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MAX FOSTER, CNN HOST: President Donald Trump suggests Californias governor should be arrested as the two trade barbs over weekend riots in Los
Angeles.
This is WHAT WE KNOW.
America's second largest city has now become a flashpoint in the Trump administrations immigration crackdown. The protests across the L.A. area
first erupted on Friday over a series of immigration raids. CNN witnessed police using flashbangs and tear gas to disperse the crowds there, hitting
some protesters.
U.S. President Trump has defended his decision to deploy the National Guard, and is going so far as to suggest that his border czar should arrest
California Governor Gavin Newsom.
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DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I would do it if I were, Tom. I think it's great. Gavin likes the publicity, but I think it would be
a great thing.
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FOSTER: In response, Governor Newsom writes on X, quote: This is a day I hoped would never -- I would never see in America. I don't care if you're a
Democrat or a Republican. This is a line we cannot cross as a nation. This is an unmistakable step towards authoritarianism.
Well, moments ago, California's attorney general announced a new lawsuit against President Donald Trump's federalization of the National Guard,
which the state has argued wasn't needed.
Take a listen.
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ROB BONTA, CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: On Sunday, the protests had mostly dissipated and streets were mostly quiet and calm. Since Trump announced
his plan to deploy troops, the situation on the ground has escalated quickly, with unrest growing overnight, causing highways to close and
putting people in danger.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
FOSTER: Kristen Holmes joins us from Washington.
I mean, there's so -- there's so many layers to what's happening here, right? Because there's so much, you know, there's what's happening on the
ground. We'll talk a bit more about that later on. But in terms of politics, you know, you've got, you know, leading Democrat versus obviously
a Republican president as well.
KRISTEN HOLMES, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Yeah. And look, we're going to hear from the Trump administration pushing back on what we
just heard the attorney general saying, saying that that is why they needed to deploy the National Guard in the first place, that that was preemptive.
Obviously, the attorney general of California is saying that it only escalated after the National Guard came in. We're going to hear the white
house saying that it was going to escalate no matter what. So, they had to bring in the National Guard and this kind of back and forth between the
California government and the federal government is likely to continue, because Donald Trump has really doubled down on the idea that he should
have brought in the National Guard.
Now, when you talk about that, on top of what he said about Gavin Newsom, what was so interesting is earlier today, Tom Homan, the border czar who
had originally been called out for seeming to imply that they should arrest Newsom, walk back those comments saying wasn't about Newsom, it was about
anyone who crossed the line.
Now you have Donald Trump doubling down on this idea of arresting a sitting U.S. governor, somebody who is elected by the people and kind of laughing
it off. But what we are seeing and what we expect to continue seeing is Donald Trump doubling down, tripling down on this idea that what he did was
the right thing. Weve seen him say it at the top of the remarks he just did. He posted about it earlier. Particularly interesting as we're starting
to see these various lawsuits being filed by the state of California. They have not responded yet to those lawsuits.
I will tell you, some of the secretaries of the cabinet we're just seen going into the white house. Unclear what that meeting is about, something
we're going to obviously follow up on here, but we do know that they've been in constant touch. The various sects of the government, various
agencies, as this has played out in California. It's kind of just happening in real time.
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Unclear what the next move on either side is going to be now that this lawsuit has been filed.
FOSTER: Okay, Kristen, thank you so much for that from D.C.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says bringing in federal troops to her city wasn't needed. She says L.A. never asked for it because at the time, the
situation was under control.
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MAYOR KAREN BASS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: The issue here is state power and state sovereignty. And so, we do not believe -- and what the governor
is doing is separate from what's happening in the city. But what was the reason that the president had to take the power from the governor and
federalized the National Guard. The night before this action was taken, there was a protest that got a little unruly late at night. It was 100
people, 27 people were arrested. There wasn't a reason for this. That is the concern.
And if there was, the way it happened traditionally is, is that requests are made on the local level of the governor to send National Guard troops.
No requests came from the city of Los Angeles. What has happened now is an entirely different situation.
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FOSTER: Well, while the political storm brews, what we don't know is will the situation in Los Angeles remain calm tonight?
Joining me now from Los Angeles, Bernard Parks. He's a former L.A. police chief and a former L.A. city councilman.
Thank you so much for joining us. We wanted you on because you've got so much experience of events like this. Sadly, over the decades. But also, you
know, in particular L.A. what do you think will happen from here? I know it's very hard to predict, but from your experience, what typically
happens.
