Trump’s DC Takeover Blindsides Officials
Erin Burnett OutFront
CNN
3.9 • 715 Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Out front next, breaking news. President Trump takes over the DC Police Department and sends |
| 0:07.8 | in the National Guard, and he's putting more cities now on notice. Is the president breaking |
| 0:12.7 | the law? Plus, the president's also downplaying expectations for his meeting with Putin on |
| 0:17.7 | U.S. soil as one question is growing tonight. Is Putin even showing up? |
| 0:22.3 | And it's an end of an era. |
| 0:24.3 | That AOL dial-up to? |
| 0:25.9 | It's headed for the exits. |
| 0:27.7 | How many people are still using it, but will surprise you. |
| 0:30.6 | Harry Entens tells us something we didn't know. |
| 0:33.0 | Let's go out front. |
| 0:36.2 | Good evening, everyone. |
| 0:37.2 | I'm Kate Baldwin, in for Aaron Burnett. Outfront tonight, the breaking news. President evening, everyone. I'm Kate Baldwin. |
| 0:37.9 | In for Aaron Burnett. |
| 0:38.7 | Outfront tonight, the breaking news. |
| 0:40.3 | President Trump takes over. |
| 0:41.7 | The president ordering the military |
| 0:43.4 | to take over law enforcement in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:46.9 | Trump's saying 800 National Guard troops |
| 0:49.2 | will be stationed in Washington |
| 0:51.4 | and even more, if necessary. |
| 0:53.3 | Today, he painted a brutal picture of crime |
| 0:56.4 | in the district. It's becoming a situation of complete and total lawlessness. They fight back |
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