President Donald Trump was met with boos and cheers as he attended the opening night performance of the musical "Les Misérables" at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday evening.Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Trump are defending the mobilization of National Guardsmen and Marines to Los Angeles amid objections from Democrats about their domestic deployment.

There were funnel cakes, stands of festival bling and American flags aplenty. There were mighty machines of war, brought out to dazzle and impress. And there was the spray of tear gas against demonstrators in Los Angeles and Atlanta,