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Most Trump Tariffs Ruled Illegal By Appeals Court; White House Defends Robert F Kennedy Jr. Amid CDC Turmoil; 911 Call Released In Deadly CDC Shooting Incident; Missouri Unveils Redistricting Plan, Aiming To Add A Republican Seat; At Least Three People Dead In Ukraine As Russia Launches Fresh Attack. 3 Dead, Dozens Injured Russia Launches Massive Strikes on Ukraine; Putin and Xi to Meet in China This Weekend; Tariff Exemption on Cheap Goods Ends. Aired 6-7 am ET

Aired August 30, 2025 - 06:00   ET

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VICTOR BLACKWELL, CNN ANCHOR: You made it to the weekend. Welcome to CNN This Morning. It is Saturday, August 30th. I'm Victor Blackwell. An appeals court strikes down many of President Trump's sweeping terrorists, calls them unlawful. Trump is now responding. And this legal battle appears to be heading straight for the Supreme Court. We'll get into that.

Plus, new strikes in Ukraine. Russia launches a wide scale attack just ahead of a key summit between Vladimir Putin and China, Xi Jinping. Are peace negotiations still even on the table?

Also this morning, escalating turmoil at the CDC. We're learning more about what's going on behind the scenes at the nation's top public health agency. We'll bring you the new CNN reporting ahead.

CHRIS WARREN, CNN METEOROLOGIST: And we are tracking a few stormy spots across the nation. However, think you're going to like the temperatures? I'll show you those numbers coming up in just a few minutes.

BLACKWELL: All right. First up this morning, all new. The Trump administration says they are already planning to appeal a ruling on the president's wide sweeping tariffs. But they will stay in place for now while the ruling Friday gives the White House time to appeal. It could throw off Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's timeline time of wrapping up tariff negotiations this weekend.

Well, now foreign leaders may need clarity on the legal application of the president's tariffs.

CNN's Katelyn Polantz explains what could happen next.

KATELYN POLANTZ, CNN CRIME AND JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: A federal appeals court has decided that the tariffs that Donald Trump issued toward Mexico, China and Canada at the very beginning of the Trump administration, those are illegal. This is a big ruling against the Trump administration saying that Donald Trump just did not have the authority he thought he at that time to issue the sweeping tariffs that he did.

That's because at that time he said that the U.S. was under a national emergency because of fentanyl and drug trafficking and organized crime across the southern border at the United States. And that was the impetus for tariffs against China, Canada and Mexico.

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals that's based in Washington In a 7, 4 decision on Friday, they said that is just far too much of magnitude in issuing tariffs under this particular emergency authority that Donald Trump said he had at the time, it was not done correctly by the White House.

They do note that the president does have emergency powers around financial restrictions toward other countries and they were even used at times like after September 11, 2001, those terrorist attacks in the U.S. but this, what Donald Trump was trying to do this year, it just doesn't fly with this federal court.

Now, it doesn't mean, though, that all of the tariffs are blocked. There are many tariffs that this court is not striking down at this time. They weren't part of this court case.

And there isn't a resolution right away on whether all of the tariffs from the beginning of the Trump administration will be blocked, the ones that were under these emergency powers responding to drug trafficking coming into the United States.

What happens next is very likely appeals. We do expect there to be a push by the administration to continue to argue for the tariffs and especially for the presidential authority. And this court said that a lower court will have to decide whether there needs to be a more restricted view of what would be blocked. Whenever they look at this case, it will go back down potentially to the lower court as well. Back to you.

BLACKWELL: All right, Katelyn, thank you very much. CNN's Camila DeChalus joins me now with how the president and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, they're reacting. Camila, good morning to you. These tariffs central the centerpiece of the president's economic strategy. What are they saying?

CAMILA DECHALUS, CNN REPORTER: Good morning, Victor. Well, this is a major blow to the Trump administration, but the president and his administration, his Justice Department is making it very clear that they are going to appeal this decision.

As you know, Trump has really used these tariffs legroom to really negotiate and leverage some of his relationships with his adversaries and even foster more relationships with other nations.

[06:05:00] And so he has seen this as a very pivotal part to his economic plan and also in his argument that he is trying to help the United States and help the economy. And some of the things that we've really been seeing is his administration going online like his attorney general just saying that what he did was constitutional and that they are going to fight this.

