If it's Tuesday, President Trump calls Chicago and Baltimore, quote, hellholes,

vowing to send in federal forces to crack down on crime and immigration,

and defending his use of the National Guard in Los Angeles.

Despite a judge ruling today, that deployment was illegal.

Plus, Congress returns from recess to clashes over federal funding and Jeffrey Epstein,

with the threat of a government shutdown approaching and a bipartisan pair of lawmakers

trying to force the Justice Department to release the Epstein files.

And HHS Secretary Kennedy responds to the chaos and backlash roiling the CDC.

Defending his overhaul of the agency as necessary for restoring public trust,

as former CDC chiefs warn that his actions are putting Americans' health at risk.

Yeah. are putting Americans' health at risk. Welcome to Meet the Press now.

I'm Gabe Gutierrez in Washington, where we begin with the flurry of headlines out of the White House.

As President Trump speaks to reporters for the first time in a week after a federal judge ruled that his deployment of military troops to Los Angeles was illegal.

Moments ago, while speaking in the Oval Office, President Trump doubled down on past comments about sending in federal troops to Democratic-run cities,

casting them as crime-ridden hellholes.

Mind up on Chicago, though?

Well, we're going in. I didn't say when. We're going in.

When you lose, look, I have an obligation. This isn't a political thing.

I have an obligation. I would love to do it. Now, we're going to do it anyway.

We have the right to do it because I have an obligation to protect this country. And that includes

Baltimore. I'm very proud of Washington. It serves as a template, and we're going to do it elsewhere.

But Chicago is certainly going to be high. I would love to have him call.

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