>> democratic led cities. that had permissive immigration policies. >> thank you. as he did in when he was talking about crime in his 2017 speech, he namechecked chicago. and it's not not everything is about boston, but it's because it's because mayor wu is testifying tomorrow in the house oversight committee. so what effect something like that would have on these big city mayors. >> okay, eliot. >> you picking up on ukraine? um, what are the other parts of the hammer that that come out? elon musk, spacex controls starlink, which is the internet satellites. do they suspend internet coverage over, uh, over ukraine in a way that hampers its military? >> yeah. >> today and beyond, i'm really interested to see how federal workers harness their political power in this moment. they can prove to be really effective messengers for democrats, especially because some of them are conservative, voted for president trump, and now they have the ability and the platform to tell their stories. >> all right. i want to thank you all the group, for joining me today. i want to thank you

for waking up with us. i'm audie cornish and cnn news central starts right now. >> we are standing by for the markets to open. after startling upheaval overnight, america's three largest trading partners lashing back after president trump issued new tariffs. economies on edge as the president speaks to congress tonight. >> critical military. >> aid to ukraine cut off. >> just as russia unleashes a new round of attacks. what president trump is now demanding from ukraine's leader before even considering sending help his way again. and a powerful cross-country storm delivering a weather triple threat. blizzard conditions, fire weather and even tornadoes expected to impact millions of people. sara is out today. i'm kate bolduan with john berman. this is cnn news central.

>> all right. breaking this morning. we are watching the markets. they have dipped slightly negative after a huge plunge yesterday. overnight america's three largest trading partners china, canada and mexico all responding to new tariffs from president trump. and the responses might be harsher than expected. in a scathing editorial titled trump takes the dumbest tariff plunge, the wall street journal writes, quote, investors are trying to read this uncertainty as they also watch growing evidence of a slowing u.s. economy. unbridled tariff man was always going to be a big economic risk in a second term. and here we are. this is a trade war. meanwhile, we have breaking news in a ground war. new signs this morning that russia is taking advantage of president trump pausing all military aid to

ukraine in all of this is happening as the president prepares to address congress tonight. so let's get right to the white house. cnn's elaina treen. is there so much happening, elena, in just the last few hours? give us the latest. >> that's right. let's start with. >> tariffs, john. >> because look, this is something >> graphs on canada and mexico, those took effect this morning. but then he also bumped up tariffs on china from 10% to

20%. >> and immediately we've seen some of these countries retaliate with tariffs of their own. china, for example, retaliated by announcing 15% tariffs on chicken, wheat, corn and cotton imports from the united states. they also announced a 10% tariff on soybeans, pork, beef and other various goods. canada. for their part, we heard from prime minister justin trudeau say that they are going to have $30 billion or tariffs on $30 billion worth of u.s. goods, and that they would impose an additional $125 billion tariffs on american goods by march 25th. all to say, look, it's unclear how the markets are going to be impacted by this. but this is coming at a time when already you have a very inflationary americans, many of whom do not want to be thrust into this trade war. john. >> and again, it comes as the president is preparing to speak to congress tonight. elena, what are you learning about what he plans to say? >> yeah. look, john, there's going to be i mean, one, we know that the white house is saying that the theme of this is the

renewal of the american dream. they also have laid out some key topics that he wants to get through. one that i know is that when i talk to white house officials and trump administration officials about this, they say it's going to be a speech that is very heavy on domestic policy. you can expect him to walk through some of the major gutting and slashing of the federal workforce, his his push to try to reshape it in his image. we know doge is going to be a topic of conversation. elon musk is going to be in the room for this address, but he also is going to talk about the economy again, talking about tariffs that will come up tonight. but also, you know, this idea as you have senate and house republicans still kind of trying to grapple with what this budget will look like, how to implement some of his economic priorities, including the renewal of the 2017 tax cuts. that's supposed to come up. of course, immigration and border security. and then also, i think this is the big one that many people are looking for is how will his rhetoric, what will his rhetoric be and look like as it relates

