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Apr 2025
18m 47s

Saturday, April 12, 2025

LESTER HOLT, NBC NEWS
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White House unveils new exemptions on some Trump tariffs; New audio from deadly helicopter crash investigation; Extreme weather stretches from coast to coast; and more on tonight’s broadcast. 
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