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Carney Says, Canada Will Never Yield, Trump Will Never Break Us; Trade War, Market Chaos, Government Reshape Define Trump's First 100 Days; Four Killed When Car Crashes into Afterschool Camp. Aired 7- 7:30a ET

Aired April 29, 2025 - 07:00   ET

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KATE BOLDUAN, CNN ANCHOR: Key milestone for President Trump, the 100- day mark and new CNN polling paints a clear picture of how Americans feel. Way down on his handling of the economy, very little appetite for his tariffs, and now Americans are more afraid of what the future has in store.

JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: All right. Breaking overnight, a stunning comeback and Donald Trump, in a way, made it happen. After a late night tally of votes in Canada, the Liberal Party declares victory, vowing Trump will never break us.

SARA SIDNER, CNN ANCHOR: And how do you lose a $60 million jet? The Navy investigating what happened.

I'm Sara Sidner with John Berman and Kate Bolduan. This is CNN News Central.

BERMAN: All right. Breaking overnight, this stunning political comeback thanks to and at the expense of President Trump. Canada's Liberal Party led by Prime Minister Mark Carney declared victory overnight despite being really left for dead several months ago. But then Donald Trump took office, targeted Canada with tariffs and threatened to annex it as the 51st state.

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MARK CARNEY, CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER: America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country never, never. But these are not idle threats. President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us. That will never ever happen.

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BERMAN: That was the main campaign issue, and this is what Donald Trump has said about Canada over the last several months.

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DONALD TRUMP, U.S. PRESIDENT: And we can't let them take advantage of the U.S. What I'd like to see Canada become our 51st state.

Canada only works as a state. It doesn't -- we don't need anything they have.

If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it between Canada and the U.S.

If we make it in the United States, we don't need it to be made in Canada. We'll have the jobs. That's why Canada should be our 51st state.

So, when I say they should be a state, I mean that, I really mean that, because we can't be expected to carry a country.

I do like the old Canada, right? It's a beautiful thing. I think we're going to have to keep it for the 51st state. I call him Governor Trudeau.

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BERMAN: Right. How decisive was President Trump in the Canadian election? Our friend, Jonathan Martin, of Politico heard from Republican Congressman Don Bacon overnight. Yes, Republican Congressman Bacon told him, quote, the liberals in Canada were losing big until our president kept mocking Canadians, our neighbors and close friends. He made Canadian liberals great again.

Let's get right to CNN's Paula Newton in Ottawa for this really election stunner. You know, four months ago, no one would've predicted this.

PAULA NEWTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: And good morning John. In fact, Donald Trump's first 100 days consequential here in Canada. John, this was so history making that when you speak to pollsters, they talk about not having seen this kind of party resurrection in modern political history in almost any democracy around the world. Think about that. And not was because the man. Prime Minister Mark Carney met the moment with, what, his resume, he is not exactly the most charismatic campaigner, but Canadians put their faith in him in order to bargain, to negotiate with Donald Trump.

And I want to talk about something else as well, something that will reverberate in many different countries right now going forward, as they all face the Trump administration. Mark Carney harnessed that anger, that betrayal that Canadians felt every time the president spoke about a 51st state or Governor Trudeau, which, of course, was the man that Mark Carney took over from, he harnessed that. He stiffens spines. He talks about sacrifice, and he's getting Canadians ready for what will be a tough negotiation with the president. Listen.

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CARNEY: When I sit down with President Trump, it will be to discuss the future economic and security relationship between two sovereign nations. [07:05:00]

And it will be with our full knowledge that we have many, many other options than the United States to build prosperity for all Canadians.

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NEWTON: Mark Carney calling this a hinge moment, right, that pivot, which he intends to execute now that he is prime minister. John, I want to make clear this was a close election in terms of the popular vote, Canada really splitting between the liberals of Mark Carney and the conservatives of Pierre Pollievre. That man did not manage to even win his seat just outside here in Ottawa. Some people called him too Trumpian, but he too is at historic highs in the popular vote. What does all that mean? It means Canada itself, stop me when this sounds familiar, is really leaning on two party politics. They want strong leaders to face the kind of threat that is coming from the White House. And right now, Mark Carney says he's getting ready for negotiations, using the word, again, John, of sacrifice, preparing Canadians for what's to come. John?

BERMAN: Really could have ripple effects all around the world in terms of what Donald Trump is trying to do.

