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CNN 5 Things

DC mayor speaks, PA plant explosion, China tariff deadline extended & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

We begin with the mayor of Washington, DC addressing President Donald Trump’s federal takeover decision. We’ll tell you about a deadly explosion at an industrial plant in Pennsylvania. A deadly shooting outside of a Target in Austin, Texas is under investigation. We have an update on Trump’s tariff hikes against China that were set to go into effect at midnight. Plus, a standoff between Texas Democrats and Republicans enters its second week.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.8

While this action today is unsettling and unprecedented, I can't say that given some of the

0:46.8

rhetoric of the past, that we're totally surprised. Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser says

0:53.9

she's advocating for full statehood of the district.

0:57.4

After President Donald Trump announced he's placing the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control

1:03.2

and deploying the National Guard to crack down on crime.

1:06.7

However, Bowser says, this year, crime isn't just down from

1:11.9

2023. It's also down from 2019 before the pandemic.

1:19.3

And we're at a 30-year violent crime low.

1:24.0

Bowser also noted D.C. is not a state and therefore doesn't control the D.C. National Guard or have full autonomy.

1:31.3

The mayor says she's reached out to Attorney General Pam Bondi, who's now in charge of D.C. police, and hopes to meet with her soon,

1:38.3

adding that she sees nothing in Trump's executive order that changes the organizational structure of the DC police.

1:45.0

Around 10.50 this morning, we did have an incident between our 13 and 14 batteries here at the

1:53.0

C. Clareton Coke facility. One explosion.

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