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>> outfront next, the breaking news war, trump's trade war is about to be in full swing. tariffs against canada, mexico and china. >> taking. >> effect in a few hours. canada and mexico vowing to retaliate. plus, for the second time in a week, elon musk's doge backtracks on claims of saving government money. the new york. >> times tonight. >> reporting major errors in doj's so-called wall of receipts and face off. a republican senator cuts a town hall short and abruptly walks out after voter asked about cuts to veterans. it's all on camera. and the man who's questioning sent him over the edge is my guess. let's go out front. and good evening. i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news of war. we are less than five hours away from an economic war. stocks plunging today ahead of trump saying he's going to be launching 25% tariffs on canada and mexico at

midnight. also doubling the tariff on china to 20%. all of this taking effect in these next few hours. >> is there any room left for. >> canada and mexico. >> to make a deal before midnight? >> and should. >> we expect those chinese tariffs, the extra 10% to. >> no room left for mexico or for canada? no. the tariffs you know, they're all set. >> the tariffs are all set. well trump appears to be set on this. obviously doing this at midnight. that of course is a trade war with america's biggest trading partners canada and mexico. in fact, the only two countries on earth which border the united states. that's the land borders together. america's largest trading partners and closest allies. and now, in an economic war. and that's the word i've used a few times for a reason. because it is. and because listen to what warren buffett said this weekend. >> tariffs are actually. >> we've had. >> a lot of. experience with them. they're an act of war. >> an act of war, as he calls

it. and indeed, what happens in a war? one side fires, the other side fires back. canada says it's ready to retaliate. mexico has said it will do the same. and that's what caused the bloodbath on wall street. the dow closing down 650 points, s&p suffering its biggest drop of the year. and economists of course as as as you all know right. they have talked about what tariffs can do to consumers in terms of driving up the price of cars, electronics, fuel, food more. but trump believes it is worth it. >> we may have short term some a little pain. and people understand that. >> well, there's a real question of whether they do understand that, not just how what the magnitude of the pain will be or what will happen, but just even on the point that he makes on the campaign trail, trump had been very adamant on one really crucial thing, which is that americans would see lower prices on day one of his administration.

>> we're going to get those prices down. we're going to bring down the energy prices fast, fast. so when i went, i will immediately bring prices down. >> prices have gone up since he took office all in, up 3% since he took the oath. and trump of course, is also proudly making it clear not just in tariffs with canada and mexico, america's closest allies. he is making it clear he does not care for the other allegiances and partnerships that have defined american foreign policy since the second world war. he's already turned his back on america's oldest european allies by siding with putin on ukraine. the two are now in lockstep on the issue of the largest land war in europe since world war ii, which was started when putin invaded ukraine. just listen to trump and putin spokesperson today saying that it is zelenskyy who doesn't want peace. >> now, maybe somebody doesn't want to make a deal, and if somebody doesn't want to make a deal, i think that person won't be around very long. >> he doesn't. >> want peace.

>> someone must. >> make zelenskyy want peace. >> and tonight, america's european allies are taking a stand. listen to the british prime minister. >> russia is the aggressor. zelenskyy is. a war. leader whose country has. >> been invaded. >> and we. >> should all. >> be. >> supporting him. >> and not. >> fawning over. >> putin. >> to make sure, in case the accent wasn't clear. fawning over putin. well, as for putin, today in russia, state media is mocking europe for saying it will stand by ukraine, even if america doesn't, by threatening to wipe european cities off the map. >> because they. >> think that now. >> they. >> will send european troops to. >> ukraine and. >> we will. >> say. >> wow. >> the europeans. >> are coming. no. >> we'll just wipe their cities.

>> off the map. >> we'll just wipe their cities off the map. that's what they're saying on russian state media. you know, of course, the reality of it is, and why this is such a fraught moment, is most wars begin with economic pressure and crisis. and that's why trump's tariffs are about so much more tonight than money. jeff zeleny is outfront live outside the white house. and, jeff, what are you learning? tonight, we are now just hours away from that deadline for those tariffs. >> erin, there is no sign that the president is intending to back off, as he did 30 days ago, and gave canada and mexico a one month reprieve. i talked to a white house official just a short time ago. they said no. the president spoke earlier. he said there is no room for more negotiation. so that is where we are at this point. we have seen this president use tariffs as a threat, as a negotiating tactic. but that was february, in march. uh, the officials say that this promise is going to go forward. so if it does, this is going to be one of the things, of course, he talks about at his speech tomorrow evening, basically like a state of the union address.

