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Police and Protesters Clash in L.A. Amid Immigration Raids; Citizens of 12 Nations are not Allowed to Enter the U.S.; Israel Intercepts Gaza- Bound Ship Carrying Aid & Activists; Trump Deploys National Guard in L.A. Amid Protests Over ICE Raids; Trump's Travel Ban Takes Effect; Portugal Beat Spain on Penalties After 2-2 Draw. Aired 11a-12p ET
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PAULA NEWTON, CNN HOST, ONE WORLD: In Los Angeles a fourth day of protests over the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown. "One World" starts
right now. The National Guard on the ground and on the front lines being dispatched by the president and without the consent of California's
Governor.
Plus, President Trump's new travel ban now in effect, banning people from a dozen countries from entering the United States. We will examine the legal
side of this. An attorney who specializes in national security issues. And 5:30 hours that's how long it took to seal one of the wildest comebacks in
French Open history. CNN Sports. Cory wire joins us. You'll want to see this to discuss the whole match.
Live from New York. I'm Paula Newton, and this is "One World". And we do begin with the rare federalization of National Guard troops as America's
second largest city is now a flash point in Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. State and local officials in California are demanding the Trump
Administration withdraw hundreds of National Guard troops now deployed in that city.
Protesters who took to the streets over a series of immigration raids have now mostly dispersed in the Downtown region after police declared the
district a, quote, unlawful assembly area. But we are learning that law enforcement continues beefing up its presence there, and the U.S. Secretary
of Defense has warned that active-duty Marines are on high alert.
It follows three nights of demonstrations that have at times, turned violent, with some people setting self-driving cars on fire and throwing
objects at police officers in riot gear have used tear gas and flash bangs to try and break up those crowds. The state's governor says the White House
is intentionally inflaming the situation and announced plans to sue the administration for deploying troops without following proper procedure,
listen.
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GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM (D-CA): Donald Trump has created the conditions you see on your TV tonight. He's exacerbated the conditions. He's lit the
proverbial match. He's putting fuel on this fire ever since he announced he was taking over the National Guard, an illegal act and an immoral act, an
unconstitutional act.
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NEWTON: CNN's Julia Vargas joins has been in the thick of all of this, and she joins us now, live from Los Angeles. Good to have you on the ground
there, Julia. Can you recap what we saw overnight? But what we really want to know now is what the mood is on the ground? I know it has been, you
know, declared this unlawful area. But do you expect to see more protesters on the streets in the coming hours?
JULIA VARGAS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, Paula, it's actually a bit of a surreal scene here in Downtown, Los Angeles. We have these heightened
police presence, and the National Guard right behind me here, guarding the federal building that was the focus of a lot of these protests over the
past few days and just across from us.
The 101 freeway that had been blocked temporarily by protesters yesterday. It's business as usual, this traffic again in Los Angeles this morning. But
we did see so much anger from these protesters overnight. They said that it was over the sweeping immigration enforcement raids that have been taking
place, and that feeling of powerlessness that made so many people take to the streets to protest peacefully.
Also, made a lot of them turn to violence and depredation and to set cars on fire, to throw projectiles at police and at the buildings around here,
federal buildings. And the Police Chief here in Los Angeles spoke about this, specifically about these two different kinds of protesters. Take a
listen.
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CHIEF JIM MCDONNELL, LOS ANGELES POLICE: When I look at the people who are out there doing the violence, that's not the people that we see during the
day, who are legitimately out there exercising their First Amendment rights to be able to express their feelings about the immigration enforcement
issue.
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VARGAS: Now Paula, again, these protests ignited in response to raids that started on Friday and then on Saturday. We were here when news of the
National Guard being deployed to California arrived, and we saw the reaction from protesters that it had definitely an effect on what happened
over the past few days.
And in the continuation, overnight yesterday, we saw the message from protesters was very clear, no more immigration raids like the ones that
we've been seeing, as well as calling for the National Guard to go away.
NEWTON: Yeah, as you point out, they saw it as an escalatory move in terms of the National Guard.
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President Trump's Border Czar, though, meantime, was categorical. I mean, he says, look, the National Guard was necessary. But what he said, and has
now apparently corrected about possibly arresting the Governor and the Mayor of L.A. it's been getting a lot of attention.
VARGAS: It has -- you know -- he said the city was burning and, quote, out of control, and he's blaming Democratic leadership for that, that he calls
weak. Take a listen.
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TOM HOMAN, TRUMP BORDER "CZAR": We said it many times you can protest your first banner rice, but when you cross that line, you put hands on ICE
officer, or you destroy property, or I say that, you repeat law enforcement, or -- any hardware concealer, illegal handling, that's a
crime.
