Return to Transcripts main page
One World with Zain Asher
Trump Deploys National Guard In L.A. Amid Protests Over ICE Raids; California Governor Calls National Guard Deployment Illegal; Trump's New Travel Ban Is Now In Effect; U.N. Calls For "Unimpeded Access" For Humanitarian Groups; Russia Launches Record Number Of Drones At Ukraine Overnight; 300 NIH Employees Sign Letter To Protest Trump Administration Policies; Apple To Reveal Updates On A Number Of Products; Aired 12-1p ET
Aired June 09, 2025 - 12:00 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
[12:00:38]
BIANNA GOLODRYGA, CNN ANCHOR: Calm on the streets of L.A., but questions about the use of military force and U.S. citizens. The second hour of "One
World" starts right now.
After a weekend of unrest on the streets of Los Angeles, the Trump Administration's deployment of National Guard troops without California's
request now coming under the spotlight. This has citizens of 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries are barred from entering the United
States. We get reaction from Kenya on this new wave of immigration enforcement.
And speaking out, health experts sign a letter claiming research is being politicized and scientific progress is being destroyed under the Trump
administration.
Hello, everyone, live from New York, I'm Bianna Golodryga. Zain is off today. You are watching "One World."
The streets of Los Angeles now serving as ground zero on Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. It's a glaring point of contention between state and
federal officials over the use of U.S. military troops.
The downtown area, calm at the moment, has been declared an unlawful assembly zone following three nights of protest sparked by the
administration's immigration raids.
Police responded to the demonstrations, which at times turned violent with tear gas and flash bangs.
On Saturday, the U.S. president deployed thousands of National Guard troops to America's second largest city.
And the Secretary of Defense warns hundreds of active duty Marines are on standby. But state and local officials are accusing the president of
manufacturing chaos and attempting to create a spectacle.
CNN's Marybel Gonzalez has more from Los Angeles.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
MARYBEL GONZALEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The situation here in Downtown Los Angeles, much more calm than we saw even a few hours ago here on the
streets of this area. It's still being declared an unlawful assembly area.
But right behind me, as you can see, law enforcement continues to make their presence known. Moments ago, we saw members from the National Guard
helping reinforce Los Angeles Police Department and guarding this federal detention center behind us that we know was at the heart of all the chaos
that we saw unraveling over the weekend.
GONZALEZ (voice-over): Tensions are rising in the Los Angeles area. Over the weekend, protesters clashed with federal and local law enforcement
agents.
Sunday, marking the third day of demonstrations in response to recent immigration rates across California, where dozens of people were arrested
as part of the White House's crackdown on unauthorized immigration.
MARTHA AREVALO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CARECEN LOS ANGELES: Our community is in terror. It's scared to just live, to just exist.
GONZALEZ (voice-over): Sunday, the Los Angeles Police Department declared protests outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, an unlawful assembly,
an authorized use of less lethal munitions.
The unrest spilling over onto the 101 freeway with demonstrators temporarily halting traffic that afternoon. While the protests play out on
the L.A. streets, the federal and state governments are at odds.
A coalition of 22 Democratic governors condemned President Donald Trump's deployment of 2,000 National Guard, calling the move an alarming abuse of
power. But President Trump says it's to help restore order.
Both California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass are urging peace and denouncing this deployment of troops.
KAREN BASS, LOS ANGELES MAYOR: What we're seeing in Los Angeles is chaos that is provoked by the administration. And deploying federalized troops is
a dangerous escalation.
GONZALEZ: California Governor Gavin Newsom is threatening to sue the administration over this deployment that he says have only scaled up the
tensions here in Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, we're also hearing from the mayor of Paramount, California, the city where we saw many of those clashes happening over the weekend. He says
things are much more calm in that area and he is urging protesters to remain peaceful.
Reporting in downtown Los Angeles, I'm Marybel Gonzalez.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
GOLODRYGA: And as you heard, California's governor is threatening to sue the Trump administration, saying that he was not consulted about the
deployment of National Guard troops to his state.
[12:05:06]
CNN's Natasha Bertrand joins me now live from the Pentagon.
Notable with where you're stationed right now, Natasha, because we have heard warnings from Defense Secretary Hegseth that he may actually deploy
U.S. Marines as well to the area. But as it pertains to this threatened lawsuit from the governor of California, what legal grounds does he have?
What more are you hearing?
Because while it may have been very rare and go back decades to where we've seen a president deploy the national guard to a state without the request
of that state's governor, it's still within his legal right, no?
