Trump eyes Chicago as the next blue city in line for intervention as the White House s takeover of D.C. police in early August leads to a dramatic drop in crime. All that and more coming up in a moment on Your AM Update.
00:03:37.540I did great with the black vote, as you know, and they want something to happen.
00:03:42.520So I think Chicago will be our next and then we'll help with New York.
00:03:47.140The Washington Post reporting on Saturday, the Pentagon is working on plans to deploy the National Guard to Chicago in what could be a model for other major cities run by Democrats opposed to mobilizing troops.
00:03:59.700For the past 13 years, Chicago holds the record for most homicides per year in absolute terms of any U.S. city, with 573 in 2024.
00:04:11.080The Post reporting at least a few thousand members of the National Guard could mobilize in Chicago as early as September.
00:04:18.660Over the weekend, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker reposting a New York Times op-ed headline, quote,
00:04:24.080Trump's crackdown will make crime worse.
00:04:27.080And writing, quote, Donald Trump's threat to bring the National Guard to Chicago is not about safety.
00:04:32.540It's a test of the limits of his power and a trial run for a police state.
00:04:36.760Illinois has long worked with federal law enforcement to tackle crime, but we won't let a dictator impose his will.
00:04:44.300Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson with a more aggressive response Sunday morning on MSNBC, um, MS now, threatening legal action and perhaps a civilian uprising.
00:04:56.480You know, look, we're going to remain firm.
00:04:59.680But the people of this city are accustomed to rising up against tyranny.
00:05:05.500And if that's necessary, I believe that the people of Chicago will stand firm alongside of me as I work every single day to protect the people of this city.
00:05:13.940President Trump on Sunday also threatening to send troops into Baltimore, writing on Truth Social, quote,
00:05:19.420Governor Westmore of Maryland has asked in a rather nasty and provocative tone that I walk the streets of Maryland with him.
00:05:27.560I assume he is talking about out of control, crime ridden Baltimore.
00:05:31.680As president, I would much prefer that he clean up this crime disaster before I go there for a walk.
00:05:37.380Vice President J.D. Vance Sunday on NBC saying the administration is aiming to provide an example for all citizens living in crime ridden cities.
00:05:46.040If you look, for example, at the murder rate in D.C., it rivals some of the worst cities, the most violent cities anywhere in the world.
00:05:56.660That's a disgrace for the residents who live in D.C. who just want to take their kids to a park or walk down Union Station or take their family out for a bite to eat without being accosted by a vagrant or a violent criminal.
00:06:09.180My message to my fellow citizens here in D.C. or all across the country would be that allowing vagrants and armed robberies to take over your city, that's a policy choice.
00:06:20.180What President Trump is showing is that if you just empower local law enforcement to arrest and prosecute the bad guys, we can take back American streets.
00:06:27.660FBI agents raiding the home and office of former Trump administration national security advisor and current Trump critic John Bolton on Friday morning.
00:06:39.100The FBI reportedly investigating whether Bolton sent classified documents to his family from a private email server while working in the White House under the first Trump administration prior to his departure from the White House in 2019.
00:06:52.100The raid reviving a longstanding dispute between President Trump and John Bolton in 2020, the Trump administration unsuccessfully sued to stop publication of Bolton's memoir, alleging it contained classified information.
00:07:06.420Article three project founder and Trump insider Mike Davis telling Real Clear Politics his prediction is, quote, Democrats, rhinos and reporters who think this raid on John Bolton is about his book will be very embarrassed when the search warrant becomes public.
00:07:20.620The investigation reportedly frozen under the Biden administration and reopened under FBI Director Kash Patel, who posted on X shortly after the raid began, quote, no one is above the law, FBI agents on a mission.
00:07:35.540Attorney General Pam Bondi adding, quote, America's safety isn't negotiable.
00:08:36.060And in fact, if we were trying to do that, we would just throw out prosecutions willy-nilly like the Biden administration, DOJ did, prosecutions that later got thrown out in court.
00:08:43.520If we bring a case, and of course, we haven't done that yet.
00:08:46.360The Department of Justice has not done that yet.
00:08:48.460We are investigating Ambassador Bolton.
00:08:50.180But if they ultimately bring a case, it will be because they determined that he has broken the law.
00:08:56.340We're going to be deliberate about that because we don't think that we should throw people, even if they disagree with us politically, maybe especially if they disagree with us politically, you shouldn't throw people willy-nilly in prison.
00:09:05.760Former FBI Deputy Director Andy McCabe, who was fired in 2018 for unauthorized leaks and, quote, lack of candor, meaning lying to investigators, a decision ultimately overturned by a court shortly after President Biden took office, bashing Director Patel on CNN as the raid was ongoing.
00:09:23.960So I should say with respect to the director's social media posting, I mean, it's yet another example of, in my opinion, Kash Patel failing to live up to the example of his predecessors.
00:09:36.540This is not the kind of thing that any FBI director has ever done.
00:09:40.180FBI directors don't gratuitously point towards search warrants and the people who are the targets of those warrants in any sort of way that could possibly be interpreted as grandstanding.
00:09:51.040So I think the implication here is pretty clear.
00:09:55.060He wanted to draw attention to this law enforcement, this sensitive law enforcement activity at John Bolton's house, which anytime you draw press attention to a search warrant execution, you are elevating the risk that is posed to both the agents and the occupants at that place.
00:10:11.560So it's a pretty irresponsible thing to do.
00:10:13.600So weird the FBI never tips anyone off.
00:10:16.780Tell it to journalist and Biden antagonist James O'Keefe, who had his home raided by the FBI and conveniently, the New York Times magically knew all about it in real time.
00:10:28.300I was in handcuffs and I was in my apartment.
00:10:30.900The FBI had just executed a search warrant against an American journalist and unlawfully and broke the law.
00:10:36.760And then minutes later, I get a text message from Mike Schmidt, national security reporter, New York Times, who somehow he knows all these details.
00:10:44.960And I don't think the neighbors tipped him off that this is something that he knew he had leaks from the Department of Justice.
00:10:50.860Bolton has not yet been charged or arrested.
00:10:54.820Coming up, the search for missing baby Emanuel Harrow takes a chilling turn.
00:10:59.680Authorities arresting the parents for murder.
00:11:06.760As President Trump is settling into his new administration, one of the top Democrats in Congress aiming to undermine the Trump agenda is Democrat Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois.
00:11:16.240And according to our sponsor, the Electronic Payments Coalition, Senator Durbin has a new plan, a government takeover of your credit card.
00:11:24.600Today, Americans have thousands of choices in credit cards, but they say Senator Durbin's plan will result in less competition and less security, which means more risk for your credit and your identity.
00:11:35.540You can learn more for yourself at guardyourcard.com.
00:11:39.700And you could consider telling your senators to stop Dick Durbin's government takeover of your credit card before it's too late.
00:11:49.660The parents of missing seven-month-old California baby Emanuel Harrow, 32-year-old Jake, and 41-year-old Rebecca,
00:11:58.000arrested Friday morning for murder as authorities determined a kidnapping did not occur.