BERNARD PARKS, FORMER LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCILMAN: Well, typically what happens is that these demonstrations dissipate. People do not carry them on
over and over. And the fact that the more presence of police on the street causes people to basically withdraw their anxiety, it's only generally a
very, very small number of activists or anarchists that creates the problem. Theres been hundreds of demonstrations in this city throughout the
years without having any problems such as this.
And what I think, from watching that had the ICE people been more professional and caused notifications to be made and carried themselves as
professional law enforcement officers, you'd have probably had less anxiety from the public as to what was (AUDIO GAP). And I think that's the dilemma
that the city is in.
Just saying that you're going to bring in the National Guard, it's not going to make demonstrations go away. And in my history with the National
Guard, they're not equipped to deal often with demonstrations. You generally would put them in a position to guard facilities, to guard
buildings, to basically be on fixed posts. But you don't commingle them with the police operation of actually confronting a demonstration.
FOSTER: What are your -- obviously serving officers can't speak out in public in the way that you can, but from what you're hearing from them,
what's your view of how they've been treated here? Because the implication was that the very experienced LAPD can't handle this situation. And then
the, you know, their work is being interfered with in a way, isn't it, by the National Guard coming in.
PARKS: Well, I think you find is that there's no indication that they can't handle it. Because the incident of the ICE coming in and basically
creating a dynamic in the community and then calling for help, and you say that's counterproductive. If you don't call and say, we're going to put an
operation in your city and then expect immediate response, that's unreasonable to expect.
And so, the issue is it starts with the failure to communicate, to know what you're doing, where you are, and the lack of professionalism and how
the ICE confronted their issue. And then when it gets out of hand, they want instantaneous LAPD to come and solve the problem, and then you end up
with the anarchists seeing an opportunity, and then they begin to run through the city, downtown, different places, and simultaneous, multiple
events have always been the Achilles heel of dealing with crowd control.
So, if you didn't have the information to preplan staff, you're going to be caught shorthanded initially, but very quickly as you bring resources in,
you're going to be in control of the city, and it doesn't require to call in the military or the National Guard as your first step.
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It's generally after you've got both local and county and state resources before you begin to look outside of those law enforcement, personnel to
bring in the military or the National Guard.
FOSTER: Well, you mentioned the military, and we know that there are five there are 500 U.S. Marines have been put on high alert so they could be
coming in next. What do you think of that?
PARKS: Well, that adds to another dilemma. There -- there's -- you know, that's why you have to be aware of all of the history of it. To bring in
the marines to combat a domestic issue requires a great deal more as it relates to the danger and insurrection.
And I think that's why they're using that term. And as I mentioned earlier, how can a demonstration that's dealing with First Amendment issues be
viewed as an insurrection, yet several years ago, when the Capitol was attacked and hundreds of people went to prison for that attack, they were
pardoned and called patriots. How does that basically equate to this situation today, that the insurrection occurred in Congress, not on the
streets of the city of L.A.
FOSTER: Bernard Parks, thank you so much. Youve got so much experience in this, in the area and in the force. Thank you for spending your time with
us today.
Now elsewhere, a ship that tried to break the blockade of Gaza has arrived in port. And Israeli authorities say its passengers will be detained and
then deported.
Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was amongst those on board the Madleen when it was intercepted at sea. The freedom flotilla coalition says the Israeli
military, quote, attacked and unlawfully boarded the ship.
Here's what Thunberg said shortly after that incident.
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GRETA THUNBERG, ACTIVIST: My name is Greta Thunberg, and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnaped in
international waters by the Israeli occupation forces or forces that support Israel. 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.
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FOSTER: Israel hasn't disputed that the ship was boarded in international waters.
Jeremy Diamond has the story.
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JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: Well, efforts by a group of pro-Palestinian activists to break Israels naval blockade of Gaza came to
an abrupt halt early this morning. The Madleen, 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 Madleen 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.
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.
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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.
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FOSTER: Donald Trump says his travel ban is partially based on people in the U.S. illegally after overstaying their visas, the Trump administrations
new travel ban went into effect on Monday. Citizens from 12 countries are now prohibited from entering and other seven other countries face greater
restrictions. The ban does not revoke visas previously issued before the ban.
Kylie Atwood can explain -- Kylie.
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KYLIE ATWOOD, CNN U.S. SECURITY CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, there are a number of exemptions as part of this travel ban, and the reason that it's important
to note these is, first of all, it makes the impact of this ban a little less widespread. Of course, the impact will be felt, but not particularly
by the people who are exempt.