And the Trump Administration is not going to tolerate. You cross that line we're going to see prosecution Department of Justice. Then reporter asked,
well, could Governor -- Governor Newsom or Mayor Bass be arrested, I said, well, no one to cross the line and commit a crime absolutely they can.
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VARGAS: And Paula, I should say that there have been many arrests made of people that were obstructing those federal enforcement agents in Los
Angeles over the past few days. But these comments come after Mayor Karen Bass called these intentional chaos as she put it, she said that law
enforcement here locally had all the tools and the capacity that they needed to contain these protests.
And as you mentioned, Governor Gavin Newsom coming out and saying that he's planning to sue the federal government now he also said that this was only
adding fuel to the fire and making these protests worse. Now we are hearing that there will be more protests coming this afternoon.
There is a rally step from where we are now. But we are also hearing from Homan, from that same interview that we heard that clip from that the
federal agents -- the federal agency's plan is to continue to conduct those immigration raids.
NEWTON: And that it is an important note, as many are saying that these immigration raids are unnecessary, especially given where they are
happening in places like hardware stores. Julius Vargas Jones for us just after 08:00 a.m. there in L.A. I know you'll continue to be there for us.
Appreciate the update.
Now CNN's Senior National Security Analyst Juliette Kayyem joins me now from Cambridge, Massachusetts. I know how closely you've been watching this
whole situation. You are on the record saying that, look, the National Guard was an extreme overreaction.
But Julia, let me ask you, some Americans look at the violence and say, why not bring in the National Guard like, what's the harm they do? You know,
they see what's happening on the streets of L.A. and saying that not all of it was peaceful.
JULIETTE KAYYEM, CNN SENIOR NATIONAL SECURITY ANALYST: Yes. So, I mean, to start with just the United States has a long history from when we started
to not utilize the military, except for in extreme circumstances. Excuse me, in the homeland. I mean, we just have a distinction between civilian
and military policies and procedures, and that has held very, very well for very long time.
The second is even though, and I'm not dismissing it, there was violence we saw. There was destruction of property. There was just disruption of
traffic. That's what police departments exist for so to buy into the argument well, if it's bad, throw in the military means, what about this
entire apparatus that exists to de-escalate, to disperse crowds, to allow First Amendment rights?
The last thing I want to add is this belief that the military, per se, is great, right? You just send them in, and everyone -- and around the land is
belied by almost all of the evidence. I work in this field, in the military, civilian first response field, look, there's a -- there's
training and coordination and communication chain of command challenges that have to be addressed when you put in a new entity, a militarized
military, into a situation like this.
None of that had been addressed. And I believe that the tough talk by the Trump Administration, words like insurrection and chaos, and you know, is
belied by what, in fact, is happening in Los Angeles, pockets of unrest, a city that's still functioning? And it's the reason why that they
essentially spent a lot of money federalizing troops, and have a couple hundred of them sitting around courthouses in federal buildings. It was an
overreaction.
NEWTON: Yeah, and you make good points on all of those things. Especially, as you said, some of Los Angeles was functioning fine yesterday, and the
vehicles that we saw burning that CNN just showed. I mean, it was a few vehicles that weren't burning, street after street after street.
KAYYEM: Yeah.
NEWTON: I do want to ask you, though, do you worry this kind of confrontation, the fact that the National Guard is an escalation that it
could, in fact, even spread to other cities as the days and weeks go on here?
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KAYYEM: Yes, I mean, I'll let the political people discuss -- you know what was the -- what are the politics behind this? Because we certainly know
that there's plenty the tough talk, the threats of bringing an active military, not even the National Guard, with Secretary Hegseth saying maybe
we'll send in Marines or people from Northern Command.
And so, I think that there's a ratcheting up by the federal government against policy positions that they do not like. Again, it is unlawful to
disrupt a federal law enforcement proceeding such as disrupting ICE raids. We resolve those differences in court or through policy, and those people
ought to be arrested.
So, what they've basically done is they've -- the White House has lowered the floor of activation. It rarely happens in this country and never has
happened without the request of the Governor. So, this is a very unique circumstance where you -- they overrode what the Governor wants, as
compared to, say, New Orleans or Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina.
They've lowered the floor when they're activated, and they overreact. And that is a recipe for a lot of conflict, a lot of unrest, a lot of confusion
and a danger to the population, as well as the first responders.
NEWTON: You know, you make such good points as well about coordination on the ground. So, you've got -- you know state police, you have local police,
NYPD, and then you have the National Guard. And I know when you go through these things forensically after the fact on how these things are handled,
coordination is a big deal.