And they are ultimately argue that this decision that the court has made is going to hurt the economy and hurt just the agenda that he set out to do.

So what we're going to see in the months ahead is him going to appeal this. But also this is just really a litmus test to what he can get away with. As Katelyn just mentioned, the court is not necessarily saying that this is unconstitutional.

They're giving it to the lower court to make that decision, but they are making it clear that they do not think that the way that he did it and the measures that he took was really aligned with what the law says.

BLACKWELL: Camila DeChalus in Washington Force, thank you very much. This morning we're learning new details about a possible behind the scenes pressure campaign before the firing of the CDC director. Sources tell CNN that top Health and Human services officials repeatedly pressed her to back possible new vaccine restrictions.

Among those in the room, Jim O'Neill, the agency's number two at the time, who's since now become the acting chief of the CDC. That push was led by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and his deputy chief of staff. The White House is standing by Kennedy's decision.

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STEPHEN MILLER, WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY CHIEF: Secretary Kennedy has been a crown jewel of this administration.

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BLACKWELL: CNN Jacqueline Howard is following the story. Jaclyn good morning to you.

JACQUELINE HOWARD, CNN HEALTH REPORTER: Victor, there are drastic changes happening at the CDC right now and many people have questions around where Jim O'Neill will steer the ship as he takes the role as acting CDC director.

There are questions around what his priorities will be, what his stance will be on vaccine policies. We do know that during his confirmation hearing to serve as HHS deputy secretary, he did say that he was pro vaccines. Have a listen.

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JIM O'NEILL, ACTING DIRECTOR, CDC: Very strongly proxy pro vaccine I'm an advisor to a vaccine company. I support the CDC vaccine schedule. (END VIDEO CLIP)

HOWARD: Victor these questions do remain, though, around what his leadership at CDC will look like, because this is an agency where employees have said they've been worried and concerned about science being suppressed. CDC officials who resigned just this week told our colleague Kaitlan Collins that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has not even been briefed by CDC experts on measles. Have a listen.

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DR. DEMETRE DASKALAKIS, FORMER DIRECTOR, CDC NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES: I think that another important thing to ask the secretary is has he been ever briefed by a CDC expert on anything specifically measles, COVID-19, flu? The answer is no. So no one from my center has ever briefed him on any of those topics.

Yes, he's getting information from somewhere, but that information is not coming from CDC experts who really are the world's experts in this area.

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HOWARD: Victor, in a letter to CDC employees, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. did say that he has named O'Neill as acting CDC director. He wrote a message of hope to employees, but again, there's a lot of turmoil. There's a lot of chaos. CDC employees say that their message to the administration is to keep politics out of public health. Victor.

BLACKWELL: Jacqueline Howard, thank you. Well, this morning we're also hearing newly released 911 audio from the August 8th shooting at the CDC in Atlanta. This is an eight minute call. A distraught man describes what he's seeing. This is as the gunfire is going off in the background. Listen.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's probably taking fire at this point.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He is shooting.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's shooting at the officer. He's behind the scooter.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He's shooting at the officer.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Give me one second. Give me one moment.

UIDENTIFIED MALE: Officer's trying to get to safety. I can't see if he's hit or not.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMLAE: Is the officer hit?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Officers hit. Officers down. (END VIDEO CLIP)

BLACKWELL: Now the caller stays on the line under heavy fire, relaying details to the dispatcher. The attack took the life of DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose.

We're also learning new details about the investigation into that deadly Catholic school shooting in Minneapolis. According to a search warrant obtained by CNN affiliate WCCO, the shooter was wearing a mask and body armor during that attack.

Authorities also recovered seven rather, excuse me, more magazines, not a specific number given, and unspent rounds at the scene.

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Law enforcement confirmed they've been in contact with the shooter's parents. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey praised the community for stepping up in the days since that horrific attack.

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MAYOR JACOB FREY (D) MINNEAPOLIS: We've seen neighborhoods step up with donations, we've seen neighbors come forward with support, we've seen faith leaders open their doors for comfort and people have showed so much love to each other during the most tragic of situations.

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BLACKWELL: Community members gathered outside Annunciation Catholic Church for a prayer vigil Friday in honor of the victims, 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel and 10-year-old Harper Moisky.