And also, because during the Trump administration, the first iteration of the travel ban then had very few exemptions, which is one of the reasons
that there were so many legal challenges that it faced when it attempted to go into effect. So, the exemptions include people who are dual citizens.
So, citizens of any of these 12 countries and the United States, people who are already legal permanent residents in the United States or already have
a valid visa to the U.S.
There are also exemptions for athletes and their coaches and their families if they're traveling to the United States for a major sporting event. Of
course, I think the World Cup that's happening in 2026, I think the Olympics that is happening in 2028, and then there's exemptions for
specific groups of people from specific countries.
So, from Iran, if there are people who are seeking visas, seeking travel because of religious persecution, they are not subject to this ban in
Afghanistan. If there are Afghans who already have or could qualify for special immigrant visas, which means that they are people who worked
alongside the Americans during the war in Afghanistan following 9/11, then they are not subject to this travel ban either.
However, the State Department is going to have to put this ban into effect when people from these countries apply for these visas. And there was there
was guidance that went out to all U.S. embassies around the world on Friday in terms of how to put this actual travel ban into effect, saying that any
of the visas that people already have are good to go. But if someone had already been approved for a visa, but they hadn't actually picked up the
visa, then those visas will be canceled.
Also, the processing of visas will continue, but unless the people from these countries fall into these groups of exemptions, they will be denied a
visa. And of course, there will be forthcoming guidance from the State Department as they try and figure out exactly how to apply this travel ban
around the world at these 12 countries fully, and the seven countries that fall into the partial travel ban category.
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FOSTER: Kylie Atwood, thank you so much for joining us from D.C. with an update on that big moment today.
Now, in a bid to preserve a fragile truce brokered in May to roll back tariffs in 90 days, the U.S. and China have kicked off fresh trade talks
here in London. Our sources say U.S. President Donald Trump has authorized his negotiating team to ease up on some key export controls on U.S. goods
to China. In return, he wants Beijing to release high volumes of rare earth minerals, which experts say is unlikely.
Just ahead, an update on the Los Angeles immigration protests. We've heard from President Trump, and we'll talk with a former FBI agent to get his
take on all this.
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FOSTER: Back to our top story. The Los Angeles immigration protests. Officials say the situation in the streets has calmed down, that the war of
words is ramping up.
California's attorney general calls President Trump's actions unlawful and has announced a lawsuit over the federalization of California National
Guard troops in regard to the U.S. president's threat to arrest Governor Gavin Newsom. The official called it more bluster.
Let's have a look at Donald Trump. He's actually speaking at the moment at a scheduled event. But let's see if he's answering questions on what's
happening in L.A.
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: There's going to be law and order. You had a disaster happening, and they now admit it was a disaster.
I watched the chief yesterday. He was a good man, by the way, and he said, well, we're lucky we did this because they would have -- they were
overwhelmed. You saw what was happening.
So, we did the right thing. Everybody agrees to that. But you have a governor who let the city burn down, didn't want water to be sent down to
him. You know, I sent billions of gallons of water. I said I wanted to do it in the first term. He wouldn't do it over -- I don't know, they have
environmental reasons, but there were no environmental reasons.
It's -- I think it's just a political philosophy. But it's lucky for the people in Los Angeles and in California that we did what we did. We got it
just in time. It's still simmering a little bit, but not very much.
Yeah. Please?
REPORTER: Have you gotten --
REPORTER: What crime has Governor Newsom committed?
TRUMP: A crime has he committed? I think his primary -- primary crime is running for governor because he's done such a bad job. What he's done to
that state is like what Biden did to this country. And that's pretty bad. It's the wrong philosophy.
Thousands, hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, many of them prisoners. They're taking up your health care. They're taking up your space
in schools. They're taking up your hospital.
And in many cases, they're criminals. And we have to do something about it, and we're doing something about it. I want to thank the incredible patriots
of ICE and Tom Homan, who has been incredible and Kristi Noem likewise, incredible.
The job they're doing. And it's like an unforced error. There was no reason for this. Twenty-one million people were allowed into our country, and many
of those people were criminals. And it's a shame. It's a shame, but we're getting them out.
And I will say it's -- I think it's a 95 to 5 issue, just like so many other issues, 95-5.
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And the Democrats lost an election in a landslide because they're on the wrong side of the issues. I mean, these it's not even conceivable that
somebody would do the kind of things that he did. And then, you know, you talk about projects. They want to build a train going from San Francisco to
L.A., and it's costing hundreds of billions of dollars more than they thought it was going to cost. It's not even believable.
To Brad and to people sitting here, would you believe that a train it was going to cost X dollars and it might be 100 times X.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Would have paid for this for about 50 million American children?
