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Trump Renames Lake Ontario “Lake America,” Navy Sailor Faces Discipline After Suicide Attempt & Coco Jones Lands Bel-Air Spinoff · The Breakfast Club

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  Speaker 1: President Trump is escalating his trade war with Canada.
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  Speaker 2: President Trump underestimates us, and that's the biggest mistake, underestimating
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  Speaker 2: your opponent. He says he doesn't need Canada.
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  Speaker 1: The Navy is facing questions over how it handled a
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  Speaker 1: sailor's reported suicide attempt.
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  Speaker 3: The Lincoln has been out there for a period of time,
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  Speaker 3: a good period of time.
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  Speaker 1: And Coco Jones is getting her own Bel Air spinoff.
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  Speaker 1: It's Friday, August 28th. From the Black Effect Podcast Network,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Mimi Brown, and here are the day's biggest stories.
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  Speaker 1: Stay with me. President Trump is escalating his trade war
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  Speaker 1: with Canada, and his fight could eventually cost you more money.
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  Speaker 1: Trump has imposed tariffs as high as 50% on some
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  Speaker 1: Canadian goods after trade talks between the two countries fell apart.
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  Speaker 1: Canada is now hitting back, raising tariffs on about $ 20
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  Speaker 1: billion worth of American products, including steel, appliances, dairy, clothing,
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  Speaker 1: and farm equipment. So what does all this mean to you? Well,
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  Speaker 1: think about your next car, that new refrigerator you want
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  Speaker 1: to buy, or even your washer and dryer. The U.S.
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  Speaker 1: gets a lot of steel and aluminum from Canada. If
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  Speaker 1: companies have to pay more to bring those materials into
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  Speaker 1: this country, some of that extra cost could get passed
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  Speaker 1: on to you. And now this trade fight is getting
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  Speaker 1: even bigger. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has cancelled the Providence's
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  Speaker 1: contract with Starlink in response to the U.S. tariffs.
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  Speaker 2: Also starting today, all U.S.-based companies will be banned from
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  Speaker 2: taking part in government procurement. Every year, the province and
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  Speaker 2: its agencies spend about $ 30 billion on procurement, alongside our
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  Speaker 2: more than $ 200 billion plan to build infrastructure. US-based businesses
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  Speaker 2: will now lose out on tens of billions of dollars
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  Speaker 2: in revenues. They only have President Trump to blame. I'm
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  Speaker 2: also urging all 444 municipalities to do the same. And
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  Speaker 2: I'm thrilled to see some are already stepping up. For example,
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  Speaker 2: Mayor Patrick Brown in the city of Brampton and many
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  Speaker 2: other cities. As part of this government-wide procurement ban, we're
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  Speaker 2: going one step further. We're ripping up Ontario's contract with Starlink.
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  Speaker 2: It's done. It's gone. We won't award contracts to people
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  Speaker 2: who enable and encourage economic attacks on our province and
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  Speaker 2: our country.
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  Speaker 1: And President Trump is now taking the fight beyond tariffs.
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  Speaker 1: He signed an executive order Thursday officially renaming Lake Ontario,
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  Speaker 1: Lake America.
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  Speaker 3: We're going to be Changing the name of Lake Ontario,
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  Speaker 3: effective immediately to Lake America.