CVS will no longer offer COVID-19 vaccines in 16 states because of what it calls the current regulatory environment. The pharmacy chain says some states bar pharmacists from giving vaccines not yet endorsed by the CDC's advisory committee, which meets next month. That move comes after sweeping changes to CDC leadership and vaccine policy by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

CVS says in some states, patients may still receive shots with a doctor's prescription. Updated vaccines are expected to arrive at pharmacy locations in the next few days.

A salmonella outbreak tied to recalled eggs has made at least 95 people sick in 14 states since January. The CDC says the eggs came from a California company, Country Eggs LLC, and was sold under the label Sunshine Yolks or Omega 3 Golden Yolks. So far, 18 people have been hospitalized. Recalled eggs have been pulled from grocery store shelves and production has been shut down.

If you've got large brown cage free eggs with code CA7695 and sell by dates through September 16th, toss them out or return them.

And there is another food warning coming from the FDA. The agency has expanded its warning for certain brands of frozen shrimp. It's continuing to investigate possible radioactive contamination. At this time, no product that has been tested test positive for radioactive contamination has entered the U.S. market. But more brands have expanded their recall of frozen shrimp, including Kroger, Mercado Frozen Cooked Shrimp and Aquastar Cocktail Shrimp. The advisory previously applied to frozen raw shrimp sold in Walmart under the Great Value brand.

It's officially Labor Day weekend. TSA says they are preparing for a record breaking number of travelers. They're projecting 17.4 million people will be taken to the skies. They're reminding travelers to get to the airport early.

You can keep your shoes on. Remember that at the security checkpoint so that'll save you a little time. Good news for those of you driving to your holiday destinations. According to Gas Buddy, Labor Day prices are expected to average 3.15 a gallon for regular. That's the lowest the price has been since 2020. And drivers in some parts of the country will even find gas under $3 a gallon.

All right. This morning we have new reporting on what weather you can expect to see over your holiday weekend. With me now, meteorologist Chris Warren, give me some good news. The gas is good.

WARREN: Yes.

BLACKWELL: We can keep our shoes on. Hit me with the weather.

WARREN: Temperatures outside most areas.

BLACKWELL: Yes.

WARREN: Could be worse.

BLACKWELL: OK. All right. Pretty nice. That's a pretty.

WARREN: Or really nice depending on where you are now. There's going to be a few stormy spots. Want to get through that before we get to these temperatures. And the potential for some storms is with us across the plains, including the Southern Plains, Gulf coast states. Possibly a few showers and thunderstorms.

It's this cold front right here that's going to bring in cooler than average temperatures. Right now you go outside, likely to see some dew on the lawn with temperatures right now in the 40s and 50s. That's right, 40s and 50s right now across parts of the Northeast.

Also feeling pretty nice across parts of the south this morning. It's going to warm up. Let's keep in mind here with temperatures getting back into the 80s today, for many locations that is still cooler than average.

So the blue is showing us where temperatures are going to be cooler than what you would expect there this time of year. But in the south, you expect to be really, really hot and it's going to be warm. So a little bit cooler than average. It's still in the 80s, but Atlanta mid to even lower 80s by Monday. So enjoying some time off with some temperatures that are going to feel more like fall in many locations.

In the Northeast, 70s and lower 80s. That 75 for a lot of people. That's that magic number. Right. Sunny in 75 for a lot of people. But where it's not sunny, where it's showers, where it's storms. The yellow here Saturday, Sunday where it is Victor. Possible there could be some flash flooding because of the heavy rain.

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But overall little taste of fall for this holiday weekend.

BLACKWELL: That is a very could be worse forecasting worse. Could be worse. All right, Chris, thank you.

Ahead on CNN this morning, we're looking ahead to a high stakes meeting between the Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Plus, President Trump closes a trade loophole that could make your next online purchase more expensive.

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BLACKWELL: The Trump administration is already promising to appeal a court's decision on a wide range of the president's tariffs. The court ruled that many of the president's tariffs were imposed illegally. The judges noted that imposing taxes and tariffs is a core congressional power meant for the legislative branch, not the executive branch. But the tariffs will stay in place for now.

The court delayed implementation until October. This is to give the administration time to appeal. Attorney General Pam Bondi already said that the plan is that the decision will undermine the U.S. on the world stage.

With me now for analysis, Bloomberg News politics reporter Skylar Woodhouse. Skylar, good morning to you. Again, that this is likely headed toward the Supreme Court and no changes at least through October.