TRUMP: You're right.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Fifty million American children instead of a three mile train track that never got built.
TRUMP: We could have put Lincoln in charge with no experience. He would have done a good job. I guarantee you that.
All right. Please, Peter?
REPORTER: Mr. President, have you gotten an update from your negotiating?
REPORTER: President Trump, so it seems like Gavin Newsom likes the attention that he's getting right now.
TRUMP: I do.
REPORTER: It seems like he does. He -- if you look at recent history, somebody who was running for president, you who got arrested and had a mug
shot, you could make the argument that politically that wound up helping you.
Are you worried at all at this moment that talking about him getting arrested could be helpful to his political prospects? Because a lot of
people think he wants to be sitting right where you are?
TRUMP: Well, in my case, it was a witch hunt and everybody knew it. And I was able to explain that during the process. Otherwise, I wouldn't be
sitting here right now. And it was a total witch hunt. It's proven to be a witch hunt. And you see what's happened.
In his case, it really is very obvious. You look at what's happened between the fires. Between -- I could name ten things right now. We talk about the
trains. We talk about all of the costs in California. You talk about all of the people that are flowing in, destroying life for everyone else.
So, no, I don't think it's going to help him. I think it's -- I think it's actually very bad for him.
REPORTER: And right around the time that we were walking in here, the governor and the state attorney general said that they're going to sue you
for sending the National Guard in there, saying there's no invasion, there's no rebellion. The president is trying to manufacture chaos and
crisis on the ground for his own political ends. Federalizing the California National Guard is an abuse of the president's authority under
law. But --
TRUMP: Well, you know, it's interesting you watch the same clips as I did. Cars burning all over the place, people riding. And by the way, we stopped
it. We were able to make it much better, but it still looked pretty bad. And in watching clips last night, people were saying, this is really a big
problem. And until we went in, if we didn't do the job, that place would be burning down, just like the houses burned down. They were in big trouble
last night, Peter, you know it. And the night before and the night before that.
And I feel we had no choice. I don't want to see -- I don't want to see happen what happened so many times in this country. I watched Minneapolis
burn. I watched -- look at what happened in so many different parts of California. You take a look at what happened in San Diego.
There's so many different places where we let it burn. We want to be politically correct. We wanted to be nice. We want to be nice to the
criminal. And what you're doing is destroying the fabric of our life in this country.
No, we did the right thing. We've been given credit for by people that I would least suspect. I would say that some of the people that came in and
said, thank goodness, they said some of them -- thank God that Trump got involved, and I'm very happy I got involved.
And I think Gavin, in his own way, is probably happy I got involved.
Yeah. Go ahead, Peter.
REPORTER: What do you make what do you make of the fact that he says you want a civil war on the streets of America?
TRUMP: No, it's just the opposite. I don't want a civil war. Civil war would happen if you let it -- if you left it to people like him. And I
liked him, you know, I always got along with him. Never had a problem with him. But he's grossly incompetent.
Okay.
REPORTER: Mr. President, negotiators in London, have you gotten an update from your team in London negotiating --
TRUMP: What? Louder.
REPORTER: Have you gotten an update from your team in London negotiating the China trade talks?
TRUMP: We are doing well with China. China is not easy. Just like -- just like your home country is not easy there. I think we're doing very well.
They're over there now. I'm only getting good reports. It's a little early, but they'll be calling in soon. In fact, probably when I get back, I'll
have my first call from them.
We want to open up China. And if we don't open up China, maybe we won't do anything. But we want to open up China. It will be a great thing for China,
a great thing for the rest of the world.
REPORTER: Are you willing to lift export controls when it comes to China? Did you give your negotiators any sort of limitation?
TRUMP: Well, we're going to see, we're going to see. Look, China has been ripping off the United States for many years.
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Nobody charged them ten cents. No president had the courage to charge China for whatever reason. They didn't want to do it.
I took in hundreds of billions of dollars. I put on tariffs on China when I got in first term, and we took in hundreds of billions of dollars, and then
I did it again. But I did it for a lot of others.
If you look at the stats, the deficit last month was cut in half. Everybody was shocked, I wasn't shocked. I think a lot of the people at this table
weren't because they saw the billions of dollars that were pouring in, and the tariffs hadn't even started yet. Just about, there weren't cars. They
were in some countries at a very minor level.
And we cut the deficit in half. And it was a big story. A couple of days ago they said, I don't believe one of the announcers on a business network
went wild. Said, I can't believe these numbers. Those numbers are good.
