Happening outbreaking news, the threat of a federal takeover of D.C.

At any moment, President Trump holds a news conference as he launches a surge of federal law enforcement to the nation's capital.

And we want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

I'm Wolf Blitzer with Pamela Brown and you're in the Situation Room. This is CNN Breaking News.

And we begin this hour with the breaking news.

At any moment now, President Trump is expected to address the critically important issue of crime here in the

nation's capital as he threatens a federal takeover of Washington, D.C. Federal agents, Pamela.

Have already fanned out across the city, and a source tells CNN that in an extraordinary move,

as many as 130 FBI agents could soon patrols side by side with local law enforcement.

The president's plan also involves relocating the homeless.

Far from the city, he says he wants them removed, quote, immediately.

We have our correspondence covering all the angles of this important story as it unfolds.

Let's begin with CNN's Elena

train over at the White House. Elena, what are you expecting to hear? Well, look, I think this

press conference, I mean, the president has long tried to paint himself repeatedly as a law and

order president. He's also repeatedly pressed the bounds of his executive authority. And I think

we're going to see that all on full display when he addresses reporters momentarily.

But we do have some new breaking news really, Pamela and Wolf.

Essentially, we are learning.

This is according to our colleagues Haley Britsky and Zachary Cohen,

that the president is expected to announce shortly that he's going to be activating the national

guard hundreds of national guard troops in dc their reporting says that up to roughly 800

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