In the days before protests erupted in Los Angeles, the Trump administration stepped up its efforts to detain migrants — taking into custody those who arrived for routine check-ins while also conducting workplace raids that have sent waves of fear across Southern California and beyond.

For Vinnie Walsh, 82, of Auburn, Mass., it was “the whole nine yards — the loss of decency, courtesy, compassion, democracy.” Laurae Carpenetti, 54, a physician from the Atlanta suburbs, said that Mr. Trump’s appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his top health official was her motivating factor.

Protests against the Trump administration Saturday were predominantly peaceful, including in Los Angeles which has seen over a week of demonstrations against President Trump’s agenda. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) joins Alex Witt to discuss yesterday’s events.

The power of the US military will be sharply on display this weekend – on two different coasts and in two very different ways.

President Trump said he will restore the names of several military bases previously named after Confederate military figures.

Gavin Newsom and deploy the National Guard and Marines to quell Los Angeles’ immigration-related protests against federal raids in the city. A long-time strong voter base for Trump, some veterans have,

The parade, honoring the Army’s long-planned 250th anniversary celebration and coinciding with Trump’s 79th birthday, is set to step off from the Lincoln Memorial under the threat of stormy weather in Washington and protests around the country tied to a turbulent week of immigration enforcement that has involved military deployment in Los Angeles.

While the president contends that the L.A. protests against his immigration policy have been chaotic, the scenes are not as violent.