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Judge Blocks Trump Plan to Deploy Any National Guard to Portland; Day Six of Government Shutdown With No End Yet to Impasse; Soon, Delegations Set to Begin Israel-Hamas Peace Talks. Aired 7-7:30a ET

Aired October 06, 2025 - 07:00   ET

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SARA SIDNER, CNN ANCHOR: Breaking overnight, a federal judge blocks the White House from sending the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, for a second time. The decision coming down is. Protestors clash with federal agents outside the city's ICE detention center, but Trump trying to get around him again.

JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: We are standing by for crucial talks to end the war in Gaza. The major sticking points as threats of a deadline loom.

And it's raining drones, hallelujah, except it was terrifying and dangerous. The drone show that won all kinds of wrong.

Kate is out. I'm John Berman with Sara Sidner. This is CN News Central.

SIDNER: Breaking overnight, President Trump has been hit with a legal setback for his plans to send the U.S. military into more cities led by Democrats. At an emergency hearing, a federal judge temporarily blocked the administration from deploying any National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon. California Governor Gavin Newsom said the president has moved to send 300 troops from his state to Portland.

This came after the same Trump-appointed judge stopped the president from using Oregon's own National Guard troops a day earlier. She was not happy about this workaround, asking the deputy assistant attorney, General Eric Hamilton, Mr. Hamilton, you are an officer of the court. Aren't the defendants simply circumventing my order?

Portland has seen ongoing protests near an ICE facility. The president has described the city as war-ravaged. But state and local officials strongly dispute that, saying they don't want nor need federal help.

CNN's Alayna Treene is live at the White House this morning. I know there was another move in this fight involving Texas. What comes next?

ALAYNA TREENE, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Well, I think all eyes on the federal appeals court, Sara, as we watch what's going to happen with this latest ruling from that federal judge who is a Trump appointee, I should note, after she ruled again against the administration for trying to deploy the U.S. military to the streets of America.

Now, the judge ruled late last night. You went through some of this, but I think it's important to focus on ruled late last night against the Trump administration for the second time in two days, arguing that, you know, its attempts to try to send the National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, against the expressed wishes of this state and local leaders, she has some skepticism about that.

And you said that, but I think, you know, she pointed out during this hearing, she essentially voiced skepticism against the Trump administration's attempts to do this from the very start of the hearing. And also kind of argue that she felt like they were trying to sidestep her initial ruling and calling on, you know, they realize they can't call on the Oregon National Guards, and they're calling up troops from California and Texas to be deployed to these different cities.

Now, all of this comes as the president himself is continuing to argue that he believes federal law enforcement and these troops are necessary to protect these cities from protest against ICE facilities and also what he is calling violent crime being carried out by domestic terrorists. We should note that the anarchy that the president is describing has been heavily disputed by the Democratic leaders in these states and in these cities.

But listen to what the president said yesterday when celebrating the Navy's 250th anniversary.

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DONALD TRUMP, U.S. PRESIDENT: Now we're in Memphis, we're doing the same thing in Memphis, and we're going to Chicago.

We send in the National Guard. We -- you know what? We send in what's ever necessary. People don't care. They want to -- they don't want crime in their cities. And we're doing it, and we're doing it well. We're doing it like nobody's ever done it before.

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TREENE: Now, Sara, I think one of the most interesting things about all of this is how we're seeing this really escalate, and this is quickly becoming one of the biggest focal points now of Trump's presidency.

I think when we saw what he did, sending these troops to Los Angeles and to Washington, D.C., of course, they garnered attention. But now we're seeing that this is becoming a pattern. And that's essentially what we heard from Stephen Miller, one of the president's deputy chiefs of staff yesterday.

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He essentially vowed to send troops to enforce the president's immigration laws in all 50 states. And all of this comes, as I also reported last week, I think this complicates it, that it's not just about protecting some of these facilities, these ICE facilities from protests. It's also about wanting to enact his broader domestic crime agenda. And that's really where some of the legality of this is really being focused on right now.

SIDNER: Yes, and there's a great fear that the military is being politicized in all of this. We will see what happens on the ground in Portland and with this judge. There's a lot more that we expect to happen.

Alayna Treene, thank you so much. I really appreciate your reporting this morning. John?

BERMAN: All right. New morning for the government shutdown now six days long with leaders on both sides accusing the other of not being serious about ending it. Later today, the Senate will vote on a Republican-backed funding bill, but so far, neither side appears ready to compromise. Democrats want an extension of Obamacare subsidies before Americans begin enrolling next month. Republicans say they can wait until the government is funded.

