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This is out of her glass. In Lily's family, there's a story everybody knows by heart. If this story had never happened, All of us wouldn't be here right now. Sammy wouldn't be here. Nina wouldn't be here. Wally wouldn't be here. Anyone that we know wouldn't be here. So what happens when Lily's mom tells her this story is not true?

This American Life, surprising stories every week. Live from NPR News in Washington on Corva Coleman, President Trump's world tariffs have gone into effect on all nations and products. There is a minimum 10 percent tariff on all nations, but other countries are facing a lot more than that. That includes China. NPR's John Brewage reports that the Chinese government is livid. Well, the Commerce Ministry issued a statement calling for the removal of tariffs, removal

of these tariffs, and it says that protectionism leads nowhere. China's been hammered by tariffs before and was frankly girding for this moment. The across-the-board tariff rate on Chinese imports to the U.S. now is about 54 percent. Trump was talking about 60 percent while he was campaigning, so it's not far off from that. NPR's John R Ruich reporting from Beijing. Meanwhile, the Chinese government has not yet retaliated with terrorists, but Beijing may choose to do so.

At least three people have been killed in tornadoes and other severe storms in the U.S. One person died in Missouri. Two more people were killed in Tennessee. The National Weather Service says a multi-day series of storms is underway. These are also expected to produce catastrophic flash flooding from eastern Oklahoma and Arkansas to the Ohio Valley. There are fresh tornado warnings up for central Tennessee as well as for central West Virginia. The storms have led to injuries and damage in Kentucky, too.

From member station WUKY, Karen Zah reports the severe weather started hitting the state yesterday. Storm warning alarms from the National Weather Service sounded throughout the night and rain continues to fall. Much of Kentucky is under a flood watch until Sunday. Governor Andy Beshear was proactive before the storms hit. We are facing a four-day weather event that is severe enough that I have signed a state of emergency. Beshear has activated the Kentucky Emergency Operations Center and units of the Kentucky National Guard. He's also implemented price gouging laws, which make it illegal to raise

prices for goods and services needed during an emergency. For NPR News, I'm Karen Zarr in Lexington. This afternoon, a federal judge is scheduled to hold a hearing on whether the Trump administration defied his orders to halt deportation flights to El Salvador. NPR's Joel Rose reports. Federal Judge James Boesberg is asking the Trump administration to explain whether it violated his orders when it allowed two deportation flights to continue. Boesberg has temporarily blocked the administration from deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members under a rarely used wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act. The judge is pushing for operational details about those flights, including what time they took off and when they left U.S. airspace. But the Justice Department has resisted, arguing in a court filing that answering the judge's

questions would risk revealing important state secrets. Boasberg has vowed he will get to the bottom of whether the administration violated his orders and what the consequences should be. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. President Trump's 10 percent tariffs on all foreign imports are starting today, but this is also the day his 25 percent tariffs on imports of foreign automobiles take effect too.

Automaker Stellantis is telling some Canadian workers at its assembly plant in Windsor they're going to be idled for at least two weeks starting Monday. That plant across from Detroit makes minivans and the new Dodge Charger Daytona EV. The Food and Drug Administration has missed a deadline for granting full approval to one of the COVID-19 vaccines. NPR's Rob Stein has more. A company called Novavax says the FDA was supposed to act

on the company's request to grant full approval to the firm's COVID-19 vaccine by Tuesday. But Novavax says the company still hasn't heard from the FDA. The Novavax vaccine has been made available to people under a so-called Emergency Use Authorization, but Novavax had sought full approval for the shot. The FDA has already given full approval to the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and BioNTech and Moderna. The Novavax vaccine uses a more traditional technology. The FDA did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Rob Stein and PR News. Two baby eagles that have gained fame on the

internet have also gained new names. Schoolchildren east of Los Angeles have voted to call them Sunny and Gizmo. The eaglets are nesting with their parents in Big Bear Valley. Thousands of people have tuned into a live eagle camp to watch Sunny and Gizmo hatch and grow rapidly. I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News in Washington.