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continuing to access the treasury department's central payment system. now, that's the system that's used to send out tax returns, social security benefits and disability payments, as well as federal workers salaries. cnn's betsy klein is joining us now from west palm beach, florida. and, betsy, the white house has since responded to that ruling. what are they saying tonight? >> that's exactly right, jessica. well, president trump ran and won on this idea of slashing waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government. and he has installed elon musk and the so-called doge department of government efficiency to take that task at hand. now that doge staffers have started going into different parts of the federal government, different departments, and accessing different systems, including this very sensitive treasury department payment system, now, new york attorney general letitia james, along with 18 other state attorneys general, filed a lawsuit contending that musk's associates, who are

qualified as federal special government employees, excuse me, were unlawfully granted access to that sensitive treasury system. and then a federal judge ruled that temporarily restricting the doge team from the system, citing risks to sensitive and confidential information as well as vulnerability to hacking. but the white house is lambasting that ruling. a spokesperson, harrison fields, telling cnn in a statement, quote, these frivolous lawsuits are akin to children throwing pasta at the wall to see if it will stick. grandstanding government efficiency speaks volumes about those who'd rather delay much needed change with legal shenanigans than work with the trump administration on ridding the federal government of waste, fraud and abuse. now, for his part, president trump appears to be pleased with the work that musk and his team are doing. take a look. >> mr. president, i wonder what. >> you make of the criticism from. democrats that these. >> staff reductions. >> the cuts that elon musk and doge are doing. >> are an. >> unlawful power grab. >> and is.

>> there anything. >> you've told. >> elon musk he. cannot touch? >> well, we haven't discussed that much. i'll tell him to go here. go there. he does it. he's got a very capable group of people. very, very, very, very capable. they know what they're doing. they'll ask questions and they'll see immediately as somebody gets tongue tied that they're either crooked or don't know what they're doing. we have very smart people going in. so i've instructed him, go into education, go into military, go into other things. >> now trump and his team have confidence in their ability to fight this lawsuit in court. the next hearing is scheduled for friday, february 14th. >> jessica and betsy. the white house also dealing with a separate setback in their effort to dismantle the u.s. agency for international development, usaid. where does that stand tonight? >> that's right. well, president trump has sort of fundamentally sought to restructure how the u.s. approaches humanitarian aid

across the globe and has been working to gut usaid, that key humanitarian agency. this started with an executive order back on day one, asking the u.s. to reevaluate its federal foreign aid spending. then we started to see usaid projects halted and suspended across the globe. and then a temporary leadership for the department announced all direct hires would be placed on leave. just before midnight on friday. now, that would leave about 300 essential staffers from a workforce of 10,000 people. but a federal judge in washington and i should note, a conservative federal judge halted that, issuing an order temporarily blocking more than 2000 usaid staffers from being placed on administrative leave. now, that, of course, is welcome for usaid employees. but of course, there's a lot of uncertainty going forward, particularly as president trump has said that the agency is run by, quote, radical lunatics. but all of this underscores trump remaking and reshaping u.s.

foreign aid. and really, a lot of questions going forward about this tool for soft power and who might fill the vacuum in the absence of u.s. leadership on this issue? jessica. >> all right. betsy klein, thank you so much. and joining us now is national reporter for the washington post. toluse olorunnipa tolu, thanks so much for being here with us. as betsy was just kind of giving points about, trump is moving very quickly and effectively in his first weeks back in office. but we are now starting to see some pushback from the courts. do you think that's been part of their strategy all along, knowing that all of this or a lot of this is probably going to end up in the courts? >> well. >> trump and his team had the presidency. >> for. >> four years, and they saw themselves blocked by the courts on a number of different fronts. and they realized that they're going to have to have this fight, so they might as well have it as quickly as possible. he's a one term president at this point, because he only has one term left that he can run. and he's realizing that if he wants to get a lot done, he's

going to need to do it very quickly. >> and so we have. >> seen him take some of these fights with a lot of disregard for what the law says and what the courts might say, and basically dare the courts dare his opponents to sue him and block him from doing it. and it took a while, but we're starting to see some of the judges say, no, you can't do that. no, you need to follow the law in a certain way. and so he is starting to run into some roadblocks. but if you just look at what he's been able to accomplish over the past three weeks, it's been pretty, pretty significant in terms of what he's been able to do across the federal government with elon musk and his his team at doge. and it's clear that even if the courts slow this down, that a lot is going to be happening and it may overwhelm what the courts and what the opponents of this effort are able to do by filing lawsuits. a lot of this will already be done before the courts can weigh in. >> yeah, and the white house tonight, as betsy was saying, calling the judge's order, quote, judicial overreach, the on that treasury department