NATASHA BERTRAND, CNN NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: It seems to be, and again, this has happened before. It dates back to the 1960s, the last time
President actually sent in the National Guard, authorized the National Guard to enter a space where the governor or local officials had not
actually requested that help and essentially over their will.
But still, you know, the National Guard, under Title 10, under federal orders, is under the command and control of the president. And so he really
has a lot of leeway in what they can actually do.
One thing that they cannot do when they're on federal orders, however, is any kind of law enforcement activity that is unless the president invokes
the Insurrection Act, which would then allow these Marines, if they are deployed, these National Guard troops to engage in that kind of policing,
which of course has been a main topic of discussion here at the Pentagon and also at the White House.
The reporters have been asking President Trump if he is prepared to invoke the Insurrection Act so that these troops can be used on the streets to
essentially engage in arrests and other, you know, riot control activities that they perhaps are prohibited from doing right now.
President Trump has said that at this point, it is not going to happen. He's not ready to invoke the Insurrection Act. But obviously, we have seen
the president and other senior members of the administration using that insurrection language repeatedly on social media, seeming to kind of lay
the groundwork to calling this an insurrection. So we'll have to see what happens there.
But as far as the Marines go, that really took a lot of people here at the Pentagon by surprise as well. When Secretary Hegseth tweeted that he had
put these Marines on prepared to deploy orders, it's unclear at this point what would have to happen in order for those Marines to be sent in because
it seems for now like the National Guard in California has things under control. And so it doesn't seem necessary at this point to send in those
Marines.
But, obviously, they are on high alert and they are prepared to do so if Secretary Hegseth and the president decides to -- to send them in. But
again, they would not be able to engage in any kind of policing activity.
It would mostly be support activities kind of providing parameters and crowd control and things like that, Bianna.
GOLODRYGA: Yes. And Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, calling this threat from the Secretary of Defense, quote, deranged behavior.
Natasha Bertrand, you'll continue to follow the story for us.
And later in the show, we'll hear the view of former Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh on this issue as well.
Well, turning now to another major issue, citizens of a dozen countries are barred from entering the United States. It is part of President Trump's
sweeping new travel ban that went into effect Monday morning.
In addition to those 12 nations, people from seven additional countries face a partial ban. President Trump says it's necessary to, in his words,
keep bad people out of our country. Most of the countries are in Africa and the Middle East.
Larry Madowo is joining us from Nairobi with reaction across Africa. And what has this reaction been thus far since this was ordered and now in
effect, Larry?
LARRY MADOWO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Bianna, there's been dismay and disappointment across Africa because a lot of those countries are in
Africa. Seven out of the 12 countries that are no longer entered the United States as of today are in Africa.
Some have been at war or unstable for some time. So Somalia, Sudan, Libya, Eritrea, some were surprising, such as Equatorial Guinea and the Republic
of Congo, the small Congo, not the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been a target of President Trump in the past.
But the last country, the seventh, its reaction has gained a lot of support because Chad is retaliating against the United States. Chad is a small
country of 20 million on the crossroads between central and North Africa. And this is what the president of Chad said, Mahamat Idriss, Itno Deby. He
said, I have instructed the government to act in accordance with the principles of reciprocity and suspend the granting of visas to citizens of
the United States of America. Chad has neither planes to offer nor billions of dollars to give, but Chad has its dignity and pride.
A lot of Africans have praised how a small country like Chad is standing up to the United States. And that went a lot further than what the African
Union did. The African Union gently criticized this move by the United States. It said the U.S. needed to apply a more balanced evidence-based
approach to who can and cannot come out of the country.
[12:10:13]
And it said that it wanted more consultations before -- before these moves are taken and worried about the negative impact of this travel ban, because
three of the countries that also have partial restrictions are also in Africa. That would be Burundi, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
One of the other countries, the Republic of Congo, was surprised by this move because they think it's a misunderstanding. They think that President
Trump probably meant to sanction and to block citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which he claims they've been sending some criminals to
the United States.
They said that they've asked the United States for interpretation and clarification about what happened. In fact, the foreign ministry, the
information ministry in the Republic of Congo said that the Republic of Congo is neither terrorist country nor does it harbor any terrorists, nor
is it known to have any terrorist vocation. So they were surprised to be included in this list.
And in fact, the visa overstay rate is much lower than the visa overstay rate of citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo. But that's where many
in Africa find themselves in.
And, Bianna, I should point out, many in Africa before the election were actually supportive of President Trump over Kamala Harris. So this has come
as a surprise to some of them.
GOLODRYGA: All right. Larry Madowo, we'll continue to follow this story. Thank you.
