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>> i would say, look, i'm a career foreign service officer. the american foreign service association represents 1980 foreign service officers and 485 career limited foreign service officers at usaid. we are patriots. we are american citizens. we joined usaid because we believe in public service, and we wanted to serve the people of the united states. that's what we do. we've been doing it our entire careers, and we believe not only in usaid, but we believe in america. american values, and supporting the policies of any president, regardless of party or political affiliation. that is our jobs, whether it's a republican administration or a democratic administration, we implement their policy, and i have personally done so under george w. bush, barack obama, donald trump and joe biden. i do that willingly, and we do it every day. >> what will it mean with 10,000 employees, if indeed this happens the way the trump administration and and elon musk's doge group wants it to? 10,000 employees leaving, whether they are fired or pushed out or resigned wi

by the way, for the foreign office meeting, they're demanding 18 well, the prime minister of barbadosemanded 3.9 trillion, but others have said it's 18 trillion that we are. where do they get these figures from? yeah we did. so i sound like louis. we did so much for the world, by the way, i delivered. that was very loose. and people don't. >> appreciate lewis shay ferry. >> appreciate lewis shay ferry. >> it was just the ferry was my delivery. yeah, but it's just that we did so much for these people. these people. we did so much for them. yeah. and but they don't appreciate it. and this government, they just love to give all our stuff away. and they let me look at lammy. he's they let me look at lammy. he's the one that said back in 2020, you know, there needs to be a reckoning with britain's colonial past. and you get ideologues like this who basically hate britain in the government. and that's what we have now. we have a government that hates britain. yeah. >> wouldn't it be nice if we had a government, like with a bit of backbone like they've got in america? they would just turn ar

they have been identified to the troops is 39 year-old chief foreign officer andrew eve. some the left and 28 year-old staff sergeant ryan o'hara on the right. the family of the thought 3rd soldier is requested their name not be released. at least 41 people have been recovered from the wreckage. crews were also able to find the helicopters black box today. mariel carbone reports. >> and the ntsb providing us with more details tonight about where this investigation stands. one big and key update is that they tell us all 3 black boxes, so too, from the plane and one from the helicopter had been recovered. this is so important because data from those black boxes is what the agency can use to really figure out what went wrong and reconstruct what happened in this crash here. now they tell us there were 2 black boxes in the plane, the cockpit recorder. that is one of them that was recovered. but they did find some water intrusion in that. they say that is not uncommon. the other that is the flight data recorder, they say that was in good condition. they so didn't alcohol overn

your 2nd only to the foreign office veteran. foreign correspondent martin j says it was a winning strategy for america. at the front of the british broadcasters, projects, if you look at a bbc track record, you know of, um, not being too, um, uh, vigilance or a curb or aggressive flight checks, facts on stories that are aligned to. it's so pools interpretations, conflicts and, and trouble spots around the wellbeing assumptions. syria where we saw a group of people completely fake a chemical attack on the minus was written on the, immediately with the municipal, the bbc as a cycle, nissan people, these are the kind of things that you think may be just benign, stopped. they were both saying, but the facts, you know, is often the case that they're all giblet school and financial powers behind the bbc. they're pushing their bosses in the region as, as a certain direction. so i think we should be very skeptical about the bbc having the is that it's generally having the 2nd tightest fund being the american taxpayer . and let's be specific. you know, the, um, the work brigade with a in the us tha

your 2nd only to the foreign office veteran. foreign correspondent martin j says it was a winning strategy for america at the, from the british broadcasters, projects. if you look at a bbc track record, you know of, um, not being too, um, uh, vigilance oh or a garage or aggressive way. it checks facts on stories that are aligned to it's so pools interpretations of conflicts and, and trouble spots around the world. interception syria, where we saw a group of people completely fake a chemical attack on them. and this was written up immediately within minutes, but it'd be c as a cycle means on people. these are the kind of things that you think may be just the 9 slot, the reports, and the facts. you know, it's often the case that they're all due to the school and financial powers behind the bbc, the up pushing their bosses in the region as, as a certain direction. so i think we should be very skeptical about bbc having the is that it's generally having a secondary list from being the american taxpayer. and let's be specific. you know, the, um, the work brigade with the in the us think it's go

