00:00United States President Nolantara announced the federal government will take over the Washington DC Police Department.
00:07and sent 800 national guardsmen to the US capital.
00:12Trump declared a state of emergency in Washington DC and claimed
00:17crime rates are skyrocketing so the federal government needs to step in.
00:22Trump also said the federal government would move thousands of homeless people away from the capital.
00:28Trump also stated that the Washington DC Police Department will now be led by US Attorney General Paul Bondi.
00:58I'm officially invoking section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.
01:04You know what that is?
01:05And placing the DC Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control.
01:12And you'll be meeting the people who will be directly involved with that.
01:17Very good people, but they're tough.
01:19And they know what's happening, and they've done it before.
01:24In addition, I'm deploying the National Guard to help reestablish law, order, and public safety
01:30in Washington DC, and they're going to be allowed to do their job properly.
01:35And they're going to be allowed to do their job properly.
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