Well, a new round of trade talks between the U.S. and Canada are underway in London. The world's two largest economies are trying to preserve the
fragile trust over the truce over tariffs brokered last month.
The stage for the talks was set on Thursday when Presidents Trump and Xi spoke on the phone for over an hour.
The U.S. says China is not releasing its rare earth minerals and magnets fast enough which was part of the deal. China controls most of the rare
earth mineral supply, which are necessary in electronics, vehicles, and defense systems.
Well, Israel is calling a quote, selfie yacht carrying celebrities. And now it has intercepted the boat filled with aid for Gaza and detained the
activists on board.
What this means for Gaza's deepening humanitarian crisis?
Plus, Russia unleashes a record wave of drones on Ukraine. The major developments, they are claiming, that's ahead.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
GOLODRYGA: In the coming hours, President Donald Trump is expected to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. That is according to a
source close to the matter.
[12:15:05]
The call comes amid tensions over the war in Gaza and Trump's pursuit of a nuclear deal with Iran.
Meantime, a ship carrying aid and activists bound for Gaza is expected to arrive at the Israeli port of Ashdod within the next hour. Those on board
are expected to be deported quickly to their home countries. This after Israeli forces intercepted the vessel.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is among those on board the Madleen. She prerecorded a message that was released after the ship was detained.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GRETA THUNBERG, ACTIVIST: I urge all my friends, family, and comrades to put pressure on the Swedish government to release me and the others as soon
as possible.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
GOLODRYGA: Here now to talk more about the humanitarian crisis is UNICEF global spokesperson, James Elder. He is joining me from Gaza.
James, it is good to see you. You are in Khan Younis right now. I spoke with you on Saturday. Things were -- or they sounded pretty chaotic around
you at the time. Now some 48 hours later, this is your fifth trip to Gaza since the war began. Tell us what you are saying.
JAMES ELDER, GLOBAL SPOKESPERSON, UNICEF: Bianna, it's just this consistency. So, I don't know if you can hear it now. You hear the planes.
They'll be bombing soon. It's night after night.
I spend a lot of time in hospitals. I think something that's striking me now, Bianna, is I'm meeting children whom experience these horrific events
and now they are reoccurring.
I met a little girl. I notice that she's in hospital. These beautiful little painted fingers. She was 4 years old, Bianna. She lost her mom and
her dad in November of 2023 when an airstrike hit their home. She didn't speak for six months, but she's got these incredible aunties who cared for
her.
And then last week, that family home was struck. She lost 10 more of her family members. So somehow horrors now because of the 600 days of this are
being revisited.
The other thing, Bianna, is just starvation. Starvation stalks. I know people wait for a famine declaration. That's too late. That's a statistical
definition. It means mass death. Starvation is something that is happening now. It means a -- a child's body starts to close in. Children are -- are
not waiting for a declaration.
Every person I speak to just speaks about the humiliation of looking for food every day. I spoke to a fourth year English literature graduate
yesterday who said her days are just humiliating going to a hospice with a bowl hoping they'll give her a ladle of soup. This remains whatever is left
of life for everyday people here in Gaza.
GOLODRYGA: What are you encountering in terms of those that are working with the GH, that is the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation that has been
providing the humanitarian aid since -- since Israel has started to lift the blockade there of aid getting in?
The GHF says that they've surpassed some nine million meals since the start of their distribution efforts earlier this month. There is concern about
the limited number of distribution sites and the fact that they are focused all in the south there. Tell us what you've seen and who you've spoken
with.
ELDER: Yes, you're absolutely right. We just have to go back one step which is humanitarian aid is about going to where people need it. So moms with
kids can access it, the disabled, the elderly.
This is a few sites in the very south during the ceasefire. It was 400 sites. UNICEF went door-to-door to work on malnutrition. So this is a few
sites for a few people. I spoke to a lot of people who say when they go there the only people who get aid are those with strength. A lot of people
talk about people with knives. It's I think grandfathers said to me last night, it's the same people who get aid -- aid all the time. It's the
strong. It's those who have got knives.
People who have worked there as in some of the Palestinians they told me that so much of the aid is stolen first, that the things of value, sugar
and cooking oil are taken out of the boxes before they're distributed.
Remember, humanitarian aid, Bianna, as you know, it's so much more than a box of food too. It's -- it's shelter. There's half a million people have
been displaced since the ceasefire broke and there's not been any shelter allowed in by the Israeli authorities to Gaza, half a million people.
It's medicines, it's ventilators, it's incubators, it's -- it's painkillers. I wish there was some painkillers for kids. None of that is
here.