to foreign wars? we know that, of course, one of the biggest things right now is how is he going to be messaging on ukraine, particularly after we saw the white house move to pause all aid on ukraine yesterday? john. >> that, of course, is a major development that won't just be watched here in the united states, but all around the world. alayna treene at the white house this morning. great to have you there. thank you very much, kate. >> and part of all of this as well, especially when it comes to the speech tonight, president trump slamming on the brakes on military aid to ukraine after that disastrous. oval office clash. the move comes as russia just launched nearly 100 drones on ukraine. the drones destroying homes, energy infrastructure, damaging a children's hospital and injuring at least four people overnight. ukrainian military leaders are sounding are sounding off this morning saying what happens next now depends on european allies. cnn's nick paton walsh is in kyiv for us tracking it all. and nick, what are you hearing this morning? >> yeah. there is no more

seismic move. frankly, the trump administration can make other than pausing this aid. how much? well, ukraine appears to rely on, depending on who you're listening to, anything between 40% to 20% of its military aid from the united states is trying to get down to 20, at least. but it's the kind of aid that is so utterly important. we understand that intelligence sharing that's utterly vital for ukraine's forces to know what the russians are planning against them. that does continue. it seems, at this stage, but utterly vital, are the air defense patriot missiles. only the united states can provide them. and ukraine's prime minister was utterly clear that a key part of what they need. and zelenskyy himself has said every morning, frankly, they wake up and count how many they have to stop russia's ballistic missiles. that is utterly key. now, it also important in this is the fact that there wasn't much clarity as to whether the trump administration was going to increase its own funding militarily towards ukraine. i think they argue a peace deal will make that unnecessary. so this is essentially about freezing out or slowing down the remnants of biden authorizations

that were still trickling their way towards ukraine. but it sends a huge seismic blow to ukrainian morale here because all the talk, the rhetoric, the theater of the past two weeks has left people here dizzy, frankly. but this is an actual, immediate, practical consequence. now, of course, there will be a lack of clarity as to some of these issues when they become critical or not. but we did know that round about in the summer, ukrainian officials were concerned about a shortage of ammunition that may become more acute. yes, drones do a lot of the fighting on the front line here, but be in no doubt this is a hammer blow to ukraine and at least president zelenskyy in a very complicated bind, because it is clear that trump officials want to see him apologize in some way, possibly publicly. it's clear they want him to sign up to a rare earth minerals deal, but within that, there's no promise of aid or security guarantees. and it's also clear now that they. to be committed to peace. but it's the kind of peace, frankly, that's the big question here. ukraine

and its european allies say that without security guarantees to protect ukraine, if russia refits, replenishes and attacks again, a peace is rushed and meaningless and works in moscow's favor. so zelenskyy basically has to apologize, do everything the white house wants for no obvious, immediate gain on his side, apart from the continued good graces of the u.s. president. it's an exceptionally hard choice. but this morning, ukrainians again waking up to the unimaginable happening before their eyes. >> absolutely. nick, thank you so much for being there. much more on this ahead for sure. also ahead, a triple threat that you never want to encounter. blizzards, tornadoes, wildfires that are going to impact millions of people from coast to coast. it's the worst. also, it's the first big weather test for federal weather forecasters at noaa since the white house slashed hundreds of jobs from the agency. and elon musk is using a.i. to help guide his massive cost cutting measures. the security threats that could pose. and rapper jay-z, now

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after really big losses yesterday. huge plunges. investors reacting to the new tariffs issued by president trump. now overnight china mexico canada began to respond with harsher measures i think than people expected. and we are still standing by to hear from the mexican president shortly. economists worry that tariffs might raise prices while americans are still dealing with stubborn inflation. with us now. cnn's vanessa yurkevich paula newton, who is in canada. let's start with vanessa first on what we are seeing here and the implications. >> yeah. so this really ignited a trade war between our three major trading partners. we're now seeing tariffs of 25% on imports coming in from canada and mexico. and now 20% total for imports coming in from china. this is going to impact $1.4 trillion worth of goods that come into the u.s. every single year. that's about 40% of all imports that we get every single year. and what do we get