I do want to bring you back though to the comment from LAPD saying that they were overwhelmed. In that instance, Juliette, what should be going on
in order to make sure that law enforcement has the resources that they need, and then also get to that point that you make you need to de-escalate
this, not escalate.
KAYYEM: Right. Yes. So, look, there are going to be situations in which law enforcement has to pivot because the threats either bigger than they
anticipated. And that's -- that's a -- there's a tactic for that. We just call it surge capacity.
So, at the at that moment when L.A. was not anticipating, especially in those pockets that we play, where it was not anticipating the kinds of
crowds they saw, they essentially just surged resources to be able to disperse those people and to open up the highway. None of the -- look, none
of these things were permanent. They closed the highway for an hour, two or three because of protests. It's back up and running. Everyone's back to
work.
So, so we shouldn't be static about what's happening. There was a threat, and they had to surge resources. But first of all, the declaration of the
National Guard on Saturday. Well, those people you know, don't even get deployed until 24 hours later, so they were too late to do anything
anyways, and then what they're the most important thing is, what are their rules of engagement?
The National Guard is not a -- is not trained for urban unrest in the way that police, local police and state police and community leaders are in
terms of de-escalation. And they are -- they are more successful of that, in that then say the militarized National Guard has been in the past.
NEWTON: Yeah, it is crucial what you say, right? The LAPD saying they're overwhelmed, and yet some of the response time was 35 minutes. There is no
National Guard unit that is going to --
KAYYEM: Right.
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NEWTON: -- be deployed that quickly to help them. Juliette Kayyem, we'll leave it there for now. So grateful appreciate it. Now, citizens of 12
countries are now officially not welcome in the United States. The Trump Administration sweeping travel ban on a dozen nations began at the stroke
of midnight.
In addition, seven other countries you see them there are facing partial restrictions. Trump Administration has cited a range of concerns, including
national security and countries it says that have poor vetting or large numbers of nationals who overstay their visas.
Kylie Atwood joins us now from the State Department with a closer look at the travel ban. I will say, Kylie, this is not the first time you had to
deal with something like this in terms of the ramifications? If we deal with this ban right now, what's the overall impact? And can you outline
some of the exceptions because those are notable as well?
KYLIE ATWOOD, CNN U.S. SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, the overall impact is certainly blunted by the vast number of exemptions that were built into
this proclamation from the get go. And it's important to note that because during the first Trump Administration during the travel ban that was
initially rolled out that go round, there were many legal battles that ensued because there weren't exemptions that were in the original formation
of that travel ban.
So, I do want to explain to you what some of those exemptions are in this ban. So, if you are a dual citizen, a citizen of the United States, in
these 12 countries that are on the travel ban list, this ban does not apply to you.
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If you are a lawful permanent resident of the United States. It doesn't apply to you. If you have an existing visa, it also doesn't apply to you.
So those are a number of things. We should also note that it doesn't apply to athletes were traveling to the United States and their coaches, and you
should obviously think of the fact that the World Cup is happening here in the U.S. in 2026 the Olympics in 2028.
So, when they were drafting this Presidential Proclamation, they were thinking years in advance, which is significant. There are also exemptions
for adoption. So, if an American family is adopting a child from one of these countries, this ban doesn't exist, which is significant.
And Afghans who had helped the United States during the war following 9/11 they are not subject to this ban if they can apply or if they already have
Special Immigrant Visas, which are for those Afghans who had worked alongside the United States for so long in that country, Iranians, certain
Iranians, will not be subject to this ban if they are fleeing persecution in the country.
So, as I go through this list, you can see that there are a number of exemptions, which is notable. But that doesn't mean that this ban is not
going to have an impact. We're going to watch and see really how that plays out because it was rolled out last week and goes into effect, as you said
today.
NEWTON: Yeah, and especially with those that even have the partial ban, right? Places like Cuba and Haiti, will be interesting to see the way all
of that plays out. Kylie Atwood for us. Thanks so much. And you'll want to stay with us here on "One World" in about 20 minutes, we'll examine the
legal side of Trump's ban with an attorney who specializes in these kinds of national security issues.
Now, at this very hour, U.S. and Chinese negotiators are sitting face to face in London. They're aim to get trade relations back on track that after
Donald Trump, of course, he himself ignited that trade war. The U.S. sent the Treasury Secretary, the Commerce Secretary and the top trade
representative.