Paula, great to see you this morning, thank you very much. Kate?

BOLDUAN: Happening this morning as we're talking about President Trump and 100 days, and on this milestone day, new CNN poll, numbers reveal how Americans are feeling at the moment. And then the last 100 days, just to recap on what's all happened, when you blink, you miss it. A global trade war erupted. Wild swings in the market occurred. Thousands of federal workers were fired. Massive immigration crackdown was set into motion, all as the president made major moves to reshape and shrink the federal government.

And with that, today, the president will celebrate his 100-day benchmark with the first rally of his second term in Michigan. His appearance in the heart of America's car industry, auto industry, comes as his administration is signaling it's about to soften its stance on the tariffs that are getting -- that are hitting automakers and set to hit automakers so hard.

Trump has imposed a 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminum imports, we know that impacts automakers, as well as a 25 percent tariff on all cars coming into the United States. We're expecting to hear more next hour about all of this when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at the White House.

So, let's get over to CNN's Alayna Treene now at the White House with much more on the feeling on this 100 days. Alayna, what are you hearing?

ALAYNA TREENE, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Well, look, I mean, it's clear that this administration and this White House is really trying to lean heavily into the messaging around him marking his first 100 days and trying to take a victory lap. We saw that yesterday, of course, with them really choosing the issue that I'm hearing, you know, repeatedly behind closed doors from his top advisors that they believe is a bright spot for this White House, which is in immigration, but the economy, not so much. We saw that with the CNN poll numbers.

And, look, the president made clear that he wanted to really shake the global economic order with that, those tariff policies. And he's moved very swiftly to accomplish that. But Americans are not really responding to those tariffs in the way that I think this administration wants them to do.

Now, we are going to hear, as you mentioned, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in the next hour speaking to reporters at a press briefing. Of course, he's going to be pressed by many of them on what is the status of these trade deals. He said yesterday that he expects India to be one of the first deals that they will strike as soon as this week, he said. Maybe next week, I was told from my conversations with top White House officials. We shouldn't anticipate a statement on that today.

But, look, he's under pressure to really share some good economic news. And when I talked to White House officials behind the scenes about it, they said they're going to try to go on offense on the economy. We're going to hear them do that later today as well when he is in Michigan.

Notable, he's going to Michigan, of course, because it is a state that is very close to the president's heart. I mean, it's one he won in a huge upset in 2016. He lost it in 2020 just to come back and win it again in 2024. But all to say there's still some anxiety going on in Michigan because, of course, Detroit and where Donald Trump has spent a lot of time is in the heart of the automaker industry.

And there's one other thing on this entire 100 days, Kate, that I think is so important to note, is that part of the reason the president has moved at such a breakneck speed to do a lot of this, you know, as you mentioned, reshape the federal workforce, really reshape foreign policy in many areas, and, of course, what we're seeing him do with the economy. I mean, all of that is because, one, I'm told the president wasn't happy with the pace that he moved in his first term. He thought things were left too long to linger. They didn't get enough done quickly enough.

And then the other thing I'm hearing as well in my conversations is that they recognize, one, the first 100 days is when the president often gets the most leeway to affect real change. But they also know that soon the midterms are on the horizon.

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And they really believe that these first two years are when they're going to be able to push through these big policy changes.

And so we're also seeing them move at a really quick pace to try and keep up with that schedule.

BOLDUAN: Exactly right. It's good to see you, Alayna. Thank you so much for starting us off. Sara?

SIDNER: All right. Ahead this morning, an Illinois town grieving after a car crashes through an afterschool camp leaving four people dead, including children.

Fear, frustration and anger all growing among Americans, according to a brand new CNN poll. We will have the details of that poll coming up.

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SIDNER: Trump's second term in office. We have new CNN polling on how Americans are feeling about President Trump and politics at large. It can be summed up in three words, frustrated, disappointed, and increasingly angry.

CNN Senior Political Analyst Mark Preston joining us now. Of course, top of mind is the economy. It's what directly affects all Americans. What are the numbers telling you?

MARK PRESTON, SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Well, the numbers are very disturbing for President Trump as he heads up to Michigan today. Only one third of Americans right now have a positive view of the economy, as we see it right now. Two thirds of Americans, however, have a negative view. Look at this right here, and what is really interesting is that more than a third of Americans right there, 37 percent, have a pessimistic view of it.