The numbers are going to be very good. I think we're going to have a great four years. You know, we had the greatest economy in history during my four
years. I think this one is going to blow it away.
Yeah? Go ahead.
REPORTER: Mr. President, do you have a message for Greta Thunberg? And did she come up on your call with the prime minister today?
TRUMP: Well, she's a strange person. She's a young, angry person. I don't know if it's real anger. It's hard to believe, actually. But I saw what
happened.
She's certainly different. Anger management. I think she has to go to an anger management class. That's my primary recommendation for her.
REPORTER: Was she kidnapped by Israel as she says? Was she kidnapped?
TRUMP: I find it -- I think Israel has enough problems without kidnapping Greta Thunberg.
REPORTER: And secondly, are you going to --
TRUMP: Is that what she said she was kidnapped by Israel?
REPORTER: Yes, sir.
Are you going to get rid of the Tesla and the Starlink service that you have here at the White House?
TRUMP: No, I haven't heard that. I mean, I may move the Tesla around a little bit, but I don't think we'll be doing that with Starlink. It's a
good service.
REPORTER: Where are you going to move it? To move it around? What do you mean?
TRUMP: I have a lot of locations.
REPORTER: About --
TRUMP: I got so many locations, I don't know what to do with them all.
REPORTER: About the Tesla, did you ever see Elon Musk get physical with the treasury secretary?
TRUMP: No, I didn't.
REPORTER: And I tried to --
TRUMP: They did have an argument, but I didn't see it -- I didn't see a lot of physicality there.
REPORTER: And there was this "New York Times" report that he did not want to talk about, Elon Musk, that alleged that he, towards the end of his time
in the White House, was blurring the lines between recreational use of drugs and medicinal. Do you think he ever had drugs here at the White
House?
TRUMP: I really don't know. I don't think so, I hope not.
Look, I wish him well, you understand we had a good relationship, and I just wish him well. Very well, actually.
Yeah?
REPORTER: What about aid in Gaza? You mentioned now the flotilla. Do you have a response at all about Israel intercepting this boat? And can you
give us an update on what's happening to the entry of aid into Gaza right now? We've had people being shot by Israeli forces who are trying to get --
TRUMP: Gaza right now --
REPORTER: -- from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Yes.
TRUMP: Gaza right now is in the midst of a massive negotiation between us and Hamas and Israel and Iran actually has involved. And we'll see what's
going to happen with Gaza. We want to get the hostages back. It's all I can tell you.
Yeah, please in the back.
REPORTER: You said yesterday when asked by reporters that it was not an insurrection taking place, but then on Truth Social a bit later, you said
they were insurrectionists. After what --
TRUMP: You're talking about in L.A.?
REPORTER: Yes, sir, in L.A.
TRUMP: I wouldn't call it quite an insurrection, but it could have led to an insurrection. I mean, that was a serious. That was a lot of. That was a
lot of harm that was going on last night. I watched it very closely, and it was amazing that the job that the National Guard did and by the way, the
police were working very hard also.
But, you know, the police are given instructions to be politically correct. I said, no, no, you don't have to be politically correct. You have to do
the job.
REPORTER: On Elon Musk, do you plan to speak to him on the phone anytime soon? I know --
TRUMP: Which one?
REPORTER: On Elon Musk, do you plan to speak to him on the phone anytime soon?
TRUMP: I haven't really thought about it. Actually. I would imagine he wants to speak to me. I would think so. If I were him, I'd want to speak to
me.
But -- and maybe he has already called. You'd have to ask him. Ask him whether or not he's already called. But I'd have no problem with it. Well,
I don't want to say that, but, you know. But I would imagine he'd want to talk to me.
REPORTER: Mr. President.
TRUMP: Yeah. Please?
REPORTER: You were supposed to get a counterproposal from Iran today. Have you gotten that proposal? And what is the main impediment?
TRUMP: We have a meeting with Iran on Thursday, so we're going to wait until Thursday.
REPORTER: And what's the main impediment to getting a deal?
TRUMP: Well, they just asking for things that you can't do. They don't want to give up what? They have to give up. You know what that is? They
seek enrichment. We can't have enrichment. We want just the opposite.
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And so far, they're not there. I hate to say that because the alternative is a very, very dire one, but they're not there. They have given us their
thoughts on the deal. And I said, you know, it's just not acceptable.
REPORTER: (INAUDIBLE)
TRUMP: I would say, yeah, I don't know what else. I can talk about the weather.
REPORTER: Well, you can talk about --
TRUMP: Pretty much, pretty much. That's the main topic. Yeah.
