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Now, President Trump is sending hundreds of Marines to Los Angeles to support the National Guard as protesters demonstrate for a fourth day against the arrest of undocumented immigrants. The National Guard will remain here as long as they need to be here to protect property and protect life. But California files suit to get them out as the governor and the president trade insults. This guy's unhinged. Donald Trump is unhinged. He's an incompetent governor.

From CBS News headquarters in New York, this is the CBS Evening News.

Good evening. I'm John Dickerson. Maurice Dubois is in Los Angeles, where protesters are demonstrating for a fourth night against ICE arrests of undocumented immigrants. And now President Trump is ratcheting up the military's show of force on the streets. He's sending in 700 Marines in addition to the 2,000 California Guard troops he's deploying over the governor's protest.

The showdown between the president and Governor Newsom could soon move into a federal courtroom. The state filed suit today claiming Mr. Trump did not have the authority to activate the guard without Newsom's approval. Maurice begins our coverage from L.A. Maurice. John, this is a moment we were hoping would not happen, but here we are.

on the fault line between officers and National Guardsmen. This is the Robert Young Federal Building in downtown L.A. And hundreds of protests. I'd say maybe a thousand or so. It has been intense. It has been building. Earlier it was calm, but right now you can sort of feel that energy shifting. Not what anybody wanted to see. It's been several days of this kind of thing leading to difficult evenings. Here's a look now at how we've got to this point. Free and worth it now.

Protesters have returned to downtown Los Angeles and with them a sense of unease. We're in the midst of a peaceful protest just off the edge here of downtown LA. Police are ultimately trying to move them away from downtown LA where the federal buildings are. National Guard troops continue to arrive to help put down a problem that LA County Sheriff Robert Luna says does not need fixing. There's a lot of anger.

and we are very concerned at this point. So are they helping or inflaming the situation? Well, they just got here and people aren't happy about it. What happens next? I mean, we need the National Guard out. We need ICE out. What began peacefully protest over federal immigration raids quickly deteriorated.

A handful of cars were set on fire. Streets and a major freeway were blocked. There were several clashes with law enforcement. Sunday's boiling point was reached after days of simmering tension. On Friday, ICE officers carried out a raid in L.A.'s Fashion District. Protesters attempted to block a van carrying detainees. Mayor Karen Bass condemned the raid, saying, "'We will not stand for this.'"

On Saturday, word spread of a pending ICE raid at a Home Depot in the city of Paramount, less than 20 miles from downtown L.A. Again, the clashes turned violent. That night, President Trump ordered at least 2,000 National Guard troops to L.A. County over the objections of California Governor Gavin Newsom.

Sunday morning, the first 300 troops began arriving outside the federal detention center, followed by the protesters, a clash of wills and a war of words. When you hear the White House and the president use words like occupation, invasion, insurrection, is that accurate as to what's going on here? What are you seeing?

Right now, I see a community that is scared, very concerned, and a lot of what's going on, frankly, is unprecedented. So once again, here we are. This is the Robert Young Federal Building, downtown L.A. Officers have been trying to get people away from here, but here they are. There's this standoff going on. You see officers in front of us, and you see National Guardsmen and women down there.

idea is to maintain some level of calm. And ironically, not ironically, but perhaps interestingly, you talk to officers out here and they have empathy for a lot of what the protesters are saying. A lot of them happen to be Latino themselves and they're just shaking their heads. Many of them said to me, it just doesn't have to be this way, John.

Maurice, you are right there on the fault line, but as you've been traveling throughout LA, what else have you seen? What's the situation in the rest of the city that you've seen?

You know, it's so interesting, John. You fly in and you see a regular Los Angeles county. People are going about their business elsewhere. This is a small, contained area, downtown L.A., just a few blocks, right? The rest of the city, life goes on. And so it's so striking to see that. That's often how it is in big news events like this. But it's all right here. And life goes on elsewhere. But this, this is so tense right now.

And you're standing right in it. We will get back to you later in the broadcast. Maurice, thank you. Now to the legal and verbal battles between the president and the governor. Today, the president said he likes Governor Newsom, but he'd also like him arrested. Ed O'Keefe is at the White House.

The volatile relationship between President Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom took another rocky turn today, with the president suggesting the governor be arrested for challenging the White House's mobilization of the National Guard into Los Angeles. And I liked him. You know, I always got along with him. Never had a problem with him.

but he's grossly incompetent. And Newsom suing Trump for deploying troops in California without his consent, alleging it was an illegal order. The president contemplated these types of deployments five years ago as protests rocked several cities in the wake of George Floyd's murder. But this weekend's Guard deployment is the first without consulting a governor since the mid-60s during the civil rights movement.