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  Speaker 1: The order tells the federal government to change the name
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  Speaker 1: on U.S. maps, databases and documents. But Trump cannot change
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  Speaker 1: what Canada calls it. The U.S.-Canada border runs right through
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  Speaker 1: Lake Ontario and about 52 percent of the lake is
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  Speaker 1: on the Canadian side. Canada has already made it clear
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  Speaker 1: it has no plans to change the name. But while
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  Speaker 1: the name change is still getting attention, the tariffs are
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  Speaker 1: the part that could hit your wallet. Canada is America's
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  Speaker 1: second largest trading partner. The two countries did more than
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  Speaker 1: $ 870 billion in trade last year. Canada's new tariffs takes
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  Speaker 1: effect in two weeks. And if this fight keeps escalating,
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  Speaker 1: Americans could eventually fill it in the price of everything
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  Speaker 1: from cars to appliances. And a 19-year-old sailor who reportedly
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  Speaker 1: tried to take his own life is now facing discipline
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  Speaker 1: from the military. The sailor was aboard the USS Abraham
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  Speaker 1: Lincoln when he jumped overboard on August 3rd. His wife
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  Speaker 1: said it was a suicide attempt. But according to charging documents,
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  Speaker 1: the Navy is accusing him of malingering and being absent
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  Speaker 1: without leave. Now, malingering is a military term. In plain speak,
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  Speaker 1: it means faking an illness or intentionally hurting yourself to
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  Speaker 1: avoid duty. And there's one more important context here. The
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  Speaker 1: Lincoln and its crew have been deployed for months, and
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  Speaker 1: President Trump has downplayed the concerns about how long those
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  Speaker 1: sailors have been away. When he was recently asked about
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  Speaker 1: whether the deployment had gone too long, here's what he said.
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  Speaker 3: The Lincoln has been out there for a period of time,
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  Speaker 3: good period of time. But over the years, we've had
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  Speaker 3: him out there much longer. I was at a group
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  Speaker 3: meeting and an admiral came up to see me over
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  Speaker 3: the weekend. And it was at a big group and
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  Speaker 3: he happened to be an admiral retired. He said, I've
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  Speaker 3: been on ships that are out there much longer than that, sir.
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  Speaker 3: And I know people on the Lincoln. They say it's
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  Speaker 3: beautifully maintained and beautifully taken care of. And other people
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  Speaker 3: went out and they found out to be true. It
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  Speaker 3: was fake news reporting.
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  Speaker 1: But the sailor's wife says he wasn't trying to get
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  Speaker 1: out of work. She says he had been asking for help.
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  Speaker 1: She says before he went overboard, he repeatedly went to
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  Speaker 1: his chain of command and the ship's medical team about
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  Speaker 1: his mental health. He had also repeatedly asked for paternity
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  Speaker 1: leave and was denied. Less than two weeks before he
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  Speaker 1: went overboard, he texted his wife saying, I think the
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  Speaker 1: boat is finally getting to me. After he survived, he
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  Speaker 1: was medically evacuated and eventually returned to San Diego. His
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  Speaker 1: wife said he spent five days at a Navy hospital
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  Speaker 1: but never saw a psychiatrist or therapist. She said he
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  Speaker 1: was told to return to work. His first therapy appointment
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  Speaker 1: wasn't until more than three weeks after he went overboard.
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  Speaker 1: And here's why the Navy's decision to discipline him is
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  Speaker 1: getting a lot of attention. Federal military guidelines says a
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  Speaker 1: genuine suicide attempt should not be treated as a criminal offense,
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  Speaker 1: although that guideline is not legally binding. California Congresswoman Sarah
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  Speaker 1: Jacobs says no one should be punished for getting the
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  Speaker 1: mental health care they need. The Navy says it's fully
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  Speaker 1: committed to the health and well-being of every sailor. And
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  Speaker 1: finally today, Coco Jones could be taking Hilary Banks from
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  Speaker 1: Bel-Air to New York City. Peacock is delivering a Bel-Air
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  Speaker 1: spinoff called Hilary, following her character as she moves to
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  Speaker 1: New York after getting a job offer from a celebrity chef.
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  Speaker 1: And here's a little history here. In the original Fresh Prince,
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  Speaker 1: Hilary Banks also moved to New York. The series is
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  Speaker 1: being written by Girls Trip and Harlem creator Tracy Oliver,
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  Speaker 1: with Will Smith's Westbrook Studios producing. Coco will also executive produce.
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  Speaker 1: The show is still in development. That's your front page.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Mimi Brown. This podcast was brought to you by
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  Speaker 1: the Black Effect Podcast Network.