This is a tragic emergency.

And it's embarrassing for me to be up here.

You know, I'm going to see Putin.

I'm going to Russia on Friday.

I don't like being up here talking about how unsafe and how dirty and disgusting this once beautiful capital was.

That was President Trump yesterday at the White House, announcing a federal takeover of the

police department in Washington, D.C. The question is, will he expand this action to other

cities, too? The president also discussed his upcoming meeting with Vladimir Poo and

Alaska mid-pressure from European leaders to include Ukraine's president in those talks.

The question is, can those leaders convince Trump before Friday summit?

And President Trump has nominated an economist with ties to Project 2025 to be the new commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The question is, what effect will this

partisan appointment have on the numbers? Folks, it's way too early for this.

Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that was happy to stay up late for the Taylor Swift big announcement.

Maybe not.

We'll bring you those details coming up.

I'm Sam Stein in for Ali Vitale on this Tuesday, August 12th.

Let's start with the news.

President Trump is deploying National Guard to Washington, D.C., effectively taking over the city's police department.

Trump made that announcement yesterday, putting Attorney General Pambandi in charge.

She called it, quote, Liberation Day for the nation's capital.

It claims that D.C. is one of the most dangerous cities in the world.

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