Judge Blocks Trump From Putting Many USAID Workers On Leave Tonight

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.2 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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A setback for the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID after a federal judge temporarily blocks plans to put thousands of employees of the humanitarian aid agency on leave tonight. We take a close look at how the organization helps people in need around the world. Plus, the president says he is planning to fire some FBI agents who worked on January 6th investigations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.8	Happening now, breaking news is setback for the Trump administration's dismantling of USAID,
0:53.6	a federal judge, temporarily blocking
0:56.0	plants, but thousands of employees of the humanitarian aid agency on leave tonight.
1:02.0	We're taking a closer look at how the organization has helped needy people around the world.
1:07.2	Plus, the president says he is planning to fire some FBI agents who worked on January 6 investigations.
1:13.6	Those agents at risk of restribution after the Bureau just turned over their names to the Justice Department.
1:20.6	Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world.
1:23.6	We'll blitzers off. I'm Jim Shudo, and you're in the situation room.
1:35.4	This is CNN breaking news. We begin with the breaking news, a new ruling putting the
1:41.2	brakes on President Trump's plans to wipe out nearly all of the workforce
1:45.5	at the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID.
1:50.0	See, that's Jeff Snellany.
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