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00:00I slipped, all right? I'm still thinking VCR.

00:04All right. Today, the Trump administration is expanding its crime crackdown in D.C. by deploying

00:10over 400 members of the National Guard. The number of troops on patrol is expected to double by the

00:16end of the week. So Mark Meredith is in Washington at the White House with the details. Hey, Mark.

00:22Brian, what's the VCR? No, I'm just kidding. Just kidding. I'm old enough for that. Good morning

00:28to you guys. The D.C. crime crackdown continues with at least 100 arrests already made this week,

00:32and the Trump administration expected to deploy more resources throughout the district by this

00:37weekend. We have seen a number of crimes still pop up, though, with homicides as well as other

00:42notable events. There are still questions how long this deployment may last. The president says

00:47the federalization of D.C.'s police department is years overdue. He also hopes to extend this

00:52emergency despite lingering questions on his authority to do so. Well, if it's a national

00:57emergency, we can do it without Congress, but we expect to be to Congress before Congress

01:02very quickly. And again, we think the Democrats will not do anything to stop crime, but we

01:07think the Republicans will do it almost unanimously. Some protests have popped up. There are reports

01:13there's a huge uptick in demand for paid protesters, with some having ties to far less activist groups.

01:18This is one that we saw on Monday. There's also an immigration tie to all this, officials vowing

01:22to secure D.C., similar to what we saw in border communities over earlier this year. And some

01:28people are also still testing the limits, with one man facing now federal charges of assault on an

01:32officer after allegedly throwing a subway sandwich at police while they were on patrol.

01:38He thought it was funny. Well, he doesn't think it's funny today because we charged him with a felony,

01:44assault on a police officer, and we're going to back the police to the hilt. So there, stick your subway

01:51sandwich somewhere else. Congress will also get its say in all of this. They remain on their August

01:57recess, but you can imagine this debate over the authority over D.C. will come back front and

02:01center when they return in September. Brian Ainsley and Lawrence. Hey, Mark, is it disconcerting,

02:06or how would you describe seeing the camouflage, the trucks, the military at the mall and everything?

02:12What's it like there? It's not what you may think. You know, my wife has asked me every day,

02:17she's like, where are the National Guard troops? We've been looking throughout Union Station.

02:21There's some there right on the National Mall near the Washington Monument. The idea here is to just

02:25show us a strength of force that the idea that there is a problem here that is being addressed.

02:30There is still this debate here locally with the mayor, the police chief about authority,

02:34whether or not this is necessary or not. But the real question, guys, will we see a difference here

02:38a month from now? Will crime have significantly come down or will there still be issues? And I truly believe

02:43by this weekend, when we usually see those huge outbursts of violent events, whether at the wharf

02:47or on the National Mall, whether or not that happens or not. I think that'll be the true test.

02:51I would set your VCR, Brian, if you want to find out. Play record, baby.

02:55Well played, Mark. Thank you very much.

02:57So the president implemented this making D.C. safe and beautiful task force. And in less than a week,

03:02they've taken 100 violent criminals off the streets. I think it's great. I wouldn't mind seeing the

03:07National Guard, especially if it's in areas where there's a lot of crime. I mean, think about Times Square.

03:12There's a lot of crime there. We cover a lot of stories there. If they had National Guard troops

03:16in Times Square, it would make me feel safer. So a couple of things about the National Guard.

03:20The reason why you need the National Guard is to free up some of the other law enforcement

03:24officials when they're at the monuments covering those shifts. Now you put the National Guard there,

03:29you free up those local law enforcement so they can be in the community doing the policing there.

03:33The second thing I've discovered as I talk to Democrats and try to get their POV,

03:38they really don't disagree that there's a crime problem. As a matter of fact, I was listening to

03:44another network and they were reading a text message from someone very liberal who said that

03:49they agree with the crime being a problem, but they just don't like the president and think that

03:55he's using this for PR. So yeah, there's other thing to add to that too. I saw Maggie Haberman

04:02and I think it was Ezra Klein, Chris Colizza, so known for center left columnists and podcasters.

04:11They said, hey, Democrats, don't get on the wrong side of this. Think about it because you're going

04:16to bat for crime. Because if you go against Trump just because on instinct, you're going to find

04:21yourself boxed into a corner because you have these anecdotes of Henry Cuellar getting carjacked,

04:26the Democratic congressman, a congresswoman from Minnesota being assaulted in her way to an

04:31apartment. You have a shooting a block away from the White House. You had a murder on Sunday night.

04:36So as you criticize, people are saying, well, I live here and I kind of agree with the president,

04:41even if I didn't vote for him. So don't get boxed in here. Pick your, you know, pick your spot.

04:46Right. I mean, we can relate to that living in New York City. I mean, even our Democratic friends were

04:50excited when crime started going down in the city, because when you're living in a city that you love so much,

04:55and like we talked about yesterday in Baltimore, where crime is so bad, when you live there and

05:00you used to take your kids to the park and have picnics and have outdoor movies, like this article

05:04talked about, the lady in Baltimore wants to sell her house. She can't sell it because there are drug

05:08deals going on right across the street from her. The real estate agent said, there's no one that's

05:12going to buy your house. There are 12 people right across the street doing drugs and selling drugs.

05:16So she said, I'm stuck and I can't, you know, I can't afford to just leave without selling my house.

05:21You and it was you that interviewed the governor yesterday, right? The governor of Maryland.

05:25And Wes Moore had this to say, he doesn't agree with sitting in the National Guard. Listen.

05:30We were able to receive some really encouraging and historic results in Baltimore and around the

05:35state of Maryland. And I never once had to mobilize the National Guard in order to accomplish those

05:40feats. But I can tell you right now, what people want more than anything in those communities

05:44is they don't want performative. They want performance, right? They're not looking for

05:50someone to walk around with military fatigues and a big gun. They're looking for someone who

05:55actually understands how to make people feel safe and how to make people actually safe in their

06:00communities. Our National Guards are not trained for this. I'm very specific about my role as

06:05commander in chief of the Maryland National Guard. And we know the missions that they are

06:09trained for. And municipal policing is not one of them. And so if we want to be serious about making

06:15people safe, let's actually do the things that make people safe. So my point to the governor was,

06:20you guys have made some progress, but you're still number three when it comes to murders.

06:24You haven't accomplished the goal here. So why not use every resource that you need? And my final

06:30comment to him as he was talking about the National Guard, it's like, they should be overseas.

06:35And I simply put to him, there's more brothers dying here than overseas. So why wouldn't you send

06:41as much of the resources that you could to solve this problem? And I just want to add this. When

06:46Kathy Hochul put the National Guard in the subways, was that their natural environment? No. But she

06:50said, I want to give people the sense of security. So they're back up. If things get out of control,

06:55riots happen, they're going to go in. Got it. But here's the other thing to keep in mind.

06:59There's a message being sent from Los Angeles to D.C. now. If you don't straighten up your city,

07:04we're sending in the National Guard, which you don't want. You find embarrassing and you think it's a

07:09victory for Trump? Well, if you don't want it, straighten out your act. It's also highlighted

07:13the fact that there are 800 cops down in D.C. There are 3,000 down in New York. There are about

07:184,000, if not more, in Los Angeles. So it underlines, wow, why don't we have the forces?

07:24We do have the money, but we don't have the interest because for the longest time you marginalize

07:28cops and you're not prosecuting criminals. It's all related. It was all outlined with the

07:34president's team on Monday. Caroline Levitt is going to be with us

07:38around 8.20 this morning. The White House press secretary will ask her all about this.

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