Welcome to the beat. I'm Ari Melbert. And tonight, let's just start with what's actually

happening. Indefinite, unending troops in the streets. Military rule. If that sounds harsh,

if it sounds even hyperbolic, and we all know the media sometimes can seem that way, that is the update to what

Donald Trump is already doing, but what he now says quite clearly out in the open he wants to continue

to do, which is to have the troops in the streets through next year. So while you can debate whether

this or that city has this or that problem that could be fixed in a week or two or a

month. Now he's just saying, no, he wants the troops out on the streets for a long time. I can't say

indefinite. I mean, eventually this term comes to an end. He's a lame duck second term president,

but thousands of National Guard troops already patrolling Washington are receiving

these formal extended orders. And here's how they're reported. Quote, open ended. I'm going to leave this up

for a second because, again, we live in a time where people debate each other and you say, well,

was the news anchor? Was he exaggerating?

Is this against Trump? No, this is what they say they want. It is an American in the sense that our

Constitution forbids quartering soldiers and having soldiers in our lives and cities indefinitely.

But it is literally what the extension now is.

So Trump's National Guard, D.C. deployment extends into next year without any basis that we would know.

There's not some ongoing occupation or terrorism or riots that we would normally use the guard for.

There's not some giant unrest, ongoing basis, but the extension is, quote, open-ended until the mission is considered complete, which is up to the government. The Pentagon is ordering the

guard to also create what they're calling quick reaction forces, and this would be all over the place

in every state, where 500 soldiers and groups will get non-lethal training and crowd control,

handling a detainees, use of batons, stun guns, and body shields. That, according to the

Wall Street Journal's reporting, an outlet of course owned by Rupert Murdoch, part of the Fox News

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