but new presidents just to deliver addresses to a joint session of congress. so looking forward. and this, erin, is very controversial. never mind democrats who are critical of this. republicans alone, farm state republicans in particular, are very worried about what this could do for prices as planting season is coming up. senator ron johnson of wisconsin. take a listen to this. he says i'm concerned about them. i come from a state that will feel the pain of tariffs on the agriculture side and the manufacturing side, as well. then a rand paul of kentucky said, i am against these tariffs. i am going to do everything i can to stop them. so tomorrow evening at that speech, we shall see how many republicans are actually applauding during this point of terrorists. but this is just one thing that the administration is trying to grapple with. and really, this is not happening in a vacuum. these high prices are a key concern. the white house, the president rarely talks about them. he rarely talks about the inflation. so taken together, all of this is it a warning sign for the president going forward? he does not seem to think so. he said he is going ahead with these tariffs erin. but boy that

stock market. what a sign today for a president who we know follows it very closely. >> for stock market. thought perhaps that it would be a bluff that when he had said he would do the tariffs and delayed that maybe it was just a bluff. and now, well they're hoping in the next few hours, but it's not looking that way. jeff zeleny, thanks very much. i want to go now to fareed. fareed zakaria, of course, fareed zakaria gps. and you know, fareed, here we are in this moment. and as i just mentioned, trump backed off the tariffs once. he said he was going to do it and then had the call with trudeau and sheinbaum and backed off, delayed it a month. so a lot of people in the market thought that's what this was going to be about. a lot of bluster and not a lot of reality. but if he doesn't do it this time, then he loses credibility. is there any off ramp for him in these final hours? >> well, i hope. >> there's an off ramp. >> it doesn't. >> look like it, as. >> jeff was saying. >> but, you. >> know, i try to be measured in how i look at things, erin. but this is a really dumb idea. just

give you a sense of why. so you're putting tariffs on mexico and canada. let's take car. production in america. cars are made as a kind of integrated supply chain. in other words parts moving back and forth from america to canada to mexico. they cross the border 3 or 4 times., and you build essentially. north american cars. so you're tariffing the part of. >> the american. >> supply chain. and guess who's going to come in? the korean car manufacturers and the japanese car manufacturers for whom there are no tariffs. this is a gift to japan and korea. take something like the tariffs on consumer goods or electronic goods coming out of mexico. what's going to happen is southeast asian manufacturers, most many of whom are chinese owned or the chinese are using or using as a back door to get in, are going to be privileged here because there are no tariffs on malaysia, there's no tariffs on indonesia, there are no tariffs on thailand. so it's a very weird own goal where

trump is so obsessed with with, you know, owning mexico or canada that he doesn't realize that what he's doing is actually benefiting china, benefiting japan, benefiting korea. and by the way, the american consumer pays the bill, right? >> certainly when you talk on cars, you know, in terms of prices, in terms of what it could mean for jobs. the thing is, fred, as you know, trump believes tariffs will will work, right. i mean, he ardently believes this very loudly and clearly here just three times he said it. >> i'm a big believer in tariffs. the tariffs are going to make us very rich and very strong. the tariffs are necessary because we've been treated very unfairly by many, many countries, including our friends. >> fred, when you use the blunt words tariffs are a dumb idea. and you explained why. i mean, surely trump's aware of those arguments. why does he think this? why does he think they're such a good idea? >> this goes all the way back to

his earliest political leanings. in the 80s, he took out an ad when he was a real estate developer, and the ad was all about how japan was ripping us off. japan was going to was going to take over the world economy. and, you know, that sort of if there's any consistency in trump's worldview, it is this deep protectionism. he doesn't, by the way, seem to have noticed that his predictions about japan turned out to be completely wrong. japan did not, in fact, take over the world. it did not take over the world economy and the u.s. by being an open, free trading, innovative economy has far surpassed countries like japan. so, you know, the facts are not on his side, but it doesn't seem to matter. >> i mean, in fact, i can remember when japan was the second largest economy in the world, long since leapfrogged by china. warren buffett used the word today, though, over the weekend. tariffs are an act of war, and they come at this fraught and fragile moment. the french foreign minister tonight saying the risk of physical war in europe has never been so high. that's the quote, has

