MUCH AS $213 ON A SMARTPHONE, $357 ON LAPTOPS, AND $246 MORE
FOR VIDEO GAME
CONSOLES, HALLIE.
>> CHRISTINE ROMANS,
THANK YOU.
>>> ALSO TONIGHT, IT
SEEMS LIKE DRAMATIC
CHANGES ARE HAPPENING
USAID.
THAT’S THE AGENCY
RESPONSIBLE FOR
PROVIDING HELP TO
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
AND THOSE IN CRISIS.
VAUGHN HILLYARD JOINS
US NOW.
SO VAUGHN, WHAT’S
GOING ABOUT HERE AND
HOW IS ELON MUSK
INVOLVED?
>> THIS AMOUNTING TO A
GUTTING OF THIS KEY
AGENCY.
NBC NEWS HAS LEARNED
FROM SEVERAL SOURCES
THAT IN THE PAST WEEK,
MORE THAN A THOUSAND
SENIOR CIVIL WORKERS
AND CIVIL CONTRACTORS
WERE FIRED OR
FURLOUGHED OR REPLACED
ON LEAVE.
USAID’S WEBSITE HAS
BEEN OFFLINE FOR MORE
THAN 24 HOURS NOW, AND
I’M ALSO TOLD THIS
WEEKEND A DIRECTOR AND
DEPUTY DRORD DIRECTOR
OF THE SECURITY OFFICE
WERE PUT ON LEAVE,
CALLING THE AGENCY
CRIMINAL AND SAYING
IT’S TIME FOR IT TO
DIE.
USAID IS THE BACKBONE
OF THE U.S.
HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE AROUND THE
WORLD.
A AND THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION HAS
FROZEN BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF FOREIGN AID
THAT RUNS THROUGH IT.
SEVERAL DRAMATIC