Deadline: White House Season 2025 Episode 197 - Episode 197

Airdate: 2025-Oct-06

Episode summary:

4pm: Chicago becomes an American "war zone" as Illinois sues Donald Trump over his deployment of the National Guard. Meanwhile, a Trump-appointed judge blocks his deployment to Portland, Oregon – MSNBC's Jacob Soboroff speaks to Illinois's Attorney General about the lawsuit he filed. Nicolle Wallace also discusses the situation in Chicago with Alderperson Jessie Fuentes who was arrested by ICE at a hospital over the weekend. And new reporting shows that Pete Hegseth was debating sending an elite U.S. army unit to an American city, and talking about it over signal.5pm: New MSNBC reporting that another top federal prosecutor is standing up to political pressure and refusing to charge New York Attorney General Letitia James. Nicolle Wallace discusses the latest from Carol Leonnig – then speaks to the Attorney General of Oregon about his legal fight against the administration's attempt to send troops to Portland.

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