With us now is Stephen Neukam, a Congressional reporter for Axios. Stephen, great to see you this morning.

It's Monday morning. What changed over the weekend?

STEPHEN NEUKAM, CONGRESSIONAL REPORTER, AXIOS: Good morning. I don't think much changed over the weekend at all. I mean, if you take a step back and look at this situation from sort of the 10,000-foot view. These are two sides that aren't even really talking to each other, at least at the leadership level, when you talk about Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Majority Leader John Thune. I mean, these just aren't discussions that are happening to find a way out of this lockdown. I mean, there are conversations happening at the rank and file level.

But the same sticking points remain. As you said, Republicans don't want to negotiate anything until the government is open and funded, and Democrats don't want to vote to fund that government until Republicans give them some concrete concessions on things, like the Obamacare subsidies and some other asks.

So, I don't think we got any closer over the weekend. We're going to hold the vote again today in the Senate. And I would be shocked to see, you know, really any more Democratic movement toward the Republican side this afternoon.

BERMAN: Yes. On that last point, one of the strategies from Majority Leader John Thune and from the White House has been, we'll get a few more Democrats. We will shake loose more than the three Democrats and independents who voted along with Republicans so far. What signs, if any, are there that Democrats are wavering?

NEUKAM: Well, I think Republican leadership can point to the three Democrats that they've already got on their side. Angus King, who's an independent, but caucuses with Democrats, Catherine Cortez Masto, and John Fetterman. So, I think that there's at least a little bit of encouragement from the Republican leadership that it's already a bipartisan vote at least in name, and they need some more Democrats.

But I think that the sort of pressure that the administration is turning up on Democrats, I think, it's sort of a three-pronged approach. They are cutting funding to states that are led by Democrats, especially in the Senate. They are keeping Republicans completely out of Washington, D.C. House Republicans will not be in Washington this week. So, even if there was a bill that passed the Senate, there would be nobody back in D.C. to pass it through the house.

It may be just emboldening Democrats at this point. I mean, I think it really does anger them and sort of, makes them dig in a little bit more.

BERMAN: Yes, House not even there this week.

Stephen Neukam, great to see you this morning from Axios, we always appreciate it. Sara?

SIDNER: All right. Will we see an end to the war in Gaza soon? Hours from now, high-stakes talks begin in Egypt, Trump's 20-point Gaza ceasefire plan on offer. We're live in the region with what will happen next.

Plus, there's some news out there for home buyers, housing affordability, where has it gone? Are things actually getting easier for home buyers? We will talk all about that.

And hundreds of trekkers stranded by a Himalayan blizzard on Mount Everest, the latest on the efforts to try and rescue these folks.

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SIDNER: This morning in Egypt, delegations from Israel, Hamas, and the United States set to begin key peace negotiations. They are hoping to finally establish a ceasefire deal based on President Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan.

Tomorrow marks the two-year anniversary of the Hamas' deadly attack on Israel that prompted the Israeli response in Gaza. And you can see in these side-by-side images showing Gaza before the war began and its current state, which is almost total destruction, about 70 percent of buildings destroyed, tens of thousands of people killed.

CNN's Nic Robertson is live in Cairo tracking all of this for us. What are you expecting to see in these talks? We are talking deadlines and all of the parties at the table.

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Yes. What we understand at the moment is that the Hamas delegation here led by Khalil al-Haaya, who's their lead negotiator, who was the target of the Israeli airstrike, of course, in Qatar about a month ago, is leading the delegation here, is met with Egyptian, or is meeting with Egyptian and Qatari officials to try to narrow gaps on some key issues that remain outstanding, priority issues for Hamas.

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These are the issues of disarmament, their future participation, or, as it's written in the 20-point plan at the moment, lack of participation in a future Palestinian authority within Gaza, and also the sort of details on the offer of safe passage out of Gaza for the leadership, of course, bearing in mind that Hayya was the recent target of an Israeli assassination attempt. So, these are some of the questions that are being discussed, the issues that are being discussed ahead of those proximity talks that are expected later today between the Israeli delegation, a downgraded Israeli delegation formally, as of even yesterday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is saying it was going to be led by Ron Dermer, his minister of strategic affairs. Dermer is now sort of going to lead remotely from a distance, may join the talks as the gaps get narrowed. I don't think it's any surprise to close observers. That -- although Hamas agreed to get into these talks, agreed to discuss the issue of the hostage release, all the hostages being released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners being released, the key question at the talks really about Hamas moving forward, comes down to the question of are they willing to accept the ceasefire line that Israel is offering a greater loss of temporarily, at least territory within Gaza to get all these hostages released. That's the sort of top line exchange. But it's all the issues that follow on and these key existential issues for Hamas as an organization for its leadership appear to be dominating these sort of pre-talks.

