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Protests Against Trump's ICE Raids Spreads Across U.S.; Trump Mobilizes 700 Marines and 4,000 National Guard Troops to L.A.; LAPD Chief Says at Least 378 Arrested in L.A. Protests Since Saturday; Jury Convicts Harvey Weinstein of Top Charge in Sex Crimes Retrial; Lawmakers Traded Stocks Heavily Amid Trump Tariffs; Authorities Say Man Accused of Killing Daughters Spotted. Aired 2-2:30p ET

Aired June 11, 2025 - 14:00   ET

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BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN CO-ANCHOR OF "CNN NEWS CENTRAL": Warning from the White House. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says, the National Guard could be mobilized in more states than California after more Americans take to the streets to protest the President's immigration crackdown.

BORIS SANCHEZ, CNN CO-ANCHOR OF "CNN NEWS CENTRAL": Plus, new CNN reporting on how the days around Trump's trade war announcements saw a rise in stock trading by members of Congress. More than a dozen lawmakers from both parties tied to thousands of dollars worth of transactions. Plus, a new sighting in a manhunt in Washington state where investigators think they spotted the man accused of killing his three young daughters. The search is on in some of the most rugged terrain in the country. We're following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to "CNN News Central."

KEILAR: Right now, the Trump administration is digging in on its controversial use of military personnel in response to anti-ICE protests. As Los Angeles is bracing for a sixth day of clashes and protests are popping up in other cities around the country, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, testified on Capitol Hill today that U.S. troops could be deployed in other states.

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PETE HEGSETH, (R) UNITED STATES DEFENSE SECRETARY: Part of it is getting ahead of a problem, so that if in other places, if there are other riots in places where law enforcement officers are threatened, we would have the capability to surge National Guard there if necessary.

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KEILAR: Let's go to CNN's Kristen Holmes, who is live for us at the White House. Kristen, what are you hearing there?

KRISTEN HOLMES, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, I mean, the officials are saying the exact same thing we've heard for the last several days that Trump had every right to do this. They are linking this to those ICE raids saying that this is the president's mandate, repeating the fact that they believe Donald Trump was elected for his stance on immigration. And so in doing so, he has every right to not only conduct these mass deportation raids, but also to enforce them with whatever measures necessary.

Now, he was asked, Karoline Leavitt was asked during a press briefing just moments ago that what criteria Trump used when calling on the Marines, calling on the National Guard to come. Here's what she said.

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KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: He wants to see an end to the chaos and the violence. He doesn't want to see law enforcement officers being attacked. He wants to see peace. He wants law abiding Californians to be able to bring their kids to school, to be able to go to work without seeing this violence in the streets. That's what the president's hoping for and that's why he's taken this action.

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HOLMES: Now, unsurprisingly, we also heard Karoline Leavitt there attacking Governor Newsom, Mayor Karen Bass. But one thing that was interesting was while she wouldn't give an answer on just how far Donald Trump was willing to go, was he willing to invoke the Insurrection Act, she did seem to acknowledge that the protests seemed more manageable last night. So giving a little insight into what the White House is watching and paying attention to.

KEILAR: All right, Kristen Holmes, thank you for that from the White House. Let's go now to CNN's Stephanie Elam, who is live for us there in downtown Los Angeles. Steph, tell us what the scene is like.

STEPHANIE ELAM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Right now, Brianna, if you take a look, you can see the 101 is moving right now. We have -- part of the reason why is because it's shut down here. As you can see, the Highway Patrol is here and they've been blocking this off for all night since we got out here in the middle of the night, and they're blocking off all of the entrances and exits, as you can see in the distance there, simply because they want to keep traffic moving on this thoroughfare because it is right underneath the federal building and the Metropolitan Detention Center, where we have seen the heart of these protests.

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We now know, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, that more than 200 arrests were made between yesterday and this morning. So, showing the impact of that curfew and the fact that it's starting earlier. I mean, 8:00 p.m. here, the sun is still up because it's -- like we're in the longest days of the year right now, so that's very early. So they're making these changes very early.

We talked to some residents who live in this area and they are saying that, hearing calls for the National Guard coming into Los Angeles, downtown Los Angeles, and having the Marines come into this part of town is not what they want. And you heard that echoed as well by the governor just yesterday. Take a listen to what he said.

