00:00Before we get started this morning, a quick programming note. We've got some exciting
00:03changes coming to Unbiased Updates. A new anchor joins us next week, and we're getting the studio
00:08ready for their debut. So things may look a little different around here for the next few days,
00:12but we'll still have all the news you count on each morning. For now, here are today's Unbiased
00:17Updates. President Trump turns up the heat on Canada. Now he's banning some Canadian goods
00:24entirely as the trade fight between the two countries escalates again. Plus, Britain takes
00:29new action against Israel, banning goods from West Bank settlements. Our argument is not with the
00:35people of Israel. Our argument is with the conduct of its government. And Israel is already hitting
00:41back. And Republicans try something new for the midterms. The party's first ever midterm
00:47convention starts today, with Trump taking the stage tonight. The stories that matter, clear and
00:56credible from across the country to around the world. These are your Unbiased Updates from Straight
01:01Arrow. President Trump is escalating the trade war with Canada, hitting back at new Canadian tariffs
01:09on U.S. goods by banning some imports from our northern neighbor entirely. The banned items include
01:16some dairy products, motorcycles and most alcoholic beverages. That ban takes effect September 29th
01:23and comes after Canada's retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion in U.S. goods kicked in Tuesday.
01:29Canada imposed those tariffs after the U.S. hit some Canadian goods with 50% tariffs last month,
01:35following the collapse of trade talks between the two countries. In Tuesday's directive,
01:40Trump also moved to shut Canadian products out of large, long-term federal government contracts.
01:45He directed the U.S. General Services Administration to declare Canadian products
01:50ineligible for those contracts until Canada allows what he calls full and fair reciprocity
01:56for American products. And a White House official says Trump's threat to impose 50% tariffs on Canadian
02:01made cars and trucks starting January 1st remains on the table. This morning, Iran released video of
02:08what it says were missiles and drones being launched toward U.S. vessels and oil tankers,
02:12retaliation for American strikes on five Iranian oil tankers.
02:16Iran also says it fired missiles at U.S. targets in Jordan.
02:20Jordan's military says 20 ballistic missiles were launched toward its territory,
02:2418 were intercepted and two fell in remote areas. No one was killed. A U.S. official told ABC News
02:31the attack was ineffective. The U.S. released video of its forces destroying the five Iranian
02:37tankers Tuesday. Central Command says they were targeted after Iran's Revolutionary Guard tried to
02:42hit a U.S. Navy warship with missiles. The Revolutionary Guard also warned oil tanker
02:47crews near ports in Kuwait and Bahrain to leave their ships, warning they could be targeted in
02:52retaliation. And the escalation is keeping oil prices high. Brent crude the international benchmark
02:57surpassing $100 per barrel early this morning. Britain is taking new action against Israel over
03:04its expanding settlements in the West Bank and Israel is already hitting back. The British government
03:09is banning imports from Israeli settlements there and will also bar British companies from providing
03:14services that help build or expand them. That includes things like financing, construction and
03:19real estate. Britain now also says it considers Israel's occupation of the West Bank illegal,
03:25not just the settlements. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced the shift in Parliament Tuesday,
03:31accusing some Israeli settlers of carrying out what he called ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
03:36We call out what is unlawful. We act on the import of goods from illegal settlements. We ban
03:41advertising of illegal settlements. We act on services to prevent new settlement expansion.
03:46We act on settler violence. We support accountability for what has happened in Gaza.
03:50And we pledge to galvanize the international community to confront the ongoing and urgent humanitarian
03:56crisis. France and Canada are taking similar action and several other countries have backed further
04:02restrictions. The British ban is expected to take six to nine months to go into effect.
04:06Israel condemned the move and announced its own response. It plans to close the British consulate in
04:12Jerusalem and bar a dozen British lawmakers and other UK citizens from entering Israel.
04:18The Trump administration is also pushing back. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US will not follow
04:24Britain's lead. And US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has warned Britain it could face retaliation from the US.