from these major trading partners? well, we get oil, food, electronics and cars. we are waiting to hear what mexico is going to do in response. but we know what china is doing in response. they are retaliating with tariffs on their own, hitting agricultural products here in the u.s. on things, a 15% tariff on exports going to china from the u.s., chicken, wheat, corn, cotton, also a 10% tariff on things like soybeans, pork, beef. this is very critical because president trump just yesterday posted on truth social saying that u.s. farmers are going to win out in this trade war, pointing to the fact that he was going to put reciprocal tariffs on other countries on april 2nd. but since these tariffs have now gone into effect, we are seeing the impact from china hitting u.s. farmers. the american farm bureau. federation was basically

pleading with trump. you see the trump the tweet there from trump. but the american farm bureau federation was basically pleading with the president not to put these tariffs into effect. this is what the president of that federation said just a few days ago, warning against this, saying that farmers and rural communities often bear the brunt of tariffs and tariff retaliation. mexico, canada and china are the three largest agricultural trading partners for the first. for the third straight year, farmers are losing money on almost every major crop planted, so this is not going to sit well with the agriculture community. this is just the beginning, john. we have to see how far this goes. >> all right. and paula newton, you are standing by for us in canada right now. canadian officials have called this the tariffs an existential threat. what's the reaction this morning? >> well the reaction is they're hitting back. and i want to be clear here, john, that this will shake the canadian economy to its core. but they do want to try and inflict some pain in the

united states. and clearly trying to target republican states as well. now, firstly, there is going to be 25% tariffs on about $155 billion worth of goods, the first 30 billion of that already in place at this hour, john. and what is that going to hit. it will hit meat. it will hit vegetables. dairy products. think of yogurt and milk. and key here is us alcohol, whether it's bourbon or whether it's beer, they are going to hit it with a 25% tariff as it enters canada. what's clear here, though, is that they are ramping up for more in this country. we do expect to hear from justin trudeau at 1030. and these are the kind of threats that are on the table. i want you to listen now to doug ford, the head of ontario, canada's largest province. listen. >> we keep the lights on at 1.5 million homes and manufacturing in new york, in michigan and in minnesota. if he wants to destroy our economy and our

families, i will shut down the electricity going down to the u.s. and i'm telling you, we will do it. >> so i think, as you heard there, canada is up for this fight. and let's make no mistake, john, this is going to hurt the canadian economy much more than it would ever hurt the american economy. but consumers should be braced in the united states as well. we do have a statement from justin trudeau that he released last night saying our tariffs will remain in place until the u.s. trade action is withdrawn. and should u.s. tariffs not cease. we are in active and ongoing discussions with provinces and territories to pursue several non-tariff measures. now, john, i want to point out that, look, there is a 10% tax on energy right now that was imposed by donald trump. canada is thinking of putting its own tax as that energy goes into the united states, which would bring energy costs up significantly for americans. john. >> this will have an impact and potentially very quickly. paula

newton, our thanks to you or thanks to vanessa as well. kate. >> so tonight, president trump is going to be laying out his vision and plans for the country in his second term. on the economic front. well, just what john was talking about. he's already making his vision a reality, imposing a new round of tariffs on america's biggest trading partners, triggering retaliation from those partners already overnight and triggering a mixed reaction from congressional republicans. >> harakat al-muqawama al-islamiyya merit systems protection board. >> i have no. >> problem with the. >> use of. tariffs as. >> a negotiating tool. >> but if you're going to threaten the use. >> of it. >> then you actually have to. >> do it. >> right. and that's, uh, that is certainly what the president is doing. >> what's the impact on your constituents of these tariffs? well, it wouldn't be good. you know, i come from an agricultural area. canada and mexico are two of our top trading partners. and so it would make our ability to sell our products more difficult. well. >> we'll see how these tariffs

ultimately play out. i do think. the general. proposition of saying. >> we're going to charge you what you charge us, this reciprocity is a good thing because i think it's going to bring down costs. ultimately. >> and that's just one part of what's going to be what's going to be laid out in the speech tonight. joining us right now is mika, congressional reporter with punchbowl news. you can be sure, mika, that that lawmakers are going to want to be hearing and maybe expecting to hear more about exactly what his economic outlook and agenda is, considering the tariffs that have just set in overnight, and considering the heartburn that it could cause, many in many states across the country. what are you hearing from lawmakers and what they're preparing for this evening? >> yeah, absolutely. thanks, kate. i mean, i think that we're going to hear a much more subdued response from democrats when it comes to what trump is actually saying. they're going to focus on an economic message, his policies, rather than his personality, which is what they've done in the past, especially during his first

