U.S. President Donald Trump said he is taking over Washington’s police department and activating the National Guard across the city in the hopes of reducing crime. The move comes even as city officials say crime is already falling in the nation’s capital.

Joining the discussion: 

• Brandon Brice is a columnist and secretary of the Delaware Republican Party. 
• Joseph Williams served as a senior editor with U.S. News & World Report. 
• Imani Cheers is a cultural curator and professor of digital storytelling at George Washington University.
• Gene Rossi is a former federal prosecutor with nearly three decades of criminal and civil litigation experience at the U.S. Department of Justice.