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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

White House Rescinds Memo On Federal Aid Freeze After Confusion

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The White House rescinds a memo freezing trillions of dollars in federal funds. It marks a major reversal for the Trump administration after the rule sparked nationwide outrage and confusion. Plus, after a heated Senate hearing, it is still unclear if RFK Jr. has the votes to win confirmation as the nation’s top health official.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Happening now breaking news, the White House rescinds a memo freezing trillions of dollars in federal funds.

0:39.1

It marks a major reversal for the Trump administration after the rule sparked nationwide outrage and

0:45.9

confusion. Plus, after a heated Senate hearing, it is still unclear if Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

0:51.6

has the votes to win confirmation as the nation's top health

0:55.3

official. I'll get reaction from a key Democrat who had a chance to grill Kennedy today. Senator

1:00.7

Maggie Hassan is standing by. Also, breaking tonight, a source tells CNN. Attorneys for New York

1:06.3

City Mayor Eric Adams have been in talks with federal prosecutors about possibly dropping the case against him.

1:13.6

Welcome to our viewers here in the U.S. and around the world. Wolf Blitzer.

1:17.6

He's off today. I'm Jim Shuto and you're in the situation room.

1:25.6

This is CNN breaking news.

1:30.3

The breaking news here in the situation room, trillions of dollars in federal cash now unfrozen

1:37.3

after the Trump White House withdraws a memo that stirred up bipartisan backlash.

1:42.3

Our chief national affairs correspondent Jeff Z Zellini, is standing by

1:45.5

at the White House with details. So Jeff, less than 48 hours after issuing the freeze, the White

1:51.0

House reversing course, but saying or claiming it's not reversing course? Well, Jim, it is one of the

1:57.6

quickest and perhaps the biggest reversals that we have seen,

2:00.9

certainly in this early days of the Trump White House and perhaps even at his time as president.

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