THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT NOON. TODAY MARKS 100 DAYS OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S SECOND TERM. HOW HE’S CELEBRATING WITH ONE OF HIS SIGNATURE EVENTS. WITNESS TESTIMONY NOW UNDERWAY IN THE DEATH OF TYREE NICHOLS. WHAT? ONE OF THE EX-POLICE OFFICERS IS TELLING THE COURT AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SEARCH FOR THE SUCCESSOR TO THE LATE POPE FRANCIS. WHY? ONE CARDINAL IS STEPPING DOWN FROM THE CONCLAVE. WE BEGIN WITH A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR NATION’S CAPITOL RIGHT NOW. LIVE PICTURES OF THE WHITE HOUSE AS TODAY MARKS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S 100TH DAY IN OFFICE OF HIS SECOND TERM, HE IS CELEBRATING WITH A SPEECH IN MICHIGAN, A CRITICAL SWING STATE THAT HE WON IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. THAT’S SET TO HAPPEN IN ABOUT AN HOUR FROM NOW. THANKS FOR JOINING US AT NOON. I’M LISA GONZALEZ. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN EAGER TO TOUT THE ADMINISTRATION’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ESPECIALLY ON BORDER SECURITY. BUT AS SHAQUILLE BREWSTER REPORTS, NEW POLLING SHOWS THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS ARE NOT PLEASED WITH HIS HANDLING OF THE ECONOMY AND HIS TARIFFS IN PARTICULAR. WELL, LATER TODAY, WE’LL SEE PRESIDENT TRUMP VISITING THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. IT’S A STATE THAT HE, OF COURSE, FLIPPED BACK IN 2024. AND I’VE BEEN TALKING TO SOME OF HIS BIGGEST SUPPORTERS HERE IN THE STATE. AND THEY’VE BEEN TELLING ME THAT WHEN THEY LOOK AT HIS POLICIES ON IMMIGRATION, THERE IS A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM THERE. THEY SAY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY VOTED FOR. THESE ARE POLICIES THAT THEY’RE PROUD OF. EVEN IF SOME OF THEM SAY THEY FEEL EMPATHY TOWARDS SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING DEPORTED. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS BIG PICTURE AND YOU LOOK AT THE POLLING TARIFFS IS AN ISSUE WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP PERHAPS HAS THAT LARGEST RISK THERE. YOU SEE SOME OF HIS HIGHEST DISAPPROVAL RATINGS. WHEN I’M TALKING TO HIS SUPPORTERS, THEY SAY WHILE THEY MAY BE SOME CONCERN ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE SEEING IN THE MARKETS OR THE LOOMING PRICE INCREASES, THEY STAND BY THE OVERALL GOAL THAT YOU HEAR FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP OF BRINGING BACK MANUFACTURING TO THE UNITED STATES AND SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HE PROMISED ALL ALONG ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. I THINK BOTTOM LINE, MANY OF HIS TOP SUPPORTERS ARE GIVING HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, SAYING THAT YOU CAN’T MAKE A FULL JUDGMENT IN JUST THE FIRST 100 DAYS. THEY WANT TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO SEE IF THERE’S ANY CHANGE THERE. BUT FOR NOW, THEIR SUPPORT IS IRONCLAD. BACK TO YOU. MANY OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S POLICIES COULD IMPACT US HERE IN CALIFORNIA. WE SPOKE WITH HER POLITICAL ANALYST MARK SANDALOW, ABOUT THE BIGGEST CHANGES OUR VIEWERS MIGHT NOTICE. THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT IDENTIFYING SANCTUARY CITIES AND ELIMINATING FEDERAL AID FOR THOSE. WELL, NOT ONLY IS SACRAMENTO IN SAN FRANCISCO AND IN LOS ANGELES AND OAKLAND, ALL THOSE PLACES, SANCTUARY CITIES, CALIFORNIA IS A SANCTUARY STATE, MEANING THAT THE ENTIRE STATE DOES NOT COOPERATE WITH ICE IN TERMS OF IDENTIFYING UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. IF THE PRESIDENT WERE