3 States To Send National Guard Troops To DC
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Along with the 800 D.C. National Guard members already mobilized in the city, the deployments announced would bring the number of Guard members to about 1,700.
Gov. Jeff Landry said he was sending 135 members of the Louisiana National Guard to Washington D.C. as part of President Donald Trump's federal crackdown on crime in the city.
Lawmakers advanced a bill to realign the Massachusetts National Guard’s chain of command in a way they say would reflect the organization’s evolving mission.
In New Mexico’s most populous city, National Guard troops are listening to the police dispatch calls, monitoring traffic cameras and helping to secure crime scene perimeters, tasks not usually part of the job.
National Guard members and federal law enforcement officers are patrolling the city as part of President Trump's effort to assert federal control over policing in the District.
Legislation advances on Beacon Hill at the same time three states are sending guard troops to patrol Washington, DC
President Trump says Washington, D.C., is now "safe," a week into his crime crackdown that included the deployment of National Guard troops. More troops on their way to the city. CBS News justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports.
A train derailment in East Palestine. Hurricane damage in North Carolina. Even conflict in the Middle East. Ohio's National Guard is called to help. And they often use a Black Hawk helicopter.