from WNYC Studios. I'm Brian Lehrer. This is my daily politics podcast. It's Thursday, June 12.

We're going to check in live with Los Angeles now. There are competing narratives about the events unfolding in L.A.

If you ask the president, Los Angeles has been ransacked by, quote, animals and, quote, foreign

enemies, unquote, necessitating his deployment of California's National Guard and now active duty

Marines. California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass acknowledged the unrest.

The city has been under an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew since Tuesday, but argued that the presence

of the military members has further inflamed agitations. Meanwhile, attendees might say that

the demonstrations have been largely peaceful, but a few bad actors have colored the overall image.

Here's Governor Newsom on Tuesday.

This brazen abuse of power by a sitting president inflamed a combustible situation, putting our people, our officers, and even our National Guard at risk.

That's when the downward spiral began.

He doubled down on his dangerous National Guard deployment by fanning the flames even harder.

And the President, he did it on purpose.

As the news spread throughout LA anxiety for family and friends ramped up, protests started

again. By night, several dozen lawbreakers became violent and destructive. They vandalized

property. They tried to assault police officers. Many of you have seen the video clips of cars

burning on cable news.

If you incite violence, I want to be clear about this.

If you incite violence or destroy our communities, you're going to be held to account.

That kind of criminal behavior will not be tolerated.

Full stop, already more than 220 people have been arrested.

Governor Newsom speaking to his state and really to the nation, on Tuesday, with us now with a take on what's actually happening on the ground in Los Angeles is Gustavo Ariano,

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