now, if it was a priority for ivanka, it was a priority for the president. and this program w gdp, it did things aimed at boosting women's economic empowerment abroad, things like closing the digital divide, ending food insecurity and providing capital to women entrepreneurs looking to start small businesses. but we talked to numerous people who worked closely with ivanka trump at usaid, as well as people who were direct beneficiaries of that program, including one farmer from the country of georgia. she was at that signing ceremony in the oval office back in 2019, and she told cnn just this week, when i saw president trump was elected again, i thought it was going to bring more support for women's economic empowerment because he loved this program. now, the program was rebranded under the biden administration and by all accounts, continued to thrive until just last week, when it was subject to a stop order halting all of its operations. now, i think all of this underscores a dramatic transformation for president trump on foreign aid. he ran and won back in

. >> first daughter, ivanka. >> used to establish. >> a. >> highly publicized. >> initiative to empower women. >> in developing countries. >> but we begin. >> tonight. >> less than. >> three weeks into this new administration. >> and we are already facing what is rightfully. >> being described as a. constitutional crisis. >> it comes. >> not from. >> the man. >> elected to. >> sit behind the. >> resolute desk. >> but from. >> the. >> unelected one. >> who appears. >> to be. >> pulling all the strings. >> tech billionaire. >> elon musk. >> it's happening in real. >> time, thanks. >> to elon's. >> made up. >> department of. >> government efficiency. >> that he and a handful of young adults from his. private companies have. unleashed on this country. >> with nearly unfettered access. >> to any. >> agency or. >> database they choose to infiltrate. >> in this short time, we've seen them. >> all but abolished. >> the us agency. >> for international. development with. >> plans. >> to reduce its workforce. >> from 5000. to what's expected to be about 600. and it's being done without. >> congres

it's an agency that trump's daughter ivanka once championed when she served as a white house adviser. cnn's betsy klein is joining us right now. betsy, great to see you again. bring us up to speed on these developments. >> well, fredricka, the trump administration is actively taking steps to gut usaid and other humanitarian programs across the globe. but president trump was once a vocal proponent of the agency because his daughter was. and back in 2019, just to underscore how important this was, president trump then featured usaid and its work in his state of the union address. he announced the creation of wdp, the women's global development and prosperity initiative, which would be spearheaded by his daughter, and fall under the umbrella of usaid. he signed an executive order on the matter at a major signing ceremony in the oval office just a few days after that. now, what this program did was bolster women's economic empowerment across the globe with things like ending food insecurity and providing capital to women entrepreneurs looking to start small businesses, among other issues.

now it was a priority for ivanka. she spearheaded it. it fell under the umbrella of usaid, and therefore it was a priority for president trump. now, sources that we spoke to who worked closely with her, as well as beneficiaries of this program, talk about the real impact it had on millions of women around the world. one woman, who was a farmer from the country of georgia, told cnn. when i saw president trump was elected again, i thought it was going to bring more support for women's economic empowerment because he loved this program. now, this program was aimed at helping empower women economically abroad. it helped close the digital divide, combat food insecurity. it did things like provide capital for women entrepreneurs looking to launch small businesses, and it was actually rebranded and continued to be successful during the biden administration. but after five years of its existence, it was shut down just last week during a stop order applying to many. usaid programs. but really, all of this underscores a major pivot for president t

and, of course, in the first administration, that was always jared kushner and ivanka trump and people you know, what their specific roles were. but this week, when president trump was signing that sovereign wealth fund, rupert murdoch, the media mogul, extremely wealthy man, another billionaire. he was flanked on either side by his treasury secretary, scott bessent, a billionaire, and his commerce secretary, 0bviously, donald trump himself says he's a very wealthy man. on wall street, they're actually very happy to see that because they think that those people who have such big wealth want the impact of that. who's around and who he's giving shout—outs to as he's what's your guys�* view on that? it has to be the wealthiest cabinet in history. his ambassador picks, right? a long—time friend and donor and as the ambassador you know, into the riviera of the middle east, right? and it's these people who are in the room with him. all learned from covering donald trump is, you know, his worldview is he's just trying to win the day, right? thinking about something, you know, influencing, you