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GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM, (D-CA): These are the men and women trained for foreign combat, not domestic law enforcement. We honor their service. We honor their bravery, but we do not want our streets militarized by our own armed forces. Not in L.A., not in California, not anywhere.

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ELAM: Now, local law enforcement has been saying, the Mayor of Los Angeles saying that this curfew has worked, that they're able to combat this sort of unrest that they've seen here. We know that about two dozen buildings were impacted by looting. Those buildings have been boarded up. We saw them as we came in here now. But, what I also want to point out is that this road here and the road that goes up there on the other side, they're both open right now.

So the bulk, where you can see there's some crowds down there, they're both open. So just like all of L.A., most of downtown, even inside that curfew zone, they are also business as usual and they are working, but they do believe that the curfews are making a difference. And so we should see that again tonight.

KEILAR: All right. We'll be looking to see. Stephanie Elam, thank you so much. Boris?

SANCHEZ: Let's get some analysis now with former FBI Deputy Director and CNN's Senior Law Enforcement Analyst, Andrew McCabe. Andy, thanks so much for joining us. I wonder how law enforcement efficiently is able to distinguish between peaceful protesters and potential agitators?

ANDREW MCCABE, CNN SENIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST: Sure. I think the tough part in that question, Boris, is the qualifier potential. And that's not -- that's not really ground that law enforcement works on, right? They go to a mass gathering of citizens who are exercising their First Amendment rights, with the assumption that those people should be allowed to continue doing that as long as they don't start obstructing the public's access to the courthouse or wherever they might be.

And law enforcement doesn't take affirmative action to start interacting with people, detaining people, arresting people until they see criminal activity take place. There's no kind of, Hey, this group looks bad, we should stop them from assembling. You have to actually wait until people begin to engage in that kind of activity. That's what you see happening by the very professional, very competent, and very large law enforcement community in Los Angeles. I think the imposition of curfews last night was, obviously, had a very positive effect because it basically drives all that legitimate, First Amendment protected activity into the light of day. And that kind of by definition rules out those people who are really looking for the cover of darkness, for the purpose of committing crimes. SANCHEZ: I want to get your thoughts on repeated claims from folks, opposed to these demonstrations, and specifically the Homeland Security Secretary, who has claim that demonstrators in Los Angeles are being paid. What's the likelihood of that? And if so, is there anything law enforcement can do to weed out professional agitators?

MCCABE: Not particularly, right? There isn't a -- there's not a federal law that oppose -- that criminalizes paying someone to show up and engage in First Amendment protected activity. So again, as long as what those people are doing on the scene is peaceful and is within the confines of the First Amendment, then whether or not they've been given a bottle of water or some amount of money to go there and do that is immaterial. The question is whether you're bringing in paid like agitators, people provocateurs who are -- who are being paid for the purpose of going in and instigating criminal activity. And that starts to look more like a conspiracy, right?

A conspiracy to obstruct federal law enforcement or to commit crimes like assault or arson or burglary, things of that nature.

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So, it really comes down to what those folks are being incentivized to do, not the incentive itself.

SANCHEZ: The administration is arguing that the military presence is going to aid ICE in continuing operations, which they say were blocked this week by protesters in L.A. Does that escalate in your eyes the risk that something could go wrong, that these troops might wind up engaging beyond their current scope?

MCCABE: There's no question that the presence of troops, whether they're National Guard or Marine Corps, elevates the risk of a violent interaction between military folks and civilians. And because our military folks aren't trained in things like riot control and interacting with crowds and lawful arrest procedures and things like that, right, they are trained to engage in warfare on foreign shores. Very different -- very different background, very different experience.

Again, those risks really elevate as soon as they are present on the scene. Now, it may very well be that the ICE agents who are trying to execute lawful detentions, whether you like them or not, or support the policy behind them, it's a very different question than whether those -- whether those officers are there executing lawful orders. Assuming they are, there may be, they may have needed an extra degree of protection and it may be that the LAPD or the L.A. County Sheriffs need to kind of provide more resources to affect that sort of thing.

But the purpose of the troops right now is simply to protect those agents or protect federal resources, federal buildings, and the danger is that they'll go beyond that and start interacting with protesters directly.

SANCHEZ: Andrew McCabe, fascinating to get your point of view. Thanks for being with us. MCCABE: Thanks.

SANCHEZ: Still to come. While President Trump's trade war had markets and economies on edge, there was a spike in trades on Wall Street among U.S. lawmakers. We'll dig into some new reporting. Plus, plus Trump planning to phase out FEMA. What that means for states already in hurricane season. That and much more coming your way next.

