Another unbelievable night in portland as a chaos in americas streets continue. Another night of demonstrations as federal agents at one point began to use tear gas on that some of the rioters that were out of control and not group. And in chicago at least 14 people were hurt. Gunfire broke out outside of a funeral. All of this as resident trumpets called for federal intervention to help in some of these major u. S. Cities that are seen such a dramatic surge in violence. Good morning everybody, good to be here in the morning, my martha maccallum. Melissa welcome to you more thought, i melissa francis, sandra smith is off. The president s plan comes as opposition grows towards federal forces in portland. They are saying federal agents are not welcome there. The mayor of chicago taking a similar stance as violence surges in her city. Police officers finding some 60 shell casings at the scene of yesterday shooting. They shot him everywhere, all over. We thought it was a war over here. Im
Program, to determine whether the program should continue and if it shouldnt continue how to wind it down. In the meantime, the department of Homeland Security will not be taking new initial applications for new Daca Recipients. The renewal for the daca program will be done on a case by case basis and the period of renewal will be reduced from two years to one year and unless its extraordinary circumstances, current Daca Recipients will not be able to leave the country. When the president first heard about the Supreme Court decision regarding daca he suggested that he was going to implement a fix that may include a path to citizenship for current Daca Recipients. I asked him about that at the briefing a short time ago. Listen here. We are going to make daca happy and the daca people and representatives happy and were also going to end up with a fantastic meritbased immigration system. John one of the other big topics at the briefing this afternoon, hydroxychloroquin back in the news af
About federal forces in his ci city. Joanne hardisty and i are calling for an immediate meeting with the department of Homeland Security leadership on the ground in portland, and with acting secretary dhs wolf to discuss a ceasefire and the removal of heightened federal forces from portland. Sandra fox team coverage, william la jeunesse has an exclusive look at what federal agents are facing on the ground in portland. John roberts has more on his highly anticipated appearance and to select or ted cruz will be joining us and just moments with a plan to bring back u. S. Cities under siege. But we begin with william la jeunesse was on the ground in portland for us. Hey, william. We just spent the last 12 hours inside of that court house and we want to bring that perspective. Whats it like to be a federal agent on lock down inside of this pitch black courthouse with an overwhelming crowd outside trying to burn it down, shooting these massive fireworks that hit the plywood doors and explode
Cavu cavuto. The president s prescriptions, all but considered dead on arrival until you consider the implication of what he wants to do, cut payroll tax for most americans, extend jobless benefits through the end of the year. The devil in the details on whether he can do a lot of what he wants to do. The momentum seems to be following the president , some democrats are buckling, they say they want to return to the table and the sooner, the better. Would this be possible if the president had not made the moves he did. To john roberts at the white house. John the president s strategy was like this, democrats refused to do a dual, the president would take unilateral action that might be legally dubious, which certainly, least probably invite some Court Challenge and the white house would have the opportunity to say, wait a second here, were providing Unemployment Insurance for people who need it, 400 a week, not too shabby and youre going to stand in the way of us doing it. The power of
The councils proposal would cut 100 officers from the force and slash the departments budget by 3 million falling short of the 50 department reduction many black lives matter protestors wanted. Sandra chief best telling her staff in a memo im confident that the department will make it through these difficult times. You are the best Police Department in the country and please trust me when i say the vast majority of people in seattle support you and appreciate you. She is expected to make a formal announcement later this morning. Dan springer live in seattle for us. How does this immediately impact the department there . I think immediately it is another blow to the morale at seattle Police Department. Carmen best was very popular and well respected among the rank and file coming up through the ranks. More importantly she stood up for them and the rule of law through that whole chop chaz protest zone fiasco. She has done a lot for the rank and file. Opposed leaving the east precinct tha