The Los Angeles metropolitan area became the focal point of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign over the weekend as protestors and law enforcement clashed.
Events on the ground led Trump to call in the National Guard, a move that inspired criticism—and now a lawsuit—from California’s governor, Gavin Newsom.
Broadcast and cable news networks quickly deployed reporters on the ground to cover the unrest and are making programming and reporting adjustments to keep pace with the rapidly developing situation.
[Note: This post will be updated as new events and coverage reports occur.]
ABC News
The network’s team in L.A. includes correspondents Matt Gutman, Trevor Ault, Alex Stone, and multiplatform reporter Melissa Adan.
CBS News
The streaming network CBS News 24/7 simulcasted its local affiliate station, CBS News Los Angeles, over the weekend. Maurice DuBois is reporting from Los Angeles for the CBS Evening News and other CBS News platforms, and the network says Jonathan Vigliotti, Elise Preston, Nidia Cavazos, and Camilo Montoya-Galvez are also reporting on the ground in Los Angeles.
CNN
Kyung Lah and Julia Vargas Jones reported from L.A. over the weekend and the network announced Erin Burnett will anchor her show, Erin Burnett OutFront, live on location beginning Monday at 7 p.m. ET. Additional reporters in the region include Josh Campbell, Jason Carroll, Marybell Gonzalez, as well as Michael Yoshida for CNN Newsource, and Gonzalo Alvarado for CNN en Español.
Fox News
Jonathan Hunt, Bill Melugin, William LaJeunesse, Steve Harrigan, Christina Coleman, and Fox Business Network’s Max Gorden are reporting on the situation for the network.
MSNBC
The network began its coverage on Saturday during the 3 p.m. ET edition of Alex Witt Reports. MSNBC continued its breaking news coverage into the evening and throughout the day on Sunday, including an interview with Newsom on Sunday with Jacob Soboroff. Coverage continued into Monday.
NBC News
Steve Patterson, Jacob Soboroff, and David Noriega provided reporting over the weekend. Additionally, NBC News Now simulcast coverage from the network’s flagship West Coast station KNBC from Sunday afternoon into the evening. NBC News added Liz Kreutz, Camila Bernal, Morgan Chesky, and Gadi Schwartz to its presence on Monday.