REPORTER: Mr. President --
TRUMP: We talked about Lebanon also. Yeah. We did.
REPORTER: What about Lebanon?
TRUMP: Well, Lebanon is working very hard. They have a great new ambassador. That I put there, man, I know very well. He's very smart.
I didn't even know he was Lebanese. And I said, why? Why would you want Lebanon? He said, I was born there, I love it, I love the people.
I said, you know, it's a very dangerous going to Lebanon. There are some ambassadorships that are wonderful. There are some that are dangerous. I
said, Michel, his name is it's a he, Michel, very elegant man.
And I said, why would you want this? And he said, because I love my country and I love those people. I said, it's very dangerous. He goes, I don't
care.
This is not a man that lived on danger. He's a very successful man from here, and he wanted to be the ambassador, despite probably a very dangerous
situation he's going into. You see what's going on.
But I had great respect for that. He loves that country. He loves it. He was born there. He loves the country.
Yeah?
REPORTER: Mr. President, you've got a big, beautiful parade coming up on Saturday.
TRUMP: We do.
REPORTER: What's your biggest expectations for that? And I've got a second question in regards to Gavin Newsom. Go ahead and talk about the big,
beautiful parade.
TRUMP: So, it's such a -- thank you, Brian.
It's such a, I think, important moment for this country. You know, two weeks ago, I was calling people and back and forth with leaders, including
President Putin, including French president, including lots of different people. And all of them said, we're celebrating victory in World War Two.
And I said, wow, isn't that amazing? We're the only one that wasn't celebrating and we're the one that won the war. Now, Russia did help. They
did lose 51 million people. In all fairness, people would say, oh, he's sticking up for Russia. No, they lost 51 million people. And you know, we
can't forget that.
But France was celebrating. And as you know, Hitler made a speech at the Eiffel Tower. But when I spoke to President Macron, he said, oh, we are
celebrating the great victory of World War II. And I think that's great that he was doing it.
But we're the one that won it and we weren't celebrating. I said to myself, isn't that crazy? And I think it's time for us to celebrate a little bit.
You know, we've had a lot of victories. We won two world wars, and then we go out and change the name of the forts where we won the war. As you go
out, we win world wars from Fort Robert E. Lee, from Fort Bragg, from all the different forts.
And what do we do? We change the name of the forts because we want to be politically correct. So, a lot of them were changing back, you probably
noticed Fort Bragg and others, but I think it's a time to celebrate our military.
You know, we've rebuilt our military largely, little low on ammunition. That's because it goes out very fast to other countries, one in particular.
But we're -- we'll get that back very quickly.
But we have a military, the likes of which nobody has. Nobody comes close. We have the best equipment in the world. We make the best equipment in the
world. There's no military like our military.
We showed that with ISIS. I was told by the television generals that would take four years to win. And we did it in three weeks. And it was headed by
General Razin Cain, who's now the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He's great. Just left him.
No, I think it's time that we celebrate. And I sort of have to laugh at these people. Well, you know, you're going to spend a lot of money.
A lot of that money is being paid for by me and people that make donations. I don't know if you know that, a lot of it won't even come out of the
military. I think I can say that, Susie, right?
We have people putting up money to do it. Not that it's necessary, because I think it's a great expenditure. We have many tanks, we have all sorts of
new ones and very old ones old from World War I and World War II. It's really a celebration of the Army.
So, the Army is a year older than the country. So next year, we celebrate 250 years, but we're celebrating the Army on Flag Day. And it's not my
birthday -- it is my birthday, but I'm not celebrating my birthday. I'm celebrating Flag Day.
It happens to be the same day, so I take a little heat. But Flag Day is the appropriate date and we're celebrating 250 years of the Army. A great
service.
And remember, you know, think of it. We won so much. We won World War I, World War II, so much else. And then we became politically correct.
But I can only tell you that I was told that ISIS would take anywhere from 4 to 5 years, and we did it in three weeks. You were there. You watched,
right?
We have the greatest military in the world. Nobody can beat us. As long as we have our right leadership, nobody can beat us if we have stupid people
running it like you had in Afghanistan. When you look at that -- first of all, Afghanistan should have been an easy victory as a war. But we were --
FOSTER: Donald Trump taking questions on a whole variety of topics there, calls with China, calls with Netanyahu, discussions about Iran. Yeah, a lot
of the focus, obviously, on what's happening in California. And suggesting that if he hadn't taken this order to send in the troops, it could have led
to an insurrection, a lot of discussion about the politics here as well. His war of words, if you like, with Gavin Newsom, the governor of
California, also talked briefly about this ship that is being impounded effectively by Israel.
