the department of sub saharan africa countries. i think this a more precise. remember it's a geographical designation. so would you put it will promote a more effective work of your that department will deal with bilateral relations exclusively. and it will soon see increased the lead to investment increased cooperation, including due to the up street, the opening of a new embassies. last year. we opened the embassies and book and of faso and tauriel, do you we will soon resume your operation in a new share, sierra leone, and, and south sudan. we will open an embassy for the 1st time. we also planned to open courses and can be a liberia tomorrow's and to go and of course, that machine and we also insuring it as an effort to that needs resources for you. but here we are fully supported by the president and the government of the russian federation. and in conclusion, i would like to do the give the floor to the director of the department for african relations to tatiana de glen cove in the middle for each. and it was a very energetic

economic, diplomatic action as chrisman theory, as the spokesman for the department of international relations and corporation of south africa. explain why those countries have banded together to hold as well accountable. this is primarily a significant moment for international. essentially you have what we can pull this up out to our international. that is the groups way. it is believed that it's an s . dawn was created for and again, we are now as a group of countries here to say that actually we are spending the full international institutions that i the intense scrutiny. i could bailey test. and we are here to say that international law must apply to or it must have eyes. it must have printed this. it must have plants anyway. who violates it. so, you know, one of the things that we not experiencing then the bottom natural system is things that were obvious. now i know of it. so, as we understood when it's a national, a wide range of our races issues, it is expected that the countries in accordance with the obligations as for the state parties itself, instances, but also as good obligation that applies into the internatio

africa. and according to former state department official, mike bens africa has long been usa. i these play ground of nurturing, loyal and g o, as to so k off and defending us interests at any cost. us special forces even released a 2021 instruction manual, detailing a hypothetical situation in which they could work with the state department to destabilize chinese investment in west africa. the scenario involves agitating workers of chinese firms to strike through labor unions and media campaigns with the goal of creating a crisis that forces the local government to reject the chinese development projects. and it was to destabilize the country to bring the mines to bring the factories to bring all the chinese production in the region to health. and to put all these africans out of jobs and to bring the truck, the african government to effectively, to a stand still at the same time in their own special forces. manual, a call for support from us aid to provide the same striking miners alternative jobs . and this is a way of our diplomacy in 2021. and this is all publicly available. if you look at the s

of a really related department within the foreign ministry. and so i see by the list of by the pollution it by russia has consistently advocated for the strengthening of africa's position in the multi pulled her world, which is objectively taking shape before our eyes. and which must be based on the principles of the united nations charter was the principle of self determination laid, the foundation for the colonization of the african continent on the basis of un decisions. after a certain point of living under colonialism, africans decided that they could not live under the impression of governments and metropolises which did not represent the interests of african people. such are similarly today. the key of regime cannot claim to represent the interest of the people of the dawn, basque and nova scotia, and probably the interest of a population of many other parts of ukraine. we support the aspirations of our african friends to obtain permanent positions in the united nations security council. and of course, we support the aspirations of our friends to determine their own state. we are convinced that africa is our natural ally in working together to ensure th

and then we start hearing about these cuts to programs of helping kids in africa, cuts to cancer funding, research cuts to the departmenting class neighborhoods, by the way, largely in trump districts. >> yeah. let me play for you what what elon musk said in his press conference that he allowed donald trump to attend in the oval. take a listen. >> we actually are trying to be as transparent as possible. in fact, our actions we post our actions to the doge handle on x. and to the doge website. so all of our actions are maximally transparent. >> if you have. >> received billions. >> of dollars. >> in contracts from the pentagon, and the president is directing you to. >> look. >> into the department of defense, is that we definitely need to do. >> are going to do at the president's. >> request. >> does that. >> present a. >> conflict of. >> interest for you? >> no, because you'd have to look at the individual contract and say, first of all, i'm not the one, you know, filing the contract. it's people at spacex. >> oh, right. it's not him. it's his company. is the occam's razor here. answer that. elon musk and donald trump a