China, meantime, sent its vice premier. Both sides agreed to cut their tariffs last month, but they are -- but there, of course, are sticking
points, as you can imagine, that have emerged. The U.S. says China is not releasing its rare earth minerals and magnets fast enough, which was part
of that deal.
China, by the way, controls most of the rare earth mineral supply which are necessary in electronics, vehicles and defense systems. Anna Stewart is
following the story for us from London, and she joins us now.
I mean, of course, those rare earths Anna are top of mind, as are those semiconductor exports from the U.S. and other places, to China. The Trump
Administration believes, you know, this will be some kind of a handshake deal. But where do the talks go from there because the way I look at it,
this should be -- should have been issues that really were solved weeks ago.
ANNA STEWART, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, it feels like two steps forward and then five steps back constantly. I think with all of the trade negotiations
that we've had in Geneva, the talks went really quite well, but everything seemed to unravel. It's interesting that talks are very much moved on from
issues around goods, deficits and tariffs.
It's all about export restrictions now, and that's where China has a lot of leverage, particularly with the rare earth metals you mentioned. There are
17 elements lurking somewhere at the bottom of the periodic table. I'm not sure ever quite got there, my history -- my chemistry lessons, myself, but
they are critical to a number of industries, and they are having a huge impact on supply chains around the world, and particularly for the U.S.
Now those were meant to be relaxed so that China could send more to the U.S. They hadn't been we saw a little bit of movement, though on Friday, so
perhaps this will improve. Perhaps they had some very positive comments from White House Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett yesterday on CBC. This is
what he had to say.
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KEVIN HASSETT, U.S. NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL DIRECTOR: I'm very comfortable that this deal is about to be closed. It's going to be closed
not with a bunch of staffers and bureaucratic language, but with handshakes. The point is, we want the rare earths, the magnets that are
crucial for cell phones and everything else, to flow just as they did before the beginning of April, and we don't want any technical details slow
that down, and that's clear to them.
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STEWART: That is what the United States would like. China would like an easing of restrictions on various technologies, particularly those relating
to semiconductors. So, there is some give and take here. We'll have to see where we get to.
But you're right, Paula, at the end of the day, no matter what the agreement is. I think what people want to see is, how can we assure that
this is actually stuck to? How would this commitment actually work its way through? Or are we going to be back here every -- you know, four to six
weeks?
NEWTON: I mean, Kevin said it himself, right? It was April. Everything was fine. Well, what happened? There was Liberation Day, right? And among other
trade irritants, we'll leave it there for now, Anna, but I know you're keeping an eye on it. Appreciate it.
Still to come for us, Israeli soldiers intercept a ship carrying aid and activists, or as they call it a selfie, yacht bound for Gaza. What happens
now to those on board? The latest from Israel just ahead. Plus, Russia ramps up its attacks against Ukraine ahead Moscow claiming a major
advancement since it began the war more than three years ago.
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NEWTON: The streets of Los Angeles appear relatively calm at this hour, following days of protests that, at times, turned violent, that were
sparked by immigration raids across California. But we're learning that law enforcement is still scaling up, and the U.S. Secretary of Defense is
threatening to send in active-duty Marines to join National Guard troops already deployed.
Now, police say an unlawful assembly has been declared in Las Downtown District. It comes after authorities arrested 27 protesters on Sunday.
California's Governor, meanwhile, is signaling he will sue the administration for calling in troops without his consent.
A ship carrying aid and activist bound for Gaza has been intercepted by Israel. Climate Activist Greta Thunberg is among those on board the
Madeline. A pre-recorded message Greta Thunberg was released after the ship was intercepted. The Freedom Flotilla coalition says the Israeli military
quote, attacked and unlawfully boarded the ship.
The vessel is being towed to the Israeli Port of Ashdod. Israel says those on board are expected to return to their home countries, but first, the
military has been instructed to show them videos of the Hamas October 7th attacks. Our Jeremy Diamond has the latest now on all of these developments
from Tel Aviv.
JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: Well, efforts by a group of pro-Palestinian activists to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza came to
an abrupt halt early this morning. The Madeline, which was carrying about a dozen activists, including Greta Thunberg, as well as a member of the
European Parliament, was intercepted by the Israeli Navy in the early hours of the morning, and naval commandos then boarded the ship.
The Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition, which is the umbrella group that ran this mission, said that the Israeli military, quote, unlawfully boarded the
Madeleine in international waters before commandos boarded the ship, activists on board reported that there were drones flying overhead and that
they then dropped some kind of white paint, like substance, before a warning was issued by the Israeli Navy telling them that the Gaza coastline
was off limits.
