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The Trump administration wants to shut down USAID. Rep. Raskin vows to fight that

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NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland about the Trump administration’s move to effectively close down the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID.

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