Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist S2025E15: April 13, 2025

Overview

In this week's Sunday Sitdown, "Saturday Night Live" cast member Bowen Yang joins Willie Geist to talk about his role in the new film "The Wedding Banquet" that is a modern reimagining of the 1993 Ang Lee film of the same name. Yang opens up about his road to "SNL," coming out to his parents, and the blockbuster movie "Wicked"." President Donald Trump announced he is exempting a number of tech devices and components from his new tariffs, including smartphones and computers. A White House official says the president signed an exemption executive order to make sure companies like Apple and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world's largest chip manufacturer, can continue with plans to move some productions to the U.S. NBC's Yamiche Alcindor reports for Sunday TODAY. Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker joins Sunday TODAY's Willie Geist to discuss who is winning the battle in President Donald Trump's administration over his tariffs. Welker says, "I think that the word of the week is ‘uncertainty.' The fact that the president and his top advisors said there won't be a pause, there won't be any exemptions and now we are seeing both leaving consumers and investors with a lot of confusion." The Trump administration has confirmed the man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is alive and remains imprisoned there. Abrego Garcia was in the United States legally, but the Trump administration claims the main is a member of the MS-13 gang although he has never been charged with or convicted of any crime. At least 31 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a Russian airstrike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy. Officials say two Russian missiles struck the heart of Sumy as people were gathering for Palm Sunday services. New air traffic control audio from the aftermath of the New York City helicopter crash that killed five Spanish tourists has been released. It comes as a family member of the victims speaks out about their final moments. NBC's Maya Eaglin reports for Sunday TODAY.