it's an agency trump's daughter ivanka, once championed when she served as a white house adviser. cnn's betsy klein is joining us right now. walk us through these details. >> well, fred, we have seen the trump administration dramatically reshaping the role of the u.s. in the world as it comes to humanitarian aid and slashing federal spending. now, to put this into some perspective. usaid budget last year was $40 billion out of about $6.75 trillion for an overall u.s. federal budget. but it was really one of those early first targets of president trump's team. and we saw just on day one, issuing an executive order calling for a reevaluation of foreign aid programs. then we started to see some of these usaid projects be subject to stop orders across the globe. and then acting agency leadership called for putting all direct hires on leave as of just before midnight on friday. now that, as you mentioned, was subject to a stop from a halt by a federal judge who issued an order temporarily blocking more than 2000 usaid officials from being placed on leave. now, it would have impacted ab

jared kushner and ivanka trump. they had job titles like special adviser to the president or something. but this week, when president trump was signing that sovereign wealth beside him rupert murdoch, the media mogul, extremely wealthy man. you had larry ellison, the head of oracle, another billionaire. howard lutnick, a billionaire. and obviously, donald trump himself says he's a very wealthy man. you have elon musk, the world's richest man. so you have this cadre of very wealthy individuals setting these policies and speaking to some people on wall street. the american economy, because, you know, they don't want the impact of that. but it's really interesting when you just look and see who's around andwhohe�*sgiving shout .. . . .. .. these various bills. what's your guy's view on that? it has to be the wealthiest cabinet in history. even his ambassador picks, right? you know, you've got tom barrack, who's been a long—time friend and donor. and as the ambassador of turkey, you have charles kushner, jared kushner's

it's an agency, trump's daughter ivanka once championed when she served as a white house adviser. cnn's betsy klein is joining us right now. betsy, help us understand what this court order for now means. >> that's exactly right, frederica. and president trump and his team have taken steps to actively dismantle usaid and reimagine u.s. humanitarian aid around the globe. now, to put this in some perspective, usaid s annual budget was about $40 billion this year out of about $6.75 trillion overall for the federal government. so a very small portion of u.s. federal spending abroad. but president trump on day one had an executive order ready. he issued that on reimagining and reevaluating u.s. foreign aid. after that, we started to see stop orders on these. usaid projects. and then workers, of course, as you mentioned, physically dismantling the usaid signage. but all of this after acting leadership announced all direct hires would be placed on leave just before midnight on friday. that would bring this 10,000 person workforce down to just about 300 people. so significantly, dismantlin

a group of gop senators flew in with the president, as well as his daughter, ivanka, and her sons. president was part of a tribute honoring first responders and family members of the victims of the new year terror attack on bourbon street. in a message today, president trump offered condolences to those families and congratulated both the chiefs and the eagles for making it to the super bowl. he says he's rooting for the chiefs today. former first lady jill biden is also in new orleans. the self-proclaimed proud philly girl was in arizona two years ago when the eles faced the chiefs in the super bowl. she posted this picture on instagram today of her and her grandson, hunter, arriving in new orleans today. bay area leaders are also in new orleans. today. they're getting ready for the official handoff tomorrow because levi stadium is hosting super bowl 60 next year. local leaders and the bay area host committee are taking part in the host city handoff. nfl commissioner roger goodell is leading that ceremony. and this is video from last year's handoff. san jose mayor matt mahan will

president trump and ivanka seen together on screen.keep you updated. >> thanks very much and perhaps philadelphia fans are having a happy moment right now alle allegedly. [laughter] with that said, president trump going after the people who he accuses of uprising the government against him. heevok surity clearance of antony blinken, jake sullivan, alan brad, he pulled the plug on joe biden's clearance saying in the truth social post this. no need for joe biden to continue to receive access to classified information. he said this is it in 2021 but instruct the intelligence community to stop the 45th president of the united states, me, from accessing detail on national security. the same post trump cited robert yours report what you remember described biden for the time is an elderly man with a poor memory. trump back with that arguing biden simply can't be trusted with classified information. a couple of things to unpack. joey, a bit of a curveball but we watched that entire minute long at the secret service. you are someone who maybe s

