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
Got failed is coming up into minutes, first this update residents of the big bend gulf coast of florida who have not already evacuated are weathering the worst of hurricane helene tonight the major category 4 storm now expected to make landfall in about 1 hour in a region that has been battered by big storms the last couple of years the senior correspondent steve harrigan is live on the ground in crystal river, florida, up here it how are the conditions where you are right now? the wind has definitely picked up in the last hour appeared we ve seen gusts knock down some street signs up your kiss is going to come to show sure as a category 4 storm. It s good to be a huge storm also. The effects will be felt not just in florida but in georgia and the carolinas as well there are also concerned about a storm surge that could reach 20 feet in some places. That s being called on survivable. Evacuations have been in effect of the past 2 days here. Cruise are set to go out as is the national gu
Cnn breaking news good evening. I m abby phillip in new york. Our special coverage continues tonight of hurricane helene, a monster category four storm that is now moments away from making landfall in florida. At this moment, it was too late now for folks along the coast too evacuate. Officials warned that the winds and the storm surge will be be catastrophic in some areas, the word that they are using is unsurvivable helene could be the strongest storm on record for the big bend region. And we are already starting to see a major surge in these cities. So we have our anchors and our correspondents. They re fanned out as the storm is now hitting and we have chad myers as well with the latest forecast in the cnn weather center. Let s go first to john berman. He s out in tallahassee in the socalled dead on a hit zone, john, what s happening where you are right now? yeah the winds have really started to pick up abby over the last half an hour. The rain really coming down here, you can see
[cheering and applause] [ whistling ] greg: you filthy people. I know what you are thinking. Happy wednesday everyone. Joe biden appeared on the view today where cohost sarah hans said it s like having one of the beatles at the table. True if you re talking about george or john. Thought more like yoko. Kamala harris will visit the southern border friday and says she s looking forward to meeting justin trudeau. At the last debate she said she was a middleclass kid. It appears harris enjoyed things most middleclass kids didn t like living abroad, private school, growing up at some of the wealthiest places on earth. The only thing she didn t enjoy was anani. I like her husband. [cheering and applause] that was a long way for a cheap joke. You re welcome america. New cdc data shows u. S. Obesity rates have fallen for the first time ever. Just like the crime statistics the they left at the cities of new orleans, los angeles and the view. Reports claim i u. S. Woman died inside switzerland s
Isnt the departures or the indictment that makes you think those the City Couldnt Function with him in the lead its the departures. I have a string of people who are leaving his administration. We do not have just kind of people entering and who wanting to work on a sinking ship. And it remains to cnn, Breaking News we begin be seen how we can continue with Breaking News this evening like this Senator Jabbari and the political earthquake that is rocking new York City. Bridgeport. Thank you so much for joining us this evening. Sources telling cnn that mayor Eric Adams has been indicted thank you so much we have a and at least one federal lot more on this Breaking News in just a moment, including federal Criminal Charge in the reaction from someone who says indictment is now under seal, saw this all coming the former so the nature of the charges is new York City mayoral candidate, Andrew Yang joins me unclear as we are sitting here tonight, but we do know that next mayor adams has been t