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The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

'Bizarro world': Trump's radical transformation of federal law enforcement

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

Politics, Versant, Ms Now, Versant Media, Washington, News, President, Policy, Government, Senate, Congress, Msnbc

4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Trump’s federal takeover in D.C. continues, as more Republican governors have agreed to send some of their state’s national guard troops to the area. Then, new footage shows a crowd in a D.C. neighborhood chasing away law enforcement as ICE raids continue throughout the country. Plus, a major retailer warns of price hikes as Trump expands his tariffs. Jacob Soboroff hosts as Ryan Reilly, Carol Leonnig, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Ivo Daalder, Dan Nathan, Max Chafkin, and Memo Torres join The 11th Hour this Tuesday night.

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0:00.0

Tonight, from troops in American cities to new plans that would turn the FBI into a national police force,

0:07.4

how Trump is transforming law and order.

0:10.7

Then, new footage in the nation's capital shows a crowd chasing away law enforcement in one historic neighborhood

0:16.2

as the pushback against the president's federal crackdown intensifies.

0:21.2

Plus, more major retailers warn they may be raising prices soon as the 11th hour gets underway

0:27.3

on this Tuesday night.

0:35.3

Good evening. I'm Jacob Soberoff in for Stephanie Rule. It is day 212 of the second Trump administration.

0:42.8

Over the last seven months, we have seen this White House make so many changes to our government, both what it does and how it works.

0:50.4

Tonight, we're going to start with one of the biggest of those changes, and that is how Trump is transforming federal law enforcement.

0:57.0

One of the first examples that we saw is what happened in Los Angeles earlier this year.

1:03.1

I was there on the ground for weeks as masked federal agents and National Guard troops, even the United States Marines, made their way through the city whether they wanted to or not.

1:12.6

They were conducting immigration raids. They were supposedly protecting structures, and they were facing off against protesters.

1:20.1

And of course, now we're seeing the next step in Washington, D.C. The National Guard and Federal agents are patrolling the streets there.

1:27.3

And more Republican governors have agreed to send some of their state's National Guard troops federal agents are patrolling the streets there, and more Republican

1:28.2

governors have agreed to send some of their state's National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. as well.

1:33.2

The White House has bragged about the federal takeover, resulting in more than 450 arrests,

1:38.4

but as the Washington Post reports, it's not actually clear who has been arrested for what and by whom. The Trump administration

1:46.7

has been very clear that what we have seen in LA and in Washington, D.C. is just the beginning

1:51.4

of all of this. Do not take it from me. Borders are Tom Holdman told me as much directly about

1:56.7

what was happening in LA and that there would be raids happening every single day.

2:03.2

We're going to keep enforcing law every day in LA. Every day in LA, we're going to force

2:07.4

immigration law. I don't care if they're like it or not. They want to do this in other cities

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