Are these gaps narrowing? We don't know. What hints are they that they may not be quite there yet? Ron Dermer, top confidant of Prime Minister Netanyahu not at the talks in Sharm El Sheikh, expected later today, not there in person.

SIDNER: Yes. Thank you, Nic, for that update. Everybody's sort of wondering and waiting, especially the families of the hostages and those that have been pummeled in Gaza to see if something can come forward in this sort of ceasefire plan.

Thank you so much. There's nothing that says Cairo more than honking horns, so we know you are there live in Cairo for us. I appreciate it.

All right, just ahead, former NFL Quarterback Mark Sanchez hospitalized then arrested after being stabbed in Indianapolis. How all of this unfolded.

And a malfunction at a drone light show. Guys, this is insane. Look at this. Fireballs just sort of falling from the sky, raining from the sky down onto the crowd. We will show you more of that and tell you what happened in the end.

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BERMAN: So, while some of you were sleeping, there was a huge upset. I wasn't sleeping, which is why I have bags under my eyes.

Let's get right to CNN's Coy Wire. Coy, I got to say, and I'm not going to gloat on this because it wasn't that kind of game. It was just a good football game, but the Patriots haven't done this up there in a long time.

COY WIRE, CNN SPORTS ANCHOR: Yes, in a long time. And it brought flashbacks, John, thank you for taking easy on me and not sending me texts last night. It reminded me of when I used to have to play against coach -- now Coach Vrabel for the Patriots, when they would come in with Tom Brady and always disappoint us Bills, and they did it again incredibly.

There are no more undefeated teams now remaining in the NFL. Those Patriots and Bills in this divisional showdown, New England goes on the road to Orchard Park and they take down Buffalo with one of the Bills' former stars, Stefon Diggs on the receiving end of phenomenal night from Quarterback Drake Maye to the tune of 146 yards receiving. He was the first Patriots player with consecutive 100 yards receiving games since Julian Edelman in 2019. Patriots win 23-20 in that big divisional showdown.

Now, the Eagles, they finally lost as well. Saquon Barkley only had six crushing attempts in this game. Eagles were up by 14 in the fourth, but Bo Nix and the Broncos, they keep swinging, so they go on the road and take down the defending champs in Philly 21-17, snapping the Eagle's ten-game winning streak dating back to last year.

Former NFL Quarterback turned Fox Sports Analyst Mark Sanchez is recovering after he was apparently stabbed on Saturday in Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Police Department has since announced that the 38-year-old was arrested at the hospital for battery with injury, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle, and public intoxication for his role in this altercation.

Sanchez allegedly approached a 69-year-old man in a loading dock area of a hotel and escalated a dispute regarding the man's parked vehicle. Sanchez was in Indy to work the Colts-Raiders game yesterday.

Playoff baseball now, game two of the ALDS. Blue Jays with a 1-0 series lead after beating the Yankees ten one in game one. Bottom of the fourth, Toronto had three home runs in this game, one of them, the first postseason grand slam in team history. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Joining his dad to make the first father son duo in MLB history to each have a postseason grand slam. The Blue Jays dominate 13-7.

WNBA finals, Aces with the 1-0 lead headed in the game two with the Mercury and the four time MVP, A'ja Wilson, dominant, once again, 20 points in the first half, most in any finals in her career, 28 points, 14 boards on the night.

[07:25L10] And her wingwoman, Jackie Young came out in the third and dropped 21 points, most by any player ever in any quarter in a finals. She finished with 32. Statement win for Vegas, 91-78. John, the 60 combined points by Wilson and Young second rows by any duo and W finals history, they're on the brink of securing yet another title.

BERMAN: I never thought I'd say this, but it's too much sports for Sunday. Like I can't have this much sports on a Sunday and expect to do a work week after it. It makes it very, very difficult.

WIRE: What you were doing. I work on my bags too this morning, man. You got to do what we got to do.

BERMAN: All right. Coy Wire, great to see you, thank you very much.

All right, is now the time to buy a home? Some new numbers potential buyers need to know.

And happening now, hundreds of hikers trapped on Mount Everest in the middle of a sudden snowstorm. We're getting new information on the rescue operation now underway.

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