never been so high since the start of the european union itself. how tenuous is this moment? >> i think it is exactly the thing that buffett was hinting at, which is you're adding to the kind of nationalism, protectionism, the sense that, you know, that we live in a zero sum game that's, again, seems to be a core belief for trump. he never believes in win win. he has to win and you have to lose. and, you know, notice the place, the people with whom he puts pressure canada, mexico, the europeans are all american allies. why does he do that? well, he has leverage over these people, over these countries. and for trump, that's where you use the power. he doesn't have that much leverage over putin and xi. so he so he discriminates against our closest allies. it's a world upside down. >> it is a world upside down when you put it that way. he would identify the leverage point. that's where you're going to push. and it is with your

friends. fareed, thank you very much. in this fraught moment, as i said, now, less than five hours away from those tariffs scheduled to take effect, 25% at midnight, and trump does seem focused on punishing u.s. allies, whether it's canada with tariffs or mexico or, of course, ukraine, even as he is moving to reopen u.s. business ties with russia, which, by the way, even prior to the war, as jeffrey sonnenfeld pointed out, was 1% of u.s. business revenue, but he wants it back. putin is relishing every minute of this. matthew chance is outfront tonight in moscow. >> even russian commentators. >> saw this as a trap, a public. >> flogging in the oval office, said one columnist. on state television. >> the kremlin. >> spokesman confirmed. >> president putin. >> watched the drama. >> unfold. >> of course, putin saw it with all of its nuances, dmitry. peskov says. >> so did the.

>> entire world. it was, let's say. >> quite unprecedented. >> he. >> adds. >> earlier, he said the new u.s. administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations. which he said largely coincides with russia's. >> vision. >> but on the streets, ordinary russians. >> took the. >> presidential bust. >> in their. >> stride. >> the fact there was a. squabble is just. >> part of the. >> show, says dimitri. like good american cinema. the really important things. >> will be. >> decided behind. >> the scenes. >> he says. >> i'm against war and i'm waiting. >> for this. >> to finally end. says natalia. in terms of what happened. >> though. >> it's probably more positive for russia. already there are expectations in moscow that us-russia. >> talks. >> which began in. >> saudi arabia. >> last month, will now intensify. he hopes a trump-putin summit. >> will be fast. >> tracked.

>> philippe lazzarini, claudia sheinbaum pardo. >> and with the u.s. and ukrainian leaders at odds. negotiations to end the. brutal war in ukraine may be overshadowed by lucrative us-russian economic deals already being tabled behind closed doors. russian officials. >> couldn't be. >> happier with what they see. >> as a. >> seismic shift in washington's geopolitical stance. >> trump on pragmatic. >> trump is a pragmatist. his slogan is common sense. >> says sergey lavrov. >> the russian foreign minister. it's a shift to a different way of doing things. that's why it's interesting to work with him. >> he adds. >> but again, on moscow's streets, trump's embrace is viewed with skepticism. >> trump. >> natasha chen trump. >> doesn't really know much about what's happening in the world, says 74 year old vladimir. he has a very narrow view of purely financial tasks,

he says. but with trump's lurch towards russia, there is far more at stake than just money. well, erin, it's still uncertain what exactly this new relationship between russia and the united states is going to look like. the kremlin told me tonight they're still waiting for substantial dialog with the trump administration, but they have made it clear that they regard the ukraine war as just one of many issues, including sanctions relief and economic cooperation, that they are now confident will step by step be resolved. erin. >> all right. thank you very much. matthew chance in moscow tonight. and with me now, retired lieutenant general ben hodges, former commanding general of the u.s. army in europe. and general, you know, you heard matthew refer to it as a lurch. the lurch of, uh, trump toward russia. how afraid are you of what we are seeing right now?

>> well, what we're seeing. >> is 80. years of. >> hard work by the. >> united states. >> and allies under multiple administrations. to create. a an environment where the. >> united states. >> has prospered more than anybody. >> and we've. >> always been on the side of. defending democratic countries against russia. >> uh, what. >> we saw on friday, of course. was the ripping off of the mask. there's there's no longer any pretense that the administration is siding with russia here. >> and now europe has come out. and look, i've seen the list that they provided more tanks and more, you know, more of the actual materiel. all of that may be true, but you, as someone who had commanded u.s. army europe, what does it look like if the u.s. goes ahead, if trump says, we're done with the aid, i'm going to stop it now. no more aid to ukraine, no more nothing. if it's really in europe's hands, what happens? >> well, of. >> course it will be. bad for ukrainians for a period of time and bad for europeans as.