term. i think we're going to see a lot of pushback against his economic agenda. the tariffs as well, especially on doge and elon musk's impact on federal workers. >> it's definitely, you know, the talking points that we've been hearing from democrats is focusing on doge and the impacts, that's for sure, especially with kind of now the role that elon musk may even play tonight. what about what are you hearing about senator elissa slotkin in the and the democratic response? i mean, she is known to be pragmatic and more moderate. she also has an extensive background in national security. she is from a state, a critical state on all of these fronts in michigan that donald trump won in november. what are democrats hoping she can deliver? >> yeah, i think slotkin is a very interesting choice, given the fact that she was able to outperform trump and win her her senate race in michigan, a state that trump did take last cycle.

so she's an interesting choice as the party really seeks to kind of move into a more center left vision nationally. but i will add that, obviously, senator bernie sanders is also going to give a separate address. so there is some intraparty tension there still between whether progressives think, you know, center left is the best approach or they need to actually stick to progressive policies that they actually think, um, you know, were not the problem last election. >> mixed reaction from republicans on halting military aid to ukraine that we've heard in terms of changes coming from the president, mixed reactions from republicans on trump's tariffs, mixed reaction from republicans on doge and the impacts. and you also have new reporting of some mixed reaction or some republican pushback now against donald trump's immigration plans. >> yeah, i mean, i think that we're going to see more house republicans and senate republicans come out against trump's policies as soon as they get more comfortable, and especially as especially in the house as the midterms near. um, and i think that's going to range on a whole lot of issues, like you said. and we're going

to see, you know, a little bit more outspokenness, especially as people see the crunch. and democrats kind of seize on these issues that they are seeing that may be unpopular with the public. >> thank you so much, john. >> all right. with us now, cnn political commentators paul begala and scott jennings. gentlemen, we have a lot to discuss. i actually want to start with the tariffs and the economy, because we've been watching the stock market all morning long yesterday. the stock market was in despair over the tariffs this morning. it's just mild disdain down half a percent or so. the wall street journal editorial board writes quote we've courted mr. trump's ire by calling the mexico and canada levies the dumbest in history. and we may have understated the point. mr. trump is whacking friends, not adversaries. scott. >> well. >> a couple things. >> number one, trump has said there may be some pain in this and he's admitted that. number two, he ran on it and the american people voted for it. so there's really no surprise. and the actions he's taking, number three, immigration and fentanyl is a real issue. and getting

these, uh, neighbors of ours to understand they have more responsibilities. here is a goal of this. and number four, there is some evidence that some of the tariff moves are actually having a jobs impact on the united states. i think since trump took office, there's been like $1.7 trillion in announcements of new investments in the united states. honda moving a plant to indiana. there's the big chips maker from taiwan that's opening plants in arizona. so it's not all bad news, but trump himself has admitted there could be a little pain. you could see a few bumps in the road with it. but he thinks the goals of getting immigration and fentanyl flow under control are worth it. >> china indicating overnight that they may back off some of their measures to stop the flow of fentanyl. so there could be some backfiring here going on. paul scott mentions that president trump admits that there might be some pain involved. how much pain do you think voters will be willing to endure before we start seeing it show up? >> well, the pain is going to be felt by the people who voted for trump more. and that's what's really a betrayal here. it's

really outrageous. no pain is going to be felt by elon musk. no pain is going to be felt by mark zuckerberg. no pain is going to be felt by his billionaires boys club. and this is the betrayal at the heart of trump. he got elected. really. the immigration was a big part of it. but the number one issue was cost of living. he got elected to cut the cost of groceries, gas and rent. well, you can't have high tariffs and low prices and it's going to fall terribly on middle class working people. a huge number of whom voted for mr. trump. this is going to punish, uh, cotton farmers, corn farmers, chicken farmers. god help us, scott. it's going to punish the bourbon industry and your beloved kentucky. uh, it's just really an outrage. and it's a betrayal. and i think that's the key to this is that good people, a lot of good people voted for donald trump because he thought they thought he could lower the cost of living. now he's raising their cost of living, and it's an economic disaster. it's a political disaster. >> so. so, paul, what would be your economic tweet? you know,

