years from now.

Amna: Thanks for your reporting.

Geoff: Let's bring in correspondent Lisa for more on the mass layoffs within the U.S. Foreign aid agency and the possible effects.

Break down what is happening within the agency and what it means.

>> This agency is essentially shut down.

The administration announced that Marco rubioios the acting administrator of said and told Laura that Pete Morocco, a known trump ally, will be appointed to oversee said.

Programs around the world are frozen.

Workers are cut off from both their staff and their own email.

Some workers have been fired.

I am in touch with dozens around the world.

This agency website itself conveys the clarity and state of things.

This is what comes U uwhen you look at usaid.gov, nothing.

There has been no notice to staff before this happened.

Today, Laura received from the white house indication that it's notified congress and is considering a reorganization.

That's a week after some of these layoffs.

It's a great deal.

This is an agency with 13,000 or more staff.

At least 1000 contractors.

There are estimates for 3000 U.S.

Layoffs so far.

That includes all the co-attracting agencies.

Usaid affect millions of people around the world in key areas of U.S. Interest.

These programs, when they were founded, the wheat program, for example, pivotal in giving the U.S. A sphere of influence in Asia and India.

It is a program that counters China around the world.

It's a small agency, but this is an idea about U.S. Soft power.

Geoff: What is the knock on effect of that?

Lisa: It's not yet known because staffers overseeing these programs have been disconnected, but what I was able to piece together, we know malaria vaccines in Africa, some of those programs have stopped.

There's concern in Africa as an ebola outbreak is happening there.

A system to monitor famine.

That website also down.

So those trying to monitor famine cannot access it.

Fighting hunger a major part of what said does.

I spoke to one worker in Africa who confirmed some HIV drugs are not being given out.

Some of these workers are cut off in dangerous places.

Geoff: Does president trump have the authority to do this?

Lisa: This is also a great question for Laura.

This is an independent agency.

It was founded by president Kennedy under executive order but congress put this into code, so this will be a legal battle.

It's not clear what Democrats are going to do.

They argue this is a constitutional crisis.

Trump and musk say the U.S. Is overspending but that is not the debate.

They also say this is an agency in need of reform but that's also what they are that's also not what they are doing -- put