>> well. >> because they have depended on american. >> leadership. >> and leadership is not just providing stuff. it's standing up for things. it's nobody like the u.s. can convene countries to do things. and i think that what we're going to see, because russia actually is in big trouble. i mean. the premise that the administration is using when they say ukraine, you have no cards, that's just not that's just not true. the russians are in big trouble. the ukrainians have stopped them without us even committing to helping them win. so imagine if 20 plus european countries finally rediscovered their strategic backbone and start bringing together the incredible industrial capacity which dwarfs what russia has. we're going to regret that they got together and did this without us and despite us. and we're going to lose an awful lot of influence. >> i just want to ask you, you know, zelenskyy's outfit at the white house, obviously, trump

took issue with it. it's not just that he made a snarky comment about it. you know, there's been reporting that he had a problem with what he wore. of course, this is what zelenskyy wears in all in all settings since the war began. um, now ukrainians have you know, there's they said their suits are military uniforms right now and then they're going around has been a picture of winston churchill when he came to the white house to in world war ii and met with fdr, wore his air raid suit. that's what he showed up in. of course, winston churchill, you know, seen as a hero, a lion as history has judged him. what do you make of trump's reaction to even commenting on zelenskyy's clothes? >> well, the president, the leader of the free world, the president of united states, that was beneath him to make a comment like that. and of course, elon musk stands in the oval office with a ball cap and a t-shirt on. so this this is an attempt, i think, by some to try and humiliate, uh, president zelenskyy. and of course, nobody else, including the king of england, was was bothered by this, uh, outfit.

>> no, no, he wore it out with the king of england. of course, this weekend. general hodges, thank you very much. and next, the breaking news. doge backtracking for the second time in a week, deleting claims of saving the u.s. government money. there's some incredible new reporting tonight in the new york times. plus, a republican senator gets up abruptly, leaves a town hall after being confronted by one voter about trump's sweeping cuts to veterans. >> i support the veterans, but what you're. doing right. now with the government is doing. >> right now as far as cutting out those jobs, and that is a gideon sa'ar. >> that voter is my guest. and melania trump, whose husband famously obviously lashes out online, making a rare appearance today to rail against others online attacks. >> erin burnett outfront, brought to you by. etsy for affordable. home and style

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years. so kara doge makes these big claims. this isn't the first time either. and, um, and then apparently in the dead of night, that is when some of them get deleted. >> yeah, because they love transparency. that's how they like it to do this. i mean, look, they just don't. a lot of this is performative. a lot of it is inaccurate. if you're being kind, it's inaccurate and sloppy. if you're being unkind, it's mendacious. >> and cosplaying. >> that they're doing. >> something that. >> they're not doing and causing people to suffer. i mean, it's just it's it's it's basically rank incompetence not to be able to keep track of what you're doing. there's plenty of, uh, reform of the federal government that could be done if you just be honest about it. but having to make these large claims because they've made so many large promises is what they're doing, and therefore they're making things up. that's pretty much it. and and david fahrenthold, the new york times has done a great job because david fahrenthold can do math, actually. >> well, david fahrenthold always has been excellent at math in this case. right?

>> math is hard. i know math is hard, but elon musk is supposed to be a genius. but apparently math is hard. >> well, i mean, if you can land, you know, people on mars, that's math. um, you know, but. >> he didn't land them, right? >> right. he obviously wants to, but. >> nobody's landed on mars. yeah. >> right. so here's the thing, though, kara. we're hours away from this latest deadline for federal employees to send in their weekly list of accomplishments. so hhs, defense department, dhs, they're now directing staff to respond. and the reason this stood out to me, because it kind of dripped in these headlines saying, oh, dod hegseth is saying, you have to respond. last week, they were told not to respond, and the department chief's trump appointees were silent on the issue, almost seeming like they were taking him on quietly, hoping this would go away. but now they're not. now they're in line. it's formal. you have to respond to this email. what does that tell you about musk's influence over everybody else in the trump cabinet? >> well, it wasn't at the white house last night. i mean, you saw him going in. he has