ruling, musk's doge, blocking them from accessing that that payment system. and trump appears to be standing by musk when he had questioned when some have questioned how long that support might last, and he said that things are going well, what is the sense that you are getting about that relationship? >> right now? it seems like things are going well. trump is happy that musk is going in and really making a lot of change and moving at lightning speed. one of his big frustrations during his first four years in office was that it took too long to get things done, that people stopped him and said, oh no, you can't do that. musk seems to be trying to push things forward even when it's legally dubious. and so trump appreciates that. but at the same time, trump, as you heard in his answer, wants to make sure that he is the one getting the credit. he said that i am the one that deploy deploys musk and his team to go at different agencies and not allow musk to get the credit. now, you probably saw the time magazine cover, which had musk at the at

the resolute desk in the oval office. that is something that trump and the people in his orbit are not happy to see, because they don't want trump to be overshadowed by the richest man in the world. and so while the relationship at this moment seems to be on sure footing, it remains to be seen how long that will last, especially as it seems that musk is doing more and moving more quickly and getting more credit for some of the changes that are happening in the federal government. and even trump is in some of these cases. and so i think that's something that we'll have to watch very closely as time goes by. >> yeah. and what's another interesting piece of that too, is that that musk can act as a heat shield in some way as americans, you know, begin to feel the impacts of some of these changes that are being made. i wonder how much of that blame, if there is blame that and it's not praise, it's blame that needs to be passed around. if he might act as a heat shield in that way, to. >> i think that's what the trump folks are hoping. they are

hoping that he is able to sort of be surgical with some of these cuts and try to make sure that the people that supported donald trump aren't harmed by some of these changes. but when you take a meat cleaver to the federal government and all of these various agencies, there's no doubt going to be collateral damage, including on the people who voted for trump, people who supported trump, who might see themselves being impacted by these significant changes, these significant cuts, these programs that could be on the chopping block, that help people who voted for trump, as well as people who voted against trump. and so i think that's something that the trump folks are hoping that they will be shielded from some of the backlash from this. but at the end of the day, even, you know, regardless of who's on the time magazine cover, it is donald trump at the resolute desk, and he is the one who has to say the buck stops with me. so if people are unhappy with some of the things that are happening at doge, and we have heard that thousands upon thousands of people are calling their congress members to raise flags and say that they're unhappy with the and concerned about what's happening with their private data, potentially in the hands of these unelected bureaucrats. that's something

that will potentially impact trump's own popularity. and so he's the president, and he's going to be the person that people look, look to as they see changes in their lives coming down from the federal government. and so he may try to use musk as a heat shield. but if some of these changes have a harsh impact on people who voted for trump, those people are going to be looking to trump to either halt those changes or make make a different approach from what musk has been putting forward. and so i wouldn't be surprised if some of these changes land with a lot of, uh, unpopularity among certain groups. and if trump decides to make a different approach after that happens. >> and then there's the congress piece of this all and his agenda and how they're going to push this through. and the questions around how that's going to happen. right, and how effectively can the republicans get this legislation through. and we know they have that incredibly long meeting at the white house where they were trying to sort through how they're going to proceed. how

is that shaping up? >> well, so far it's been trump using executive action and really bypassing congress to do a lot of the things that he has wanted to do over the past several weeks. but if he wants to have a lasting legacy, he knows that he's going to have to pass legislation. he's got these tax cuts that are scheduled to expire at the end of the year that he wants to extend, and a number of other things that he promised on the campaign trail that he needs congress to act on. and so far, there's been a lot of debate and discussion among the republicans, with their narrow majorities trying to figure out between the house and the senate what approach to take. trump hasn't yet leaned in on one, one side or the other, whether to go for one big, beautiful bill or for two different bills and break up his agenda across two bills. but it seems like the house and the senate are in very different positions on what to do, and it will probably require some presidential leadership. and right now, trump seems to be much more focused on using his executive action, working through elon musk to get a lot of changes and not so much focused on congress, where he's

had a lot of frustration, especially in his first term where he wasn't able to get a lot of the things done that he wanted to get done, including repealing obamacare. he saw congress block him on that. and so he is hoping that congress will be able to get its act together. but in the meantime, he's moving with executive action in a more ambitious way than we've seen any president in recent memory. >> yeah. tolu, thanks so much for being here. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> president trump has been floating the idea of canada becoming a u.s. state, and many originally brushed off those remarks as a joke. but canadian prime minister justin trudeau is not laughing, not treating it as a joke. he was overheard telling a business gathering trump is serious. cnn's paula newton has that story. >> while many considered this a hot mic moment, in true fact, the prime minister has been warning people since he visited trump in november after he. >> was reelected. >> that the president. >> is serious. >> he doesn't understand why canada. can't just become the

