Tuesday March 4th News Updates Lakewood

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Trump speech to congress 9pm  watch Here 

- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says that President Trump is willing to roll back Canada and Mexico tariffs as soon as tomorrow if demands are met.

- Lakewood Afternoon traffic Central Sunset James streets a Parking lot

- Reuters report: US and Ukraine may sign the minerals deal today. Trump told his advisers he wants to announce the signing of the agreement in his speech tonight to both houses of Congress

- The Lakewood Township Zoning Board of Adjustment on Monday night voted unanimously to deny two applications that could have added nearly 350 cars to Prospect Street traffic. Faanews

- Trump: "Please explain to Governor Trudeau, of Canada, that when he puts on a Retaliatory Tariff on the U.S., our Reciprocal Tariff will immediately increase by a like amount!"

- Zelensky is now pleading for a deal. “Our meeting in Washington, at the White House on Friday, did not go the way it was supposed to be,” Zelenskyy wrote on X. “It is time to make things right. We would like future cooperation and communication to be constructive.”

- Trump: Canada doesn't allow American Banks to do business in Canada, but their banks flood the American Market. Oh, that seems fair to me, doesn't it?

- Mincha minyan to resume next Monday march 10 at the jon Bon Jovi rest area on the GSP 6:30 pm 

Tonight Lakewood planing board meeting watch live stream Here  on the agenda:

Yeshiva Chemdas HaTorah educational campus adding 500 cars to Crioss st and James st

Kollel Cheshek Shlomo to build another day care center at 68 white street 

- President Trump is going against the Pro-Hams campus protesters—promises to expel students and withhold funds from those who allow illegal protests:

"All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter".

-Trump's 25% tariffs on Canada's and Mexico's exports to the U.S. and new levies on China took effect this morning. They threaten goods from cars to computers to vegetables.

- Dems plan Purim shtick for Trump speech 

Some Dems plot to disrupt Trump's speech to Congress Axios reports they will bring noisemakers Eggs or empty egg cartons to highlight how inflation is driving up the price of eggs.Hand clappers, red cards and various other props have also been discussed, multiple sources said.

- APP Opinion: Lakewood school board needs money. They also need to explain how they spend it

- Senior Iranian official to the British Telegraph: The Kremlin has asked Iran's Supreme National Security Council to begin mediating negotiations with the US. Iran is hesitant and having difficulty accepting the request, partly due to the confrontation between Trump and Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday and the feeling that the US cannot be trusted.

- The Trump Administration announces it will review Columbia University's tens of millions of dollars in Federal contracts due to its “Lack of Response to Harassment of Jewish Students." The administration announced it would also review the $5 Billion in grants the university receives.

- First commerce bank moved into new Lakewood Headquarters, at  1700 Avenue of the States Lakewood, NJ 08701

- On the occasion of the month of Adar, the Rebbe of Toldos Avraham Yitzhak smoked a cigarette last night at the wedding of his grandson, son-in-law Rabbi Ephraim Aharon Lemberger. After a few puffs, the Rebbe threw the cigarette to the Chasidim who had not smoked all year. The Chasidim shared the cigarette among themselves and each took one puff (Moshe Weisberg)