Trump Mindful of GOP Divisions: Pollack on Israel, Iran
Kenneth Pollack, Vice President for Policy at the Middle East Institute, discusses President Trump's two week delay on deciding whether or not the US will strike Iran, and what factors must be considered. Pollack speaks with Joe Mathieu and Tyler Kendall on the late edition of Bloomberg's 'Balance of Power.' (Source: Bloomberg)
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Vance blames California Dems for violent immigration protests and calls Sen. Alex Padilla 'Jose'
LOS ANGELES -- Vice President JD Vance on Friday accused California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of encouraging violent immigration protests as he used his appearance in Los Angeles to rebut criticism from state and local officials that the Trump administration fueled the unrest by sending in federal officers. Vance also referred to U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, the state's first Latino senator, as 'Jose Padilla,' a week after the Democrat was forcibly taken to the ground by officers and handcuffed after speaking out during a Los Angeles news conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on immigration raids. 'I was hoping Jose Padilla would be here to ask a question,' Vance said, in an apparent reference to the altercation at Noem's event. 'I guess he decided not to show up because there wasn't a theater. And that's all it is.' 'They want to be able to go back to their far-left groups and to say, 'Look, me, I stood up against border enforcement. I stood up against Donald Trump,'' Vance added. A spokesperson for Padilla, Tess Oswald, noted in a social media post that Padilla and Vance were formerly colleagues in the Senate and said that Vance should know better. 'He should be more focused on demilitarizing our city than taking cheap shots,' Oswald said. Vance's visit to Los Angeles to tour a multiagency Federal Joint Operations Center and a mobile command center came as demonstrations calmed down in the city and a curfew was lifted this week. That followed over a week of sometimes-violent clashes between protesters and police and outbreaks of vandalism and looting that followed immigration raids across Southern California. Trump's dispatching of his top emissary to Los Angeles at a time of turmoil surrounding the Israel-Iran war and the U.S.'s future role in it signals the political importance Trump places on his hard-line immigration policies. Vance echoed the president's harsh rhetoric toward California Democrats as he sought to blame them for the protests in the city. 'Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass, by treating the city as a sanctuary city, have basically said that this is open season on federal law enforcement,' Vance said after he toured federal immigration enforcement offices. 'What happened here was a tragedy,' Vance added. 'You had people who were doing the simple job of enforcing the law and they had rioters egged on by the governor and the mayor, making it harder for them to do their job. That is disgraceful. And it is why the president has responded so forcefully.' Newsom's spokesperson Izzy Gardon said in a statement, 'The Vice President's claim is categorically false. The governor has consistently condemned violence and has made his stance clear.' Speaking at City Hall, Bass said Vance was 'spewing lies and utter nonsense.' She said hundreds of millions of dollars were wasted by the federal government on a 'stunt.' 'How dare you say that city officials encourage violence? We kept the peace,' Bass said. In a statement on X, Newsom responded to Vance's reference to 'Jose Padilla,' saying the comment was no accident. Jose Padilla also is the name of a convicted al-Qaida terrorism plotter during President George W. Bush's administration, who was sentenced to two decades in prison. Padilla was arrested in 2002 at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport during the tense months after the 9/11 attacks and accused of the 'dirty bomb' mission. It later emerged through U.S. interrogation of other al-Qaida suspects that the 'mission' was only a sketchy idea, and those claims never surfaced in the South Florida terrorism case. Responding to the outrage, Taylor Van Kirk, a spokesperson for Vance, said of the vice president: 'He must have mixed up two people who have broken the law.' Federal immigration authorities have been ramping up arrests across the country to fulfill Trump's promise of mass deportations. Todd Lyons, the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has defended his tactics against criticism that authorities are being too heavy-handed. The friction in Los Angeles began June 6, when federal agents conducted a series of immigration sweeps in the region that have continued since. Amid the protests and over the objections of state and local officials, Trump ordered the deployment of roughly 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to the second-largest U.S. city, home to 3.8 million people. Trump has said that without the military's involvement, Los Angeles 'would be a crime scene like we haven't seen in years.' Newsom has depicted the military intervention as the onset of a much broader effort by Trump to overturn political and cultural norms at the heart of the nation's democracy. Earlier Friday, Newsom urged Vance to visit victims of the deadly January wildfires while in Southern California and talk with Trump, who earlier this week suggested his feud with the governor might influence his consideration of $40 billion in federal wildfire aid for California. 'I hope we get that back on track,' Newsom wrote on X. 'We are counting on you, Mr. Vice President.'