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he is sitting with ivanka trump and the owner of the saints in her box.see followed up by kind of a different moment that took place. >> steve: the way it works at one of these great big events is, you know, there is a jumbotron in the middle of the astrodome. and it takes like one or two seconds before what folks at home actually see. and that's why they put the president up. and it took 1,001, 1,002, before they realized there is donald trump and they started to applaud. at one point, taylor swift was actually on the jumbotron and, if you missed that, it went something like this. [boos] >> carley: now we know why because garrett tenney said a majority of the crowd were eagles fans. >> lawrence: that was clear. you heard the electricity in the room, even when the eagles were coming out versus when k.c. was coming out. i'm not the biggest taylor fan, but, you know. i wouldn't have booed her. >> carley: did you see the cover of the "new york post" said end of an eros? >> steve: i got two explanations for what happened? everybody there might have had a reas

by his daughter ivanka, his son. >> eric and his. >> wife lara. >> trump, along. >> with. >> a host.>> other guests. >> prior to. >> kickoff. >> during trump's. >> interview. >> with fox. >> news, the. >> president predicted kansas. >> city would pull. >> off the. >> win while praising. >> the wife. >> of. >> the chiefs. >> quarterback. >> patrick mahomes. >> for. >> being mega. >> so game prediction. >> i hate to do it. i just say that i've watched this great quarterback who has, by the way, a phenomenal wife. okay, she's a trump fan. she's a maga fan. so i happen to love her okay. but she's a great person. i watched her being interviewed and i said, wow, that's pretty good. but she's great and he's great. i guess you have to say that when a quarterback wins as much as he's won, i have to go with kansas city. i have to go with kansas city. at the same time, philadelphia has a fantastic it's going to be just a great game. >> it was the eagles, of course, who. >> came out. >> on top. dominating the chiefs before the game. >> trump also met with. >> first responders and survivors from

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ivanka next to him there. on his way there, he held a press conference over the gulf. now. gulf of america, highlighting that with, well, a poster board, as you can see there. and for the second weekend in a row, the president promised more disruptive tariffs on u.s. imports. >> we'll also be announcing steel tariffs on monday. >> of this week. tomorrow. >> monday. yeah. tomorrow. >> what countries will. >> go on? >> everybody. >> steel including. >> canada and mexico. >> any steel coming into the united states is going to have a 25% tariff. >> what about aluminum? >> aluminum to. >> it is the latest weekend edition of the trump show. and while some ratings from the public show high marks, americans could be running out of patience on some issues. a new polling from cbs news. overall, trump's approval rating sits at 53%, a figure higher than at many points in his first term. but when those same people were asked if the president is focusing on lowering prices, two thirds answered. he is not focusing enough on what was a key campaign issue. and many economists agree his rece

first lady melania trump and daughter ivanka promoted u.s. aids work during trump's first term. christiane cordero abc news, washington. >> 511 this morning we're looking at live doppler seven, along with satellite. our low pressure is slowly sliding down the coast this morning. as it does, it will take the showers with it, and the rain is pretty much over by lunchtime. but this morning we do have some scattered showers out there, some rain falling across southern california. heavy at times where they do have the threat of mudslides there. the winter storm warning still continues until noon today. winter radar will flip it on over. we do have snow still falling. chain controls right now on every road leading to tahoe. but like we talked about just a few minutes ago, caltrans does believe they'll be able to clear out a lot of the snow for better conditions for traveling later on this afternoon. be aware of that. live doppler seven. we are tracking some scattered downpours. let's take you right down to street level into fremont where we have some heavy rain falling. it's not every