obviously the closest relationship to the president. so, you know, that's that cabinet meeting was like it was it was like stalin s, you know, in the way it was conducted. we all like him, don't we? we all like him. i mean, that's not a way to conduct a a really critical assessment of how to reform the federal government, which is critical for our country at the very heart. there's a single truth that we do need to figure out a way to bring down our deficits. and doing it this way is comical. it's a circus. it's just a circus. it's not. it's, you know, like to to quote, um, logan roy from succession, these are not serious people. >> well, you point out there is something at the core here, right? the need to to reduce the deficit. this is very serious. and yet the way it's being handled, as if it's a joke and it's so easy, it's a mockery, right, that the two things just aren't. they don't match to demean it, to mean the seriousness of it and the lives it affects. i mean, musk was, you know, you say at the cabinet meeting was at mar-a-lago this weekend on stage with trump and his four year old son, one of his four year olds. i know he has several that are the same

age. um, but this ex who had been with him a lot and marine one ride back to washington. i'm i'm curious, kara, because you've covered him for a long time. and just over the past couple weeks, there have been reports about maybe more children. and with different mothers. what's behind musk's insistence to put this particular child just so much in the spotlight? >> well, he's not supposed to. from what i understand, i understand he's not supposed to do that. and i think grimes, who's the the mother of this child, has said that, um, i it's it's strange. he has lots of other kids, and this is the one he takes around. he's called this kid a cute prop at one point. and a lot of people around him call the child an adult. you know, an emotional support toddler, which is repulsive when you think about it. um, i don't know. i don't know why he's focused on this one child. and it's, you know, i have a i have a kid of the same age, and i definitely don't carry this kid around and show him off on cnn right now. um, it's it's i find it very

strange as a parent of four kids, but, you know, everybody has their own parenting style. >> that's what i love about you, kara, that you could just end it. so where are they? i all right. >> well, so i didn't i didn't take my children on my back, by the way, putting a carrying a kid around a lot. that's that's a that's heavy. that's my back. couldn't handle it. but whatever. >> we want to get practical about it. all right. well, hey, kara, i appreciate it. i know you are in australia, so thanks a lot for putting this in. >> thank you. it's tomorrow. here. it's tomorrow. >> that's right. it's tomorrow. all right. well, next, a republican senator bails on his town hall after voters pressed him for answers on elon musk and mass firings. one voter who's questioning has gone viral is outfront next. plus, a cnn investigation. trump's efforts to dismantle the u.s. government taking a major toll in one key state that supported

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( 800) 269-9522. >> anderson cooper 360. >> tonight at eight on cnn. >> all right. breaking news. we have just learned that president trump is pausing all military aid to ukraine after that public clash with zelenskyy last week in the oval office, but this is now rubber meets the road. all military aid to ukraine from the u.s. on hold right now. jeff zeleny is on the phone. jeff, what are you learning about these this breaking detail? obviously, a huge blow to ukraine. >> there's no question, erin. it's a deep blow to ukraine. just three days after that meeting in the oval office. but we are learning tonight that president trump has ordered a pause to all military aid that is not yet inside of the country. so that means that it applies to all military equipment that is not yet in country. so some things that would be on the way, some things that would be nearby in poland and elsewhere. but this certainly is an escalation of really what we've seen, a back

and forth quite extraordinarily between the trump administration and the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, who came to washington last friday in hopes of signing a deal. and that obviously did not happen. now, this is going to be certainly setting up a confrontation in some respects with some republicans in congress. they believe it's the purview of congress. this is a funding that has already been approved, but the white house is saying that a pause could be lifted if a vladimir zelenskyy demonstrates a new commitment to negotiating to end the war. and we heard the president say earlier today he wants to hear some appreciation from zelenskyy. but, erin, underscoring all of this is simply that this is music to vladimir putin's ears. this is what the kremlin, they were aligned with washington, they said over the weekend as talks were going on. so this is a new development tonight, ordering a pause to military aid for ukraine, erin.

