NY News Update - Stock markets continue to fall, Mayor Adams takes federal officials on NYC subway

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And breaking news, another rough day on Wall Street. Currently, the Dow down more than 2,000 points today

Stocks are tanking again as President Trump's tariff plan escalates into a full-blown trade war

And more breaking news, a lifeline for TikTok. President Trump says he is signing an executive order to keep the platform running for an additional 75 days

And good afternoon, I'm Teresa Priolo. Welcome to the News Block. We're going to have those stories in a minute, but we're going to take a live look outside right now

And it is quite the day outside, quite warm outside, in fact

Let's get over to Liv Johnson for a first look at the forecast. My car said it was in the 70s

I don't know if that's accurate, but it feels warm outside. Yeah, it probably did feel like that

Most of us right now are in the mid to upper 60s, pushing 70

So it's an opening day for the Mets, and it's a beautiful day for baseball

I know we started out with some rain, but now we have lots of sunshine, A few clouds in the sky, but sitting in the upper to mid 60s, I mean, we really can't complain

We have had 70 out on Long Island, 71 for Bridgeport, 69 down the shore in New Jersey right now, 71 for Newark and Bridgeport

We're a little bit warmer than we were this time yesterday, but then you see cooler air to our west, and we are looking at some cooler temperatures tomorrow

Winds aren't too bad between about 10, 20 miles per hour. We are gusting a bit stronger in places like Newark and Bridgeport, but winds won't be too bad this weekend

Like I said, some rain earlier today. Now we're looking dry for the rest of our Friday and some more sunshine on the way before more rain starting early Saturday morning

I mean, as early as midnight tonight into Saturday morning, we are expecting some rain

Most of it early on is concentrated up towards the Hudson Valley, Monticello, some out on Long Island

But really the whole day tomorrow, none of us are ever really clear of a chance of seeing a passing shower

That continues Sunday as well. Sunday morning through the day, we're going to see some scattered showers. So pretty much a

rainy weekend all the way around. We do stay pretty mild for the rest of the day, but then we drop

for Saturday, just a high of 50. Tomorrow, those scattered showers warming back up again

for Sunday, finally getting rain out of the way by about Tuesday or Wednesday of next week

All right, Liv, thanks. Let's go back to that breaking news and take a live look at the New York Stock Exchange as markets around the world react to President Trump's tariffs

Checking out the big board, the Dow down more than 2,000 points

There's a lot of red on the big board today. Now China is responding

Let's get out to Antoine Lewis live in our newsroom with this battle between the world's two largest economy

and more importantly, what it means for all of us here at home. Antoine. It has been a rough day, Teresa

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the president's tariffs are likely to raise inflation and slow U.S. economic growth

This, as you pointed out, with Wall Street's woes continuing. And as you mentioned, the Dow Jones Industrial opened down and we took a look at it just now

It's down 2,000 points. NASDAQ was down. S&P, everything was down. And we're an hour away from closing bill

And right now, things are still trending in that direction. Now this comes a day after Wall Street recorded its single biggest day of losses since June of 2020 which was during the pandemic Markets here and around the world continue to react to the president announcement of tariffs on virtually every import coming into the United States which he says will level the trade playing field that has

disfavored the U.S. for decades. However, the tariffs have started a trade war that is poised

to escalate as the world continues to react. The markets will adjust. Businesses around the world

including in trade and global trade, they just need to know what the rules are. Once they know

what the rules are. They will adjust to those rules. Let's talk about China, who has already

retaliated. It plans to match Trump's 34 percent tariff on U.S. exports starting next week. We're

understanding it may be April 10th, which is next Wednesday. And economists fear that this is going

to hit American consumers with an increase in prices. As you pointed out, T, China and the

United States are the world's two richest economies. So we're staying on top of this

and we'll have the very latest again coming up today at 5. We'll send things now back upstairs

to you. All right, Antoine, thank you. Following more breaking news, President Donald Trump says

he is signing an executive order to keep TikTok operating for another 75 days as he seeks a deal

for American ownership. The news is coming as a Trump administration official who is speaking on

condition of anonymity said Amazon actually put in a bid to buy TikTok in an 11th hour pitch

The ban on TikTok was initially set to go into effect on Saturday. Mayor Eric Adams and U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy holding a meeting this morning to talk

about New York City's transportation and infrastructure needs. It comes as the federal

government and the MTA have had months of back and forth about funding. The mayor taking Secretary

Duffy on a tour of the MTA today. Duffy previously said the subway needs to be cleaned up. While on

tour, the mayor said city and state officials need to make sure that the subway system is safe

tour of the BQE, which, as you know, is in desperate need of repairs, all while discussing

congestion pricing. Developing news now, Sean Diddy Combs hit with a third superseding indictment

This includes additional charges of sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution

Combs was arrested last year after being charged in a sex trafficking indictment. He has denied the allegations and his trial is set for May the 5th

Actor Russell Brand sounding off after British police charged him with five counts of rape and sexual assault