Their communications were then jammed, and then Israeli naval commandos came on board. We saw images, actually, of these activists putting their
hands in the air awaiting the Israeli naval commandos coming on board.
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The incident seems to have unfolded altogether peacefully, with no injuries or deaths reported in this incident, that's in stark contrast to what
happened in most notably in 2010 when a ship known as the Mavi Marmara was boarded by Israeli Naval Commandos, who reported coming under attack with
batons and metal rods. Those naval commandos killed nine people aboard that ship in that incident.
And then, of course, just last month, it was a ship called "The Conscience" that initially attempted to bring these same activists, including Greta
Thunberg. It came under what those activists said was an Israeli drone attack in international waters just off the Coast of Malta before they
could even set sail for Gaza.
Now, what's going to happen to these activists? According to the Israeli Foreign Ministry, all of the passengers on board will be -- will be
returned to their home countries. As we understand it, they are in the custody of the Israeli military right now, and they will then face
deportation back to their countries.
Several of the European countries, like France, for example, which has citizens on board, have already been in touch with the Israeli Government
to ensure the safe return of their citizens. What is clear is that these activists, ultimately, at least succeeded, in part, in drawing attention to
the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
We know, of course, that despite Israel slightly lifting that blockade by allowing limited quantities of humanitarian aid over the course of the last
couple of weeks, despite all of that, the hunger crisis is still very much gripping the Gaza Strip.
We are continuing to see scenes of chaos and looting around some of the aid that is getting into Gaza and signs of desperation among the population
there with calls from humanitarian aid groups to allow much more aid to flow into Gaza, Jeremy Diamond, CNN, Tel Aviv.
NEWTON: And our thanks to Jeremy for that report. We should note that Israel has not disputed that the ship was boarded in international waters.
We will have much more on this story next hour with James Elder, the Global Spokesperson from UNICEF, who, by the way, in terms of their reports on
what is actually going on in Gaza with Gaza's children, the situation, we'll remind you, remains dire. That report from UNICEF itself, and you'll
want to hear from him.
Turning now to Russia's war on Ukraine. The fighting intensifying as Ukraine says Russia launched its largest overnight drone attack, firing 479
drones targeting several locations across Ukraine. We've learned, Poland and allies scrambled aircraft as Russia's air raid targeted Western
Ukraine, of course, near the border with Poland.
And for the first time since the war began more than three years ago, Russia claims its forces have pushed into a Central Ukrainian region.
Meantime, Ukraine says its Special Forces struck a Russian airfield and destroyed two aircraft.
OK, coming up for us clashes between protesters and police on the streets of Los Angeles as the U.S. President deploys National Guard troops to
America's second largest city. Ahead why state and federal officials remain at office?
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NEWTON: And a warm welcome back to "One World". I'm Paula Newton here in New York. Here are the headlines we are watching today. Attorneys for
Kilmar Abrego Garcia will want a civil case brought against the Trump Administration for allegedly violating court orders to return him from El
Salvador, where he was wrongly deported in March.
The Maryland man is now back in U.S. and facing federal criminal charges following a months' long standoff between the White House and federal
courts. The sex trafficking and racketeering trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs entered its fifth week today with more testimony of a former girlfriend of
combs using the pseudonym, Jane.
Last week, she said she was compelled to take part in the alleged freak offs because Combs still pays her $10,000 a month rent. The judge said he
will address the defense's motion for mistrial tomorrow, after the prosecution's response. Israeli forces detained activists, including Greta
Thunberg, on board an aid ship bound for Gaza that was earlier today.
The intercepted ship is expected to arrive at the Israeli port of Ashdod in the coming hours, that's according to an Israeli official. Activists say
the Israeli military unlawfully boarded the Madleen as it tried to deliver desperately needed food and medicine to Gaza. So, the streets of Los
Angeles are calm for now.
You are looking at live pictures there after police declared an unlawful assembly area in the downtown district, follows days of protests that at
times turned violent, sparked by the Trump Administration's immigration raids right across California. Now the U.S. President has deployed hundreds
of National Guard troops to L.A.
The state's governor calls the movie Legal and has announced plans to sue the administration. CNN's Kevin Liptak has been following this story for us
and the administration's response. He is live for us at the White House. Kevin, good to see you. It goes without saying that President Trump is
leaning into this very, very contentious fight.
It may be a winner for him politically, but there's obviously some risk here, you know, let's go over what Ileana Garcia says, and she may speak
for many Americans. Remember, she is a Trump supporter, and she said, and I quote her now, what I along with many in the community, expected and voted
for was a focus on addressing criminal illegal aliens.