confirmation of trumps, the state department nominations until us a id is restored, but many aid workers say they're fearful of further stoking trumps anger. heidi to castro alger 0 washington south africa has defended a new land reform law off to you as president donald trump threatened to cut funding and response. the bill allows the government to take control of some property deemed in the public interest without compensation. in some cases, a trump said he would stop all future funding until the situation was investigated . to meet him and the reports from johannesburg is an attempt to result one of south africa's most divisive issues on equal land ownership of both sides. last month allows land considered to be in the public interest to be expropriated without compensation in some cases. but it's a step that's led us president donald trump, to cut the full funds into the country. the terrible thing, horrible. diamonds doing confiscating with this so that we can government responded swiftly saying no lands being confiscated and this is what this load is about. and to transfer them from the buttons on the adjusted basis. and we look forward to engagement with the u. s. counterparts.

department of demarco rubio. the global consequences all ready serious many a programs with discontinued overnights in 2023, 6 of the 10 countries that received the most aid, where from africa a found an early warning system has now been shut down as a result last year, around $50000000000.00 us dollars were invested in us, a id, development age project. those even point 5 percent of total government spending for advocates, us a only d was the us strongest soft power in the won't be long months. on the other hand has said, usa i d is a bytes has missed a radical left monks. this who hates america and a criminal organization. how dramatic of the global consequences of trumps comes to come to us. they are de let's have a look at how dramatic the consequences are globally, not just for that's, but the whole change does the west. this needs to reform completely to adjust to that 3 p, texas made it very clear. i think it was yesterday when i'm paraphrasing, but only my late when he said the security of europe is not the us as prime concern, which, you know, it hasn't been for a while, but saying it out loud as the new defends witness that carries, that's a statement, and that's

africa from dying from malaria and aids. we know that he's targeted the department of education, where it's funding for decent public schools and working class neighborhoods. my hope is he'll turn to the department of defense, where you have the vast majority of spending, and you have five crimes that basically are charging billions of dollars in excess. and we'll see what he does there. >> yeah, it seemed like president trump certainly wanted him to do that. congressman, i want to pivot and ask you about something else that musk tweeted that was actually echoed by vice president vance. the wall street journal found a social media account tied to a doge associate that had posted numerous racist remarks, among them one that i think may hit close to home for you. he wrote, quote, normalize indian hate. you're, of course, the son of indian immigrants. the staffer resigned and then was rehired, with musk and vance arguing that he should be forgiven for those posts. do you forgive him, congressman? >> well, as you know, i had an exchange back and forth with the vice president on this. it's sad because i was born in philadelphia.

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of course, the continent. they provide security and they take uranium, they provide security and we take time and rushes shadow in africa coming soon on out to 0. the us state department stops nearly all foreign aid as president, donald trump pushes his america 1st policy. but this assistance also helps the us to achieve its foreign policy goals. so how will they be affected along with other countries and communities around the world? this is inside story, the hello welcome to the show. i'm sammy say that for decades the united states has been the largest single donor of a globally and last year it provided more than 40 percent of you. and so you monetary and a budget. and now most phone, the systems through the state department has been frozen for 90 days. we'd only emergency food programs and mitre a to israel, and egypt exempted the aid suppose initiatives ranging from health and education to security and conflict. so what could be the effects of america's freeze on a, both for itself and all the nations, and how it re shape washington is relations with the world. we'll discuss all of this without panel shortly. the 1st that's listened into jo evans report. the aid

of this whole learfilevton. griff: yeah, look at things like combating aids in africa and things aren't going to combat here and usaid and state departmenteeing it and can keep the programs that are serving a purpose in place, and american people will support that. it's just the waste in our hard earned tax dollars that we're going to reign in a bit. rachel: joan ernst talked earlier -- -- joni ernst talked about getting rid of all of it and this is a good program to help and congress created usaid. charlie: it's a religion but become a structure for which they make money and there's a sheriff in town. a new one revoking security clearances and president trump revoked former president biden's security clearance yesterday in a truth social post and he says this would be donald trump saying that he instructed the intelligence community stopping the 45th president of the united states and that would be me and accesses details on national security and courtesy provided and her report revealed that biden suffered from poor memory and in his prime couldn't be trusted with sensitive information and protecting our national security and, joe, you

of course, the continent. they provide security and they take uranium, they provide security, i may take time and rushes shadow when africa coming soon, phone out to 0. the us state department stops nearly all foreign aid as president, donald trump pushes his america 1st policy. but this assistance also helps the us achieve its foreign policy goals. so how will they be affected along with other countries and communities around the world? this is inside story, the hello welcome to the show. i'm sammy's, a done for decades. the united states has been the largest single.