I've always told you guys that when I was young and single, before I had my wife and family

we were just out of shot over there, my beautiful children. I was a fool, man. I was a fool before I lived in the light of the Lord

Well, Brand's charges now follow an 18-month investigation. It was sparked when four women alleged they had been assaulted by the comedian

and the actor between 1999 and 2005 Brand has previously denied these allegations He says that these relationships were always consensual

Developing news calls today to make sure hundreds of thousands of home care recipients

are getting the care that they need. Recipients of the popular Medicaid home care program known as CDPAP

could lose their service as home care workers face losing their jobs

This comes after a change to the program was implemented on Tuesday

The state decided last year to go with one company to pay these home care workers

Earlier this week, a judge put on hold the state's move, and today the courts are deciding to extend the hold for several months

Those that get this care gathered in Brooklyn today. All we're asking for is the care we were promised for our workers to get paid

for this disaster to iron out, and blood will be on the state's hands if they don't act with intention, with fervor, and with

care for all beings. Now the state is saying that more than 90 percent of CD-PAP customers

have registered with the new fiscal intermediary used by the state. All right, we'll be right back

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All right, welcome back. Now on to a medical marvel. A Queens man suffering from heart, liver, and kidney failure, receiving the gift of life

Fox 5's Jody Goldberg has more on his story and the first ever successful triple organ transplant on Long Island

Sergio Arias Sistoni was losing hope. I just can walk a couple of blocks, that's it

The 47-year-old who suffered from a heart condition and diabetes spent two years on the heart and kidney transplant waiting list

Then in November, doctors determined he also needed a liver. It really takes a village to do this type of transplant

Sergio spent three months in the hospital praying for a second chance

A lot of donors may have a heart that's appropriate for transplant, but not a liver and a kidney

He got the news he was hoping for in February when doctors told him three organs from the same unidentified donor matched

It was a big moment. I didn't know if I had to cry, if I had to smile

He underwent a more than 12-hour triple organ transplant at North Shore University Hospital

It was the first of its kind on Long Island. A different doctor performed each transplant, one after the other

We got the heart in, the heart started beating. Then we proceeded with the liver transplant

Phase three of that was doing the kidney transplant. Doctors say there are fewer than 80 triple transplant recipients in the United States

As for what's next for Sergio, he'll be seen every month for the next six months

and while he will be on medication for the rest of his life, he says that better than the alternative I feel so proud to get all these organs Sergio who from Queens is now an advocate for organ donation If he never say yes I going to tunnel my organs I won be here also

He's hoping to go back to work, and he jokes he's ready to run a marathon

Miracles exist. And to prove it, he's got a new liver, kidney, and heart overflowing with life, love, and gratitude

In Manhasset, Long Island, Jody Goldberg, Fox 5 News. All right, to some sports news now

More accolades for legendary college basketball coach Rick Pitino. He was just named AP Coach of the Year

Pitino becomes the first St. John's coach to receive this honor. He led the Red Storm to a Big East title this past season

and its first appearance in the NCAA tourney since 2019. St. John's matched a school record with 31 wins this past year

and they finished the regular season ranked fifth in the nation. That was their highest ranking in the past 34 years

Patino shares the Coach of the Year Award with Auburn's Bruce Pearl. This marks the first tie in nearly 60-year history of this award

And as the Mets get ready for their home opener, Torpedo Batmania continues

This past Sunday, the Yankees launched nine home runs in one game

One batmaker says they received 1,500 pre-orders. Many of them say sales started booming overnight

Another bat maker estimates half of the customers are now using the bats

The famous Louisville Slugger Bat Company says it is developing 20 different versions of the popular torpedo bat

New York tops the list of Food & Wine magazine's best U.S. cities for foodies

The magazine cited the sheer number of high-quality restaurants that can be found in all five boroughs

It also noted the variety of cuisines available throughout the city and the number of dining price points available in most neighborhoods

Chicago was food and wine's runner-up, followed by L.A., Austin, and New Orleans rounding out the top five

All good food cities live, that's for sure. That's for sure. Everybody's got something

You know what? Tonight is a pretty decent night to eat outside, actually, if you want to get going with that

We stay pretty clear and dry. We see temperatures in the mid to upper 60s, but we do see those cool down overnight

Your earliest shower chance could be about midnight to 1 o'clock in the morning

And we could see some more rain overnight, but most of it's going to be tomorrow morning

And you'll notice when you wake up and head out the door, temperatures are going to be much cooler than they were this morning

In the 40s, we only get up into the 50s just barely. Rain will continue on and off really through the weekend

Saturday night, we're not clear of it. And then into Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon, we're just going to see spotty showers through your Saturday, Sunday

Tomorrow a bit cooler. And then Sunday a little bit more mild for a high of 63

Kind of a bit of a roller coaster for the next four days. And then we steady out a bit by about Tuesday of next week

All right, Liv, thank you. And that's your News Block for now. Thanks for joining us. Have a great weekend

See you back here Monday