart. less than 90 minutes later, d.o.t. did just that, extending their temporary restrictions against helicopters around washington reagan, for the foreseeable future, and now the ntsb says they may need to look at other airports to determine if similar dangers are happening there, too. >> maurice: okay, kris van cleave, thank you. >> john: still ahead on the "cbs evening news," lonnie quinn on heavy rain in the west. >> maurice: and we will have these stories. ♪ ♪ >> i'm carter evans in missoula, montana, at a one-of-a-kind laboratory where the u.s. forest service is learning how wildfires spread and how to manage them. that's tonight's "eye on america." ♪ ♪ >> i'm holly williams in kyiv. the trump administration has upended u.s. policy on ukraine. that's angered some americans who are here fighting for ukraine's survival.ns who "cbs evening news." ♪ ♪ now...

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secretary of state marco rubio, who led the u.s. delegation, said the u.s. will present the truce offer to moscow. >> maurice: after the talks, president trump lifted the suspension of u.s. military aid to ukraine and will resume sharing intelligence, as well. among the casualties of the 3-year-old war are americans fighting alongside ukrainians. holly williams is in kyiv tonight. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: this was a funeral for a young american in kyiv two weeks ago. ethan hertweck from missouri was killed while fighting ukraine. his parents waited over a year for russia to return his remains. >> he loved ukraine. he came here to fight for freedom, for their people. >> reporter: through three years of war, the u.s. has supported this young democracy against russia's onslaught with a steady flow of weapons and aid. but the american government has been consistent in saying it won't send u.s. troops.

that hasn't stopped americans coming here to support the cause. we saw these u.s. volunteers training ukrainian soldiers. >> keep your fingers straight, outside the trigger. >> reporter: and it's thought hundreds of americans have signed up to serve in ukraine's army. like this u.s. military veteran from new york city who uses "the crow" as his callsign. some people would say this is not your fight. >> some people already have. [laughs] >> reporter: why do you think that it is your fight? >> well, it's about humanity. >> reporter: in recent weeks, the trump administration has turned america's ukraine policy on its head, suspending the delivery of military aid, calling the country's elected president a dictator. >> you don't have the cards right now. >> reporter: and publicly berating him at the white house. one american fighting for ukraine's survival posted this video about his embarrassment.

>> it's basically russian propaganda out of the mouth of an american president. it's shameful. i voted for that man two times. >> reporter: and while ukraine's leader was accused of ingratitude in washington, the crow told us ukrainians are thankful to americans. >> even if my country's government gives up on them, they will always be grateful to american volunteers and american soldiers who keep coming here. >> john: and holly williams joins us from kyiv, ukraine. holly, marco rubio says now this peace plan will be offered to moscow. what is the expectation of the response they'll get? >> reporter: well, we may know more later on this week because special envoy steve witkoff is expected to go to russia for talks, but secretary of state marco rubio made it clear today that the ball is now in russia's court. he said that if russia doesn't agree, then "we'll unfortunately know what the impediment to peace is here." now, on the one hand, russia has the momentum on the battlefield right now, so it's unlikely to want a cease-fire. on the other hand,

vladimir putin may not want to anger president trump. >> maurice: holly, how big a deal is this for the ukrainians? >> reporter: well, the lifting by the u.s. of that suspension on military aid and intelligence sharing is a very big deal for ukraine. on the other hand, though, ukraine still wants long-term security guarantees. ukraine is still worried that the trump administration has ruled out nato membership and u.s. peacekeepers, and above all, the war is still raging here, and today's talks don't change any of that. >> john: holly williams reporting from kyiv. thank you very much, holly. >> maurice: in this country, the west is in for some heavy rain. >> john: and lonnie quinn tells us that could bring flooding, even mudslides. lonnie? >> okay, guys, as of right now >> okay, guys come as a this is la jolla beach and that channel that you see right there is caused by runoff. the rain flowing down the hills and eventually out to the ocean. it's not even the heavy rain. l.a. will pick up half an inch of rain and they are done in the

