LIVE: Trump addresses crime in D.C. after federal takeover threats

Andreea Neblea

Watch live coverage as President Trump holds a news conference to discuss efforts to fight crime and clean up the nation's capital. Trump is considering deploying up to the National Guard into the district., according to one defense official and two U.S. officials. Trump's news event comes a week after the president threatened a federal takeover of D.C. following an alleged assault on Edward Coristine, an original Department of Government Efficiency staffer known online as "Big Balls," in an