Reporter that reassured wall street, but just hours later, President Trump turned up the heat yet again, announcing 100 billion in additional tariffs against china. Enter today, the Treasury Secretary there is the potential of a trade war. And let me just be clear, it is not a trade war. The president wants reciprocal trade. Reporter so, what now . Well, just last month, the president himself said the United States had been treated so badly for so long on trade that, quote, trade wars are good and easy to win. Does the president think that trade wars are easy to win . Is that still his view . I think the president feels like if he is in charge of those negotiations, absolutely. And jon karl joins us from the white house tonight, and jon, the president s top economic adviser calls the tariffs just a proposed idea, but youre not hearing that kind of language from the president himself. Reporter well, tom, it is true that tariffs have not gone into effect yet. The process could take a cou
abc s senior meteorologist rob marciano is in washington, d.c. where the cherry blossoms are under threat of snow. rob, good evening. reporter: hey, good evening, tom. the same system that could bring a little bit of snow here in d.c. tomorrow is bringing severe weather across the south, from dallas across northern louisiana. we have a tornado and severe thunderstorm watches that are posted and they are up until midnight tonight. watch as this thing makes its way across the cold front, and it will mix for colder air. another one to three inches of spring snow across the tennessee valley, and across parts of virginia and more storms across the south. behind this record-breaking cold, windchills will be below zero in parts of the country on saturday, and much of the east, including the deep south below the freezing mark, and the deep south being slammed with wind and rain, tom. rob marciano for us. rob, thank you. next, professional fighter conor mcgregor now has a court battle on