>> all right. thank you very much, jeff zeleny. of course, a crucial moment. and, you know, largest land war in europe since world war ii. european country, the largest recipient of u.s. aid for the first time since harry truman. so to undo that, this is a crucial moment. i want to go to oren liebermann in washington. of course, the pentagon. so, oren, how significant of a blow will this be to ukraine? obviously, you know your total numbers. here is, what, 175 billion, some of which is obviously gone to u.s. defense manufacturers as well. but where are we in this moment when you stop it? what happens? >> well, ukraine absolutely relies on u.s. stocks, u.s. supplies to. >> stay in the fight. >> yes, they have their own. >> drone manufacturing industry, and that produces many of the drones they use short term, short. >> range, long range. >> but in terms of the big. >> stuff, if you will, that ukraine. >> needs to stay in the fight. >> artillery. >> anti-tank weapons. >> rockets for their himars. >> system, armored. >> vehicles, a good portion of that, a very large.

>> portion of that comes from the u.s. >> so to. seize that, to pause it and stop. it is. an incredible blow to ukraine. >> and its military. >> at a crucial. >> time here. >> especially when the kremlin. >> and russian forces on the. >> ground will absolutely celebrate this and push harder, as. >> we've seen. >> them do over. >> the course. >> of the past several days. >> and weeks. including since these zelenskyy trump meeting, which was. >> last week. it's also worth. >> pointing out. >> and i'll pick up on. >> on jeff's point here that zelenskyy has thanked the u.s. for. >> every single one. >> of the announcements. >> of aid that. >> has come. >> those just came from the biden administration. >> trump hasn't announced any on his own. >> that's right. and as you point out, gratitude is something that he has expressed in plenty. all right. thank you very much, oren liebermann. as we are covering that breaking development here, as we get a reaction out of ukraine. we were going to bring that to you. but also tonight, a top official at u.s. aid ousted after criticizing trump's move to freeze almost all foreign aid. cnn obtained a series of memos from that official warning that

trump's moves will, and i quote, no doubt, result in preventable death, destabilization and threats to national security on a massive scale. and that's u.s. aid. we're not even talking about something like ukraine as it's breaking just this moment. it comes as a new cnn investigation tonight finds that trump's move to cut foreign aid is not just affecting people who live outside the united states. it is taking a toll, a toll in the united states, specifically in a key battleground state. and that's where kyung lah is out front. >> my job brings in about 75% of our household income. with two small children, one still in daycare. we have a lot of childcare expenses. um, so not a lot of savings. >> ruth garfinkel. >> in durham, north carolina. is not a federal employee. that didn't stop what happened. >> life changed. >> in january for you? yes. >> i worked for a usaid contractor, and without. usaid

funding contracts, then there's no no job for me. >> she's taken out a home equity line of credit on her north carolina house to now stay afloat. her family, part of an economic ripple effect of federal cuts. felt acutely in the so-called research triangle of north carolina, where a cnn review shows in the last fiscal year, usaid agreed to pay more than $1 billion to groups based in the state. >> the real things are happening. people are losing their jobs. >> now. walk with durham mayor through the city's downtown. and you quickly learned there are a lot of ruth garfinkel's here. people who don't work for the federal government, but for the organizations that receive usaid funding for. >> down the street, furloughed. >> how many? >> i believe they furloughed about 200 employees. >> so far. >> cnn found more than 300 people laid off or furloughed in the state from usaid related cuts. but that may be just the tip of the iceberg. the mayor

expects local numbers to climb as subcontractors and other businesses report layoffs. that's loss of income directly to the city. >> the city. >> the county, the state. but most importantly, the families. >> people think usaid is cutting funding to other countries. >> it's happening right here in my city. when those jobs are gone, that means i have one less resident that could support the small business here locally. that's one less resident that. can contribute to the tax base right here in durham. >> making it harder and scarier for some in north carolina. are the trolls celebrating these job losses? one company that announced cuts in north carolina shared with us emails like this. hate letters sent by mail. and if you dare look on social media. plenty of cheering for the suffering in the state. >> these are. >> real businesses here. >> in north carolina. >> they support other businesses. >> they brianna clarke-schwelm leads a north carolina public health alliance. >> a lot of people. >> are applying. >> for unemployment. right now. >> a lot of people are.