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one of orr's first questions he asked his brother this morning was, how is hirsch doing? because he had assumed that hirsch had been released long ago and his brother had to explain to him that hirsch had been murdered five months ago. >> seeing the. >> condition of these three hostages, hearing that orr had no idea what happened. >> to hirsch. >> that ellie was unaware of the fate of his wife and his daughters is just a gut punch to all of us that we need to do more. and i'm turning directly to president. >> trump and to. >> mr. witkoff. you have. shown that. >> you are. >> the only. >> ones who have been able to get this situation moving, moving forward. and my plea to you, our plea to you right now is now that you've done the hard part of getting movement, getting a deal started. let's not think about phase one and phase two and phase. >> three in many months. >> let's think bigger and

faster. all 76 hostages out this week. end of war. who benefits from dragging it out for so long? not the people of this region. let's get it done right now. thank you. >> godspeed. >> for now. the ceasefire deal continues with today's release of 183 palestinian prisoners. and again, the three israeli hostages being released who had been held by hamas for 491 days. one person speaking out since october 8th, has faced online abuse for her activism. hollywood star debra messing, speaking with cnn's elizabeth wagmeister about the stand that she took and the torrent of hate she says she's received for it. >> it really has awakened in me a pride and a strength. i think that was laying dormant and i think was i was too scared to reveal. >> debra messing is talking about this., the october. 7th

attack on israel in her year of activism. >> that followed. >> hello. >> hello. i'm deborah. >> including traveling to israel and gaza to meet with israeli soldiers and victims of the attack. >> i felt compelled to go and to bear witness so that i could come back and share their stories and not be called a liar. >> messing has been called a lot worse, as many social media users have taken aim at her unflinching pro-israel stance. it's a much different identity for messing than her time starring on the hit comedy will and grace. >> but apparently i wasn't good enough for your. >> kabobs. >> messing feels she's on an island in hollywood with the israel-gaza war becoming a flashpoint that much of the industry has been reluctant to take on. like when messing and other jewish figures in the entertainment business launched a campaign calling on the u.s.

government to prioritize the return of the hostages. >> and. >> people wouldn't sign it. >> she talks about it in the new documentary october 8th, out march 14th in theaters, which takes a critical look at the explosion of anti-semitism around the world. following october 7th. >> they're taking. >> the kidnaped. >> posters down israel. >> that's why. >> messing executive produced the film. >> i have been an activist for 25 years, and i have marched and stood behind every leader of every marginalized community that has been seeking equity and inclusion. the thing that i have had to mourn the most is what the fact that when i look to my right and my left, the people who i supported were not with me. >> one of the first celebrities to speak up about the hamas attack on israel, messing has used her voice on social media,

but this is her first television interview since october 7th. she's joined by the documentary's director, wendy sacks. >> how did we get to. >> this moment, this. explosive time between social media and media bias that have sort of portrayed. >> this whole. >> situation as a fight against israel. rather than a fight against terrorism? >> how difficult has it. >> been for. >> you to secure. distribution for this film? >> i've been told by pretty much every. >> agent and. >> every agency in hollywood, great film. >> no one's going to. >> touch it. >> with the death toll in gaza, over 45,000. the pair don't hide from those who lay the blame on israel for the staggering death toll. >> what is happening in gaza is, is devastating. any loss of life is devastating. war is devastating. the thing that has been very hard to understand is,

is how people can't seem to hold two things at once, how you can be pro-palestinian and pro-israel at the same time. >> messing says despite the ridicule she's received, her activism won't stop. >> all of that hate just washes over me. and it it doesn't touch me anymore. >> deborah has. >> a courage that i haven't seen in so many others, and i applaud her for that. one of the most beautiful parts of judaism for me is that it is always about finding the light in the dark and bringing light into the dark. i believe that that can change everything. >> elizabeth wagmeister thanks so much for that. still ahead, the real world impact of trump's effort to dismantle an agency focused on fostering goodwill toward america. why? officials tell cnn people around

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providing life saving resources for millions of people around the world, humanitarian aid, fighting disease and poverty, and responding with help after natural disasters. despite the judge's ruling, people who rely on the agency are very worried about its uncertain future. larry's martin. cnn's larry madowo reports. >> they feel traumatized. >> i feel low. >> 36 year old samuel linda has been living with hiv since 2014, getting his life saving drugs from a usaid project. but his supplies. >> are almost out. >> i feel like. the world is ending. tomorrow because i don't know where i'm going to go. i don't know by tomorrow if i'll be alive or dead. >> he distributes u.s. funded condoms in his community. to stop new infections and make sure the infected keep taking their medications. meanwhile, patients at this usaid funded facility in the ugandan capital,

