Welcome to the beat. I'm Ari Melbour and we are covering the late breaking news out of Los Angeles. Late today, the latest development in a clash that seems escalated by the federal government under the Trump administration includes now a small number of US Marines formally mobilized to respond to this ongoing clash and the protests.Today's protests, and you can see some of the footage and we've been tracking this, are overwhelmingly peaceful across the city there. The escalation though has little precedent ...

We are covering what's been happening in LA in an ongoing story. The president is clearly trying to test the bounds of the law and going beyond over half a century of president deploying these National Guard troops in LA with his stated reasons including what they call ISIS authority and public security. Uh but also with another agenda.We have these live pictures from LA. Trump did not collaborate or cooperate with the state governor where there's usually exercised dual authority in the use of the National ...