Those who have committed serious offenses, rather than targeting individuals like single mothers, seniors and families who have struggled to
navigate a broken immigration system. It's concerning, she goes on to see these individuals caught in a system that seems to prioritize deportation
quotas over compassion and due process. We are better than that. Kevin, that really goes against what President Trump says, right?
KEVIN LIPTAK, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Yeah.
NEWTON: And the fact that Americans voted for this, there's an American that voted for him and was very vocal and also campaigned for him, and she
is saying, this goes too far.
LIPTAK: Yeah, although I have to say, I'm always a little surprised when people say that this isn't what they expected from the president. There was
really nothing in his campaign rhetoric on the campaign trail last year, in everything that he said since that suggested that he would limit his
actions when it comes to these deportations. This was the most critical campaign topic that he ran on. He talked about mass deportations.
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He talked specifically about using the National Guard to tamp down on protests, including against the objections of state governors. And so, I
think when you look at what the president actually said, there is what people were trying to interpret and intuit with what he said in terms of
his promises when it comes to immigration, and then there's what he actually said.
And I don't think that there's anything there that suggests he was going to limit himself. In fact, many of his supporters on the other side say that
he hasn't done enough, and the president himself has pressed his own aides to ramp up these deportations because he doesn't think they're happening
quickly enough, because they don't think that they are meeting his campaign promises.
And so, you see that happening, I think, with this enforcement action that we've seen carrying out, playing out in Southern California over the last
few weeks. In a lot of ways, this is a fight that the president has been itching to have on his number one campaign issue with a blue state with a
political foil in Gavin Newsom, someone who is believed to have national political aspirations going forward.
And so, the president, I think, very much thinking that this is a political winner for him. I think the question is, where it all kind of unfolds from
here, does the president potentially deploy additional National Guard troops against the objections of Newsom and the L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, who
have said that they will bring a lawsuit as soon as today, challenging this?
Does the president potentially activate active-duty troops, Marines? The north con northern command has said that there are Marines who are now
prepared and on alert to deploy to Los Angeles, which would be a major escalation could potentially require invoking the Insurrection Act with the
president had not done yet, but certainly hasn't ruled out.
And so, I think you see what's playing out here, both as an immigration issue, the president saying that the State of California hadn't done enough
to protect federal immigration officers, but it's also very clearly a political issue for both sides of this. And as of now, the president and
his team very confident that they are winning the political game in all of this.
NEWTON: And I want to talk about that confidence a little bit, Kevin. I mean, are there any cracks there whatsoever? I do note that, you know, many
in the Trump Administration commented that some of the flags in the crowds were Mexican flags. And when they see something like that, they believe
they have the majority of Americans on their side that they want.
If they see peaceful protests, fine, but they do not want to see cars burning and any kind of violence, even if it was in a contained area of Los
Angeles.
LIPTAK: Yeah. As of now, I haven't detected any cracks within the president's inner circle on all of this, and I do think that actually
speaks to the people that he has assembled around him this term in office. You know, sending the National Guard in to tamp down on protests, tamp down
on crime, is something that the president, you know, mused about frequently during his first term in office.
But officials that time around always essentially talked him out of it, including, I'm thinking specifically of the Defense Secretary Mark Esper,
who essentially told the president that it would be a terrible idea to use this to tamp down on the protests surrounding the murder of George Floyd
during his first term.
Those guardrails no longer exist around the president. You know, the Current Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, has been tweeting all evening
supportive of the president's move here. And so, I think it's a good illustration of the differences between the president's first time in
office and his second time in office, clearly having learned the lesson of bringing in people that weren't entirely loyal to his point of view.
And again, the question now is, where this all proceeds from here, the White House very much entrenched in this policy going forward.
NEWTON: Yeah. Really good nuance there, Kevin, in terms of understanding who's in the Oval Office, who has the ear of the president. And as you
said, there is not a lot of contrarian voices at this point. Kevin Liptak for us at the White House. Thanks so much. Now Donald Trump's latest
crackdown on immigration starts today. After the break, we look at whether a president can legally stop everyone from certain countries from entering
the United States.
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NEWTON: Police in Los Angeles have declared an unlawful assembly zone in the downtown core of that city. It comes after three consecutive days of
unrest sparked by immigration raids right across the strait. It is mostly calm at this hour, we do want to tell you, but on Sunday, of course, police
in riot gear used flash bangs and tear gas to disperse crowds.
Some clashes, in fact, turned violent, and 27 people were arrested on Sunday alone. An Australian reporter, simply doing your job, you can assess
from the video yourself was hit by a rubber bullet. Take a look.
