Global National: Sept. 8, 2026 | Trump responds with new measures after Carney's counter-tariffs

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Hours after Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on the U.S., Washington struck back, escalating the trade war the White House started. Mackenzie Gray looks at how Prime Minister Mark Carney's counter-tariffs are officially in effect and the response from U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump and his Republican party are holding an unprecedented convention ahead of November's pivotal midterm elections. As Jackson Proskow reports, Trump is under increasing pressure to find a political win amid his lowest-ever polling numbers. Canada has joined the U.K., France and nine other nations in announcing plans for sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Redmond Shannon explains why these countries are now taking action and how Israel is retaliating. Plus, Frank Doyle was one of nearly 3,000 people killed during the terror attacks in New York on September 11th, 2001. Mike Armstrong speaks with Doyle's family about they've turned their grief into goodwill on the other si

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