04:30And I guess a big question is, why put this kind of pressure on Israel? Is the UK also putting
04:38the same kind of
04:39very strong sanction on North Korea, on China, on Russia? I don't know why Israel is being singled out for
04:48this
04:48kind of attention.
04:50Britain says the measures are aimed at Israeli settlements, not a broader boycott of Israel. And it says the goal
04:56is to
04:56stop settlement expansion from further undercutting the possibility of a future Palestinian state.
05:02New Hampshire voters have set the matchup for one of this fall's key US Senate races.
05:07Former Republican Senator John Sununu and Democratic Rep Chris Pappas won their party's nominations Tuesday.
05:14They'll compete for the open seat held by retiring Democratic Senator Gene Shaheen.
05:19Republicans currently hold 53 seats. Democrats need a net gain of four to take control.
05:25Sununu previously served in both the House and Senate. His father and brother each served as
05:31governor of New Hampshire.
05:32To everyone who voted for a different candidate in the primary, those that didn't come out to vote,
05:37I'm asking you, join us. Reject the chaos in Washington. Give the granted state a senator
05:43who'll put the people of New Hampshire first every single day.
05:48Pappas has represented New Hampshire in the House since 2019
05:51and campaigned as an independent voice for New Hampshire.
05:55Voters also set the governor's race. NBC News projects Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte will face
06:00Democrat Cindy Warmington as Ayotte seeks a second two-year term.
06:05For the first time ever, Republicans are holding a national convention in the middle of a midterm
06:11election year. The RNC's two-day event kicks off today in Dallas, an idea spearheaded by President
06:17Trump to rally Republican voters ahead of November. Some Republicans are skipping the convention to
06:22campaign back home, but the lineup in Dallas includes some of the party's biggest names.
06:27The president will deliver the keynote address tonight, with Vice President J.D. Vance speaking
06:32tomorrow. Other big-name speakers include Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Attorney General
06:38Todd Blanche, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Trump will then return to the stage to close out
06:43the convention tomorrow night. Other Republican leaders will be there as well, including House
06:48Speaker Mike Johnson. The convention will also feature some of this year's most notable candidates,
06:53including Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who's running for U.S. Senate. And this won't look
06:58quite like the presidential conventions we're used to. There are no delegates or nominations.
07:04The event's also open to the public, with more than 50 speakers and presentations planned each night.
07:09Trump has promised plenty of entertainment, even a big balloon drop to close things out.
07:15Finally this morning, the man who has led the Smithsonian through an increasingly public fight
07:20with the Trump White House is now stepping down. Lonnie Bunch announced Tuesday he will retire as
07:25Secretary of the Smithsonian at the end of the year, after seven years in the top job and nearly four
07:30decades with the institution. Bunch says the decision is his, and that pressure from the White House did not
07:36drive him out. But he acknowledged to the New York Times that the past year, quote,
07:41has been stressful. Bunch leaves as the Smithsonian is under intense scrutiny from the Trump
07:46administration. The White House has accused some of its museums of presenting American history through
07:51a liberal lens and has been pushing for changes in how exhibits talk about the country's past.
07:57The administration has also launched a broad review of Smithsonian exhibits and other public-facing
08:02material. Trump explained what he wanted from the museums last year.
08:06We want the museums to treat our country fairly. We want the museums to talk about the history of
08:11our country in a fair manner, not in a woke manner or in a racist manner, which is what many
08:16of them,
08:16not all of them, but many of them are doing.
08:18Bunch has pushed back on some of that, reasserting the Smithsonian's independence while also cooperating
08:24with parts of the White House review. The Smithsonian's Board of Regents will name an acting secretary
08:29and then begin a national search for Bunch's successor. Bunch remains on the job through
08:34the end of the year. Unbiased Updates is the fastest, fairest few minutes of news. You can watch
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08:45For all of us at Straight Arrow, I'm Simone Del Rosario. Have a great day.