In this case, the president's using a part of federal law that allows deploying National Guard to repel invasion, suppress rebellion, or execute federal laws. But the memo Trump signed Saturday goes further, saying the Guard can be deployed at locations where protests against these functions are occurring or are likely to occur. Elizabeth Goyton tracks the use of presidential power for the nonpartisan Brennan Center. It's unprecedented to authorize the deployment of

federal armed forces, including active duty armed forces, anywhere in the country. It's unprecedented to do that in order to address protests that might not

involve any violence. It's unprecedented to do it to address protests that haven't even occurred yet. It is unprecedented, but is it illegal? This authority has never been used on its own before. We don't know if it can be used on its own, and we don't know what the courts will say about that. So we are really in uncharted legal waters here. What's happening in Los Angeles is part of a dramatic expansion of immigration arrests nationwide in recent weeks and builds on what Trump tried to do in his first term.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is averaging roughly 1,500 arrests per day, up from 600 earlier this year. Agents are using more aggressive and controversial tactics, including raids at construction sites and restaurants. And migrants showing up for immigration court hearings and check-in appointments are increasingly being apprehended on site.

And Ed O'Keefe joins us now from the White House. Ed, the president has talked over the years about the political aspect of using force that can be seen. So with that in mind, what are your sources telling you at the White House about this?

White House officials, John, are buoyed by recent public opinion surveys by CBS News and other news outlets that show broad public support for the president's work on immigration and deporting undocumented immigrants. There's less support for some of the details, but they know this sustains him, especially with his Republican base, and that it's all happening in California, the nation's largest state, most democratic state, with a governor who may one day run for president. It gives the president a convenient foil. We should also point out tonight, aides are now tying this incident in Los Angeles to

to passage of the president's so-called big, beautiful bill, arguing that that legislation has more money in it for federal officials dealing with immigration and border security. John. Ed O'Keefe at the White House. Thank you, Ed. Earlier today, I spoke about the situation in Los Angeles with the man leading the roundup of undocumented immigrants, the president's border czar, Tom Homan.

The president said it would be fine if you arrested Gavin Newsom. On what grounds would you arrest Gavin Newsom? Well, that whole thing's been taken out of context. They haven't crossed the line yet. But like any other U.S. citizen, if you cross that line, I don't care who they are, the governor, the mayor, whatever. When you commit a crime...

against ICE officers, we will seek prosecution. -So this whole thing is just a bunch of noise, basically, because you're not claiming that Gavin Newsom has done anything to get -- to impede ICE officers. -Well, I'll leave that up to DOJ, but what I'm saying right now is when someone commits a crime, we'll ask the Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute. So I'm not a prosecutor.

So we'll handle the DOJ. But right now, there's no intention of the rest of the governor right now. I don't know if he crossed that line. Tell us the situation as you understand it right now. Right now, things are somewhat calm. We don't see the violence we saw last night. Why do you think things have gotten more calm? Look, I don't know. National Guard is now here on the ground helping to

protect life and property. You know, you're protecting government property, protecting lives of our officers. We're also here to protect civilian life. And finally, when will the National Guard be able to go home? Well, that's a case-by-case decision. That's a day-by-day decision. We'll see.

And now more of the top stories from around the world in tonight's Evening News Roundup. Negotiators from the United States and China are meeting in London to talk trade. The U.S. wants more of China's rare earth elements used in high-tech products and cars. China wants more U.S. computer chips to power artificial intelligence.

Since the trade war started, we've been tracking the affordability crisis in America. On tomorrow's CBS Evening News, we're starting a series of reports called The Cost of Living. You'll hear first-person accounts from Americans struggling to provide for their families, including a Minnesota teacher and a Connecticut police officer.

And Sly Stone, a towering figure of rock and soul, has died. Sly and the family Stone shot up the music charts after performing at the Woodstock Festival in 1969. Their hits included "Everyday People," "Dance to the Music," and "Family Affair." Sly Stone was 82. Still ahead on the CBS Evening News, Lonnie Quinn on the record "Heat in the West" and the first hurricane of the Pacific season. And we'll have these stories.

I'm Jim Axelrod in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with the story of a few thousand babies whose lives were saved, flown to the United States from Vietnam 50 years ago in these makeshift bassinets. That's tonight's Iron America. I'm Janet Shamlian in Chimney Rock, North Carolina. With the summer travel season ahead, how ready are mountain communities hard hit by Hurricane Helene? That's ahead on the CBS Evening News.

The first Pacific hurricane of the season was born today, and there could be another one by tomorrow. Lonnie Quinn is tracking the tropical weather and some record heat in the West. Lonnie, what do you got for us?

Okay, we'll start with that record heat. The picture behind me, this is Las Vegas. Las Vegas today hitting 105. Las Vegas tomorrow, look at this number. Triple digit readings in Las Vegas, they happen regularly. But 109 degrees for Vegas, that would set a record tomorrow. And look at the number when you get up to Yakima.

Yakima hit 101 today. Yakima forecast hit 100 degrees tomorrow. Triple digit heat's there. It's not nearly as common. You also talked to me about the hurricane season, and we do have our first named hurricane. Take a look. All right, it's within that big massive cloud cover that you see off of Mexico. We can zoom in there. There we go. Let's lose the cloud cover. I'll show you where it's going. We have Hurricane Barbara, which is not forecast to make a landfall as of right now. That's one that's closer to shore. Right off of that, we have Tropical Storm Cosme. All right, we'll watch them both for you.