But just give us the gravity of this decision, how big a blow this is for the administration and for the president's economic strategy.

SKYLAR WOODHOUSE, POLITICS REPORTER, BLOOMBERG NEWS: Absolutely. Victor, good morning. This is a really big deal for the administration. I mean, President Trump campaigned on these tariffs. They were one of sort of the key talking points throughout his campaign. He promised these tariffs, he promised they would bring, you know, manufacturing back to the U.S., he promised, you know, it would help boost the U.S. economy.

And so right now, what we're seeing is, you know, a total setback for the administration. I mean, we've seen sort of this tariff story just go back and forth pretty much since he took office in January as the administration, you know, hammers out these different deals with different companies and countries and all of these things.

This is a really big deal in terms of, you know, what this means for one of his key campaign promises. And I mean, only time will tell to see what really happens. But it also creates a lot of confusion on the global stage in terms of, you know, what this means. And if this is just going to, you know, continue to stay in a legal battle and, you know, how countries and companies can sort of proceed with if tariffs are happening or not.

BLACKWELL: Yes. The president has relied on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which really doesn't even mention tariffs at all. Without reliance on that, he'll have to go to Congress to enact these tariffs that this judge, this appeals court has said are unlawful.

Republicans in Congress defy the president on very little. But what's his degree of support with such a narrow majority amongst even his own party on these tariffs?

WOODHOUSE: Yes. I mean, the president, I mean, these tariffs, you know, the administration definitely, you know, was trying to get these across, you know, without, you know, going through it, through Congress. And, you know, they wanted to find ways, you know, they were trying to go, you know, say that this was a national security risk, you know, just because obviously when you have to go through Congress, you know, it's a drawn out process.

And this was something that the president wanted to just sort of hit right away when taking office. And he wanted to get off the ground running with these tariffs and as he says, to immediately, you know, start bringing money back into the US. But, you know, if he's going to go through Congress, he could face some pushback, especially within his own party.

And I mean, time will tell to see, you know, how Republicans really, you know, navigate what is going on. But when you think about, you know, everything that President Trump has asked for and on top of, you know, what Congress has to do, there will be sort of a conversation of, OK, how much do we sort of grant President Trump his wishes or how much do we push back?

BLACKWELL: All right, let's talk about the redistricting fight across the country. Missouri is up next. The Republican governor there, Mike Kehoe, has called for a special session to begin on Wednesday to be the next state to redraw the congressional district map.

Currently, Republicans represent six of the eight districts. The proposed map would make an additional district more likely. A Republican pickup. Is the expectation that the fight in Missouri will look anything like the fight we saw in Texas?

WOODHOUSE: You know, that's a great question. I think it'll be interesting to see, you know, the Democrats in the state how, you know, how much they come out sort of swinging, as you could say. I mean, I think what we saw in Texas was a, you know, really set the tone for what could come in terms of these redistrictings as we approach the midterms and as states maybe look to reshape their Congress -- their congressional maps, you know, and I think it'll also be interesting to see what kind of support sort of other states offer to Missouri.

I think with Texas, we saw Democrats go to places like Illinois. So it'll be interesting to see if other states sort of step in to offer that support.

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BLACKWELL: Yeah. Quorum break likely won't work because of the laws and rules there in Missouri. We'll see how Democrats approach that. Skylar Woodhouse, good to have you. Thank you.

All right. Breaking overnight, Russia launched another attack on Ukraine and signaled no movement toward a peace agreement.

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BLACKWELL: Breaking overnight, three people are dead, more than three dozen injured after Russia launched massive aerial attacks on Ukraine. In Zaporizhzhia, first responders worked to contain a fire at a residential community and a retail area. According to Ukraine's air force, Russia launched more than 500 drones, 45 missiles.

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Ukraine says it shot down the vast majority of them. That's after dramatic video emerged of Ukraine, look at this, blowing up two key Russian bridges with inexpensive drones in Russia's own mines. CNN Senior International Correspondent Melissa Bell is with me now.

Before we get to the strikes, you have some breaking news on a Ukrainian lawmaker. Tell me about that.

MELISSA BELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Victor. A Ukrainian lawmaker who's been killed, shot in Lviv, the Western Ukrainian city there. And what Ukrainian authorities are saying is that this is an act of terrorism. He was murdered, they say. We don't know much more about who might have been involved in this, but certainly a dramatic piece of news there from the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.