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SANCHEZ: Breaking news into CNN, disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has just been convicted of one of the top charges in his landmark Me Too sex crimes case, the retrial. Let's get to CNN's Jean Casarez. Jean, what are we hearing from court?

JEAN CASAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, this is a mixed verdict right here, and you are correct in regard to accuser Mimi Haley, who alleged criminal sexual act in the first degree, the jury has found beyond a reasonable doubt that Harvey Weinstein is guilty and that is a felony that is up to 25 years in prison. Now, the second accuser, Kaja Sokola, also first degree criminal sexual act in the first degree, very serious felony. The jury found not guilty. They do not believe beyond a reasonable doubt that he engaged in a sexual act without her consent.

Now, unique to New York, the jury we understand is still deliberating because they do not have a resolution for Jessica Mann, which is third degree rape. Now, it's interesting because this last count that they're still deliberating on, third degree rape, that is in essence a wash because he got three years in prison for this accuser, Jessica Mann, the victim last time. That was overturned, but he served the three years and based on double jeopardy, you cannot serve another three years if the jury convicts finally on Jessica Mann.

So, the defense now has to realize that the conviction for Mimi Haley is the one that will take Harvey Weinstein into the future. Last time, he got 20 years for Mimi Haley, that actual same victim. But now, he is already a convicted felon because of the California charges, so he could possibly get the maximum of 25 years in prison. But right now, we don't know in that third account, the jury has given -- the judge has given an Allen charge. They continue to deliberate. We'll see what happens with Jessica Mann third degree rape.

SANCHEZ: Jean Casarez, thank you so much for that update. Brianna?

KEILAR: New CNN analysis reveals that members of Congress were trading stocks heavily on some of the most tumultuous days of the Trump trade war. This includes significant buying just before the President suddenly lifted most of his punishing tariffs on foreign countries, when many other Americans were selling worried about their falling investment and retirement savings. CNN's Annie Grayer is live for us on the Hill. Annie, you've been looking into all of this. What have you found? ANNIE GRAYER, CNN SENIOR REPORTER: Well, Brianna, we went through all of the filings that lawmakers have to make about trades that they made their spouses made or made on their behalf. And we found significant activity around Trump's tariff announcements. So if you were to look at from March 31st, two days before the tariffs went into effect, through April 9th when Trump announced that pause, there were 35 lawmakers making trades. It was a pretty bipartisan group.

Now, lawmakers only have to report a range of their trades, but they bought somewhere between $8 million and $27 million altogether into the stock market and sold somewhere between $5 million and $22 million.

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And all of this activity, Brianna, just puts a spotlight on a longstanding issue here in Congress, which is can lawmakers buy into the market and enrich themselves without there being questions around their access to information? Now, the lawmakers who I spoke to for this story said that they were not involved in their trades, that they have a third-party financial advisor doing it for them, but the ethics and academic experts who I spoke to say that this does raise real concerns and very rarely do you have such a bipartisan push emerge on Capitol Hill.

But on the issue of stock trade banning for lawmakers, President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and the top Democrat in the House, Hakeem Jeffries, all agree that this practice needs to be banned for lawmakers.

KEILAR: Wow, amazing, they agree on that. Annie Grayer, thank you so much. Great reporting on this, by the way. And ahead, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the National Guard deployments in California could happen in other states. We'll speak to California Congresswoman Maxine Waters about that next.

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KEILAR: We do continue to watch in Los Angeles and across the country as more protests are taking place over President Trump's immigration crackdowns. The LAPD just announced it arrested more than 200 people for failing to disperse last night after the city's curfew went into effect and officials say two officers were injured in clashes. The demonstrators have taken to the street for five days now, and the Trump administration sent in the National Guard as well as mobilizing Marines over the objections of state and local leaders.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters is with us now. Her district includes parts of Los Angeles. Congresswoman, thank you so much for taking time to be with us. The mayor announced this curfew, said it will last several days. Did it help overnight?

Congresswoman, can you hear me? All right, I think we're having a problem here with our signal with Congresswoman Maxine Waters. We're going to try to re-establish that. We'll take a quick break and be right back. But ahead, authorities believe that they are on the trail of Travis Decker, who is this father who's been accused of killing his three daughters. We'll have the latest on the manhunt for this known survivalist next.

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