we are the union that is recognized by the federal government to act for on behalf of all foreign service officers, including foreign service officers at usaid. >> randy. >> could you walk us through what the last few days have been like for you and for your colleagues, especially those who are posted overseas and many of them in these dangerous hotspots, and how their lives have been upended these last few days oh, the stress levels are off the charts. >> i mean, for my colleagues overseas, when they found out midweek that they could as early as this weekend, have been boarding planes to return to washington, dc. i'm sure you can imagine the emotional turmoil that that just, like brought to them and their entire families. i mean, it's important to remember that we serve with our families overseas. so many of our officers have spouses. they have children. um, and to throw into chaos your entire life and not know where you're going to be in three days or 30 days is incredibly troubling. and it's it's it's borderline cruel and heartless and it's just a shame to be treated in this manner. and here in

second only to the foreign office. let's go live now. it's a long time foreign correspondent on editor up in the grabbing dot org news and analysis site martin j for his take martin good to see you. so there we have the, the bbc's international charge. so you, having at us the idea is a huge contributor, why would the us agency be so heavily involved in that organization? okay, because it goes, gets great value for money to, to put money directly into the organization. and, you know, it can be interpreted by bbc bosses us as a gift, as a, as a, as a systems. and i think that will have an effect um, further down the stream to how um, stories revolted, what lines john does take this particular areas of the world of covering it so. so when, when the americans to pump money into the bbc and bbc has always more or less follows the state department was line on most of the conflicts around the world. and his chief, it's remaining, so pretty well, much aligned to the democrats in america. but now cause trumps comments about and all that changes.

and that part of the rationale for creating theiss was that he thought that the foreign service office, foreign officers, particularly during the interactions with them during world war, let less so in the late forties because he has you know what skews the example here is that that it has the opportunity to to say give me your best. so he brings the kind of five or six what he considers to be the best foreign service opportunities and they come work for me. so he gets the most talented folks but you know writ large he he firmly believed that the way the state department was training its officers in the 1940s, did not prepare them for the challenges of the world. they out to and the original plan precise kind of dot dot dot over time for understandable reasons was that you know private industries electric ibm would send to sites to be trained they're kind of best incoming employees sites we train them into how to be private sector diplomats to the world and in a way that nitze himself had done a little bit in the 1930s but then the hang up was that nobody wanted to send their best thei

more than just colleagues, were really family anchor: you are working as the most senior foreign service officere insight into this. what impact does this have on the ground? >> it has an enormous impact. just as an example, they are right now experiencing violence. to have these programs come to an end, colombia houses thousands of venezuelan migrants for being a violence in their homeland. all of a sudden those programs ended. on the border with venezuela, where there are displaced people, they are fleeing violence. those programs were shut down. it has had a devastating consequence. we know people are dying all around the globe because of this. anchor: just about 30 seconds left, we know elon musk and his team have accused usaid of wasting money. what is your response to that? >> like every agency across the government, we have an inspector general's office. we are often the ones to bring things forward. if we see something not working, we bring it forward. we welcome every time a new administration comes in to show what we are doing. what we could do better. this is not how you go about refo

i have been a foreign service officer for nearly 3a years and it is traumatic enough to have your movery two as you put it. employees had no answers to those questions, pretty much, yeah. we have been trying as the union of the 1800 trying to get the answers — but it has been difficult. so we have tried to send messages of what we know but to be honest it is still very little. there are exceptions apparently, but it is not quite clear how you go about getting those exceptions, how long the process would take. the argument from the trump administration as you well know i think that any administration and president — by the way we are non—partisan of course — because of the union and the workforce. any administration has the right to look at programmes and see which ones are more in line with their view of the world, and that is to be expected, but this is sort of unprecedented. this is a wholesale stoppage of what usaid is doing around since 1961. i think that is an absolutely unprecedented, and what we are seeing. i have never seen it before, and i don't think any of my colleagues have