It comes, of course, Victor, as you say, after another night of aerial attacks across the country, more than 500 drones, many of them taken down by air defenses. But still another indication, and we've heard this from President Zelenskyy in the wake of that, after what we saw earlier this week, which was the second largest aerial bombardment of the Ukrainian capital since the full-scale invasion began.

So, what we've been hearing from President Zelenskyy is that this is another reminder that there is no will for peace on the other side. Remember that it was just a couple of days until that deadline has been set for the Ukrainian leader to meet with President Putin. That was according to President Trump's plan. That doesn't look like it's going to happen. And what we've been hearing from European leaders, specifically President Macron, has been saying that if this deadline comes and goes, it will be yet another example of Donald Trump being played by Vladimir Putin.

And of course it comes even as this violence continues, not just the attacks that we saw overnight in Ukraine, but as you mentioned, of course, the attacks on Russian oil fields by Ukrainian forces, essentially hope for peace hasn't seemed further, couldn't seem further than it does now, and certainly no sense of any progress being made towards that trilateral meeting, Victor.

BLACKWELL: Melissa Bell, for us. Melissa, thank you.

Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to resist, as we heard from Melissa there, this international pressure to end the war in Ukraine. As he tries to push back on that pressure, he will soon join Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a security summit.

Here's CNN's Ivan Watson.

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IVAN WATSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Three world leaders whose countries dominate the map of Asia are about to meet in China for a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. But looming over this Eurasian gathering will be the elephant not in the room.

YUN SUN, CHINA PROGRAM DIRECTOR, STIMSON CENTER: For this particular summit, U.S. may not be at the table, but U.S. is always present.

WATSON (voice-over): India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his first trip to China in seven years.

DONALD TRUMP (R), U.S. PRESIDENT: We did it with India.

WATSON (voice-over): Days after Trump slammed a 50% tariff on Indian exports to the U.S.

China and India's relationship cratered after a series of deadly clashes first erupted along their disputed border in 2020.

JOE BIDEN, (D) FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT: Welcome again, Mr. Prime Minister. We have a big agenda.

WATSON (voice-over): For decades, Washington has been grooming India as a democratic counterbalance to China. But that suddenly changed in July, when Trump called India a dead economy and announced his punishing tariffs, insisting it was a penalty for buying Russian oil.

SUSHANT SINGH, LECTURER IN SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES, YALE UNIVERSITY: India needs the support of the United States. And with that support no longer assured, or in fact almost gone, Mr. Modi had no option but to go and cut a deal with President Xi. WATSON (voice-over): Meanwhile, Russia's president will stand with his old friend Xi Jinping again shortly after Trump rolled out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

TRUMP: Thank you very much, Vladimir.

I'm very disappointed with the conversation I had today with President Putin.

WATSON (voice-over): But Trump's on-again, off-again overtures to the Russian strongman unlikely to impact Russia and China's so-called no- limits partnership. Analysts say the glue that binds these once hostile neighbors ever closer is their shared perception of the U.S. as a threat.

SUN: For Washington, the traditional term that has been used is, how do we break the Russia-China collusion? Well, it's a catch-22, because your desire to break their collusion is the reason that they collude in the first place.

WATSON (voice-over): In 2022, just days before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Putin and Xi called for the creation of a new world order. The U.S.' biggest global competitor is now capitalizing on Trump's chaotic diplomacy.

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SUN: The message here that we have seen China emphasize is China represents credibility, it represents stability, it represents policy predictability.

WATSON (voice-over): Expect Xi to use this summit to present a Chinese-led alternative to a world long dominated by the U.S.

Ivan Watson, CNN, Tianjin, China.

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BLACKWELL: All right, with me now to discuss all of these developments, former intelligence officer Matthew Shoemaker.

Matthew, welcome back. Let's start here in Ukraine with this aerial assault overnight, 45 missiles, 500 drones. Talk to me about the timing of this, the relevance of when this has happened, in the context of this summit that's going to happen with Xi.

MATTHEW SHOEMAKER, FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICER: Absolutely. Victor, thanks so much for having me on again. With regards to the situation in Ukraine itself, you know, over the past number of days, this is only the second or third night where we've had a series of hundreds of these drones being sent from Russia to Ukraine.