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LAUREN TOMASI, REPORTER OF NINE NEWS AUSTRALIA: The LAPD -- moving forward, back, firing rubber bullets at protesters, moving them on through the heart
of L.A. --
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NEWTON: Incredible scene there. Now, California's state and local officials are demanding the Trump Administration withdraw hundreds of National Guard
troops that are now deployed to that area. We do now, though, want to return to another one of the stories we're following this hour.
U.S. President Donald Trump's new travel bans in effect. He signed a proclamation last week banning nationals from 12 countries. Another seven
countries are facing partial restrictions. The White House says President Trump issued the order to, in their words, protect Americans from dangerous
foreign actors. Listen.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: The countries that we have -- don't have things under control, and why. Now I can say that it
can't come soon enough, frankly. We want to keep bad people out of our country. The Biden Administration allowed some horrendous people, and we're
getting them out one by one, and we're not stopping until we get them out.
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NEWTON: -- take a look at the legal ramifications of this. We're joined by National Security Attorney Bradley Moss. Good to see you, and I think we'll
start there on the legal footing, right? We saw this during Donald Trump's first term, the travel ban, not on solid legal footing.
Is this different, in your opinion, in terms of the challenges it will face? Will the Trump Administration succeed this time?
BRADLEY MOSS, NATIONAL SECURITY ATTORNEY: Yeah, so this certainly is slightly different, and I would say, updated, compared to what we dealt
with back in January 2017 if everybody remembers way back when it was another lifetime ago, first Trump Administration, within days of him taking
office, there was this initial travel ban.
It was sort of slapped together. It wasn't really well framed out. There was nothing underlying in terms of objective evidence, and that's why it
got struck down in the court. It's why it took three rounds of actual revisions to travel bans before he finally got a version to be approved by
the U.S. Supreme Court.
And it looks like they've learned some of the lessons from that experience back in 2017 because if you read the version that's going into effect
today, it is significantly more detailed.
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And in particular, it relies upon what the Supreme Court was looking for back in 2017 was a subjective factual basis for taking these various
actions where the government could point independent of anything Donald Trump said on the campaign trail, independent of any of his inflammatory
marks, they could point to actual government information based on objective reasoning and objective analysis of here's the specific issues with these
countries.
The specific problems of information sharing, of the vetting that's done, and that's what they're relying upon for this particular travel ban. It
certainly will still get challenged in court, but it's far more detailed and far better factual legal footing than anything we saw way back in 2017.
NEWTON: Yeah. And if you pull out even just one of the justifications overstaying visas, if they can point to the fact that a lot of people from
those countries are more likely to overstay the visas, that's, of course, one argument the Trump Administration will use. I do want to ask you,
though, does this serve, could this serve national security interests?
Because you know, you hear again and again as it relates to immigration, we heard it during the campaign, and continue to hear it from Americans. They
do not believe that they are safe, given some of the immigration from some of these countries and some of the vetting that's done.
MOSS: Sure, there is, you know, let's be fair, there is a legitimate national security concern that comes with certain areas of the world in
terms of the extent to which these individuals get vetted before they're allowed to come the United States, whether it's tourists, whether on visas,
whatever it may be.
And so, there is always that legitimate basis for this. Now there's obviously the question of how many people were truly coming from some of
these countries. There's Iran, there's Afghanistan, there's Yemen, there's Somalia. These are not exactly locations where a whole lot of people were
coming anyways, especially Iran, we've had travel restrictions there since 1979.
So, there's a question of how much of that is politics. But the critical piece here, what will be interesting to see as this plays out in court, is
what the full extent of the factual evidence the government's relying upon shows about the vetting that's gone in place in the past.
And the extent to which this is sort of a diplomatic power move, sort of Trump Administration telling these countries, we just want you to fix a, b
and c in terms of how you handle your vetting and your own passport procedures, and then we'll lift these restrictions. That may be what it is
we'll find out.
NEWTON: And in terms of actually trying to fight this in court. I mean, look, I think many people have discussed being barred from the United
States has significant impact on their lives, ability to see family members, which is obviously the most heartbreaking point, but in terms of
how quickly a challenge might be resolved here, and what would be the best case for that challenge?
Because a lot of immigration groups are going to try and yet, this does not seem like it's going to be a replay of what happened in the first
administration.
MOSS: Yeah, I don't expect the replay, partially because we don't have some of the more obvious constitutional implications. When we had the travel ban
in 2017 that was straight up. You know, the quote, unquote, Muslim ban is coming out of the campaign. Everybody knew what Donald Trump was doing
there, and it was clear not just statutory but constitutional implications, the establishment clause, the First Amendment, things like that.