So, when you just go into the subset of it, Sara, you see that people not only have a pessimistic view, excuse me, but they're also afraid of it as well. But how afraid are they? Well, more than seven in ten Americans right here think that we are headed for a recession.

Now, this is concerning because we may will ourselves into a recession, Sara. So, these are concerning numbers right now as Donald Trump is marking his 100 days.

SIDNER: I hear from a little birdie because you know, people talk about you all the time behind your back.

PRESTON: They do.

SIDNER: But there is another number in the poll that, that really caught your attention.

PRESTON: All right. Can we just show this on the screen and you tell me how upset you would be as well and frustrated? Look at this number right here. Your personal financial situation, 52 percent say they're dissatisfied. Well, of course, they are. What's amazing is 47 percent say they're satisfied. Who do you know who is satisfied with their financial situation?

You know, I looked into this. We are $1.21 trillion in credit card debt right now, and we've seen delinquencies go up not only on credit card debt but on home equity lines of credit loans, and as well as auto loans as well.

Now, I will say this, I did find out who these people are though when we looked into the poll. They tend to be white. They tend to be Republican. They tend to be over the age of 65 and they tend to make more than $50,000. And if I look at all of those, I think Berman checks two boxes, over 65 and he's white. Sara?

SIDNER: Wow. I think that John Berman has knives out and I might come for you as well, Mark Preston. Do not mess with my teammate. Thank you so much for that. It is really interesting because I don't know anyone who says they're satisfied with where they are financially right now. I appreciate it. You're in trouble. Kate?

BOLDUAN: Yes. I mean, this is not NATO. An attack on one is not an attack on all because we love to attack each other. So, I mean, good luck, Berman. You're on your own.

Coming up for us, after widespread blackouts across Spain and Portugal, now a huge investigation into what exactly caused these massive power outages. We've got more on that.

And cell phone data, internet searches, some of the central focus right now in the murder retrial of Karen Read. What's expected in court then today.

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BOLDUAN: This morning, a small town in Illinois is in mourning. Four people, including young children, were killed yesterday when a car crashed through the building where they were attending an afterschool program. Police have not yet said whether the driver will face any charges, but there are a whole lot of questions about what happened here and why.

CNN's Whitney Wild is tracking this one for us, and she joins us now. Whitney, what are you learning?

WHITNEY WILD, CNN LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRESPONDENT: Well, Kate, what we know from the Illinois State Police is that this vehicle was leaving the road around 3:20 P.M. when it left the road again and drove through the YNOT afterschool care building. And what police say is that that car came in from the east side, it drove through the building and exited on the west side and hit several people in the process, Kate, as you had mentioned, killing four people. The ages of those tragically killed, two seven-year-olds, one eight-year-old and an 18-year-old.

In addition to those tragic lives lost, six more children were taken to the hospital. One of those children is in critical condition. It is just such a horrific crash on what was otherwise a beautiful Monday afternoon. Here's what people in that community are saying.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) CAROL LINDER, CHATHAM RESIDENT: Chatham Strong means that everybody cooperates with everybody else, and we all work together, and they'll all pray together for the children.

LEON LINDER, CHATHAM RESIDENT: And it is a small com community. But a lot of people know a lot of people.

CINDY SEDAM, CHATHAM RESIDENT: Who would've ever dreamed something like this would happen, and it's just very sad. It's a new experience for them to understand that death can come at their age.

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WILD: It's just so awful, Kate. And I know you have little kids and so do I. And so for parents, it's just so hard to digest that something like this can happen. And the question right now is why.

Police are saying that the toxicology test is pending. As you said, they have not said whether or not that driver is going to face charges. At this point, the cause of that crash is still under investigation. But this morning, a lot of families really hurting as they try to work through this awful, awful tragedy, Kate.

BOLDUAN: Yes, and I mean not even close to being able to understand it. It's just so horrible. Whitney, thank you very much for bringing us the latest. We'll stay on top of this. John?

BERMAN: All right, quote, he is like crazed right now and I am angry. This morning, voters who help President Trump get elected are reevaluating their choice as today marks the 100-day of his presidency.

And then no one wants a pelvic contusion, especially an NBA star, but Jimmy Butler said, forget my, you know, and climb on my back. I will carry you to the brink of advancing in the NBA playoffs. High drama ahead.

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BERMAN: All right. New this morning, our new CNN poll finds that two thirds of Americans are pessimistic or afraid about the economy under President.