DC takeover confusion, food stamp cuts, new Swift album & more
CNN 5 Things
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🗓️ 12 August 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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| 0:32.0 | From CNN, I'm Charlie Drever with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, August 12th. |
| 0:38.3 | President Donald Trump's decision to declare a crime emergency and federalized D.C.'s police force has led to confusion over what happens now. |
| 0:47.3 | That's what multiple sources told CNN, who say the Metropolitan Police and Federal agencies are scrambling to figure out roles |
| 0:54.8 | and strategy. Yesterday, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said she was trying to set up a meeting |
| 1:00.3 | with Attorney General Pam Bondi, who Trump says will be overseeing the implementation of his |
| 1:04.8 | order. CNN's Jeff Zellonies says it's not clear how this will all play out, and if it will |
| 1:10.1 | actually reduce crime. |
| 1:11.6 | There is no doubt. |
| 1:12.6 | People here in Washington, I've lived here for a long time, there is concern about crime. |
| 1:16.6 | There is no doubt, but it is much better than it was during the pandemic. |
| 1:19.6 | So that was the lack of the context that the president was missing. |
| 1:23.6 | So right now, on the streets of D.C., there are federalized police force, but there were no |
| 1:29.1 | advanced conversations with the leaders of the police force, how this actually will go. |
| 1:33.6 | So it's unclear who is in charge of the D.C. police force. |
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