Greta Thunberg on board releasing a video we showed you that a bit earlier on Donald Trump saying she needs anger management classes.
Let's speak to Stephen Collinson, who was watching that.
Stephen, we've heard since he was speaking there that 500 marines have been deployed to go into California, even though it's calmed down.
That is going to be seen as another escalation, isn't it, from people who disagree utterly with what the presidents done here?
STEPHEN COLLINSON, CNN POLITICS SENIOR REPORTER: Yes. And that would be if that takes place would raise exceedingly serious legal questions. It's one
thing for the president to mobilize the National Guard, which is a group of reservist troops, to put active duty troops into this situation looks like
it would completely inflame. It would potentially be illegal and unconstitutional at a time when California is already now announced that it
will sue the president for his federalization of the command of the state's National Guard. So, a very serious development.
I think what came across during that news conference from the president on the issue of Los Angeles, first of all, is how much this is a clash between
a Republican president who is seeking ultimate power and a state, California, which is a Democratic state, which is run by Gavin Newsom, who
is a longtime enemy, political enemy of the president and a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, and also the way that this has some
synergy with almost every other story we talk about in this era of American politics, it's about Trump trying to assert power that is questionable and
that he may well not have legally and constitutionally, whether it's against a law firm, a media organization.
Another power he often uses trade in questionable legal ways to try and coerce foreign nations. And now in California, everything is about trying
to bring every single situation under his control and his control solely.
FOSTER: Nancy Pelosi coming in with a word, "authoritarian", particularly in reference to Trump's suggestion to arrest Newsom. This is how some
people are intellectualizing this situation, isn't it, that this is the sort of act that, you know, a dictator would carry out? But what would
Trump's argument be against that?
COLLINSON: Trump's argument is that he is saving California liberal city of Los Angeles from itself. His complaint that had he not acted, that Los
Angeles would have been obliterated is absolutely absurd. We're talking about a small area of a city of 4 million people, a metropolitan area of 12
million people, that doesn't stand up.
But the message of hardliners inside the Trump administration, Stephen Miller, for example, the domestic policy adviser, is that America is under
siege. It's under an invasion of foreign migrants, that a rebellion has already taken place and that military force is needed to redress the
situation.
You know, you talked about authoritarian. On its own, this situation would perhaps invite those comparisons, you know, but we've had weeks of this
kind of stuff of flexing presidential power, unlocking new presidential powers through dubious states of emergency, and what authoritarians do we
know from around the world is they often incite or exaggerate a non- existent crisis and then suggest the remedy that is needed is to put troops on domestic soil that's happened around the world.
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Many people now think it's happening in the United States.
FOSTER: Stephen, as ever, thank you so much for that.
That's the political point of view. Let's look at a more, you know, the practical, experience guy.
Steve Moore, retired FBI supervisory special agent, CNN law enforcement contributor.
Just on this idea. They haven't been -- they've been mobilized, as we understand it, these marines. I mean, there was talk about that over the
last couple of days, but the situation has actually calmed down. So, people are quite confused by that.
STEVE MOORE, CNN LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTRIBUTOR: Well, my understanding is that they're preparing to mobilize. They're being put on alert to roll and
have not been mobilized yet. They're not on their way to Los Angeles unless something's happened in the last few minutes.
I think it's likely, hopefully, that they will not be deployed up to Los Angeles right now. And I think the National Guard soldiers there who are
protecting the federal buildings certainly seem to be more than adequate.
FOSTER: What would it -- how would that be received on the ground by the law enforcement people on the ground if you saw marines coming in?
MOORE: Well, no, no, officer on the riot line ever turns down anybody's help. I am on many law enforcement forums, chat rooms, and the support for
the -- for the National Guard officers in L.A. is almost 100 percent, I would say, in the high 90 percent of everything I've read.
The police officers nationwide, are for this. And I would suspect that you're going to find a similar number within LAPD. Of course, they're not
going to come out during an insurrection. And they're certainly, as you see, by these screens kind of busy not to be on their laptops.
But I would suspect that they're grateful for any help they got. And I realize that there is a political situation above this. Two very strong
individuals, one of whom was elected with a promise of enforcing immigration laws, and the other one who was elected on the promise not to
allow immigration laws to be enforced in California, but down at the street these officers just want to go home safely. And they'd like to do that, and
anybody who's helping them is not a problem for them.
