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We have other cities also that are bad, very bad.

You look at Chicago, how bad it is, you look at Los Angeles how bad it is.

We have other cities that are very bad.

New York has a problem.

We're not going to let it happen.

We're not going to lose our cities over this.

As President Trump escalates his takeover of the Washington, D.C. police force, he's also

threatening to take action against other cities, especially those run by black mayors.

We'll speak with Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson.

Then President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting today in Alaska

for a high-stakes summit to discuss a possible ceasefire in Ukraine. Trump says a follow-up meeting

with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could soon take place. I think President Putin will make peace.

I think President Zelensky will make peace.

We'll see if they can get along.

And if they can, it'll be great.

They'll host a debate between acclaimed political scientist John Meersheimer

and former Bernie Sanders advisor Matt Duss.

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report.

I'm Amy Goodman. Health officials in Gaza say Israeli attacks

have killed at least 21 people since dawn today, as an intense heat wave compounds the

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