africa. the latest news, as it breaks, 1st into lensky, has guides the international guarantee to step up on this deliveries to ukraine safety and defensive with details coverage. people with must department of government efficiency showed up here the us is headquarters, demanding access to the building from around the world for the people, the one that they need a new page has to be a ton. it's the end of a painful chapter of displacement. or there is no channel that covers world news like we do, we revisit spaces in the state. i'll just say we're really invested in that. and that's a privilege as a journalist or the i'm a thought of and got to be in the back after 14 years of war, scripling faction and widespread corruption, cities economy eventually, much like city would be trying to look, i've done administration. it's trying to reveal the challenges i can fit the collab .

department. every dollar we save there is a dollar that goes to war fighters and good for the american people. >> [inaudible question] a lot of jihadists in africato handle that? i'm not saying put troops on the ground in africa. are you concerned there could be some sort of plotting attacks against other parts of the world trying to recruit soldiers, africa with a growing population. how concerned are you about the jihad threat in africa today? >> definitely concerned. anybody of my generation that served in iraq, afghanistan and post 9/11 understands the threat of global jihad especially the desire to export that against europe, israel or the united states of america. the counter terrorism threat focused on those who would seek to do us harm is the the highest priority. you saw what we did so well in the strike in somalia. where we see those growing, plotting or planning with increased capabilities, we will strike and that pertains to islamist organizations across the continent. but it also -- we have to work with partners and allies. foreign internal defense and security force assistance. i was with green berets this morning. we think of them

workers, part of the state department's agency for international development, have been told to pack up and come back home to america. they are in far flung locations fighting hunger in africaproviding clean water in south america, fighting disease in southeast asia. the world's richest man, elon musk, says he suggested to president trump the program be shut down due to what he calls corruption. musk and his team have also gained access to government payroll computers at the treasury, alarming many a protest here yesterday outside the treasury included members of coress who are alarmed by what they see as the speed of the unelected billionaire's takeover of government institutions. every single one of us has a responsibility to stand up to this fraud, and it is true we have to reach out to everyone in this country conservatives, liberals, republicans, democrats and tell them that we have not months, we have not weeks, but we have days to stop the destruction of our democracy. we have work to do. musk has been encouraging government agencies to offer mass resignations with a payout like he did at twitter, though many twitter employees say they never got their money. in a new

department. stephen cook joins me as well. he's a senior fellow for middle east and africa studies at the council on foreign relations. good morning to both of you guys. aaron, i'm amazing that we are at the fifth week of this. israel and hamas have a commitment to continue a longer lasting truce. boy, donald trump threw a wrench into the works earlier this week. what's your sense of where we are compared to where we were a week ago? >> i mean, frankly, ali, it's great to be here with you, you and steve. i'm really surprised, frankly, at how smoothly, despite the delays and the obstructions, that phase one has gone. but we're approaching the fifth week. three more weeks, two more exchanges of three israeli civilians, males, and then the final exchange of 11. eight of those 11 are not alive. and then we're on to phase two. and i think that's the critically important issue here. and i think, frankly, i understand the media's attraction to this untethered, provocative, with no context proposal that the president laid out on gaza. but the real story here is, i think, how the administration, rather than pressing benjamin netanyahu with respect to

