We'll be back soon with more updates on the situation in Los Angeles.
In the meantime, here is what you need to know tonight:
- Donald Trump said if the National Guard was not sent to Los Angeles the city "would be burning". He said: "Los Angeles was under siege until we got there";
- The US leader called protesters in LA "insurrectionists" and "paid agitators";
- Trump defended his decision to deploy 5,000 troops to Los Angeles;
- LA mayor Karen Bass criticised the "idea that the administration would usurp the authority of our state government" and "take it away from California governor Gavin Newsom". She said the solution to the violence is the "administration needs to stop the raids";
- Trump said he will be restoring the names of military forts in the US during a speech in Fort Bragg;
- California governor Gavin Newsom filed an emergency motion blocking National Guard troops and the marines from assisting with immigration raids.
You can watch Trump speaking to reporters at the Oval Office here...