But I'm telling you, this is the first hurricane of the season for the Eastern Pacific. And let's spin the globe a little bit. It's not just the Eastern Pacific. It's also all throughout the Atlantic, the Western Pacific. This is the latest we've ever had to wait for our first named hurricane. I do want to show you one thing that's really important.

how accurate we've become over the last few years. When you look at the graphic, I'm gonna pull up right here. All right, 24 hours out. Look at the bottom of your screen. Those numbers, those are hours out. 24 hours from a landfall, we are able to predict it within 30 to 45 miles. When you're three days out, we predict it 70 to 90 miles from its landfall. I think that's pretty darn good. And it is forecast to be an active season. It's just starting off very slowly. John, it's all yours. Lonnie Quinn with an extraordinary record on warnings. Thank you so much, Lonnie.

There were warnings before Hurricane Helene hit the mountains of North Carolina last fall, but they did not reach everyone who needed to hear them. At least 250 people were killed. Estimates of the damage are in the tens of millions of dollars. CBS News has been following the recovery, and Janet Chamleon has an update.

Chimney Rock, North Carolina was unrecognizable after the storm. Homes were ripped apart by mudslides and flash floods. Oh my goodness. Back then, it took hours and an escort for us to reach the town. The only access road washed away. Now, eight months later, we returned.

And found the tourist town is not ready to welcome summer visitors, desperately needed by people like Teresa and Glenn Cawthorn, who we met after the hurricane last September. How high was the water?

I would say a bad app to the AC copper tubing. Their house filled with mud, they moved into the hotel they own, the Chimney Rock Inn. They'd hoped to be reopened by now, like Asheville and other nearby cities, but Chimney Rock is still without clean running water and sanitation.

Did you think you would have water and sewer by now? Yes. 100%. Yeah, I had no idea it was going to take this long. The same is true all along Main Street. This store was full of mud. Peter O'Leary owns Bubba O'Leary's General Store. He's also mayor in the town of 125.

The town's remote location and the very geography that makes Chimney Rock so stunning has made recovery work slower and more expensive. Is it hard to see places like Asheville getting ready to welcome people and you're just not there yet? Life is normal there. And then you come here and it's just, it's totally upside down. And, you know, that's what we're all trying to come to grips with is that our neighbors just a few miles away are living their lives and we're still trying to recover.

But that's not deterring the community or the Cawthorns. We are resilient. You told me that last fall. Yes, absolutely. We're going to be back. And it's going to be better than ever. There is positive news for Chimney Rock. Running Water is set to come back online in the next couple of weeks. And the popular state park is scheduled to reopen at the end of the month. Janet Chamleon, thank you. Up next, it's Eye on America. NovaCase is now streaming on Paramount+. You're going to love this. Hey!

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Gerald Ford entitled his autobiography, "A Time to Heal." In his short term as president, he faced the enormous challenge of healing a nation wounded not only by Watergate, but by the Vietnam War as well. Tonight's "Iron America" begins a half century ago as the 38th president sets out to heal one of the wounds of that war. Here's Jim Axelrod. April 1975, the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War.

And there were 3,000 babies that had been fathered by U.S. servicemen. And dad felt very responsible that he wanted to get those babies out. Steve Ford's dad was President Gerald Ford. The word was, once the North got into Saigon,

that these babies would be possibly slaughtered, killed. President Ford moved urgently. We will make a total effort. Operation Babylift was born to fly more than 2,500 of those children to the U.S.

The first in the government-ordered airlift crashed in a rice paddy near Saigon just minutes after takeoff. Killing 78 of the nearly 250 children on board. President Ford was undeterred. The flights continued the next day, with cardboard file boxes repurposed into makeshift cradles. Dad met the first plane, and one of the...

One of the best pictures for me is seeing him carrying that first baby off the plane. Tway Williams was on that flight. She was five. There's actually a picture of me reading a book to the little kid next to me, and I just look calm. She was adopted by a couple in Portland, Oregon. How quickly did you

come to think of yourself as an American? Pretty much probably right away. When your first memories are seeing people killed, those are things you want to leave behind. Ten years later, she made the under-18 national soccer team.

and then spent eight years in the army, built a construction company, and started a nonprofit that takes kids to Africa. You need to pay attention to-- She coaches soccer, track, and lacrosse. So close to her players, she's officiated weddings for two of them. I understand the opportunities that I had being here in the U.S. I just wanted to serve.

A desire shared by plane loads of other kids brought here. There's doctors in our group, there's lawyers, there's teachers. They're all touching other lives and making an impact, not just in lives, but for America. Recently, Steve Ford and Twee Williams had a chance to meet at the Gerald Ford Museum. My dad would love her story. It would bring tears to his eyes.

to see what she's done with her life. Someone said to me, "I'm not sure they'd come get those babies today." I think back on Dad. He had the moral clarity to go save those babies. And we had an obligation to do something to help them. An obligation to do something. An old-fashioned idea still producing plenty of benefits for America a half century later.

For Eye on America, I'm Jim Axelrod in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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