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Sunny and thirty four degrees in Boston at eleven o'clock on this Wednesday morning. Hello, and thanks for being with us. I'm Sherry Small, and here's what's happening. Two of the United States largest trading partners strike back against President Trump's latest salvo of terriffs. China has high tariffs on US goods eighty four percent of the European Union just in post twenty five percent duties of his own. President Trump, though, is still defending his tactics despite the turmoil.
Trump last night downplaying the concerns on Wall Street. I know what the hell I'm doing, the President's saying, negotiations are underway with some countries.
These countries are calling us up, kissing my they are.
They are dying to make it your, please, please make it your I'll do anything.
But China has refused to give in to what it calls blackmail.
And that's ABC's Lionel Moyes reporting. Consumers in Europe meanwhile, respond to President Trump's terraces by boycotting US goods. Your CBS is Vickie Barker.
Consumer sentiment against the US is particularly strong in Denmark, whose territory Greenland. President Trump has said he wants to acquire. Many Danes are canceling their Netflix, Disney Plus, and Apple TV subscriptions, and the Danish Facebook group, with ninety thousand members, helps Danes find non US made alternatives to everything from shoes to lawnmowers. Vicky Barker, CBS News London.
And it has been an up and down day on Wall Street. We will bring you the very latest in Bloomberg business that's coming up in just a few minutes. Today is day seven in the Karen Reid retrial. Three more jurors seated yesterday. One juror from last week was dismissed for personal reasons, so that leaves the current jury makeup of six men and six women. Four more needed to reach the sixteen that Judge Beverly Cononi requires before move forward with the trial. So far, more than three
hundred and eighty jurors have been screened. Neared told reporters yesterday that she expects opening statements could begin next Tuesday. She also says that she's anxious and that it is in God's hands this time. The defense is the defenses. Opening statement will be given by Attorney Alan Jackson. Reed's illegal team is still waiting to hear if the US Supreme Court will hear their appeal, trying to get two
of the charges tossed out, citing double jeopardy. They've also asked the trial be delayed while waiting on the Supreme Court. More than one hundred people are dead many more injured after yesterday's roof collapse at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic.
Among the dozens killed a saxophonist on stage, Local politicians and two former Major League Baseball players, including Octavio Dotel. Official say the former pitcher died on his way to the hospital. On social media, Dotel's former teams, including the Yankees and Astros, paying tribute to the former World Series champion, and the Mets holding moment of silence. Another player, forty four year old Tony Blanco, was also killed in the roof collapse.
It's ABC's Andrew Dimper reporting there coming up. A Boston City councilor pleads guilty and steps dead. Now let's check the ACU weather forecast. It's going to be a sunny but breezy day today. High not getting out of the forties once again, high forty seven, mainly clear. Tonight, we'll drop to thirty two in the city, mid twenties for these coldest inland suburbs, and then Thursday sun giving way
to clouds. Highs near fifty inland in the forties near the coast, and then Jus Thursday night is when we're going to see a little bit of that rain return. Also, we'll see possibly some of that rain mixing with some wet snow north and west of the city. Thursday nights low thirty five to thirty nine. Friday, we're going to see some rain near and west of four ninety five.
Hi's forty six to about fifty Saturday. Unfortunately, we're seeing some rain and drizzle at times to start off the weekend, and high's only reaching about the mid forties again, mid forties. It's looking like on Sunday as well. In Boston we are seeing plenty of sunshine and we've warmed up to thirty four degrees, but again because of that wind, it feels ten degrees cooler. Back to news now at eleven oh five. Opinions are mixed here in the base date
over President Trump's trade war. WBC's James Rojas is at Logan Airport.
Folks in Massachusetts are looking at this escalating situation from different angles.
A lot of like the current administration is saying like it's a short term.
Hurting, now for a long term gain. Well, billionaires can last.
Through a recession.
The regular man, really, Canton.
I don't know if it's blubber. Maybe they're just talking big because they like to talk big, and maybe it's real. I don't know, but it's unsettling for everybody. I don't think it's unfair. We're not doing it to people that aren't doing it to us.
Basically, Yeah, I think really I agree with some form of tariff, but obviously have concerns about the execution how this particular shot, who's being implemented? Hello Logan, James Rojas w b Z, Boston's News Radio.
Boston City Councilor Tanya Fernandez Anderson resigns after pleading guilty to wire fraud and stealing from a federally funded program. For other charges will be dropped. Fernandez Anderson was arrested last year, accused of stealing thousands in a kickback scheme. May Boston Mayor Michelle, who urged her to resign.
Officials brightly should be held to a high standard, so I called initially for resignation months ago.
And Fernandez Anderson represents Dorchester, Roxbury, Fenway and parts of the South End prosecutors recommending that she serve a year and a day in prison, spend three years on probation, and pay thousands of dollars in restitution. Scientists a not so fast after a company claimed to bring the dire wolf back from extinction. Scientists say three pops created from a combination of gene editing techniques and DNA from ancient fossils are impressive, but you can't actually call them dire
wolves because they can't be cloned. Heleontologists point out the DNA wasn't well enough preserved, so they're referring to babies Romulus Remus and Callisi, named after the fierce creatures on Game of Thrones, as gray wolves that have had part of their genome changed to look like dyers. The Dallas based bioscience firm that created them has also set insights on bringing back wooly mammoths and Dodo birds. Deborah Rodriguez CBS News. You are now in the loop for news
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