they have placed almost 100 senior diplomats and foreign service officers and civil servants on administrativetheir future is now uncertain. carl: we talk about all these dollars. the u.s., the largest foreign aid donor in the world. what does the moves we have seen over the past 48 hours signal to you about the role america will play going forward? guest: what we are hearing from our foreign government counterparts and allies, the u.s. can't be counted on. we are not a reliable partner. who is going to step into the breach? maligned actors like russia and the prc? i think if president trump is serious about an america first agenda, he should stop taking actions that will place america last. these actions are extremely concerning. it is a matter of life and death for key allies around the world, that this development assistance continue. carl: c -- gillian caldwell from usaid, thank you for your thoughts. i want to bring in a democratic representative for maryland. chris, great to have you here. i know you were with a group of democrats today outside the headquarters in washington, usaid. i th

foreign service officers that some usaid and state department employees are raising serious concerns at their personal devices are potentially being monitored. i want to bring in nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of msnbc's andrea mitchell reports. andrea mitchell. okay, andrea, what exactly do we know about this? well, we're. >> just learning this. and apparently, in addition to all the other problems, layoff notices, furloughs, some usaid and state department career employees are now concerned that their personal devices may be being monitored. according to those civil servants and foreign service officers telling us the career employees have received pop up messages in the last few days warning them that information on their personal phones or laptops could be tracked. and that's an example of what they're seeing. and so when you see this, this note, according to people who were involved, they'd never seen something like this before. this monitoring system was put in apparently, you know, their laptops were connected because of covid from work, from home. but no

i have been a foreign service officer for nearly 3a years and it is dramatic to make your dramatic enougho make your move every two or three years from poster but a in a from poster pros but a wet in a matter of days essentially has been a traumatic week, as you put it. been a traumatic week, as you ut it. , , been a traumatic week, as you utit, , , ., been a traumatic week, as you utit. , , ., ., m 1mm to those auestions, answers to those questions, they are simply told to up come back to washington, is and come back to washington, is that correct?— that, forrest? we have been thattorrect? we have been trying as yeah. we have'been trying as union yeah. we have been trying as union of iyeah. we have been trying as union of the 1800 or so the union of the 1800 or so members serving abroad with usaid, trying to get fewer— — but: —— sea.— ~ ' ' butit “lafii’hés: " f f " ’ bu? itihaslbiee’n answers, but it has been difficult. so we have tried to m essa 9 es m essa g es of messages of what we know —= = -= to be hohest it still but to be honest it is still very little. there are very little; th

so he is new leader of middle sharah has arrived in saudi arabia and his 1st and foreign visits since taking office. he's accompanied by the foreign minister, a settle shabani. sharaya is expected to meet the crown prince mohammed been so mind and discuss strengthening relations between the 2 countries. he was named serious transitional president on wednesday. and turkey as minister of foreign affairs. i can't be done is on his 1st official visit the guitar this year. he's met with guitars, foreign minister, and prime minister mohammed been of the rockman build, been jesse miles dani. they reiterated support for serious sovereignty instability and emphasize the importance of fully implementing the ceasefire. dealing gaza, america's biggest trading partners are heading back after the trump administration, imposed stiff power of some goods from canada, mexico and china. canada, as prime minister says he has no option but to retaliate. i am announcing canada will be responding to the us trade action with 25 percent tariffs against a $155000000000.00 worth of american goods. this will include immediate

>> we had 1200 foreign service officers and 1200 civil servants. 7500 foreign service nationals. there are people who come from the country itself. they're not americans here. they live in the in the they work in the aid mission, many of them for a long time. that is a training ground for local leaders. for example, the first woman prime minister in costa rica was a usaid foreign service national for ten years. the first woman vice president of el salvador was an fsn. the first lady of peru under a conservative president, was an fsn, and her husband got a phd with an aid scholarship. i can go around the world. i can do it for a whole hour and tell you how the aid missions, in fact, were the base for training people who went on to become leaders in their country. they're pro-american. you know what's happening now? all that's going to shut down. you know, we used to give 20,000 scholarships a year in aid to people from the developing world. they go back and they change their countries. you know how much the chinese, how many scholarships they're doi