And none of it's ready to use food. Again, that's what humanitarians deliver. This is not a new environment for humanitarians from World War II,
all the way to the Somalia famine. That's what the U.N. was created to do after World War II was to be in difficult places with a lack of governance
and reach people. Ready to use food is one example. It's very important.
People spend all day just trying to get a bit of firewood. So a box, if you can reach it and the vast majority, 90 percent of population can't.
A box with some pasta and rice and a can of tuna doesn't help them. At the same time, Bianna, I'm hearing more and more reports of children killed at
these sites.
This morning, a child was killed. I met many wounded people. I met a boy yesterday whose mother was killed when he went to get food aid there. It's
chaotic. It's unethical. It's undisciplined. It's not what humanitarian aid is.
[12:20:07]
We need, in the most simple sense to work on a needs-based system, work out what people need, and take humanitarian aid to them.
GOLODRYGA: Let me ask you about that vessel that was intercepted by Israeli forces carrying activists on board coming from their perspective to shine a
light and provide aid, humanitarian aid for those in Gaza. Israel was describing this as a publicity stunt. We know that per the Israeli
reporting that all of these activists are going to be sent back home to their nations of origin.
They had been carrying with them some humanitarian aid. Israel says that that aid will -- will now be sent through their organization or the GHF to
provide for those civilians in Gaza. Do you know anything about that?
ELDER: No, no, I don't. And, of course, it was symbolic and it's right to try. Any -- any food aid is -- is purposeful, but we've got thousands of
trucks across the border. And -- and you would fit a lot less under a single ship, but the symbolism is important because for reasons I don't
understand, we're -- we're still having to tell the world, you know, of 2,000 girls and boys have been killed just since the last ceasefire, not
the 15,000 since that.
So it is important in any way, shape or form, Bianna, to raise -- to raise attention on everything, to raise attention to what a ceasefire does during
ceasefires and during negotiations, more than 150 hostages went home, ending that abhorrence, getting out of tunnels going home.
In military means, it's been less than 10. So a ceasefire does every -- does anything -- does everything rather. So, yes, drawing any attention on
Gaza to stop the carnage of children, those children who survived to allow them to have medicines or medical evacuation, and to bring food in in a
dignified manner as the United Nations and partners do around the world, drawing attention to that is always welcome.
GOLODRYGA: James Elder, good to see you again. Please stay safe. We appreciate the time.
Well, it's a weekend of intense warfare in Ukraine, as Russia once again ramps up its attacks. Ukraine says Russia launched its largest overnight
drone attack of the entire war, deploying almost 500 drones striking targets across the region.
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.
Meanwhile, some joyful scenes coming out of Ukraine as a prisoner of war swap is underway. Some of those returning home are soldiers who spent three
years in Russian captivity.
Our Fred Pleitgen is following the latest developments from Berlin. So as we noted a -- a little bit of joy with some of these troops in the prisoner
exchange, even bodies being returned, given closure for some of these families now that this war has been ongoing for over three years.
And, Fred, no end in sight of Russian offensive seems to be around the corner in the plans, and this bombardment is only increasing.
FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes. The air of blitz is certainly increasing by the Russians. And one of the things, of
course, that many people are focusing on, because it's also something the Ukrainians are speaking about, is that large number of drones that the
Russians increasingly seem to be using.
If we recall, we were just saying that this past night was the largest ever drone attack since the beginning of the war with, I think, 479 drones the
Ukrainians say in total.
And a couple of days ago, it was the last time that it was the largest drone attack with I think a 429 drones that were launched by the Russians.
So clearly, they are producing these things at a very high pace and launching them at a very high pace.
But one of the other things, Bianna, that actually also caught our eye about this attack that happened last night in various regions of Ukraine is
that the Russians also used some pretty powerful missiles as well, including the Kinzhal hypersonic aero ballistic missile, so a ballistic
missile that is launched from an aircraft, those very difficult to defend for the Ukrainians.
And another one called the X-22, which is an extremely powerful cruise missile, it's a little bit older, but it certainly packs a massive punch.
So definitely the Russians attacking with some really heavy ordnance. The Ukrainians and the Russians both seem to agree that the brunt of the attack
seem to be targeting Ukrainian airfields. The Ukrainians are saying that their surface-to-air missile troops did a good job as they put it in trying
to defend most of these off. They did say that some cruise missiles did hit in certain places.
They didn't say exactly what was hit. The Russians, for their part, are saying that this was in retaliation as they put it for terrorist acts by
the Ukrainians, possibly talking about that big massive attack that happened last weekend against those Russian strategic airfields in various
parts of Russia, where the Ukrainians, of course, said that they took out several Russian bombers.