>> also pulling their. >> kids out of childcare. >> they're also. >> thinking. >> about their mortgages. >> they're thinking about if they're going to stay in. >> north carolina. >> if they can afford to to stay. >> living here. >> 13,124 jobs have been lost or furloughed. >> sadie healey and her business partner have been tracking the ripple effect of the individual u.s. job losses. organizations and workers are messaging them directly. then they use that data and publicly post on their usaid stop work website. walk me through some of the hardest hit states. >> you have florida. you have north. >> carolina. >> south carolina. >> in your perspective, especially having the messaging and the phone calls that you're getting, is this very much an american problem? >> this is. >> 13,000 americans that just suddenly lost their job, who didn't have a plan and didn't know this was coming. so maybe they have some savings, but like, you make cuts and that's going to affect your local economy. >> yeah, i can. >> chat with somebody. >> healy and her partner, meg mcclure, forecast that if all

active usaid contracts and grants are cut, the groups based just in north carolina could lose more than $2 billion. but it's already having an impact. now. >> i'd like them to know that they are harming ordinary people, and it's really. shortsighted. and. frankly, cruel. >> it bears reminding that north carolina was a battleground state and that trump won it last november. and this is just a slice of the impact on this pivotal state from the trump administration. a nonpartisan study drilled down on these numbers. and when you look at the overall federal funding and federal research grants that go into north carolina just in 2024, approximately $30 billion, aaron went into the state. erin. >> all right. kyung, thank you

very much. and next, a republican senator walking out of a town hall abruptly after being pressed about trump's sweeping cuts. the voter who prompted that senator to leave is next. plus, melania trump making her first public solo appearance in over a month. >> what is the time? >> go! >> where does the time go? >> until this week, my dad did not know where he was from. i'm african american. i want to know where i come from. it means the world to share ancestry with my dad. so in nigeria, that's where it all started. so they broken it down by regions, by journeys, and by parents. i think this is deep and it adds more complexity to our lives to add more color. my pops is my fuel. my family and my community. this is my way of saying thank you to him. >> for the flying. >> replacement program. got started. >> by a good friend of. mine who. a navy vet. >> who. >> saw the flag at.

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halls all over the country, including chuck none. my guest tonight, who is incredible exchange with republican senator roger marshall of kansas, has gone viral. watch for yourself. >> i support the veteran. >> but what you're doing right now. >> what the government is doing. >> right now as far as cutting out those jobs, a huge percentage of those people. and i know you care about the veterans. thank goodness. and that is, al-qaim. >> yes. >> yes, that is al-qaim. i'm not a democrat, but i'm worried about the veteran. thank you. all right. well, i yield it to him. um, one of my my elders and i appreciate his comments. >> um. >> i think it's a great. i'm not going to. we don't have time for everyone to stand up. i do got two more commitments today. appreciate everybody making the drive out and god bless america. thank. >> thank you. good night.

>> our god. >> thank you. >> we're going to take pictures with. >> you, buddy. >> right. >> vote you. >> out. >> just got up and walked out. much of the crowd there you could see incredibly frustrated and angry. the senator abruptly ended that town hall after that exchange early, and trump sounded off about the contentious town halls on truth social today, saying in part, quote, it's all part of the game for democrats. outfront now, chuck nunn, the man in that viral video, a lifelong kansas resident. i know, chuck, you call yourself a conservative democrat. your wife is a republican. and you were at that town hall together. so i just want to start, chuck, in the awkward place where the president started, when he is calling people at these town halls who are asking tough questions, or maybe just saying they, as you did, talking about your concern for veterans, paid troublemakers. i mean, just to be clear, awkward question here,

but were you paid? >> no, but but if president. >> trump would. >> like to. >> send me some. >> cash, i. >> i would prefer. large bills in a, in a plain envelope. uh, but no, i. wasn't paid. >> paid. and if they. >> you know, it makes no sense if they were going to. have a paid actor. they would pick somebody. >> a hell of. >> a lot better. >> looking than i am. and someone. >> that's much better spoken than i am. uh, makes no sense. uh, it's. and the people that were. >> there. >> i can't guarantee you all of them were kansans, because i did not check. every tag in the parking lot. but as my wife and i walked into that hall, i did look at the tags and they were all kansas tags.