>> i think it is important to know that foreign services -- service officers are americans.e patriots. we come from small towns. we are america. we represent you overseas. that is what i think people do not know. we are really doing this on behalf of you and making these friendships and linkages and making the world a safe place. that benefits everyone in america. anchor: thank you so much for being here. >> anchor: thank you. president trump is also taking aim at another washington institution, the kennedy center for the performing arts. he said he plans to name himself chairman and fire members of the traditionally bipartisan board of trustees. the president took issue with drag events and said they would stop. the kennedy center said it did not receive any official communications from the white house but that some individual board members received termination notices. trump's signed an executive order to prioritize the resettlement of white south africans in the u.s. he alleged that white south africans are now the target of oppression by the country's government. claimin

and i've worked with i'm a state department senior foreign service officer, still active duty. >> i've worked. >> with so. >> many great usaid. >> colleagues that are. >> incredibly dedicated. uh, so yeah, we're hoping that, um, this, you know, the decision will come down and. >> that will that will stay this order because, um, you know, the administration has an obligation to negotiate with afsa, negotiate with the labor union on on implementing, implementing this huge, huge, unprecedented, uh, you know, essentially gutting of usaid. and that didn't happen. and we felt there was no other recourse but to join this lawsuit with our civil service colleagues. >> so many logistics involved in shuttering an operation like this. for example, usaid has roughly 1400 employees abroad, plus their families. now, previously, we were told that your group and usaid had not received any guidance from the administration on how these furloughs or layoffs will work. you kind of just alluded to that, but has there been any update on this from the administration on how this will work? >> no, not really. t

meanwhile, unions representing foreign service officers and federal employees at usaid are suing the trump administration in an effort to stop the dismantling of the agency. the suit is filed against president trump, secretary of state rubio, treasury secretary, usaid itself, the state department and the treasury department. and it also seeks an injunctive relief to stop the effort to close the agency down and restore its systems. it goes on to allege the group is responsible for causing a global humanitarian crisis and costing thousands of american jobs. it also argues that only congress can dissolve the agency, basically making an argument on the structure of the agency itself. meanwhile, a federal judge has temporarily blocked a trump administration plan to offer mass buyouts to nearly 2 million federal employees. the deadline to accept the resignation offer was last night, and a senior administration official said earlier in the. day that 60,000 people had taken the deal. that's less than what the administration hoped that they would get. they were hoping for around 100,000. unde

administration is expected to reduce the ranks of usaid to roughly 290 workers out of more than 5,000 foreign service officersvil servants and contractors currently employed there. that's according to people familiar with the plans. the secretary of state, marco rubio, lester, says they are not trying to be punitive, but are trying to align the agency with america's national interests. >> peter alexander, thank you. >>> the backlash is mounting after president trump floated a controversial proposal to take over gaza. the president tonight saying he would not send in american troops as part of that rebuilding plan. here's kelly o'donnell. >> reporter: new fallout on president trump's abrupt aspiration for an american-led renovation of gaza. >> we're going to take over that piece, and we're going to develop it. >> reporter: while the president did discuss the middle east on camera today, he chose to use social media to outline his controversial plan, declaring, "the gaza strip would be turned over to the united states by israel at the conclusion of fighting" so that the u.s. and development teams from all over

he treated the foreign aid's office like a crime scene.democrats tried to see what they were doing but the doors were locked. >> so we shut the whole place to you're asking questions of individuals who don't have the answers for you just follow the wonderful press release released this morning so you're aware they are busy currently and they advised they will contact shortly best contact the department stay if you need sign. >> who is they? the office of the administrator. >> trump shut the government out of government. this is what democrats are fighting to save. >> here the insane priorities the organization has spent money on. 1.5 million to advance dei in serbia workplaces. 70,000 for a production of a deia musical in ireland. 47,000 for transgender opera in columbia. 32,000 for a transgender comic book in peru as an american taxpayer i don't want my dollars going to this i don't i know the american people don't either that's what musk was tapped by a trump to do to get the fraud waste and abuse out of the federal government. 20 millio