[12:25:07]
And the other thing, you're absolutely right, that the Ukrainians are extremely concerned about is that seemingly impending Russian offensive on
various parts of the frontline, but also the -- the fact that they apparently did get into that Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, which is in central
Ukraine.
The Kremlin was actually asked about that today and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov only said that, yes, this was to become a buffer zone as he
put it. However, he also said that all other questions need to be addressed by the military.
So the Russians seemingly having that as one of their priorities, but the Ukrainians certainly also bracing for much more offensives and certainly
much more warfare to come as those talks that have been going on in Istanbul really seem to be stalling, Bianna.
GOLODRYGA: All right. Fred Pleitgen for us. Thank you.
And Ukraine's heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk is sending a message to Donald Trump to quote, open his eyes. Usyk is currently hold up
with his team at a training camp in Spain, and as he prepares for his heavyweight unification fight against Britain's Daniel Dubois next month.
It is unclear events at home are -- no. It is clear though, however, that events at home are never far from his mind. He tells my colleague Amanda
Davies that he has invited Trump to Kyiv for a visit so that he can see the reality of Russia's full-scale invasion of the country for himself.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
OLEKSANDR USYK, WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION: He should be responsible for the words he said. He said that in a month or a day, he would stop this
war. I offer him my home, let him come to Ukraine. I will give him my home and my security guards. I will ensure his complete safety.
Let him live in my house for a week and see how rockets fly over it and how people live in Ukraine. Let him live somewhere in the Kyiv districts of
Obolon or let him go to Troieshchyna, where houses, residential buildings are being bombed. And then he will understand what is happening.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
GOLODRYGA: Still to come for us, we'll get reaction after President Trump deploys the National Guard as protesters clashed with police in Los Angeles
over sweeping ICE raids. We'll have a live report, next.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
[12:30:53]
GOLODRYGA: Welcome back to "One World." I'm Bianna Golodryga. The Los Angeles downtown core has been declared an unlawful assembly zone after a
weekend of unrest over immigration raids.
It's quiet on the streets of L.A. for the moment, but the declaration came after three straight days of protest over those sweeping ICE raids. The
L.A. mayor says ICE did not inform city officials about the location of the raids, making it difficult for them to quickly respond to the protests.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
BASS: People in the city have a rapid response network. If they see ICE, they go out and they protest. And so it's just a recipe for pandemonium.
It's an escalation that didn't have to happen. Why were there raids?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
GOLODRYGA: Police and riot gear deployed tear gas and flash bangs to disperse the crowds. Twenty-seven people were arrested on Sunday alone. An
Australian journalist doing her job was hit by a rubber bullet.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
LAUREN TOMASI, REPORTER, NINE NEWS AUSTRALIA: The LAPD (BLEEP) back firing rubber bullets with protesters moving them on through the heart of L.A.
(BLEEP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Are you OK?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
GOLODRYGA: California state and local officials are demanding that the Trump administration withdraw hundreds of National Guard troops that have
been deployed earlier.
Joining us live from Los Angeles is CNN's Marybel Gonzalez. Marybel, it looks rather quiet around you right now. We see some police cars and that's
just about it. I don't see many people protesting.
What does that tell you that officials are hopeful that things may be quieting down?
GONZALEZ: Yes. Good morning, Bianna. Well, you know, the quietness here on the -- the streets of Downtown Los Angeles is due in part to what you
mentioned just moment ago. It's that unlawful assembly area declaration of the downtown zone.
And while the crowds have definitely dispersed, I can tell you that all the morning we've seen a large presence of law enforcement agents now not so
much. But even just moments ago, we saw Los Angeles Police Department blocking off the intersection that leads to the Metropolitan Detention
Center.
And right behind them, I don't know if you can see, but those are National Guard members. This morning before the sun came up, we saw them lined up
behind Los Angeles Police Department. They were -- they had shields in hand and they were on standby ready to take action if necessary, protecting this
federal facility.
The same federal facility, Bianna, that is that -- I was at the heart of so many of so much of the chaos that unfolded yesterday and over the weekend
and that drew hundreds of people here to the downtown area.
GOLODRYGA: All right. Marybel Gonzalez, thank you so much.
Time now for "The Exchange." We're taking a deep dive into three straight days now, a protest that have prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to
deploy the National Guard.
