just minutes ago, President Trump told the radio host this. He will join law enforcement patrolling Washington DC tonight. >> And I'm going to be going out tonight.I'm going to keep it a secret, but I'm going to go. You're the only one that knows you and your lots of of listeners. You have a great show. You have a very successful show, by the way, in case you haven't heard that.But, uh, I'm going to be going out tonight, I think, with the, uh, with the police, with the and with the military, of course. So, ...

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But we want to get to the other big story out of our nation's capital. We are less than one week into President Trump's 30-day takeover of the Washington DC police. And President Trump is already saying he intends to extend federal control of the force. We're going to be asking for extensions on that, long-term extensions, because you can't have 30 days. 30 days is that's by the time you do it. Uh we're going to have this in good shape. We're going to do this very quickly, but we're going to want extensions ...

Welcome back. Mayor Muriel Bowser offered her strongest words yet about President Trump's federalization of the DC police as the National Guard hit the streets for the first time as part of the Trump administration's push to group what they claim is out of control crime in the nation's capital. Bowser, who has acknowledged her limited legal authority to prevent a federal takeover, is instead urging DC residents to take action. Here's some of what she said during a virtual town hall last night. We all need t ...

National Guard troops have now arrived in the city after the president declared a crime emergency in our nation's capital and deployed hundreds of guardsmen. FBI, DEA, other federal agents have already been patrolling the streets. And DC's mayor and police chief just met with Attorney General Pam Bondi at the Justice Department.They're serving more in somewhat of a support role backing up these various law enforcement agencies that are going to be part of this crackdown. Specifically, we're told that they c ...

It is day 204 of the second Trump administration and today Donald Trump announced he will take over Washington DC's police force and send in hundreds of National Guard troops in an effort to fight crime. Tonight, a White House official says those troops will be on the ground as soon as tomorrow. Trump says Washington is one of the most dangerous cities in the world, even though DC police statistics show violent crime there is at a 30-year low.My colleague Gay Gutierrez has those details and gets us started ...

This is Liberation Day in DC and we're going to take our capital back. Can DC actually do anything to stop President Trump from federalizing police and deploying the National Guard. I'm officially invoking section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.Well, under the Home Rule Act, which gives DC residents the right to elect their own mayor, a president can determine special conditions that require federal use of DC police. So, in other words, a president can decide to take control of those law enfo ...

This city will no longer be a sanctuary for illegal alien criminals. We will have full seamless integrated cooperation at all levels of law enforcement. And we'll deploy officers across the district with an overwhelming presence. You'll have more police and you'll be so happy because you'll be safe. When you walk down the street, you're going to see police or you're going to see FBI agents. We're going to have a lot of agents on the streets. You're going to have a lot of uh essentially military and and we w ...

Next hour, President Trump is expected to announce a new public safety initiative in Washington DC. The president tweeting this preview of today's reveal, saying our nation's capital will be liberated today. The news conference will detail what is likely to be a large-scale increase in law enforcement presence in our nation's capital.officials tell NBC News President Trump is considering deploying up to 1,000 National Guard troops. Uh do you have any more you can add to this, Garrett. Um and what do you thi ...

move over to the Justice Department, which has hired a January 6th rier who was captured on video calling law enforcement Nazis and yelling, quote, "Kill them during the 2021 capital insurrection." And NPR just uncovered that video. Take a look. >> You guys are disgusting.I'm from I'm for law enforcement. You're disgusting. You are the Nazi. You are the Gestapo.You can't see it. You're chasing your pinchion, right. pension.You're retirement, right. That's what runs your life. You're retirement.>> The sad th ...