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* **Trump Visits Friends at Fox:**
In an interview that aired on "Fox & Friends" on Thursday, the president said he only learned his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen paid off two women “later on.” Trump also alleged Cohen didn't violate campaign finance laws because the payments "came from me" and not his campaign. To watch the interview, [click here](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/22/trump-insists-learned-michael-cohen-payments-later-on-in-fox-friends-exclusive.html).
* **Hawaii Braces for a Hurricane:**
Hurricane Lane was downgraded to a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 155 mph. It could be the first hurricane to make landfall on Hawaii in decades. Maui could get 18 inches of rain, and up to two feet of water may fall on the Big Island. For more on the developing storm, [click here](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-hurricane-lane-approaching-hawaii-is-so-rare/).
* **Tariffs, Yet Again:**
Another round of tariffs on Chinese imports takes effect Thursday. The 279 targeted items include electronics and plastics. [Read the details here](https://www.npr.org/2018/08/20/640141115/how-much-are-tariffs-pushing-up-prices).
* **OSU's Urban Meyer Suspended:**
Ohio State University on Wednesday suspended its head football coach for the first three games of the season. A two-week investigation concluded the coach mishandled domestic violence accusations against a former assistant coach. Meyer is suspended without pay and cannot interact with his team until September 2. For more on this story, [click here](http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/24449427/ohio-state-suspends-coach-urban-meyer-ad-gene-smith).
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Joan Greve, a politics reporter at The Guardian US, joined Wake Up With Cheddar to break down the implications of the Biden administration announcing a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing games in response to allegations of human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims. She noted the significance of the move, assessing the already frayed relationship between the U.S. and China. "The Chinese have said that a boycott would be politically manipulative, and now they are actually threatening countermeasures," she said. "And that will certainly have an impact on the spirit of the games at the very least."
The U.S. announced it will not send any official representation to the upcoming Beijing winter Olympics. Cheddar's Hena Doba speaks with East Asia expert Michael Swaine about the reasons behind the diplomatic move.
Carlo and Baker discuss the sweeping new vaccine mandate in NYC that will target all private businesses. Plus, Trump's media venture gets its CEO and more.
A lockout is now in place for Major League Baseball. The collective bargaining agreement between the league and players association expired at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday night.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said both sides were unable to negotiate a new contract by that time, so the league locked out the players on Thursday at 12:01 a.m. The lockout also means trades and free agency deals have to stop for now. Dodgers Nation lead editor Clint Pasillas joined Cheddar News' Closing Bell to discuss.
'Bing Bong!' has become a rallying cry for Knicks fans and New Yorkers. Cheddar's None Of The Above dives into the origin of the sound in this edition of Tik Talk.
A Business Insider study is revealing MLB used two different balls throughout the 2021 season without alerting teams or players of that fact. One was roughly two to three grams lighter than the other. While that doesn't sound like a lot, if you ask the players, the difference was obvious. Bradford Davis, an investigative reporter at Insider, joins Cheddar News to discuss more.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have moved to suspend wide receiver Antonio Brown, along with two other players, who lied about their COVID-19 vaccination status. The three-day suspensions come just days after a former live-in chef accused the NFL star of submitting a fake vaccine card and the league fined Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers for a similar offense. Anthony Tall, sports agent and president of Miracle Sports Agency, joined Cheddar's "Closing Bell" to talk about the fallout from Brown's suspension and whether or not it was warranted.
It's Friday at long last. Jill and Carlo cover the latest on Omicron, including a possible superspreader event in NYC. Plus, previewing the November jobs report, a new Zoom feature no one asked for, and when it's no longer a good idea to eat Thanksgiving leftovers.
Michael Jenkins, host of 'The Daily Tip' provides his best plays for Week 13 of the NFL season, Amanda Casey Vance of Bookies.com breaks down this weekend's conference championship slate and makes her pick for which teams will make the Playoff, and VSIN's Amal Shah makes sense of what has been a very unpredictable NFL season thus far.
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