TO CARRY THROUGH ON HIS THREATS AND THE COURTS WOULD UPHOLD IT, BOTH OF WHICH ARE CERTAINLY FAR FROM A SURE THING, THAT WOULD BE TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT FEDERAL AID THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING ABOUT ELIMINATING FROM CALIFORNIA. YOLO ALSO SAID CALIFORNIA HAS MORE FEDERAL WORKERS THAN ANY OTHER STATE, WITH 10,000 IN THE SACRAMENTO AREA ALONE. THE NATION’S TOP ECONOMIC LEADERS ARE HINTING TOWARD GOOD NEWS FOR AUTOMAKERS. THIS COMES JUST DAYS AHEAD OF WHEN THE 25% DUTY BEGINS ON AUTO PARTS. IT’S ON TOP OF TARIFFS ALREADY IN PLACE FOR STEEL, ALUMINUM AND ALMOST ALL IMPORTED VEHICLES. THE COMMERCE SECRETARY SAYS THE AUTO DEAL REWARDS COMPANIES WHO MANUFACTURE DOMESTICALLY WHILE PROVIDING RUNWAY TO MANUFACTURERS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR COMMITMENT TO INVEST IN AMERICA. THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO REVEAL MORE SPECIFICS DURING THAT VISIT TODAY IN MICHIGAN IN ABOUT AN HOUR. AMAZON CONSIDERED DISPLAYING TARIFF COSTS FOR SOME PRODUCTS ON ITS AMAZON SITE FOR DISCOUNTED ITEMS, BUT NOW AMAZON SAYS THAT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. EARLIER REPORTS CITED A SOURCE SAYING AMAZON WOULD SOON START DISPLAYING THOSE TARIFFS TO HELP ILLUSTRATE HOW THEY IMPACT THE PRICE OF GOODS. BUT AMAZON SAID THAT PLAN WAS NEVER APPROVED. THIS COMES AFTER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ATTACKED THE REPORTED MOVE BY AMAZON, WITH THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY CALLING IT A HOSTILE AND POLITICAL ACT. I WILL TAKE THIS SINCE I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH THE PRESIDENT ABOUT AMAZON’S ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS A HOSTILE AND POLITICAL ACT BY AMAZON. WHY DID AMAZON DO THIS? WHEN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HIKED INFLATION TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN 40 YEARS, I WILL NOT SPEAK TO THE PRESIDENT’S RELATIONSHIPS WITH JEFF BEZOS, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS IS CERTAINLY A HOSTILE AND POLITICAL ACTION BY AMAZON. TARIFF DISPLAY WAS ONLY CONSIDERED FOR AMAZON HAUL, ITS SITE FOR DISCOUNTED ITEMS TO COMPETE WITH OTHER LOW COST COMPANIES. TAKING A LOOK AT WALL STREET, INVESTORS SEEM TO BE REACTING POSITIVELY. THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE IS UP 337 36 POINTS RIGHT NOW, AND WE ARE WELL ABOVE THE 40,000 MARK. MANY U.S. HOUSEHOLDS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST CONFERENCE BOARD SURVEY, CONSUMER CONFIDENCE FELL NEARLY EIGHT POINTS THIS MONTH. THAT BROUGHT IT DOWN TO THE LOWEST IT’S BEEN SINCE MAY OF 2020. DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. THE SURVEY ALSO SHOWS AMERICANS OUTLOOK ON THE U.S. ECONOMY DROPPED TO A LEVEL NOT SEEN IN 13 YEARS, AND THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE EXPECTING A RECESSION INCREASED TO A TWO YEAR HIGH. LET’S GET TO OUR KCRA 3 WEATHER AND LIVE PICTURES FROM OUR SACRAMENTO SKY CAMERA OVER THE CITY OF TREES RIGHT NOW. LOVE TO SEE ALL THAT GREEN ON THE GROUND, BLUE IN THE SKY. METEOROLOGIST KELLY KERN. IT’S HARD TO FIND A CLOUD TODAY. YEAH, NOT A CLOUD OUT THERE ON THIS CAMERA ANGLE EITHER. THIS IS RANCHO CORDOVA BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKIES. IT IS GOING TO BE A DRY DAY TODAY. ALSO A VERY WARM DAY. REMEMBER THE WEEKEND WE WERE WEARING SWEATERS? NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE TODAY. THERE IS A IMPACT DAY IN PLACE FOR TOMORROW IN THE SIERRA AS WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE POSSIBILITY FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS AND THEN AS WE HEAD TOWARD THE WEEKEND, WE MAY SEE MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER THAT COULD INCLUDE ALL OF US VALLEY FOOTHILLS AS WELL. THIS IS A LOOK AT THE CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY. WE’RE AGAIN JUST A FEW CLOUDS THERE ALONG THE COAST. OTHERWISE, LOOKING AT MAINLY SUNNY SKIES, WE MAY SEE A FEW MORE HIGH THIN CLOUDS WORKING THEIR WAY IN LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT OVERALL SUNNY AND WARM RIGHT NOW. SACRAMENTO COMING IN AT 73 DEGREES. SAME FOR STOCKTON AND MODESTO. AUBURN. YOU’RE AT 6857 IN TRUCKEE, BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THE FORECAST HIGHS FOR TODAY. WE’RE GOING TO BE GETTING UP INTO THE MID 80S THIS AFTERNOON IN SACRAMENTO. WE’RE GOING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS WARMING TREND AND THAT NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN COMING UP IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND AS THAT WEATHER STARTS TO WARM UP FIRE CREWS ARE ALREADY PREPARING FOR WHAT’S AHEAD THIS SUMMER. THEY’RE REMINDING EVERYONE TO BE PREPARED AS TEMPERATURES RISE AND BRUSH DRIES OUT. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THE THREAT OF WILDFIRES IN OUR STATE IS GROWING BY THE DAY. AND AS WE KNOW HERE IN CALIFORNIA, FIRE SEASON IS REALLY YEAR ROUND. FIRE AGENCIES ARE STEPPING UP THEIR TRAINING AND REMINDING EVERYONE THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO CREATE DEFENSIBLE SPACE AROUND YOUR HOME. CLEANING UP THE LANDSCAPE AROUND YOUR HOUSE, REMOVING DRY, DEAD VEGETATION, CUTTING THE GRASSES DOWN. JUST STARTING WITH THOSE LITTLE BASIC THINGS. THAT HELPS TREMENDOUSLY. CLEANING YOUR ROOFS OFF YOUR GUTTERS. HAVING A. NONCOMBUSTIBLE BARRIER AROUND YOUR HOME. FIREFIGHTERS SAY EVEN A SMALL SPARK CAN START A FIRE. THEY REMIND EVERYONE TO AVOID HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES LIKE USING POWER TOOLS OR PARKING ON DRY GRASS DURING HOT, WINDY DAYS BECAUSE THAT COULD CREATE A SPARK. EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY IS UNDERWAY IN THE TRIAL AGAINST THREE FORMER MEMPHIS POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF TYREE NICHOLS. AS WE REPORTED, NICHOLS LIVED IN SACRAMENTO FOR YEARS BEFORE EVENTUALLY MOVING TO THE MEMPHIS AREA. PROSECUTORS SAY FIVE OFFICERS TOOK TURNS BEATING HIM AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP IN 2023. HE DIED THREE DAYS LATER. THREE OF THE FIVE OFFICERS, JUSTIN SMITH TO DARIUS BEAN AND DEMETRIUS HALEY, ARE ALL CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER. DESMOND MILLS, WHO ALREADY PLEADED GUILTY AND TESTIFIED AGAINST HIS FORMER COLLEAGUES ON THE STAND. MILLS SAID THAT HE REGRETTED NOT STOPPING OFFICERS FROM REPEATEDLY HITTING THE 29 YEAR OLD NICHOLS. HE TOLD THE OFFICERS THE COURT OFFICERS HIT NICHOLS, EVEN THOUGH NICHOLS APPEARED TO BE HELPLESS. LOOKED OVER AND I SEEN MARTIN WAS PUNCHING MR. NICHOLS. DID YOU SEE WHAT MR. AND MR. SMITH WERE DOING? THEY WERE JUST HOLDING HIS HAND, HOLDING HER ARM. OKAY, SO. DURING OPENING STATEMENTS, PROSECUTORS CLAIM THE OFFICERS WANTED REVENGE AFTER NICHOLS RAN AWAY FROM THE TRAFFIC STOP. THE DEFENSE CLAIMS THE OFFICERS DIDN’T KNOW IF NICHOLS WAS ARMED. TODAY MARKS TWO YEARS SINCE THE DEATH OF ONE OF THE UC DAVIS STABBING SPREE VICTIMS, 20 YEAR OLD UC DAVIS STUDENT KARIM ABU NAJIM WAS KILLED WHILE WALKING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK ON APRIL 29TH OF 2023. A BENCH HAS BEEN PLACED ALONG THE WALKWAY WHERE HE WAS KILLED IN HIS MEMORY. JURY SELECTION WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW. IN THE TRIAL AGAINST THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIM. HELPING