ivanka trump, of course, is senior advisor, was using usaid to for women's programs, proposals and things. and he said yes, he thinks it is a good idea. but then he talked about fraud that was unsubstantiated and the like. but on elon musk specifically there, he said that, you know, he is giving elon musk these, these directions. but the question here is how much detail the president and even some people in the white house are aware of what elon musk and some of his top lieutenants are doing, that is in very much an open question here. but he did raise the conflict of interest idea, saying if there were conflicts, that is something that he would call out. but again, a little bit like the chicken guarding the henhouse here. >> all right, jeff, let's bring in daniel dale. you have a lot to fact check here, daniel, i don't know. i'll take one off your plate, though, which is the condoms for hamas. not true. it's kind of become the haitians eating your pets because it's been debunked. it's not true, but it plays well with the base. so he's repeating it here. we should say worldwide. usaid did

i mean, for all we know, it was jared, ivanka and trump himself. put into perspective all of this. what do we need to know tonight? >> yeah, steph. >> well, first of all, to your point, i. >> also was struck. >> by. that jared. >> kushner actually did publicly speak. >> last year in. >> recent months in. >> ways that hinted. perhaps presaged. >> this breathtaking and really. outrageous proposal from donald trump. >> it didn't come. >> from nowhere. in that sense. jared kushner definitely. >> has talked about. >> this in. >> terms almost more. >> akin to that of a real estate mogul assessing a piece of land than someone who understands the complicated history and the tragedy of the 2 million people who live there. the tragedy of the war with israel. it's almost as if both kushner and his father in law stripped that out of the equation. i think what donald trump said tonight, you know, obviously, is probably one of the more breathtaking things we've heard him say. it is certainly not previewed in anything he said on the campaign trail, although he suggested in his remarks that he had

. >> of course, in the first trump term, a first lady, melania trump and senior adviser ivanka trump at that time, both were involved in programs supporting usaid. and usaid, of course, serves around the world. a very small percentage of the overall budget, and is often considered a necessary part of not only humanitarian aid, but the cascading effects of that that redound to the american people in terms of national security. so the approach this administration is taking is certainly very blunt. and the experts that. elon musk says are in the workforce helping him do this and getting into the systems may not have any experience really in understanding how government works. there's not a great deal of transparency about who's on his team and how they are operating. the president wants him to do this work and he is at it. while many federal workers in lots of different departments and agencies, a broad workforce have real questions about what their own futures will look like. >> so, sam, let's talk a little more about this worldwide impact. nbc news found that usaid is being cut from r

. >> notably ivanka trump as well. the president's own. daughter worked in partnership. >> with usaid. in the past. >> so clearly, something. >> changed, and a. >> lot of it. >> likely has to do with elon. >> musk. >> who has been. >> in the ear. >> of. >> president trump and many of the. >> conspiracy theories broadly about it, which i know we'll get. >> to in a moment. >> but the baseline. here is that the president. >> himself is calling. >> for closing. >> it down. and even if this doesn't close. >> it. >> down, it sure. >> gets close. >> and the. lawsuits make very clear that they. believe that this. >> violates the law. >> and they. >> also note. >> that only congress can. approve the dismantling, the. erasing of an agency. >> nonetheless. >> the president is. >> trying to get. >> very close. >> to doing. >> that all by himself. >> ashley. >> in addition. >> to these. >> layoffs, these. >> cuts mean. >> hiv drugs. >> are held. >> up, malaria prevention is being slashed. >> famine response. >> will be slower, victims of cartel violenc

but he was actually soaking it up, taking it all in, sitting in his seat next to his daughter ivanka. he had lots of well-wishers coming over to say hi, but he was actually enjoying the game. now he was reportedly rooting for the chiefs, not the eagles. so i'm sorry, mr. president, to disappoint you. he did leave at halftime, so he missed the end of the game. and jim i can't get through this segment pretending to be totally objective. i was here for the eagles. so i'll put on the i'll put on the green instead. >> i did notice you were wearing some green. i surmised you might be an eagles fan and you know more power to you. as hard as it is for this giants fan to say that i celebrate. i mean, they were great. they were just a far better team on the field. how about the halftime show? because, you know, it's funny, i was talking to my kids about this before. they were aware the whole beef kendrick lamar, drake. and there was a lot of talk as to whether he would pull punches. he did not pull punches last night at all. >> no, he swung some new ones. this was not a sing along halftime show