140 characters or less tonight if you were advising democrats on how to respond to this. >> one word, betrayal. betrayal. this is a betrayal of the american middle class. our country is great. not because of those weirdo incel billionaires that hang out with mr. trump. it's great because of the middle class. and that's the heart of this country. and donald trump betrayed them. god bless him. this is the most important thing about the last election. it breaks my heart. trump won voters who make less than 50 grand a year. he won them. that used to be the core of the democratic party. it's now the core of trump's base. he's betrayed them. and i think that's what democrats need to say is that that if you thought trump was going to help you, he is stabbing you in the back. and that's a terrible, terrible trade, allows the democrats to get back to where they ought to be, which is on middle class economic issues. >> all right, paul, i'm sorry, scott, i want to give you a quick chance to respond to that. and also, you mentioned pain. how much pain do you think that voters will be willing to endure here?

>> well, i think trump has more political leash than democrats want to give him credit for. i mean, after all, joe biden spent four years wrecking the economy, driving up inflation, and that's what caused i mean, i agree with paul. it was the economic conditions of the country, along with immigration, that caused donald trump's victory. so i don't think there's an expectation that he should have all of joe biden's problems solved within the five minutes he's been in office so far, but eventually, yes, by the midterms. you do have to go to the people and say, here's what i did on the issues that drove me into office. here's what i did on the economy. here's what i did on immigration. immigration at this point is largely solved. i mean, the border is effectively shut down just by virtue of trump taking office. but on the tariffs, it has to be coupled with this economic plan that congress is going to roll out. they have to make the tax cuts permanent. they have to get energy policy to a place where you can drive down energy prices. that does lower overall cost of doing business in the united states. so the tariffs are not the only story. there's more to come. and that story will have to be told over a two year period. and ultimately the voters will have to decide if they like it. >> there's a heck of a story going on in ukraine right now

where russia has been attacking overnight since the president announced that he's stopping aid to ukraine, military aid to ukraine. this was a response in politico from congressman don bacon, a republican from nebraska. don bacon, told politico, quote, too bad iran, north korea and china are not pausing their military aid and economic support. don bacon told eli. that's eli cohen, who writes for politico. there is an invader and a victim. there is a democracy and a dictatorship. there is a country who wants to be part of the west and one who hates the west. we should be unambiguously for the good side. scott, who is the good side here? >> the good side is ukraine, and multiple things can be true. number one, you can believe and know that russia is the aggressor and that vladimir putin is a bad guy. number two, you can also believe and know realistically that political will in this country to continue to fund an open ended conflict is draining rapidly. and number three, you can also believe all those things. and also that zelenskyy made a mistake on friday. and i'll throw in number four that donald trump is a new player on the field. he's

a new broker here. he campaigned on ending this war. he knows that it's highly unlikely the congress is ever going to appropriate another dollar for ukraine. that's why peace now is vital. he tried to get zelenskyy to bind the ukrainians closer to the united states than ever with a deal. zelenskyy couldn't bring himself to just say thank you and do it on friday. now we're in bad shape on it. but i do think trump means it when he says, i want peace now. the political reality is there's never going to be a moment where vladimir putin says, hey, i'm taking the knee. i lost, i'm going away with my tail between my legs. you've got to come up with a solution that gives both guys a chance to save face. i think that's what trump's trying to do. >> paul. um, who on all of planet earth make it an open ended question is happiest about the decision from president trump to halt military aid to ukraine overnight? >> well, of course it's mr. putin. vladimir putin is a is a happiest guy, his spokesman, dmitry peskov, said that. he said america has completely aligned with our our priorities