AND HEALING FROM TRAUMA. THAT’S WHAT CRIME VICTIMS ARE CALLING FOR AT THE STATE CAPITOL. DOZENS FROM THE GROUP CRIME SURVIVORS FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE MARCH FROM CESAR CHAVEZ PLAZA IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO TO THE STATE CAPITOL THIS MORNING. THE GROUP SAYS IT’S CALLING ATTENTION FOR THE NEED FOR INCREASED ACCESS TO VICTIM COMPENSATION AND OTHER SUPPORT MEASURES. THEY SAY THEY NEED HELP COPING WITH THE WAYS CRIME HAS DIRECTLY AFFECTED THEM AND THEIR FAMILY, AND THAT THEY’RE WORKING TOWARD PREVENTING MORE HARM TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. JUST USE OUR VOICES TO SAY WE WANT ACCOUNTABILITY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT SUPPORT FOR OUR HEALING, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING THAT. HEALTHIER INDIVIDUALS HAVE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES, HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES. WE NEED HEALING. WE NEED ACCESS TO RESOURCES. WE NEED TRAUMA RECOVERY CENTERS. WE NEED LAWS THAT ARE FOR SURVIVORS, MADE BY SURVIVORS, FOR SURVIVORS. AND WE NEED MOST IMPORTANT, THAT PREVENTATIVE INTERVENTION WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. CRIME SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES WERE JOINED BY A FEW ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE EVENT, AND THEY WRAPPED UP WITH A HEALING CIRCLE DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO’VE LOST LOVED ONES TO CRIME. TURNING NOW TO LIVE PICTURES FROM VATICAN CITY. SAINT PETER’S SQUARE HERE. THERE ARE SOME NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SEARCH FOR THE LATE POPE FRANCIS REPLACEMENT. CONTROVERSIAL CARDINAL ANGELO BECCIU, ANNOUNCED HE WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE UPCOMING CONCLAVE TO ELECT A NEW POPE. HE WAS THE FIRST CARDINAL TO BE CONVICTED BY THE VATICAN’S CRIMINAL COURT. THAT COMES DAYS AHEAD OF MAY 7TH. THAT’S THE DATE CARDINALS HAVE CHOSEN TO BEGIN THE CONCLAVE. RAFAEL ROMO IS IN ROME WITH THE DETAILS. ON THE FOURTH DAY OF THE NOVENA, THE NINE DAYS OF MOURNING AFTER THE POPE’S FUNERAL, THERE’S A NEW DEVELOPMENT ON A CONTROVERSIAL CASE HERE AT THE VATICAN. CARDINAL GIOVANNI ANGELO BECCIU, WHO WAS CONVICTED OF FINANCIAL CRIMES BY THE VATICAN, SAID EARLIER TODAY THAT HE WILL NOT TAKE PART IN THE CONCLAVE TO ELECT A NEW POPE. AFTER ALL THAT YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY INSISTED THAT HE HAD A RIGHT TO BE INVOLVED IN CHOOSING A SUCCESSOR TO POPE FRANCIS, THE SARDINIAN CARDINAL WAS ONCE ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL FIGURES IN THE VATICAN, BUT HE WAS ORDERED BY POPE FRANCIS IN 2020 TO RESIGN THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF A CARDINAL AFTER HE BECAME EMBROILED IN A VATICAN FINANCIAL SCANDAL FOLLOWING THE POPE’S DEATH LAST WEEK, BECCIU LAUNCHED AN APPEAL IN SUPPORT OF HIS RIGHT TO BE IN THE CONCLAVE. BUT EARLIER TODAY HE ISSUED A STATEMENT ANNOUNCING HE WAS PULLING OUT. I HAVE DECIDED TO OBEY, AS I HAVE ALWAYS DONE. POPE FRANCIS WILL NOT TO ENTER THE CONCLAVE WHILE REMAINING CONVINCED OF MY INNOCENCE, HE SAID. ALSO TODAY, THE CARDINALS, WHO ARE ALREADY HERE AT THE VATICAN, MET FOR ANOTHER GENERAL CONGREGATION STARTING AT NINE IN THE MORNING, HERE IN ROME AND AT THE VATICAN, PEOPLE ARE RUSHING TO BUY A SPECIAL EDITION STAMP RELEASED BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON MONDAY. IT’S THE EMPTY CHAIR STAMP THAT’S ISSUED DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN POPES. THE STAMP WILL BE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE CONCLAVE CHOOSES THE NE