Protests at USAID building as workers pack up their desks, cuts take effect

Protesters are outside a United States Agency for International Development building in Washington, D.C., in support of fired workers. This comes after the Supreme Court's Chief Justice John Roberts allowed cuts to contractor projects for USAID and the State Department. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.

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