CITY
CITY IS
CITY IS DOING TO MAKE THIS A TOP PRIORITY BEFORE THEY WIND 4@
UP LOOKING LIKE THIS.
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>>> THANK 4@YOU, 4@ABBY.
>>> 4@TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
STOPPING IN GRANITE CITY TO
VISIT HUNDREDS OF STEELWORKERS
WHO HE HELPED PUT BACK TO WORK.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU
THIS MORNING TRACKING THE
PRESIDENTS TRIP AND 4@WHAT PEOP
HAVE TO SAY ABOUT 4@IT.
WE BEGIN WITH 4@JEN SULLIVAN.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
RIGHT NOW YOU SEE THE CARS
GOING BY RIGHT OUTSIDE 4@OF THE
CITY MILL.
CITY MILL. THAT'S BECAUSE ALL OF THIS WILL
BE CLOSED.
BE CLOSED. RIGHT NOW IT'S OPEN.
A LOT OF PREPARATIONS GOING ON
RIGHT HERE FOR THE PRESIDENT'S
VISIT.
VISIT.
VISIT. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST 4@TIME
THAT HE ACTUALLY VISITS
ILLINOIS SINCE BECOMING
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO TALK 4@4@A
THE HIGHLIGHTING OF SUCCESSES
OF THE GRANITE CITY 4@STEEL 4@M
EARLIER THIS YEAR THE PRESIDENT
ANNOUNCED TARIFFS ON FOREIGN
MILLS.
MILLS.
MILLS. THIS ALLOWED FOR THE REOPENING
OF THE STEEL MILL IN GRANITE
CITY.
CITY.
CITY. HIS
CITY. HIS VISIT COMES ON THE HEELS OF
CITY. HIS VISIT COMES ON THE HEELS OF@
A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE ABOUT ELIMINATING
TARIFFS WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION
ON SOYBEANS, WHICH WOULD BE A
MAJOR WIN 4@FOR FARMERS.
>> WE AGREED 4@TODAY, FIRST OF
ALL, TWO WORK TOGETHER TOWARD
ZERO TARIFFS, ZERO 4@NONTARIFF
BARRIERS4@, AND ZERO SUBSIDIES
NON-AUTO 4@INDUSTRIAL GOODS.
>> THAT IS REALLY GOOD NEWS FOR
ILLINOIS, BECAUSE ILLINOIS
PRODUCES MORE NON-GM 4@OH
SOYBEANS THAN ANY OTHER STATE
IN THE COUNTR4@Y, SO BIG 4@NEWS
THE LAND OF LINCOLN. 4@
AS FOR 4@THAT SPEECH.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO
TALK TO ABOUT 500 4@WORKERS.
IT IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
WE WILL CONTINUE OUR TEAM 4@
COVERAGE.
COVERAGE.
COVERAGE. WE SPOKE TO SOME PEOPLE THAT
LIVED IN THE GRANITE CITY TO
GET A SENSE OF HOW 4@THEY FEEL
ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT.
WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING TO YOU?
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING 4@TO
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. WE
YOU. WE ACTUALLY CAME YESTERDAY TO
TALK TO A FEW PEOPLE LIVING
HERE ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT
THE 4@PRESIDENT'S VISIT TODAY.
I JUST TALKED TO BOB WHO LIVES
HERE HIS WHOLE LIFE.
HE SAID HE THINKS IT'S A GOOD 4@
THING, RIGHT?
THING, RIGHT? >> AND MOST PEOPLE WE TALKED TO
AGREE THAT THE TRIP TO THE
STEEL MILL TODAY IS A 4@GOOD THG
FOR THE U.S. STEEL PLANT AND
TH4@E HUNDREDS OF WORKERS WORKI
THERE AND THERE IS ALREADY
EVIDENCE OF THAT BECAUSE AFTER
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED HIS
TARIFFS ON IMPORT AND STEEL,
HUNDREDS OF WORKERS WERE
REHIRED IN THE STEEL MILL
RESTARTED THEIR BLAST FURNACES
THAT WERE DORMANT FOR ABOUT TWO
YEARS AND THEY ARE STILL HIRING
NEW WORKERS.
NEW WORKERS. IT'S SOMETHING A LOT OF PEOPLE
WE TALKED TO YESTERDAY DID SAY
IS A GOOD THING.
>> MY FATHER 4@STARTED WORKING
THERE AFTER WORLD 4@WAR II 4@AN
WORKED THERE TILL RETIREMENT
FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS, SO THERE
ARE LOTS OF MEALS PUT ON MY
TABLE AT HOME, 4@YOU KNOW,
COMPLIMENTS OF GRAND CITY4@ 4@4@
STEEL.
STEEL.
STEEL. >>
STEEL. >> THERE'S JUST TOO MANY OTHER
THINGS TO LOOK AT BESIDES THE
GUY IN THE STORE HAS GOT 4@A JO
>> THAT WAS GRANITE CITY.
SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S 4@ACTIONS TOWARD4@
COUNTRIES AND 4@THAT THE TARIFF
ARE DESTABILIZING THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS.
RELATIONSHIPS. SHE SAYS THE REOPENING OF THE
MILL IS A GOOD THING 4@BUT CALL
IT ONE SMALL PIECE OF THE
BIGGER PICTURE.
BIGGER PICTURE. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO
LAND AT LAMBERT AIRPORT A
LITTLE AFTER 1:00 AND HE IS
SUPPOSED TO SPEAK TO WORKERS AT
THE MILL A LITTLE AFTER 2:00,
AROUND 2:30.
AROUND 2:30. NOW, THERE'S A GROUP OF ABOUT 4@
300 PEOPLE PLANNING TO PROTEST
TODAY'S SPEECH.
TODAY'S SPEECH. I ALSO TALKED TO A LOCAL PASTOR
AT THE CITY SQUARE WHO ACTUALLY
HELD A PRAYER SESSION YESTERDAY
MORNING PRAYING EVERYTHING GOES
SMOOTHLY
SMOOTHLY AND EVERYONE CAN 4@GET ALONG.
ALONG.
ALONG. >>
ALONG. >> WE WANT TO MENTION 4@WE ARE
FOLLOWING THIS ALL DAY WITH A
TEAM 4@OF REPORTERS.
WE ARE GOING TO COVER THE VISIT
TO GRANITE CITY, THE