That's not so much the issue here, at least not from what we have in terms of the evidence. It's far narrower and far more factually supported than
whatever we had in 2017. There still will be statutory challenges, especially under the Immigration Naturalization Act, to question the scope
of the president's authority here if he's exceeded it.
But it's got tons of exceptions upon exceptions to how it gets applied. A lot of the problems they faced, eight years ago are not going to be present
in this band.
NEWTON: Yeah, interesting. Bradley Moss thanks so much. I learned a lot there. Appreciate it. Now it was a thrilling, and I mean thrilling, men's
final at the French Open. If you missed it. Coy Wire has the highlights from -- you really have to see this. What a comeback.
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NEWTON: It was, in fact, epic, the longest final ever played at Roland Garros, the French Open. 5.5 hours, that's how long it took Carlos Alcaraz
to take down number one, Jannik Sinner in a five-set thriller. Tennis fans entertained, of course, by one of the wildest comebacks in French Open
history.
Coy Wire, I was one of those fans, so I honestly, I had given up on him, on Carlos. I'd given up. Who could blame me, right? I then got an update on my
phone. I had an appointment to go to, and that's it. I opened my phone and everybody at the appointment with me. We all watched -- I believe it.
COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT: I don't blame you, Paula, because I started watching this match, I was eating breakfast 09:00 a.m.
here, East Coast time. I took my daughters to the park. We went swimming at the pool there. We had lunch. I'm watching on my phone.
It's still going on 5 hours, 29 minutes, second longest major of all time. Now, Jannik Sinner had not lost a single set all tournament. He won the
first two sets against Alcaraz and had him down 40-love in the third but Carlos just would not give up. He fights back to go on and win that third
set and watch him here gesture to the crowd.
You hear that? That's me coming for you, Jannik. Alcaraz then goes on to win the fourth set in a tie break. The fifth set goes to a tie break, and
Carlos completes the comeback. He becomes the first player in the Open Era to win the Men's French Open Final after saving three match points.
They now back-to-back champ snapping centers 20 match win streak at majors. Alcaraz has now won his first five Grand Slam finals, and he wins his fifth
major of his career at the exact same age as his idol. Rafael Nadal won his fifth. Both exactly 22 years, one month and three days old. Here's Alcaraz
after that epic marathon, Roland Garros thriller.
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CARLOS ALCARAZ, SPANISH TENNIS PLAYER: -- just going point after point and putting my heart into it. And, you know, getting my all energy into it as
well. Just, I try not to give up. Just, I mean, where we were in a final of a grand slam. It wasn't time to be afraid. It wasn't time to give up. I
just try to fight until the last ball.
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WIRE: Now let's go NBA Game 2, the finals. Saw no pacers come back this time the Oklahoma City Thunder storming their court in front of their home
fans, with the MVP leading the way, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, best talent to come out of Canada since Paula Newton.
He scored 34 points, had eight assists. That means he's now tied Michael Jordan and LeBron James for the most 30.5 assist games in a single
postseason, 11 of them, pretty good company there, Paula. OKC dominates 123-107, tying the series at one. It now goes to Indiana for Game 3 on
Wednesday.
And there is no stopping 40-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo, the ageless legend, scoring in Portugal UEFA Nations League final against Spain on Sunday. He
leveled the score of two with his 138th international goal of his career. Subbed off before extra time, so he had to watch on his penalties played
out, and it was Ruben Neves there who converted the winning spot kick to see Portugal become the first team to win two nations league titles. That
is impressive stuff.
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NEWTON: Coy Wire, you are a dear friend mentioning SGA. He is the man of the moment. I will tell you not just from Canada, from my hometown,
Hamilton, Ontario -- the hammer. Have a look. You know who I'm rooting for in these flags -- no mystery there.
WIRE: Here we go, let's go. I'm with you.
NEWTON: Right. Thanks so much. Appreciate it. And finally, this hour, wicked star, Cynthia Erivo hosted last night's 78th Tony Awards. The show,
maybe happy ending, won the award for best musical, while the best actor in a leading role in a play was won by Cole Escola for his role in "Oh Mary".
Now "The Picture of Dorian Gray" Actress Sarah Snook, took home the award for best actress in a leading role in a play. And one of the best
performances during the show went to another Canadian, Keanu Reeves, for his role in the middle of a ceremony as Jonathan McGrath stood on his seat
singing just in time.
Reeves' reaction was loved by the audience. Amazing. Stay with CNN. There's more "One World" after a break with my colleague, Bianna Golodryga.
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