, but in his 2020 budget, he actually asked for more money for them because it was something that ivanka trump worked very closely on. and so to see this kind of 180 here, in terms of how it's being essentially dismantled in this purview and, you know, secretary of state marco rubio is asking for reviews of the spending here. it's not even totally clear what else spending they're going to be reviewing, because so much of it has been frozen. and so, yes, trump is certainly on board with it. i did think it was notable, though, in the oval today when we were hearing trump being asked about what elon musk has access to, what his purview is when it comes to the treasury payment system, as trump was saying, that he can do what's appropriate and that they agree on. but he did say if there is a conflict, we will stop that. and essentially arguing that because as an sge. elon musk is subject to this statute where there are conflict of interest rules here, that if you benefit financially from something, you're not supposed to be working on that. the question there is, who has oversight of elon mus

budget, but then later actually asked for 100 million more dollars for to help further his daughter ivanka trump's women initiatives that she had worked on when she was inside the west wing. and this term, his administration has essentially shut down the washington headquarters overnight, put the independent agency created by congress under the state department's purview, as well. my source tonight is doctor atul gawande, who led a global health efforts at usaid under president biden and resigned. i should note before. before president trump took office. given what we've seen with the top officials suspended, iced out of their systems, the headquarters virtually shuttered here in washington. people told, don't come in. just what is your view on what has happened in the last 24 hours? >> this has been a takeover, but the takeover started more than a week ago. it started first with a freeze on funds, you know, a pause. and you have to understand, you know, i'm a surgeon. i'm overseeing this work. and i think of an operation and being told, oh, pause. halfway through, we'll be back in 90 days

christine, thank you ivanka trump. >> -- thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> this morning we are learningt two air disasters that we're following closely. first the fiery crash of a medical jet in philadelphia over the weekend. also last week's deadly midair collisions near reagan national airport in washington, d.c. we've got both covered for you. we'll start with emilie ikeda on the search for answers in philadelphia. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you. investigators are one step closer to understanding what went wrong aboard that medevac plane. recovering the aircraft's black box eight feet underground, just beyond the police cars behind me. hundreds of people involved in the multiagency response to the deadly crash that killed secretary of and injured -- seven and injured at least 22 others. this morning, federal investigators combing through charred debris. this morning, federal investigators combing through charred debris after a medical transport plane nose dived and exploded near a mall and neighborhoods in northeast philadelphia. the crash sending people scramb

tools as we take a look at both the president getting inside the beast as well as what appeared to be ivankaor the folks at home let me share part of your wall street journal opinion piece this was a nice carveout. he said that robusta job growth in november and december may reflect the revival of animals, i love this, and animal spirit after president trump selection as the threat of higher taxes more regulation. but the slower growth in january is a warning to mr. trump to tread carefully on his tariff agenda. mr. trump's tariff with glass the threat of it he should not take for granted that businesses will continue hiring. i thought that was a fascinating take. i agree with you, it's usually at least broadly speaking sort of a ploy for a little tactic you do have to be measured and how you roll out the tariffs, do you agree? >> into your point is a good not butnot great economy. the job market, still a lot of positions available for people who want them. but it is slowing. it is softening. solid but getting softer as we start the trump era here. i think maintaining economic growth and the

before ivanka owens enters the record a letter of support the premier prevention association representings the country and strong support of fentanyl. the coalition support millions of high school and middle school students across this nation have proven effective in reducing youth substance abuse. we thank them for their support of fentanyl. >> thank you very much madam chair. thank you for coming and testifying and of course my sympathies to mr. puerta and ms. norring. obviously this is a complicated question in the sense that we have disagreements on who is bringing fentanyl into our country. we all know that it is creating havoc. i was particularly interested in noting how you can prevent young people from getting access. at the same time we need a justice department that is stable. right now there is chaos. this administration tries to eliminate anybody who can stand up to them. and in addition when they went the names of everyone who ate anything to do with the generate six the investigation or prosecution we are talking potentially thousands of fbi agents. so, you can imagine the c