kampala, wait, hoping their treatments are still available. nearly 1000 employees here have been followed after the u.s. stopped work orders. it's still running for now, though no one knows for how much longer its leader, doctor andrew campbell, is a uc berkeley alum who is grateful for american generosity but worries about the future for his staff and patients. >> we are in the throes of an ebola. >> outbreak. >> and before. >> the. >> ebola outbreak. >> uganda is grappling. >> with an outbreak. >> so we find. >> ourselves in a. >> situation where a number. >> of infectious diseases. >> have converged. >> usaid is a lifeline to millions here, millions who would be stuck without it. these are thank you notes from patients here to the medical team at the infectious diseases institute in uganda. they cover hiv, tb and pox and even the current ebola outbreak. the country's eighth. the implication is that u.s. funding

has kept patients like these ones alive. the u.s. is one of uganda's largest donors, spending more than half $1 billion in health care alone every year. more than a third of usaid funds came to africa in 2023. those dollars saved lives, but also supported many americans. >> without u.s. >> funding, people die. >> without global. >> collaboration. >> people die. >> winnie byanyima runs the un's global response to the aids epidemic. they warn that up to 6.3 million people could die by 2029 if the u.s. cuts off funding. americans will also lose out. >> actually. >> sometimes i say we have the diseases. they have the. >> profits they. >> make money, the aid connects them to markets. and markets. benefit american. >> companies. >> and american jobs. >> are created at home. >> so usaid is not just charity to african countries.

>> no, no. >> no, it's mutually beneficial. >> but the negative sentiment isn't one that's shared by all of africa's leaders. in an exclusive interview with cnn, rwanda's president says the continent has to wean itself off aid. >> in president. >> trump's. unconventional ways of doing things. i completely disagree with. >> him on many. >> things. >> even though it will hurt you as rwanda, which depends on some u.s. aid to fund your health care and development. >> we might learn some lessons. >> self-sufficient countries might sound ideal in theory, but it brings little comfort to the millions across the world whose very survival hangs in the balance. larry madowo cnn, kampala, uganda. >> larry. thank you. we have more for you when we come back. >> hi, everybody. >> you see people. >> from radically different views in the same conversation. >> we're going in. >> let's have some real talk. >> solving america right here.

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eastern pacific only on cnn. if you happen to be planning a summer vacation, might you consider north korea? kim jong un has apparently begun efforts to transform a remote town near the border of russia and china into a must see vacation destination. but is it worth the effort of applying for a special u.s. passport just to go, or the risk? cnn's senior international correspondent will ripley, takes a look at the secretive country's tourism plans even by north korean standards, rason is not exactly a. >> tourism hotspot. a remote. >> economic zone. >> closer to china. >> and russia. >> than the capital. >> pyongyang. rason is known. >> for its shoe factory and banking system. there's also a textile factory and sea cucumber breeding farm. >> a typical. >> workday includes. outdoor exercise. weather permitting. >> in almost any. >> other place, tourists.

probably wouldn't be lining up for the. >> chance to open a bank account. >> but this is north korea. the secret state. >> has chosen rason. >> as its. >> first post-pandemic. >> destination for western tourists. allegedly. >> will it happen next week? entirely possible. but will it be delayed. >> entirely possible. >> longtime tour operator. >> simon cockrell. >> knows there are no guarantees. >> when it comes. >> to north korea. simon's made nearly 200 trips, he says traveling there is not for everyone. >> you're choosing. >> a highly restrictive time and a very complicated country on a trip that your family will be worried about. >> and some. >> say for. >> good reason. american college. student otto warmbier was sentenced. >> to 15. >> years of hard. >> labor. >> accused of stealing. >> a propaganda poster from his pyongyang. >> hotel. after 17. months in detention, he returned home in a persistent vegetative state and died days later. the state department has banned u.s. tourists from visiting north korea ever since. what's the number one thing you tell people

not to do when they visit north korea? >> don't proselytize religiously. it's illegal. >> don't break. >> any law, regardless of whether you agree with it or not. simple as. >> that. >> not as. simple for some anyway. the question should tourists go? what do you say to critics who argue people's money is basically supporting a regime and its illegal nuclear program? >> it's not really supporting any of those things, because the state of north korea does not stand or fall on tourism revenue. if it did, it would no longer exist. >> for the past year, north korea has only allowed russian tourists to visit soon. maybe a handful of visitors from the west. arriving just in time for one of north. korea's biggest holidays, the late kim jong il's birthday. for now, only a handful of western tourists are expected to be allowed back in. if this happens, and we don't know if this is the beginning of a wider reopening, or perhaps just an extremely limited test run, thus putting them in such

an isolated city. but one thing that we are noticing is that chinese tourists have yet to return, which is interesting because you have a lot of russian visitors, but no chinese tourists back yet. since the pandemic. some say that may be a sign of beijing's growing displeasure with pyongyang's deepening ties with moscow. will ripley, cnn, taipei. >> all right. well, thank you very much. and i want to thank you for joining me tonight. i'm jessica dean. i'm going to see you again tomorrow night starting at 5:00 eastern. an encore presentation of hbo's real time with bill maher starts right now. have a wonderful night, everybody.