1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now, I'm 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: Charlie Pellett. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the active 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: duty military to shed twenty percent of its four star 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: general officers as the Trump administration moves forward with deep 5 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: cuts that it says will promote efficiency, but the critics 6 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 1: worry could result in a more politicized force. 7 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 2: More generals and admirals does not equal more success. Now, 8 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 2: this is not a slash and burn exercise meant to 9 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 2: punish high ranking officers. Nothing could be further from the truth. 10 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 2: This has been a deliberated process, working with the Joint 11 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 2: Chiefs of Staff with one goal maximizing strategic readiness and 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 2: operational effectiveness by making prudent reductions in the general and 13 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 2: flag officer ranks. 14 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 1: Heg Seth also told the National Guard to shed twenty 15 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: percent of its top positions. The Trump administration is declaring 16 00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: Harvard University ineligible for new research grants from the federal 17 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: government in the latest escalation between the White House and 18 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: the Ivy League. School. Sources tell Bloomberg air traffic controllers 19 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: at Newark Liberty International Airport lost radar and radio communication 20 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: for over a minute early last week, causing flight delays 21 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 1: and cancelations. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wants the federal 22 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 1: government to look into what happened. 23 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 3: Look, the Inspector General is supposed to be an independent agency. 24 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 3: That's their job to look into this. They're familiar with 25 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,560 Speaker 3: what goes on there. The Inspector General is the appropriate 26 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 3: place to have an investigation. And my office has been 27 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 3: in touch with the FAA on numerous occasions about these problems. 28 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:46,479 Speaker 1: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. After the Bell, Ford pulled 29 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: its outlook and with more Here's Bloomberg Stan Schwartzmann Ford. 30 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 4: Motor has suspended its full year financial guidance due to 31 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 4: auto tariffs. The carmaker says it expects to take a 32 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 4: one and a half billion dollar hit to overall earnings 33 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 4: due to those tariffs. Had originally forecast around eight and 34 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 4: a half billion dollars of earnings for this year. The 35 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 4: company cited seven factors and withdrawing its earlier forecast, including 36 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 4: potential quote industry wide supply chain disruption tied to the 37 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 4: president's duties, as well as the risk that levies may 38 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 4: increase in the future. In New York, Dan Schwartzman Bloomberg Radio. 39 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: Shares of Disney and Netflix both declined after President Trump 40 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: announced a plan to increase film and TV production in 41 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 1: the US. He'll be imposing eight one hundred percent tariff 42 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: on movies produced overseas. 43 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 5: We're going to meet with the industry. I want to 44 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 5: make sure they're happy with it, because we're all about jobs. 45 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 5: That's what I'm you know, it's very important. It's a 46 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 5: big industry, but it's an industry now that's it's really left, 47 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 5: its abandoned the USA. 48 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: And with more. Here's Bloomberg's Alexandra Semanova. 49 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 6: This is the latest industry to get whipsawd by tariff headlines. 50 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 6: Stocks in that segment had been falling today after that 51 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,239 Speaker 6: announcement from President Trump on Sunday that he plans to 52 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:04,520 Speaker 6: impose one percent tariff on films produced overseas. This extends 53 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 6: his restrictive trade policies to this industry for the first time. 54 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 6: Netflix was down one point nine percent today. Disney not 55 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 6: too bad, just slightly lower, about zero point four percent. 56 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 6: But it seems like a lot of people in the 57 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 6: film and entertainment industry are trying to figure out what 58 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 6: exactly he means by this. He said that he would 59 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 6: meet with executives later on to provide a little bit 60 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 6: more clarity. 61 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: Studios aren't producing more projects in countries such as Canada, 62 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: New Zealand and the UK because it's cheaper to do so. 63 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: Up next for Wall Street, the US trade deficit and 64 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 1: forecasters say it probably ballooned in March, and with more. 65 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: Here's Bloomberg's Vinnie del Judice. 66 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 7: White House tariffs are disrupting global commerce. American businesses big 67 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 7: and small have been stepping up the pace of inbound shipments. 68 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 7: Advanced government data show imports of consumer goods posted a 69 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 7: record increase in March. Bloomberg Economics sees the import trend 70 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 7: ship THINGUS tariffs take hold, noting a drop in container 71 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 7: arrivals from China since mid April. Any Darl Jude Ice 72 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 7: Bloomberg Radio. 73 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: It was a down day on Wall Street ahead of 74 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: a two day FED meeting. The Dow, the SMP, and 75 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: Nestak all declined, with the SMP down thirty six, a 76 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: drop of six tents of warm percent. The Dow was 77 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 1: down ninety eight, down two tenths of warm percent, Nestack 78 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: down one hundred and thirty three, a drop of seven 79 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: tenths of one percent. And that's news when you want it. 80 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 1: With Bloomberg News Now, I'm Charlie Pella. Tennis is Bloomberg