Will more than triple to 25%. Tariff hikes on other products, including semiconductor chips, are set to take into effect over the next two years. The increases, which impact a relatively small amount of us imports, come as vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump have clashed over tariffs on the campaign trail. Mr trump is calling for sweeping new duties on all imports, while ms harris has said his proposal would raise prices for the american people. Meanwhile, the european union is also considering tariffs on china made electric vehicles and negotiations are ongoing. The bloc was meant to vote on the taxes earlier this week, but that has since been delayed. Us stock markets rose on thursday, with the s&p 500 closing at a record high for the third time this week. Shares of micron jumped by almost 15%. This comes after the chip company posted strong earnings and said it expected growth in the months ahead, led by the artificial intelligence boom. We are keeping an
Week. Lets get to some of the conversations you might have missed. Lets talk about the debate. In your latest piece you write quote, the most important thing i saw Kamala Harris who was pre blocking, not debunking, was waiting for someone to lie, and hit back with the truth. It is not working politics as much as you would hope it would in saturated lies, but free bunking is explain to people how they are being, or better yet will be related, what the motive is, how the con works, how the lie will be crafted and will function, and for extra credit, who benefits from it and how. In the age of trump, too any of his appointments have been debunked and no prebunked. And she said it at the outset, she said, let me say, you will hear a whole bunch of lies. And as he rolled them out, she explained why they were lies. We have talked about one of the most interesting stories about the ascension of Kamala Harris at the top of this ticket is that she has brought with her a lot of new thinking that
And fleeing. That will do it on this edition of Alex Witt reports. See again tomorrow. Up next, The Beat weekend. Welcome to the b weekend. Let us get right into the headline. Campaign boiled down to two big factors. The message, which takes endless repetition from the candidate, the surrogates, the ads. All the millions of dollars spent repeating the message. That is one part of the campaign but you might have heard some of the lines are variations on them from harris and her allies before. The other part is momentum. What we are seeing this week, they might have been seemingly logical Tuesday Night and even Wednesday Morning as it sunk in that room had a terrible Debate And Harris had a good one. It was only built in the last few days and harris doing, as i mentioned, a new television interview. She is ditching the Debate Performance and the perception of that performance, not really close, not one of our pole arise contested things where republicans and democrats see the economy dif
Rhetoric despite the realworld consequences, bomb threat to school vacua, the real threat is what s happening. Now. And defense the far right conspiracy theorist inside his entourage, we have very spirited people plus trump harris, and the holy roast. The pope criticizing both candidates. And advises americans on the quote lesser of two evils also, public confidence is all we have. My revealing interview with the newest supreme court justice what ketanji brown jackson says about the election. The court s credibility crisis, and why she almost gave up her entire career live at the table coleman hughes natasha alford, trisha mcloughlin, jay michaelson and joining the conversation, the cast of the new cnn original series, have i got news for you? welcome to a special edition of newsnight state of the race happy friday. I m abby phillip in new york. Let s get right to what america is talking about. Pet peeves and politics. Donald trump tripling down on the rants, the tangents and the consp
That i see. We had a 92 rating in one poll. 80 to 20. I told that to bret baier. We sent him a lot of polls and sent you polls this morning. We had an 86 rating in one, another 77 . One poll is 92 to 6 . 92 to 7. Speak louder, mr. President. 88 to 11. All the polls are 60, 70, and 80. 83 to 3. Wow. I mean, but every single poll had me winning, like 90 to 10. It was 24 to 25. Do a Shoutout Poll, who they thought won the debate Last Night. Itll be great. You know we always do the poll at The End, mr. President. Why dont you do it while but im on the phone there. The polls are indicating that we got 90 , 60 , 72 , 71 , and 89 . Where are you getting these numbers from . And there you have it, willie. The race is over. 86 to 3, he tells one person. Who responds with, wow. You won 86 to 3. Did you, Comrade Stalin . All the soviet people must really love you. No, but, i mean, Thats Part of the well, its not part of the problem. I mean, its a huge problem. He lives in an alternate reality. Hi