years as a developing nation, and the halt to funding, we have spoken to contractors and foreign service officersho worked for you and they say the impact on life-saving programs worldwide even with the waiver, has been severe and provoked chaos and confusion among rank-and-file staff and state has been severely demoralizing, especially the order to return home. isn't all of this angst, confusion and upheaval a gift to america's geostrategic rivals such as russia and china. and president arevalo, first of all, i would like to say it's a pleasure to see you again. we saw each other last in washington before you were inaugurated. as president. regarding the return of guatemalans from the u.s., what kind of work or jobs do you expect the deportees will be able to do in guatemala? what is the role of the private sector in the reintegration process? do you -- could you please share a few of the companies involved in the my first home initiative? thank you to both of you. >> our goal for usaid is to align the programs with the foreign policy of the united states. it will be a gift to our geopolitical r

the post office could censor mail. foreign language press, which there was considerable foreign language press. the united states, they had to use the mail. so they could be censored because they couldn't as and magazines they could use the mail could be censored by the post office creole and the post office censorship board and was influential in it. creel also sat on the board, decide how much newspaper print newspapers could get movies movies couldn't be directly censored, but as the movie industry grows. one of the things they wanted to do was to be able to sell the movie overseas. well, the way cpi would deal with that was they were on the board that decided, well, a movie could go overseas and movie would be judged unfit to go overseas if it had said things they didn't want it said. so you wouldn't want to produce a movie that you couldn't export. so it was a form of censorship. there are other things like this. you get the idea also because creole was considered so powerful when you got a call from creole you know you t

we could have went to great parties but did that instead off trading foreign aid office like a crimene and democrats in m congress tried to see what doge was doing but the doors were locked. >> so elon musk to shut thepl place downac? >> you so you are asking questions of individuals who don't have an answer for ask yo? isn't it the wonderful press release released to the public? >> so, you are aware this agency is very busy currently and theyn are not abletl to take the meetg currently. they advised they will be compact shortly and best to contact the department. n >> whoee is a question mark. >> the front office of the administrator.fice >> jesse: trump basically shut the government out of government and then turned around. a this is what democrats are fighting to save. >> these are they insanethe priorities that organization has been spending money on $1.5 million to advance dei and serbia workplaces, 70,000 for production dei musical in ireland, $47,000 for transgender operraa in columbia, $32,000 for mbiatransgender comic book in pi c i don't know about you but asn americani do

>> we had 1200 foreign service officers and 1200 civil servants. eople who come from the country itself. they're not americans here. they live in the in the they work in the aid mission, many of them for a long time. that is a training ground for local leaders. for example, the first woman prime minister in costa rica was a usaid foreign service national for ten years. the first woman vice president of el salvador was an fsn. the first lady of peru under a conservative president, was an fsn, and her husband got a phd with an aid scholarship. i can go around the world. i can do it for a whole hour and tell you how the aid missions, in fact, were the base for training people who went on to become leaders in their country. they're pro-american. you know what's happening now? all that's going to shut down. you know, we used to give 20 000 scholarships a year in aid to people from the developing world. they go back and they change their countries. you know how much the chinese, how many scholarships they're doing, 40,000 scholarships, double what we did

say his 1st foreign visits since taking office is accompanied by the foreign minister. i said, i'll shabani. shirley is expected to meet chrome principal who had been so mind and discuss strengthening relations. he was named serious president on wednesday. from on this was bringing us on a bunch of aid and damascus. so some of what does this trip about? what does it stake here? well, it is a significant step for from the newly appointed president to i'm of the shut off making sure that he chose the sal good idea as his 1st for to into nice to have the departure because he is just being made president. he's only addressed the nation a couple of days ago for the 1st time, and the 1st place that he chose, if saudi arabia taking with him to fort mr. also made sure that so i'll get a view of the 1st port of entry as he left the can. they are going to be leaving because the amount of it's a month and the other side of the officials not just enhanced by lots of ties, but to also ensure that saudi arabia knows and realizes the importance that this new city of puts it under the

