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On this day in 1983, with a live audience joining him, David Copperfield made the Statue of Liberty disappear. In front of a group of 20 tourists, and millions of home viewers, the statue disappeared as onlookers gathered a mere 200 feet away - right before their eyes. Learn more in today's KTAR timeline brought to you by Beatitudes Campus.
In today's Shaper Point Commentary Jim Sharpe talks about the legacy of Pat Tillman. Pat's Run is this upcoming weekend, but it is more than a race for the people coming. The Arizona legend continues to impact people through the Pat Tillman Foundation.
U.S. Rep. David Schweikert of Arizona joins the show to talk about President Donald Trump's tariff plan. This comes after the President's severe tariffs against virtually all U.S. trading partners continued to roil world markets on Monday. However, U.S. stocks rose Tuesday morning in a burst of investor optimism as the Trump administration signaled plans to negotiate with some countries.
KTAR's Colton Krolak joins us to share how Asian and European markets rebound after posting significant losses on Monday driven by President Donald Trump's global tariffs campaign, with U.S. futures also rising slightly after a day of turmoil on Wall Street. However, markets this morning appear to be opening higher after days of tariff turmoil.
Some experts are saying Wall Street could soon be moving towards another bear market as the Trump administration’s tariff blitz fuels fears. ABC's Brian Clark says this includes the fears over whether added taxes on imported goods from around the world could sink the global economy.
Pat Tillman Foundation CEO Dr. Katherine Steele joins the show this morning to discuss this Saturday's Pat's Run. She tells us more about how the foundation continues Tillman's legacy by giving back to the Arizona community.
On this day in 2001, NASA launched the Mars Odyssey spacecraft, which was contracted out to Lockheed Martin and had an expected cost for the entire mission of $297 million. It was on that crisp April morning Odyssey was launched on a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Learn more in today's KTAR timeline brought to you by Beatitudes Campus.
In today's Sharper Point Commentary, Jim Sharpe talks about how President Trump has remained defiant as global markets continued plunging after his tariff announcement last week. He asks what it will take for those in the White House to change course, especially if tariffs start hurting the American people and push us into a recession.
President Donald Trump's sweeping new tariffs will raise the likelihood of a recession and hike prices for an array of goods, including coffee, bananas, laptops and toys, according to multiple analysts. However, some are interested to see if the price of gas will start to drop after these new tariffs are implemented. KTAR's Colton Krolak joins us to share how 15 states are now paying $3 a gallon or less for gas.
Forbes magazine released its newest list of the world’s richest people and it includes 15 Arizonans. That's two more Arizonans making an appearance on the list over last year's and three more than the list published two years ago.