We're hearing claims that the unrest is being politicized. U.S. Democratic Congressman Seth Moulton spoke a short time ago with my colleague Kate
Bolduan.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
REP. SETH MOULTON (D-MA): It's kind of amazing that Trump wants to do this in L.A. And it's pretty obvious because he's always dreamed of politicizing
the military and using it against what he sees as the left in America.
So Trump wants to politicize the troops. Gavin Newsom is right to tell him to stop. I'm not sure a lawsuits going to change it, but let's keep this in
perspective with what the president is really trying to do here and what he was unwilling to do to protect the country back on January 6th.
Joining me now is CNN political commentator and former deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh. Sabrina, it's good to see you.
And we're just now getting some comments that President Trump is making to the press corps. We'll bring them to you once we have that tape. But -- but
he is doubling down on his decision to send in the National Guard.
The last time that had been done had been in the 1960s without the specific ask of that state governor where the National Guard was being sent. The
president said this was a great decision to send the National Guard to deal within his terms of violent instigated riots in California. What is your
response to that?
[12:35:12]
SABRINA SINGH, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Yes. Thanks, Bianna, for having me on. I think what you're seeing in California and what's unfolding is
this clash of freedom of speech and peaceful protests that are being done in some areas of Los Angeles and then, of course, there are some people
taking violence and -- and taking it too far and smashing police cars and, you know, inciting acts of violence and -- and vandalism. And those people
need to be held accountable and should face the law.
But the people who are assembling peacefully and protesting, and these are the -- the values that our nation was founded upon, the ideas of free
speech. And so the idea that the president is overriding the governor, when the governor has not even requested additional forces to come into the
city, it's not only unprecedented, it's set a dangerous precedent going forward.
And as you mentioned, this is not something that's been done since the 1960s. And just, you know, one other thing that I'll add is, you know, when
I was in the Biden administration and we wanted to activate forces, we always worked with the governors because the governors know they are states
best and the local law enforcement knows their communities best. And it's the way in which those National Guard forces fit in with those local law
enforcement that makes those communities stronger.
GOLODRYGA: Given the images that we're seeing and this was sort of at the height of the unrest here now with some -- some of those protesters
throwing bottles at the troops there and then the response of the tear gas. And we saw a reporter actually being struck with a rubber bullet earlier.
There seems to be a contradiction in -- in -- in terms of how serious things got from the mayor of the city and Karen Bass and the police chief,
the mayor was on air even just within the last hour suggesting that there were just a few bad apples, everything had been under control, yes, there
had been some violence but it -- it was muted and limited, while the police chief said the level of violence that they saw was, quote, disgusting.
So, why not send in or welcome the National Guard's just extra help if anything because there does seem to be two different talking points we're
hearing from officials in the same city.
SINGH: I think what you're seeing on the ground and what the police chief is saying is that there is violence and there is violence at times -- at
times being directed towards police officers. But the reason why the National Guard had not been activated or why the governor had not requested
the National Guard is because you have a very sophisticated law enforcement on the ground in Los Angeles.
The LAPD has -- has experienced protests before the mayor and the governor felt together that the LAPD does have this under control and that they
believe that the LAPD and other community leaders can put out the fire that's happening, you know, the symbolic fire that's happening within Los
Angeles by activating the National Guard, not only is the president politicizing the military to carry out his political agenda, but it is just
throwing gas on the fire. It is going to make things worse.
And this is something that, you know, this type of imagery is something that the administration wants to see. They want to see, you know, U.S.
forces going in on the ground. And that is not the use of the National Guard. The National Guard, our Marine Corps are there to fight our
adversaries. They're there to protect us overseas.
LAPD is sophisticated if they need additional help, then the governor and the mayor can absolutely request it. But at this time, they did not.
And so that's what you're seeing play out between the mayor and -- and, you know, California leaders and what's happening in Washington D.C.
GOLODRYGA: And activating the National Guard, even though it -- it may be unprecedented to have done so, at least in modern time, without the direct
request from the governor, is within the president's legal right.
So, what should we make of this threat from Gavin Newsom to sue the president for doing just that?
SINGH: You're right. This is an authority that the president has and it was used in the 1960s, as you said earlier on, when federal law was not being
enforced, and the president at that time did feel the need to send in the guard to enforce the law.
You know, ultimately, this is going to be a challenge that Governor Newsom is going to raise and it's going to have to go through the legal
proceedings. Because the president hasn't invoked the Insurrection Act and is activating forces under Title 10, this is something that probably will
play out in the courts, but ultimately right now as it stands, the president does have the authority.
Is it the right decision? Is it what California needs right now? It's not, but this is what's happening in real time and being played on the ground
unfortunately.