as part of a ceasefire deal. will visit the us on tuesday — the first visit from a foreign leader since trump took officew on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to riga, i've come here to look at what might happen i'm pretty sure that putin won't sign any sort of deal with us or european peacekeepers without any rules. within russian society into enemies of the state. or organisation is viewed as either a friend or an enemy. hello and welcome to unspun world. latvia, where i'm reporting from, with a shared border with russia, which will help me answer my questions about russia's war and its changing society, based itself here in riga in the wake of russia's invasion of ukraine. president trump used to say he'd sort out the war in ukraine within 2a hours of coming into office. that was never going to happen, of course, but getting a peace deal will certainly be one of his big concerns. his supporters have made the outlines pretty clear. for a long time, or maybe at all. who took the decision to invade back in february 2022 he was lucky to survive an attempted coup and he's had to r

a foreign service officer, 32 weeks pregnant, scrambling after a disruption to medical care.ng he and his two young children will end up homeless as a result of the order. the judge ordered the parties in that lawsuit to appear for an in-person hearing. just last hour. we're monitoring that. any updates we'll bring to you immediately. trump, for his part, is shouting close it down on social media. and as the new york times points out, accusing the agency of unspecified rampant corruption and fraud without any evidence, he had previously asserted that the agency was, quote, run by radical lunatics, end quote. we'll call it what it is, though a wholesale dismantling of a government agency that does a whole lot of good. the trump administration revised its figures earlier today. the total number of essential personnel at usaid is apparently now 611, up from their original estimate of 290. but the increase is really just a drop in the bucket. there are more than 5000 foreign service officers, civil servants and personal service contractors employed all across the globe. under tha

as you a serious new leader metal sharon has arrived in saudi arabia in his 1st born foreign visits since taking office. he has a he's accompanied by the foreign minister i set out, so bonnie sharaya is expected to meet the crown prince mohammed been so mind and discussed strengthening relations between the 2 countries. he was named serious transitional presidents on wednesday. a saudi arabia's leadership send to congratulate 3 messages to sharon after his appointment. 60000 is a solid binge of 8 is in damascus for someone's keep it simple. what is this trip about? and what's at stake here, it is a very significant trip with them is it's the 1st time that the shuttle is traveling abroad after he was named president, save accompanied by the foreign minister and the destination heath jordan is. so i'll get a bit better, as you mentioned, he's going to be meeting, become principal him. and then some of this comes after the saw the for the minister accepted in 500 visits in damascus and talked about how he's going to try and help lift the sanctions and talk to the united states and the good people with you

representing foreign service officers and federal employees. >> at usaid. >> are suing. >> the trump administration. >> in an. >> effort to stop. >> the dismantling. >> of the agency. the suit is. >> filed against president. >> trump. >> secretary of state marco. >> rubio. >> secretary of. >> the. >> treasury scott. >> bessent, usaid, the state department, and. >> the department of. >> treasury, and seeks an injunctive relief to stop the effort to close the agency down and restore its system. it goes on. >> to allege the group. >> is. >> responsible for. >> causing a. global humanitarian. crisis and costing. thousands of american. >> jobs, and. >> argues only. >> congress can. >> dissolve the agency. >> so, joe, let's stop. >> right there, because there's a lot going on, including. elon musk's. >> involvement and. >> this process. that the secretary of state, marco rubio, said there was. >> no. >> other way to do. >> it seems. >> to me. >> there are. >> lawful ways to do this. >> as opposed to how it's happening. >> and that's a question, and it's a question for all of the doge proje

court temporarily halting the dismantling of usaid, you know, as a foreign service officer yourself,onder if you could help people understand the role of usaid not just to provide food and medicine, but is it is among its roles? is it also to address power vacuums globally and even address the idea and the motion of migration? >> right. and usaid work? i mean, it provides stability around the world. you know, in many places that would essentially disintegrate into failed states and increased levels of conflict without aid. that's provided by the united states. and to put a complete halt on that across the entire globe is just, is just ridiculous and is really going to have long term impacts on not only the people involved in those countries. thousands of people will die without these, without this funding and support, conflict will continue. and it's definitely not in u.s. interest for that to happen. so it's a very shortsighted decision. it's very hasty. it's not thought through at all, which again, as i mentioned, is a lot of the thinking that's done in the trump administration in