The thing that I noted most specifically about Russia's attack on Ukraine the past week or so is how it's not focused on military targets from the looks of it, more than anything, in contrast to what Ukraine has been doing over the past series of weeks, which has been targeting Russia's ability to generate oil and to be able to sell it on the black market. There's been about a dozen or so oil and gas refinery locations in Russia that Ukraine has attacked. And so the contrast between the two strategies between the two countries really is notable. So, it's unclear what exactly Russia is trying to achieve at this point, other than just create sheer terror in Ukraine.

BLACKWELL: Let's talk about this summit, President Putin to President Xi. Ivan pointed out that Xi is trying to stake his claim as the reliable alternative to a chaotic approach from President Trump. But fill out the picture of what the goal is and add Narendra Modi to that equation as well.

SHOEMAKER: Well, your previous report was, I think, 100% spot on in that the United States has spent decades, especially since the end of the Cold War, trying to cultivate a relationship with India itself. Of course, there's a lot of problems with trying to create that relationship, not least of which is the practical implications of the Indian government is rather difficult to work with just based off of how it's organized itself.

But from moving on from there alone, the fact that President Putin is relying so heavily on President Xi Jinping of China is really rather a product of our time more than anything. Certainly, Ukraine is going to be on the topic between the two leaders themselves. But more than anything, it's about the interdependence of their two economies and how Russia has become very dependent on the Chinese market more than anything to help prop it up with its war in Ukraine, bringing in India into that as well.

Of course, India has been one of the largest buyers of Russian oil and gas. So, the fact that the Ukrainians themselves are trying to -- to interrupt that and to try and make it far more expensive for -- for India to try and purchase oil from Russia and try to decrease the supply that's there is certainly going to play a role.

One thing that I actually really noticed in all of this more than anything is the fact that President Putin is going to be there for all four days. That's really unusual for him. Usually he just drops right in, does what he needs to do and leave. So, the fact that he's there for all four days shows how much time and effort he's investing in this more than anything.

BLACKWELL: All right. We'll look for headlines out of this summit. Matthew Shoemaker, thank you so much for being with me this morning.

Your online shopping. It's about to get more expensive. Be prepared to get hit with surprise fees after a trade rule change by the Trump administration.

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BLACKWELL: If you shop online for cheap goods from overseas, you could soon see sticker shock. The Trump administration has ended a decades old rule that waived tariffs on imported packages worth less than $800. The de minimis exemption made sites like Shein and Temu a bargain.

Well, with it gone for good, shoppers and small businesses ordering from abroad will now face higher costs. CNN's Matt Egan explains.

Matt, good morning.

MATT EGAN, CNN SENIOR REPORTER: Victor, this is the end of an era, and it has major implications for how millions of Americans shop. For nearly a century, cheap imports enter the United States without the cost and the hassle of tariffs. Well, that ended on Friday when the Trump administration closed a loophole called the de minimis exemption.

Now, under that rule, packages worth $800 or less enter the U.S. duty free, and this is a big deal because those shipments represent the vast majority, 92% of all cargo arriving in the U.S. This shift is an earthquake for the e-commerce world. The biggest impact here is likely to be for consumers that use e-commerce platforms like eBay, Amazon, Shopify and Etsy to buy goods from overseas.

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Now, in recent years, there's been this explosion of cheap packages arriving in the United States. Last fiscal year alone, U.S. Customs processed 1.4 billion de minimis shipments. That's about four million packages processed each day.

Now, the Trump administration says they've made this change because they're trying to crack down on tariff evasion and they're trying to stop the flow of fentanyl and other illicit drugs into the United States. But this change means that those low-cost goods are no longer shielded from U.S. tariffs. For the next six months, those low-cost goods are going to face a flat fee that goes up based on where they're coming from.

So, the fee is $80 per item from nations that the U.S. has a tariff rate of less than 16% on, such as the United Kingdom or countries in the European Union. But the fee goes up to $200 per item from nations like Vietnam, where the U.S. has a tariff rate of 16 to 25%.

And the fee goes even higher to $200 per item from countries like India and Brazil, where the U.S. has tariffs of over 25%. And of course, importers could pass along the cost of these significantly higher charges and tariffs on to all of us consumers in the form of higher prices.

Of course, that's even if the goods arrive at all, because a slew of delivery services in recent days have suspended shipments to the United States, including delivery services in Europe and Japan, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand.