FOSTER: Donald Trump just referred to it as a -- you know, what could have been an insurrection if he hadn't got involved? Just take us through these
-- you know, it started off obviously as a peaceful protest against the immigration raids. But as ever, as soon as these events become high
profile, you have other groups that come in, and they could arguably be described as insurrectionist, presumably. I mean, what sort of groups do
you typically see come in, and what sort of problems could they cause from here?
MOORE: Well, Max, first, I want to start with your first point. Yes. The beauty of America is, regardless of what side of an issue you're on, you
have the right to express your views, to protest peacefully. And that is -- that is something that I love and value about this country.
And what we're seeing is that is the usual here. Unfortunately, there are destabilizers. Antifa anarchists, people who go to these -- go to these
type of protests and hijack them. Basically, it's like a carjacking, only they're taking your protest away from you.
And they make it violent. They're the ones who throw rocks and Molotov cocktails and fireworks at policemen.
The people who this protest affects are not there. They're probably -- it's probably died down a little bit because the people who are protesting had
to go to work. The ones who were protesting over the weekend.
The only people you're going to see until late -- you know, late tonight is going to be the anarchists. And they've taken over.
FOSTER: Yeah, it does happen, doesn't it, Steve, in all cities. But it's something we need to remember. Thank you so much for joining us.
Now, still to come, apple announcing big updates including new artificial intelligence features just a short while ago. We'll have you the details
coming up.
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FOSTER: Apple announced its latest updates for the billions of iPhones and other devices up and running around the world. The week-long worldwide
developers conference kicked off earlier today at its headquarters in California. The company unveiled all sorts of A.I. features.
The video you're seeing is of what it calls liquid glass, a new design for its operating systems, where icons and menus are partially transparent.
For more on the exciting event for many Apple users, at least, were not. All of them are not. People all around the world are Apple users, but
they're all fascinated to see the ideas.
Let's speak to tech editor Lisa Eadicicco coming to us from New York.
I mean, what -- you know, what will actual users notice in the new updates, Lisa?
LISA EADICICCO, CNN BUSINESS TECH EDITOR: Yeah, so I think that big redesign is going to be one of the most important things users notice. So
this redesign essentially is meant to make it look like your iPhone software is kind of made of glass. Things will be a little bit more
translucent, a little bit more responsive. And the idea here, if it does live up to Apple's promises, is that it should make your phone feel a
little bit more fluid, a little bit more fast, a little newer, without actually having to upgrade to a new device.
And that's really interesting, because if you think about how long the iPhone has been around, it's almost been 20 years and the software hasn't
really changed that much. So I do think that will be one of the biggest things that users notice right off the bat.
FOSTER: Is it just a gimmick or does it actually make it easier to use, do you think?
EADICICCO: I think it's difficult to say just yet. I do think there are some other features that will be more practical in everyday use. Like for
example, there's a new feature for screening phone calls. If your iPhone thinks that its spam, and for translating phone calls into different
languages. These are all things that have actually existed on android for a long time, so they don't necessarily push Apple forward in the A.I. race.
But I do think these are examples of really practical things that users might actually find themselves using on an everyday basis that will make
their lives a little bit easier, but we'll have to see when the updates launch this fall.
FOSTER: A lot of people obviously worrying about the price of iPhones going up, so any updates need to be really impressive to win the users
round. How much risk is there? Do you think that people are getting to the point where they might switch away from Apple to other phones, which many
people argue are better at the moment?
EADICICCO: So I don't know if there's really anything out there that will convince someone who's really steeped in the Apple ecosystem to switch.
But I also don't know that Apple has really convinced users that they need to buy a new iPhone for A.I., or for any of these new features. A lot of
people, if their phone is working normally and they're not having an issue with it, they won't really be tempted to upgrade.
So that's part of what Apple is trying to prove here are its Apple intelligence features really interesting and exciting enough to get people
to upgrade? So, you don't necessarily need the newest iPhone, but you do need a relatively new one to get these features. So that is something that
is going to come into play later on as people hold on to their devices for longer periods of time.
FOSTER: Okay, Lisa, really appreciate your reporting on that. Thank you.
EADICICCO: Thank you.
FOSTER: Finally, tonight, Ed the Zebra, a pet who spent more than a week on the loose in central Tennessee, has been caught. Police say Ed was
airlifted to an animal trailer on Sunday. As you can see, quite the ride.
The runaway zebra became an Internet sensation after several sightings of him were spotted on social media. People questioning whether they did see
him. They did.
I'm Max Foster. That is WHAT WE KNOW.
"QUEST MEANS BUSINESS" up next.
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