this is a grassroots organization composed of senior foreign service officers, usaid leadership and usaid program implementers. [indiscernible] believe it will make this country and the world a better place. [indiscernible] i am honored to yield my voice today to support usaid. [indiscernible] where the government was created for the people by the people. [indiscernible] let's hear it for them. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you, isabel. thank all of you for coming. [indiscernible] marylanders in the house. [cheers and applause] first, let's give it up for isabel and all the patriotic americans who helped organize this rally, and i want to hear it loud and clear. hey hey ho ho elon musk has got to go because this -- hey hey ho ho elon musk has got to go because this is about taking back our country and doing it now. make no mistake about it, elon musk's effort to dismantle the agency for international development is a gift to china. it is a gift to russia. it is a gift to our adversaries around the world. putin's cronies immediately put on x, "smart move by elon musk

foreign aid can do. jeremy konyndyk is the president of refugees international. he's a former director of usaid's office of foreign disaster assistance. i want to go back to yasmin vossoughian. she's in tel aviv. i also want to see we have some pictures. if our if our control room has it. we saw some pictures. these are prisoners. palestinian prisoners getting off the bus. we believe this is khan younis in in gaza. but again, i want to just warn everybody. i'm not sure about anything at the moment because this is fast moving. you can see red cross people in the red vests there and yasmin, tell me whatever it is you want to tell me, but i just want to make sure we distinguish when we talk about some of these palestinian prisoners. some have been convicted of things. they've been in jail for a long time. some are administrative detention detainees who have never stood trial for anything. >> yeah. let me kind of give you a breakdown that i know of because, you know, it's hard to kind of really get clarity on exactly what some of these prisoners are serving, what they weren't serving. and i just want to not

musk's treating our foreign aid office like a crime scene. democrats in congress tried to see what doge was doing, but the doors were locked. >> so elon musk just shut the whole place down. so. >> so you're asking questions of individuals who don't have the answers for you, except all of the wonderful press release that was released to the public. usaid is closed. >> okay. so as you are aware, this agency is very busy currently and they are not able to take a meeting currently. they advised that they will be in contact shortly and that best to contact the department of state at this time. if you need any further comments. >> who is they? >> the front office of the administrator. >> trump basically shut the government out of government and the democrats shrugged, turned around and went to dinner. this is what democrats are fighting to save. >> these are some of the insane priorities that that organization has been spending money on. $1.5 million to advance dei in serbia's workplaces, 70,000 for a production of a diy musical in ireland, 47,000

i spent multiple years monitoring the activities of deep cover, foreign intelligence officers, leadingrganization. i have been shot in the line of duty. something else about me. i was assigned to investigate a potential crime. like all previous cases, i have investigated, this one met every legal standard of predication and procedure without bias. i upheld my oath to this country and the constitution and collected the facts. i collected the facts in a manner to neither prove innocence nor guilt, but to arrive at a resolution. i'm now sitting in my home, listening to my children play and laugh in the backyard, oblivious to the prospect that their father may be fired in a few days, fired for conducting a legally authorized investigation, fired for doing the job that he was hired to do. i have to wonder when i'm gone, who will do the quiet work that is behind the facade of your average neighbor? it's going to average neighbor? it's going to do it for me today. deadline. ♪♪ sonya earlene and marcia are among the thousands of real women living with metastatic breast cancer; doing what they

these foreign service officers are being treated like criminals instead of human beings.ificed time with family uprooted their families every few years, just like military families, in order to deliver life saving programs for millions of disenfranchized people around the world. they serve their country and do not deserve to be treated like this. but in less than a month, all their work reduced to this. i would love to get your reaction to that. >> it is shameful how we're treating americans who are sent to places that most people do not go. war zones. some of the most impoverished places on earth to offer compassion and offer support to also. >> influence in. >> places like africa, asia, eastern europe where we want american support there. >> and then. >> save lives, stop diseases that afflict the world. >> one of my. >> colleagues, people are calling me off. >> the hook, right? >> and i was just. >> speaking to. >> one who. >> said. >> you know, my country is attacking me. this is worse. than any dictatorship where i've worked, and we should be ashamed of that. >> i don