africa towards europe is because of instability, disease, food shortages. et cetera. i spoke with senator chris murphy last night, and he made the point that it's often defense department folks, pentagon folks who say do this kind of aid because it makes our work less necessary. here's how he put it to me last night. what the department of defense routinely says is that if you get rid of usaid, you have to buy us twice as many bullets because usaid tries to combat instability around the world, tries to prevent civil conflict that would draw the united states into war. so when usaid disappears, it puts our military members at risk. now, that doesn't matter to donald trump and his mar-a-lago crowd, because their kids aren't going to serve in these conflicts. but, you know, the folks who live with me in the south end of hartford, it's their kids who sign up for military service. they'll be sent overseas to fight the wars that will be caused by the growing instability. the question is, why are they doing this? because, as you said, jim, it used to be that there was no controversy over usaid. it was just smart for us to spend money around the world to try to combat terroris

department of labor. and want to know why a billionaire businessman from south africa, who hold no elective office has been given influence over their most sense i have, personal and financial information, their rights and their future. let me be clear, i am committed to ensuring that president musk stops this attack on the american people. house and senate democrats will not stand by like my republican colleagues are doing while elon musk hijacks our government. we will fight to protect the institutions that serve the people, not the privileged. that's what we must do to protect democracy and freedom. we will stand. we will fight. and with the american people aroused in peaceful nonviolent protests across the country, we will win. this country belongs to the people, not to the billionaires. i yield back. senator capito: thank you -- ms. kaptur: thank you, congressman and i yield now to tim kennedy from buffalo. mr. kennedy: mr. speaker, u.s. government exists to protect the rights and well-being of all americans. people in my district want a government that works and works to improve the lives of western

of allied countries is also critical to revitalize america's strategic maritime posture. aapa has collaborated with the u.s. state department to set up sister port partnerships in the middle east, north africa, and latin america, and we facilitate other work between u.s. government and latin and caribbean ports. the bottom line today is that the united states continually regulates chinese investment in ports. sifius is the primary mechanism for reviewing any risks for foreign ownership or investment on top of our industry's work with many other federal agencies. our port industry believes the best counter to chinese influence, especially at ports in our hemisphere, is strong leadership by the united states for strategic port investment. we're going to strive to keep our port infrastructure modern and globally competitive. chairman gimenez, ranking member mciver, and members of the committee, thank you. mr. gimenez: thank you, mr. davis. and i'm sorry for your loss. by the way, for those who don't know, if you die of an overdose of fentanyl, 97% of the precursor chemicals that create fentanyl are manufactured in china. and even worse than that, those precursor chemicals are actually illegal

africa, all across the southern hemisphere. and you have, again, somebody who's not even a government employee, basically kicking down the door of the treasury departments weekend, kicking down the door of u.s. aid this weekend, sending his people in to have access to classified material that they have no right to have classified, have access to that classified material. and it appears to just keep going. and you do wonder, when are the republican heads of these committees going to step forward and say, can't do that. that's actually my jurisdiction. get out. it's a very good question, joe. >> and i would say there are a lot of things. all built into that question and into the setup here. i mean, there is the elon musk of it all, which is, you know, has been one of the most important stories of this new term, the notion that it's not a good look, obviously, in some sense, you wouldn't have thought the world's richest man campaigning to take out usaid in the way that he has been. but, you know, you look at the we don't have a head of the faa right now because the prior head of the faa decided to step down because elon musk was attacking him over things

department. what percent of the federal budget is that? >> i believe a small percentage. >> 20%. having said that, trying to save money, i believe if you don't get involved in the world and you don't have programs, africaor china trying to buy the whole confident, we are making a mistake. a critical component and look forward to work with you and that is coming from a pretty polished guy. >> thank you very much. on day one president trump issued executive order the requires agencies to cause the disbursement of funds authorized on the infrastructure jobs act. there is a mechanism for changing conversation and an illegal way called impoundment or you send a message to congress or use illegal impoundment strategy. >> thanks for the question. those were causes to ensure funding in place along the line of what the president ran on. >> decisions? a simple question. >> office of legislative affairs will work with management budget. ...et's turn that. one state tried it, arkansas. it produced no increase in the hours worked, no increase in employment, it failed pretty why did it fail? because the way people are able to work is when they are healthy. when they cannot access healthcare because you want to cut i