for more on all this, we're joined by alex del carmen. on state university in texas and has served as a consent decree monitor himself. alex del carmen, thank you so much for joining the "news hour.” so, as you know, this consent decree in minneapolis is the result of a doj report from 2023 that found routine racial discrimination and unjustified use of deadly force in the city's police department. how do consent decrees work to address these types of problems? alex del carmen, tarleton state university: typically, doj would not be involved in a situation like that unless there was reason to, right? so in this particular case, we all saw, obviously with horror, what happened to george floyd. and as a result of that, doj felt compelled to go into this police department and begin the investigation. it's what they call a pattern or a practice investigation, which means, is this problem pervasive in the entire department? and, if so, to what degree and what areas of policing should be looked at? stephanie: the ostensible goal of a consent decr

stephanie: alex del carmen, thank you so much for joining us with your insights. for having me. geoff: the u.s. has long been one of the world's largest donors of foreign aid. but in recent years, its effectiveness has been called into question by a chorus of critics who say the impact of assistance programs falls well short of their intended goals. they blame what some have called the aid industrial complex. fred de sam lazaro begins the first of three reports. it's part of his series, "agents for change." fred: it is the softer side of american foreign policy and power, seen in the world's most-distressed places. its message, "from the american people," on every bag of grain, every can of cooking oil, on posters in remote health centers. and at barely 1% of the federal budget, it's a good bargain for the american taxpayer, says the head the u.s. agency for international development, usaid, the primary conduit for foreign aid. >> americans have so much to be proud of. fred: at this senate hearing, administrator samantha power cited a program that has provided ant