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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

Trump Looks To Expand Crime Crackdown

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

As today's show hit the air, President Trump is expected to sign an executive order over cashless bail as he looks to expand his crime crackdown to other cities. Meanwhile, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in ICE custody and being processed for deportation after surrendering just days after he was released from a facility in Tennessee. And wildfires are forcing evacuations in California and Oregon.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Happening now breaking news any moment President Trump is expected to sign an executive order over cashless bail as he looks to expand his crime crackdown to other cities.

0:13.1

And more breaking news back in ICE custody and being processed for deportation.

0:18.6

Kilmar Abrako Garcia surrenders to immigration officials

0:21.7

just days after he was released from a facility in Tennessee,

0:25.7

the latest in his legal fight.

0:28.1

Plus, wildfires forcing evacuations in California and Oregon

0:32.3

how rising temperatures are fueling the flames there.

0:36.3

And US Open Meltdown, why a former champion unleashed his frustration with his racket.

0:43.3

Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world.

0:46.3

I'm Pamela Brown.

0:47.3

Will Blitzer is off this morning and you're in the situation room.

1:04.4

And at any moment, President Trump is due to sign a controversial executive order in the Oval Office.

1:09.7

It aims to eliminate cashless bail for suspects under arrest in Washington, D.C., and other cities.

1:10.5

It's all part of the president's

1:11.6

crackdown on crime and the nation's capital. He's trying to expand that crackdown. Also new

1:17.0

this morning, National Guard troops patrolling Washington streets, they are now carrying weapons. This is

1:22.7

an escalation of President Trump's military deployment there. And the president says Chicago is likely the next city to see National Guard troops mobilized.

1:31.3

Two officials tell CNN the Trump administration has been planning for weeks to deploy National Guard troops there.

1:37.3

And the President says other Democrat-run cities could follow despite historic drops in crime.

1:43.3

And we are following all the latest developments.

1:46.0

CNN's Elena Treen is at the White House, Whitney Wilde is in Chicago, and Zachary Cohen is right here in Washington.

1:52.0

Elena, first to you, what are you learning about the president's plans for Chicago?

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