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Oakland teacher speaks out against homeless sweeps, cites broken promises by city
When Travis Walker isn't teaching, he and his partner provide warm meals and resources at a homeless encampment site in East Oakland. "It just feels cruel, it just feels cruel," Walker told CBS News Bay Area. "The city hasn't provided this encampment specifically with any sort of services to make it livable out here." He said he is disappointed by Mayor Barbara Lee's actions in enacting encampment sweeps. "I voted for Barbara Lee because she said she wasn't going to do this, and it's crushing," Walker said. "Their policy explicitly says they're not going to do sweeps before they've connected people with housing, mental health services and addiction services, and these people haven't been connected to housing." Operation Dignity in Oakland has been underway for more than a week now, as the city tries to get those unhoused into shelters. However, limited shelter spaces have been problematic in actually getting individuals off the streets. Heidi Almendarez is one of dozens of unhoused people living along East 12th Street, between 45th and 47th streets. She said she's been in this encampment site on and off for about eight years. "Well, we're being moved again, but they're not offering us no housing, no anything. This is like the third move that we had, within a year, I would say," Almendarez told CBS News Bay Area. Law enforcement officials were in the neighborhood at 9 o'clock sharp in the morning on Monday, promptly enforcing these encampment sweeps. For Almendarez, she said she unfortunately knows the drill. "On 66th, they took my car, which was where I was living out of. And right now, they're about to take the trailer that I'm in. I don't know what's going to happen after that, you know?" Almendarez said. "They provided, I think, a spot for me in downtown Oakland, but I couldn't go because they didn't have my dog's records. They didn't have his shots and that stalled it, and they told me that I couldn't go," she added. So she came back to this encampment in East Oakland for the time being, but now she is on the go again. "Shelters are all full, or some of them are closed down. It's hard," she said. An Oakland city spokesperson sent CBS News Bay Area this statement: "Operation Dignity has been on the ground for more than a week working with individuals to review all resources that may be available for each individual case. We currently have limited shelter availability, and Operation Dignity is also partnering with nonprofits and the County of Alameda to monitor resources that may become available through the schedule of this operation. This encampment closure operation is posted for a duration of three weeks, and as we work through shelter limitations, we will be prioritizing removal of debris and stolen vehicles, and prioritizing individual closures where we observe life safety issues." Walker said he wanted to make it clear that the dumping problem goes far beyond the encampment. "Because they're dumping in the encampment, I think a lot of people assume that it's the unhoused people out here who are making that mess but it's mostly not. They contribute for sure, but a lot of the time it's car bumpers, it's couches, it's those sorts of things they simply don't own," he said. He adds that sweeps are not the solution, as the unhoused continue to bounce from one area to another. "These are their homes, and if you're not going to give them somewhere new to live, why are you taking their homes from them?" Walker said. He adds that many unhoused people say they are also worried for their safety in the shelters. "Many of the residents are scared to be in the shelters and don't feel safe because they have been attacked, assaulted, and had their personal belongings stolen in shelters, which has been horrible for their mental health and physical safety," he said. "They don't even have enough beds in general." As for Almendarez, she doesn't know where she's going to go next. "Other things that they could have taken, not my house. But they took it. I mean, they didn't care. They didn't give me anything, you know?" she said. But she hopes that she can soon find a home without the fear of being kicked out again.
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Dodgers Donate $1 Million To L.A. Immigrant Families Impacted By ICE Raids
After a federal judge confirmed Donald Trump's control of the California National Guard, the Los Angeles Dodgers are giving back to those in the community impacted by recent ICE raids. On Friday, the 8x World Series champs announced a $1 million donation in partnership with the City of Los Angeles, as well as several local organizations, to provide financial assistance for families of immigrants impacted by the raids. More from Deadline JD Vance Says Federal Presence Still Needed In Los Angeles, Accuses Gavin Newsom And Karen Bass Of 'Encouraging Far-Left Agitators' — Update Newsom Denied Day In Court In Latest Trump Battle Over Troops In LA As Judge Punts: 'You Are Going To Tell Me What To Do,' He Informs DOJ & State Lawyers Trump Brags About "Big Win" Over Newsom With Court Ordered Continued Control Of California National Guard, For Now - Update 'What's happening in Los Angeles has reverberated among thousands upon thousands of people, and we have heard the calls for us to take a leading role on behalf of those affected,' said Dodgers president and CEO Stan Kasten. 'We believe that by committing resources and taking action, we will continue to support and uplift the communities of Greater Los Angeles.' Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement, 'I want to thank the Dodgers for leading with this action to support the immigrant community of Los Angeles. These last weeks have sent shockwaves of fear rippling through every neighborhood and have had a direct impact on our economy. My message to all Angelenos is clear: We will stick together during this time and we will not turn our backs on one another — that's what makes this the greatest city in the world.' After the MLB team and the city previously joined forces to dispense financial resources to those in need during the Southern California wildfires in January, they're encouraging local organizations to step up in a similar way as they did during the natural disaster to assist with food insecurity, basic essentials and mental health services. The organizations involved in the latest initiative include the California Community Foundation and the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor. Under a very targeted reading of an obscure statute, Trump moved to federalize the Golden State National Guard on June 7 without Newsom's consent in response to protests over a flood of ICE raids in and around LA on June 6. Since then the parties have traded insults over social media and mainstream media, as well as been in and out of court as citizens have taken to the streets, federal buildings have become make-shift detention centers for immigrants hauled in by masked and often no warrant producing agents, and a curfew was placed on DTLA for over a week. Best of Deadline Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds A Full Timeline Of Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni's 'It Ends With Us' Feud In Court, Online & In The Media 'Poker Face' Season 2 Guest Stars: From Katie Holmes To Simon Hellberg
