Troops in the streets! Ari Melber on Trump courting legal showdown in L.A.
Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles in response to protests over immigration raids. Bypassing Gavin Newsom, Trump's move is the first time a president has used federal troops in this way without the permission of a state governor since the civil rights movement. MSNBC's Ari Melber and Politico's Ankush Khardori discuss. (The Beat's YouTube playlist: https://msnbc.com/ari Ari: / arimelber Beat merch: www.msnbc.com/Beat5)
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