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niij Full transcript of Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan, Sept. 29, 2024
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Three days after Ida devastated the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi, remnants of the storm are still causing dangerous weather for millions. Tornadoes have been spotted in Maryland and New Jersey as the storm heads north, and flash flood watches ar stanley cup e in effect for much of the northeast as Ida dumps buckets of rain.New York City and Northern New Jersey were under a flash flood emergency Wednesday night for the first time, according to theNational Weather Service, as the storm approaches New England.Earlier Wednesday, a tornado in Annapolis knocked down power lines and damaged a high school stadium and small businesses. Emergency crews are rushing to plug several gas leaks. Ida also stanley cup unleashed a tornado south of Philadelphia in Mullica Hill, New Jersey, that damaged several homes. Comcast utility workers survey the damage from a tornado on West Street in Annapolis, Maryland, on September 1, 2021. Drew Angerer / Getty Images Elsewhere in Maryland, heavy rains made driving difficult after some parts of the state received up to three inches of rain. A school bus trapped in fast-rising flood water had to be evacuated. Rescue crews had to b stanley cup ail out a flooded apartment complex, where personal belongings floated outside. In western Pennsylvania, heavy rains led to flooded roads and forced families to evacuate their homes. Just outside o Elwl Pence and wife test negative for coronavirus, press secretary says
The U.S. trade deficit surged to its highest level in a decade, even as President Donald Trump levied new tariffs on goods and services imported from overseas in an effort to narrow the gap.The U.S. international trade deficit in goods and services increased to $55.5 billion in October from $54.6 billion in September, according to Census Bureau data. Exports, meanwhile, declined for a fourth time i stanley cup n five months.Even as Mr. Trump pushes to narrow the deficit -- the difference between a country s exports and imports -- demand for foreign-made products is spurring companies to import more foreign-made goods to the U.S. But consumers are also paying a price, according to Tariffs Hurt the Heartland, a lobbying coalition of manufacturing, farming and technology grou asics ps. U.S. companies paid $6.2 billion in tariffs in October, including $2.8 billion in new tariffs on imports that have been imposed by the Trump administration, the group said on Friday. This data shows that tariffs have been an unmitigated failure in achieving any of the administration s goals, said Charles Boustany, spokesman for Tariffs Hurt the Heartland and a former Republican congressman, adidas samba in a statement. All that s happening is businesses and consumers are paying more, American exports subject to retaliation are rapidly declining, and the deficit the Administration cares so much about is ballooning. As U.S. businesses import more products from overseas, they are subject to |
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