and our policies. look, scott is a friend and he's a great guy. he's wrong when he says, this is about peace. this is surrender. surrender does not bring peace. the greatest lesson of history, my republican friends used to know this is that weakness invites aggression. this is a surrender that will bring about more wars. putin will rearm, he'll recover, and then he'll re invade moldova, latvia. lithuania? estonia. xi jinping is watching this. he's going to invade taiwan. iran is watching this. they're already arming russia and attacking israel. so this is the problem here. mr. trump is guaranteeing us more wars because we all know this. nobody has, you know, run a country, okay, in this in this show. but if you if you raise a kid, if you train a dog, if you coach a basketball team, you know that weakness invites aggression. and mr. trump is surrendering, which is only going to cause more wars. >> you knew you were in trouble

when you said you were a friend, and he likes you. scott jennings, paul begala, thank you both for being here this morning. both of you. friends of the show. and, of course, everyone can follow cnn for complete coverage of the presidential address to congress. that is at 8:00 tonight right here on cnn. this morning, 30 correctional officers at a juvenile detention center are facing charges of abuse for facilitating so-called gladiator fights between the children and their care. and then overnight, dolly parton's husband of 60 years, carl dean, passed away. how the american icon is remembering the man she met on her very first day in nashville.

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of course, we know that a.i. can have efficiency benefits. you know, it can it can process lots of data very quickly. but a.i. experts also say that there are serious risks here. for example, we know that a.i. can be biased and that could affect who is getting hired and fired. you know, there was one report from wired that said that the doge team was looking at using a.i. to evaluate those responses to the request for five bullet points, asking what federal employees had done last week. one expert telling me that if there is a very talented federal worker for whom english is not their first language, that email could be ranked lower than other workers who you know do speak english fluently. those kinds of issues we could be seeing here. experts also said that depending on how it's used, a.i. could introduce serious security risks to sensitive government data. personal information. and really, the big question here is how much human oversight is there? how much, how many humans are looking at the responses, paying attention to what kinds of data is getting fed into these systems? i spoke with

amanda renteria. she's the ceo of code for america, which is a nonprofit that works with government agencies to implement new technologies. and she said, you can't just train an a.i. tool in a system that you don't know very well, because government systems are older, oftentimes you can't just deploy a new technology on it and expect to get the right results. now, we should say that we asked doge about this, what systems they're using, how they're using them, and they did not respond. >> i was going to say if you had gotten a response, you have buried the lead because no one's getting a response to any inquiries into doge. but what they raised there is really interesting how a.i. is great, but you got to know the system. you're you're you're implementing this in before you can do it. and we know that the doge team does not. we know that elon musk does not. that's what he says. when we make mistakes, we'll correct them with clearly varying degrees of success in that. thanks, clare. great reporting john. >> all right. this morning, 30 officers at a juvenile detention facility in los angeles county have been charged with allegedly helping facilitate so-called gladiator fights among the children held there. according

to the indictment, padrinos juvenile hall allowed even encouraged nearly 70 fights between july and december of 2023. more than 140 victims between the ages of 12 and 18 were involved. cnn has not confirmed that all of the probation officers in the video were indicted. the officers face charges including child endangerment, abuse, conspiracy and battery. so this morning, dolly parton is grieving the loss of her husband of nearly 60 years. carl dean passed away yesterday in nashville at the age of 82. in a statement, parton said in part, quote, words cannot do justice to the love we shared for more than 60 years. so the two met the day that parton moved to nashville at the age of 18. they married two years later in 1966. they were pretty private about their relationship over the years, over the decades. but dolly parton revealed what she thinks made it work. >> that.

>> he's quiet and i'm loud and we just we're funny. oh, he's hilarious. and i think one of the things that's made it last so long. through the years, we love each other. we respect each other, but we have a lot of fun. anytime things get too of too much tension going on. yeah, we either one of us can find a joke about it. yeah. to break the tension and where it's not, we don't let it go. you know, so far, we never fought back and forth. >> and had a lot of fun. 60 years worth of fun. carl dean passing away at the age of 82. may his memory be a blessing. kate. >> beautiful marriage. i love dolly parton. every every take she's got on it. so the ripple effects of president trump and elon musk's massive cuts to usaid are already being felt by communities in the united states. cnn's kyung lah went to north carolina to see it firsthand. >> 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. >> real things are happening. people are losing their jobs now. >> walk with durham's 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. 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 businesses 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 in 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. 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.