next 2-3 hours, then a break, then tomorrow. tomorrow into thursday will be the bigger activity. altadena, santa barbara, those areas shaded in yellow, even around the palisades could see 2-3 inches of rain, right near the burn-scarred areas. if that happens, mudslides are a big risk. and look at the timing. as of right now, you see bout number one is making its way in. l.a. is done in about two or three hours, then a break than tomorrow. the show begins with a big rain atmospheric river taking place. why do they call it the atmospheric river? that tail extends all the way out to hawaii, which has bouts and bouts of rain coming to the california coastline. and if that happens, mudslides are a big concern there, and authorities are asking people to leave their homes now. it is a warning, not a mandatory one. they are saying you do not want to be caught in this when they happen at 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning on thursday morning. they happen very quickly. mudslides just like that, a snap of the fingers. gentlemen, it is all yours. >> maurice: okay,

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>> maurice: a weekend wildfire on long island, new york, burned hundreds of acres in the pine barons. the police now say it was likely started accidentally by someone making s'mores in the backyard. wildfires in this country are expected to grow in number and intensity because of climate change. for tonight's "eye on america," carter evans visited a special fire lab doing cutting-edge research into so-called mega fires. >> reporter: tucked beneath missoula, montana's snowcapped mountains, there is a laboratory unlike any other in the country, where scientists are starting fires to better understand how they burn and how to manage them. >> look at this fire tornado phenomenon. >> reporter: we watched mechanical engineer jason forthofer replicate a firenado.

>> now you get these super strong winds in there, just all naturally driven by the fire. >> reporter: are these indicative of more extreme fire behavior? >> absolutely. as that increases, i think we should expect to see more of these fire tornadoes. >> reporter: it's like the flaming front of the fire coming through it. >> absolutely, that's the intent. >> reporter: fire scientist and lab leader mark finney showed us burn table to show how circulating air can impact a hillside fire. >> reporter: it's drawing it up the slope. >> it's drawing it up the slope. this is why one of the reasons it is so dangerous to be upslope in a spreading fire. >> reporter: the u.s. forest service built the lab in 1960, inspired by forest fire that killed 13 firefighters. today, about 80 employees are carrying on that mission of wildfire research, and they keep coming back to one controlling principle. we are part of the problem. >> we are definitely part of the problem. >> reporter: finney believes we still don't implement some of the basics, like clearing dry vegetation with more prescribed

burns, including near urban areas, and letting some smaller wildland fires burn to eliminate fuels that could feed larger fires. >> the harder we fight fire, the harder we try to remove fire, the more the fuel builds up in a given location, and we have actually created conditions that may cause fires worse. >> reporter: this lab allows the uncontrollable to be controlled and studied. finney took us to a silo where his team assembled dry logs and lit them on fire to simulate wind-fueled flames on the forest floor. it's creating its own weather in that it is sucking air in. >> it is sucking air in. >> reporter: and what they are learning here has never been more important, following a slew of massive wildfires, including ones that recently destroyed thousands of homes in los angeles. california's governor's office called the fires unprecedented. is it really that unprecedented? >> i don't think so. it is the same fire event over and over and over again. and yet decades go by and those lessons and those impacts are

often forgotten. >> reporter: he hopes what they learn from studying the flames can change the way we approach wildfires. how do you convince a community that lighting a fire near their homes is a good idea? >> the question is, what risks do you want? to experience the very low risk of having problems with prescribed burning, or do you want to basically roll the dice and just wait until circumstances overwhelm emergency response? >> let's get out. let's go. >> we have proven we can't eliminate fire. the only choices we really have our when to have it and what kind to have. >> reporter: and that will require a change in perspective, looking at fire as an ally, not an enemy. for "eye on america," on carter evans in missoula, montana. >> maurice: in tomorrow's "eye on america," back to fort bragg. the army installation has its old name back, but this time the name belongs not to a confederate general, but to a u.s. army soldier. and we will have his story. and john and i will be right back. and john and i will be right back.

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