GOLODRYGA: And we've had the defense secretary threatened to send in hundreds of Marines too. And that, I believe, would require the president
invoking the Insurrection Act to legally do so. He has yet to do that, we should note, but that threat is out there from the defense secretary and to
which Gavin Newsom responded by saying that was deranged behavior. So a lot of animosity, heated animosity directed between these two sides right now.
We'll continue to follow this story.
[12:40:18]
CNN political commentator Sabrina Singh, thank you.
SINGH: Thank you.
GOLODRYGA: Well, Elon Musk appears to be backing President Trump's actions against protesters in Los Angeles following their very public breakup just
a few days ago.
On Sunday, the billionaire posted a screenshot of Trump's Truth Social post bashing the governor of California and mayor of Los Angeles. The shared
post from the president said in part, these are not protesters, they are troublemakers and insurrectionists.
Well, the streets of Southern California are quieter now, but earlier when things were escalating, several Waymo self-driving vehicles were set on
fire.
CNN's chief media analyst Brian Stelter tells us how Waymo responded to the violence and how misinformation about the protests spread online.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
BRIAN STELTER, CNN CHIEF MEDIA ANALYST: This was like something out of a dystopian sci-fi novel on Sunday watching these Waymo self-driving cars go
up in flames.
Waymo has been rolling out these robo taxis in California, first in San Francisco, now in Los Angeles. And by all accounts, they've been a huge
hit. People love the truly self-driving experience being able to call a robo taxi and have it pull up a minute or two later.
In this case, there were a number of these Waymos all lined up on the same street. Vandals were defacing the cars and then ultimately were able to set
them ablaze. These fires were raging for quite some time.
As seen on local television news helicopters, firefighters eventually arrived once the scene was a little bit safer in order to put those fires
out.
I spoke with a spokesperson for Waymo who said the company was in touch with law enforcement about the matter and that's significant for the
following reason. Waymo was able to turn off its app, turn off the ability to request rides around the area where protests were happening. Turning off
that functionality meant that other cars could not be ordered by riders for the intent of possibly defacing or lighting them on fire.
So a very 21st century problem for a 21st century technology on the streets in Downtown L.A. And it's not the only example of digital city
infrastructure being used and weaponized on Sunday.
We also saw Lime scooters which are seen on street corners in lots of major cities used in order to try to damage police vehicles. Vandals took some of
those scooters and threw them onto police cars that were parked on Interstate 101.
Lime didn't immediately have any comment on the matter, but frankly, there wasn't much the company could say. It wasn't as if its scooters were being
used legally by those vandals.
We've seen lots of accurate information spread on social media about this unrest. Lots of people posting their own videos and photos after going out
and protesting.
But there's also been a lot of misinformation that I've been seeing online about these protests, and in some cases, about the unrest that has
resulted.
Senator Ted Cruz, for example, posted a video seemingly criticizing the 2025 protesters, but the video was actually from 2020 showing police cars
on fire during the George Floyd uprisings.
A number of conservative influencers posted the same video clip on Sunday acting as if it was happening live on television.
The intent it seems is to lump in violent rioters and peaceful protesters acting as if they are all the same when in fact, of course, they are not.
That misinformation led California Governor Gavin Newsom's office to warn people to double check before they were sharing content on social media.
Back to you.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
GOLODRYGA: All right. Thanks to Brian Stelter for that.
And still to come for us, staff at the U.S. National Institutes of Health penned a letter of dissent, saying cuts under the Trump administration risk
lives. We'll have the details, up next.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
[12:45:40]
GOLODRYGA: Staff, including researchers and scientists at the U.S.'s main agency for conducting and supporting medical research, have published a
rare letter of dissent. Employees at the National Institutes of Health say billions of dollars in spending cuts under the Trump administration risk
patient health. They're pointing to what they see as the politicization of research and the destruction of scientific progress.
CNN's medical correspondent Meg Tirrell has more on the letter and the reasons behind it.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
MEG TIRRELL, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Bianna, the NIH employees are calling this the Bethesda Declaration after the location of the
headquarters of the National Institutes of Health in Maryland. And they're modeling it after something called the Great Barrington Declaration, which
was a piece of writing that really sort of brought the current director of the NIH, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, to national prominence.
This was a piece of writing he put out with colleagues in October of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic that espoused a sort of contrarian approach to
protecting the most vulnerable while loosening up restrictions on those who were less vulnerable to COVID-19.
Now, that was seen as a dangerous approach at the time by many before we had a vaccine. But at any rate, this is what they're modeling their dissent
on, saying essentially that they appreciate the director's openness to not suppressing different scientific ideas.