>> you know, chuck, as i said, this is a senator, so people could come from all over the state. and you were there raising a crucial point, which, as you say, your wife's a republican. you define yourself or identify as a conservative democrat. you're upset about veterans and veterans being fired by the federal government as part of these cuts. and you called it a shame. what made you decide to go into that parking lot, walk in the town hall? all the effort that it takes to do that, to speak to senator marshall. what made you decide to do it in person? >> i've attended other town halls that senator marshall's had. in fact, i voted for the guy once. you know, i thought he was at that time, i thought he was a pretty decent individual. the reason that i, i, i went is that, uh, my family's been in this country since the 1600s. we fought in wars in this country before there was a country. more

recently, uh, my during the second, the second world war, my dad and my uncles, uh, fought against the nazis in world war two. my dad was involved in the. and this is hard for me to talk about. and i'll just make it quick. but in the cleanup. of. a couple of the concentration camps, saw my dad cry twice. once. and my sister, at age 14, died of leukemia. the second time was. when he. sat down and talked to us as boys, his sons, about what he saw over there. my dad was a big man and he was a tough man. but, uh, that experience stayed with him all

of his life. and it as i understand it, it changed his personality. this probably isn't why you called, but you know. um, to see your south african immigrant stand up on the upon the stage. wave a chainsaw around it. just absolutely sickens me. that's. that's disgusting. that's repulsive. and that is un-american to have that same guy and his group of thugs have the ability to take and go through my personal information at will. is frightening. and it's i don't have the words for it. i'm sorry.

>> you know, senator marshall, when you asked him, you brought that up, um, and you brought it up in a passionate way. it wasn't confrontational. he he obviously just didn't want to engage on the on on the issue. um, so, you know, he got up and he walked out abruptly ending the meeting. why? and you point out there was a, you know, you you voted for the man at one point to be senator. why do you think he reacted that way? >> some people can't handle the truth. yeah, some people can't handle the truth. and, you know, i don't understand this because i. i honestly believe that i don't hate the man. i honestly believe that he. he's a decent

individual. he's a he was a as i understand it, he was a wonderful doctor over in barton county. his family is well thought of. why he would stand up there and lie to us over and over again. does he think that we're stupid out here? has he been away from his roots for too long? i, i, i just i don't understand it, and i don't get it. >> well, chuck, i really appreciate your taking the time and sharing this with all of us. thank you very much. i really do appreciate it. >> thank you, thank you, thank you for having me. >> and next melania trump speaking out tonight as she makes her first solo public appearance in over a month. >> my moderate to severe crohn's symptoms kept me out of the picture. now i have skyrizi. >> i've got places to go.

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making her first solo public appearance in over a month since her husband was inaugurated. >> it is imperative that we safeguard children from mean spirited and hurtful online behavior. >> appearing on capitol hill today to advocate. >> for a bill that would protect americans from deepfake and revenge pornography, the take it down act would criminalize the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery, including a.i. generated pornography, and could require social media networks to remove all content after being notified by a victim. >> it's heartbreaking to witness young teens, especially girls, grappling with the overwhelming challenges posed by malicious online content like deepfakes. >> in the president's second term, the first lady has spent very little time in washington. not seen at the white house for a nearly month long stretch between january 24th and

february 22nd, with very few public appearances. >> it's so sad. >> in january, the first lady traveled with her husband to north carolina and los angeles to tour communities damaged by natural disasters. >> the first lady is. >> here bringing a film crew with her. detailing the trip as part of an amazon documentary about her daily life that she is executive producing. >> she really wanted to be here, she said. no, i want to go. and you know, she sees what happened and she felt very badly. >> sources tell cnn the first lady will be present for major events and would have her own priorities as first lady, but plans to spend the majority of her time between florida and new york, where her son barron is attending college. >> i will be in the white house. and you know when i need to be in new york. i will be in new york. when i need to be in palm beach. i will be in palm beach. but my first priority is, you know, to be a mom, to be a first lady, to be a wife. >> in the first trump

administration. melania spearheaded the be best campaign aimed at online safety for kids. >> when children learn positive online behaviors early on, social media can be used in productive ways and can affect positive change. >> a platform she is reviving today. >> every young person deserves a safe online space to express themselves freely without the looming threat of exploitation or harm. >> and the first lady is expected to be at president trump's state of the union address tomorrow. one of the guests that she is invited to sit with her for that speech will be a 15 year old girl who was a victim of the sort of online behavior. her face was superimposed into pornographic content without her consent, and those fake images were circulated worldwide. erin. >> all right.