The bottom line is this is just another example of how the Trump administration is trying to reshape global trade and trying to reduce U.S. reliance on imports. But this is a big experiment. And the question is whether or not they can pull all of that off without sending prices for consumers sharply higher and causing significant delays when Americans are buying goods from overseas. That remains very much an open question. But we're about to find out.

Back to you.

BLACKWELL: All right, Matt, thank you. And make sure to watch Big, Beautiful Tariffs of Fareed Zakaria Special. It airs Monday night at 8 p.m. only on CNN.

We'll be right back.

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BLACKWELL: All right. Kids across the country are going back to school and our own Coy Wire spoke with former pro ball, a pro bowl football player, current NFL announcer, Greg Olsen about a new tool he's created to help parents navigate the often stressful and confusing world of youth sports. Olsen explains how he was inspired to launch Youth Inc. It's a digital platform designed to elevate the youth sports experience with expert guidance for parents and young athletes and advice from the likes of seven-time Super Bowl champion, Tom Brady.

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GREG OLSEN, FOUNDER, YOUTH, INC.: I grew up the son of a high school football coach, grew up in locker rooms, grew up going to summer camps with my dad's teams, and then obviously was able to make a career and played for a long time, and then I came on the back end in retirement, and now my young kids were getting old enough that they were entering team sports. And now I was the football coach and the girls basketball coach and baseball. And we were now navigating all these things that so many families across the country that we hear from are navigating and all living very similar lives. And that was the really the genesis of Youth Inc.

COY WIRE, CNN WORLD SPORT: You have a chat with the GOAT, Tom Brady streaming at Youth Inc.

TOM BRADY, 7-TIME SUPER BOWL CHAMPION: I think it's -- it's very difficult when people tell you how great you are all the time to develop a great work ethic.

WIRE: Give us a little tease of what that's about.

OLSEN: We talked about everything from raising teenage girls to navigating the youth sports circuit with our own kids, and then obviously him reflecting on just his entire journey from the backup quarterback on a winless freshman football team in high school to then obviously you fast forward to a 20 plus year NFL career and goes down as arguably the greatest player of all time, for sure, the greatest quarterback of all time.

WIRE: What's one of the most frustrating things you hear from parents or that you've experienced as a parent and coach in regard to this current state of youth sports? OLSEN: It is decision after decision. How many sports, what sports, what team, what high school. And for a lot of kids and families, it's overwhelming.

You know, we always say everyone's favorite team is the one their son or daughter is playing on. You should be able to go out and get cool stuff. So, it's a really fun platform. It's educational. It's empowering. It's informative. And then it also improves an experience. They can go out and represent your kids team or school in a fun way. So, it's been quite the journey.

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BLACKWELL: Coy, thank you very much. So, how did Spain become such a culinary powerhouse? Eva Longoria uncovers how the cuisine transformed on a special night of Eva Longoria Searching for Spain. Back-to-back new episodes start tomorrow night at 8 p.m. on CNN.

Here's a look.

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EVA LONGORIA, CNN ANCHOR, "EVA LONGORIA: SEARCHING FOR SPAIN": I feel like everybody in Marbella knows you as a restaurateur, but you were a football player.

ZAZOU BELOUNIS, FORMER PRO FOOTBALLER TURNED SUCCESSFUL RESTAURATEUR: I was, yeah.

LONGORIA (voice-over): When he moved to Marbella 10 years ago, Zazou swapped his passion for football for food, and his rise has been meteoric.

BELOUNIS: I started with one restaurant and now I have four.

LONGORIA: No, you started washing dishes. You didn't start with a restaurant.

BELOUNIS: Of course. Yeah, it's true, it's true. I didn't know you know that.

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LONGORIA: Yeah.

BELOUNIS: Yeah, yeah, I came here and you know, this knife, I washed like a thousand knives like this. I learned a lot and I love my work. No, I love my work.

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BLACKWELL: Still looking. Eva Longoria: Searching for Spain. Back-to- back episodes air tomorrow at 8 and 9 p.m. right here on CNN.

All right, there's much more ahead on the next hour of CNN THIS MORNING WEEKEND, including a federal ruling striking down many of the terrors put in place by the president. How it may impact you. That's at the top of the hour.

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BLACKWELL: Welcome to your weekend and welcome to CNN THIS MORNING. I'm Victor Blackwell. A new ruling finds President Trump's tariffs are --