Now, what they're taking issue with here is the termination of a number of grants in different areas from health equity to the effect of climate
change on health, COVID-19 and other areas, as well as a number of other policies, they say are damaging the NIH and keeping it from fulfilling its
mission of improving health both in the United States and around the world.
In the letter, they say that the administration, quote, has forged NIH under Bhattacharya's watch to politicize research by halting high-quality,
peer-reviewed grants and contracts. Academic freedom, they say, should not be applied selectively based on political ideology.
Now, the NIH responding to this this morning, telling us in a statement from Bhattacharya, quote, that, Bethesda Declaration has some fundamental
misconceptions about the policy directions the NIH has taken in recent months, including the continuing support of the NIH for international
collaboration. Nevertheless, he says, respectful dissent and science is productive. We all want the NIH to succeed.
Now, this comes as Bhattacharya is due to testify on the Hill tomorrow. And these staffers tell me they are hoping that he will get questions about the
policies enacted so far, but also the proposed 40 percent cut to the NIH budget for next year's budget that they say would really decimate American
dominance in medical research and all of the work that they're working on.
So we'll wait to hear more tomorrow from the director on the Hill, but a lot of dissent within the NIH now, Bianna.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
GOLODRYGA: We'll pay attention to that tomorrow, for sure.
Well, tech users have taken note. Apple is expected to announce some major updates to its products today. Preview ahead of what may be revealed.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
[12:50:20]
GOLODRYGA: Just moments away, Apple is expected to announce major software updates impacting billions of devices in use worldwide. The company CEO,
Tim Cook, often takes a stage to make these big announcements at Apple's annual developer's conference in Cupertino, California. Changes that could
be announced include new features for iPhones and Apple watches, new translation capabilities on AirPods, and updates to the Apple intelligence
system.
Now, all this comes as the tech company grapples with uncertainty over potential U.S. tariffs and the recent ire from the president himself.
CNN's Clare Duffy is following this story for us. So, Claire, what can we expect to see today?
CLARE DUFFY, CNN BUSINESS WRITER: Yes, Bianna. Apple really needs a win right now. And the Worldwide Developers Conference is always a big deal
because Apple is announcing the software that affects how we all use our iPhones, our Apple watches, other Apple devices.
But the past two years at WWDC brought really big announcements. We saw the Vision Pro headset and Apple intelligence AI tools, but those announcements
have largely fallen flat since then.
In particular, Apple's AI enhanced version of Siri was delayed. That was announced last year. So this year at WWDC, we're expecting smaller, more
modest updates, but things that Apple probably knows for sure that it can deliver on.
So some of the things we're expecting to hear about are, as you said, a live translation feature for AirPods that would let you have a real-time
conversation with someone who speaks another language. We might be getting an AI-powered battery management feature so that your iPhone battery lasts
longer, an AI-powered health coach that would take data from your iPhone and your Apple watch and make personalized health recommendations.
And then we're expecting to see just an overall visual redesign of iOS and the other operating systems across Apple's devices.
But the big question here is, can Apple announce enough exciting AI features that people will feel compelled to buy a new iPhone or a new Apple
device? Because Apple has really been behind competitors in the AI space.
And what analysts tell me is that the risk Apple is running here is that people could think that Apple devices are no longer cool and that they
would rather have a Google phone or a Samsung phone with more powerful AI features.
So that's really going to be the question that we're watching for as this event takes place in just a few minutes here.
GOLODRYGA: All right. Clare Duffy, thank you so much. We'll be watching.
Well, French Open defending champion Carlos Alcaraz was not going down without a fight. What a match this was, insane.
Sunday's final versus Jannik Sinner went for more than five and a half hours. That is a long-distance final in French Open history. The young
Spaniard rallied from defeat, then being behind and then coming back to take it all. It was really something impressive.
[12:55:04]
Alcaraz versus Sinner match could be the next great rivalry here. Tennis fans definitely got their money's worth and more. They witnessed one of the
wildest comebacks ever at the French Open.
Well, a special guest really got the crowd's attention ahead of a baseball game between the White Sox and Royals on Sunday. That's famous Pepe the
Penguin making a big league appearance in Chicago. He was visiting from the Brookfield Zoo and was there as part of World Oceans Day.
As for the game, the visiting team, the Royals won 7 to 5, shutting down the White Sox three game winning streak. I love that little debut there.
That does it for the sour "One World." I'm Bianna Golodryga. Thanks so much for watching. Don't go anywhere. I'll be back with "Amanpour" after the
break.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
[13:00:00]
END
END
