00:00President Trump threatens tariffs and Europe fires back, Greenland in the middle, and allies now bracing for a trade war.
00:08Plus, the army on alert for Minneapolis. Trump floats the Insurrection Act as protests, arrests, and federal agents flood the city.
00:17And two trains, one track, no time to stop. A high-speed collision in Spain, and a disaster still unfolding.
00:24The stories that matter, clear and credible, from across the country to around the world.
00:32These are your unbiased updates from Straight Arrow News.
00:37Good morning, I'm Craig Negrelli. This morning, Europe is scrambling after an extraordinary weekend escalation from President Trump,
00:45and a fast response is now unfolding across the continent.
00:48Diplomats from all 27 European Union nations met for several hours behind closed doors in Brussels on Sunday for emergency talks,
00:58weighing how to respond to Trump's latest pressure campaign,
01:01a threat that the U.S. will hit eight European countries with new tariffs of 10 percent to begin with,
01:07then soaring to 25 percent in June, unless Europe agrees to talks over the purchase of Greenland.
01:13European Council President Antonio Costa now says a summit of leaders will happen later this week in Brussels,
01:20warning that Trump's threats risk tearing at the foundation of transatlantic relations.
01:26And the public reaction has been just as blunt.
01:29Thousands marched through snow and freezing rain in Greenland's capital over the weekend,
01:34chanting Greenland is not for sale, as protests spread to Copenhagen and several other cities.
01:39European nations that Trump targeted are also pointing to recent joint military exercises in Greenland,
01:46calling them routine, defensive and legal.
01:49Germany has already begun pulling its small contingent of troops off the island,
01:53a signal Europe is trying to lower the temperature, even as tensions rise.
01:58We have been asking since the very beginning of this to have a constructive dialogue with our American ally and friends,
02:10free from social media and headlines and strong words.
02:14And we opened that dialogue last week.
02:19We will not give up on that.
02:20The president and those inside the administration are framing the move as necessary for national security.
02:26Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told NBC American ownership of Greenland would prevent a future crisis in the Arctic.
02:34If there were an attack on Greenland from Russia, from some other area, we would get dragged in.
02:41So better now, peace through strength, make it part of the United States.
02:46The European leaders will come around and they will understand that they need to be under the U.S. security umbrella.
02:53But so far, that's not looking likely.
02:55In a post on X Sunday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made it clear the EU is firmly backing Denmark and Greenland,
03:04saying Europe will stand together to protect its sovereignty.
03:08And if talks fail, Europe is signaling it has a big gun ready.
03:12French officials want the EU to unlock its anti-coercion powers,
03:17a trade weapon designed to hit U.S. companies hard and fast.
03:21In Brussels, they call it the trade bazooka.
03:23This morning, about 1,500 active-duty Army soldiers are on standby,
03:29ready to be sent to Minnesota if President Trump follows through on his threat to invoke the Insurrection Act.
03:36All of it as protests continue over two recent ICE-involved shootings, one of them deadly.
03:42The U.S. military released video over the weekend showing members of the Minnesota National Guard preparing in case they're deployed.
03:49At the same time, the FBI is asking agents from field offices across the country to voluntarily travel to Minneapolis for temporary assignments,
03:58according to Bloomberg and NBC News.
04:01It's not clear what those assignments would be.
04:04Protests continued Sunday, including a demonstration by U.S. postal workers demanding ICE stop using postal property to stage operations.
04:12And the Justice Department says it is now investigating a group of protesters who disrupted services at a church in St. Paul,
04:20where a local ICE officer apparently serves as a pastor, vowing to press charges.
04:26Thousands of ICE and Border Patrol agents have flooded into Minneapolis and St. Paul in recent weeks as part of the Trump administration's crackdown.
04:34Homeland Security says about 3,000 people have been arrested in Minnesota since Operation Metro Surge began in December.
04:42Among them, nearly 150 American citizens arrested for assault or obstructing law enforcement.
04:48On Friday, a federal judge blocked federal agents from using pepper spray and other non-lethal munitions on peaceful protesters.
04:56Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called that ruling, quote, a little ridiculous.
05:01We only use those chemical agents when there's violence happening and perpetuating and you need to be able to establish law in order to keep people safe.
05:10That's the only situation.
05:12So that judge's order didn't change anything for how we're operating on the ground because it's basically telling us to do what we've already been doing.
05:19Minnesota Governor Tim Walz mobilized the National Guard to support local law enforcement, though they have not yet been deployed.
05:25Asked whether he believes the city needs that presence, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey did not hold back.
05:32We are doing the work to keep people safe in our city and specifically it is our local police officers.
05:39It is the state of Minnesota and our governor.
05:42We are doing everything possible to keep the peace, notwithstanding this occupying force that has quite literally invaded our city.
05:51I mean, we've got 600 cops in the city of Minneapolis and we're talking about 3,000 plus ICE agents and border control that have come in.
06:00They're not making our city safer.
06:02In fact, our city has been safe.
06:04The Trump administration is now accusing local leaders of stoking chaos.
06:08And late Friday, the Justice Department announced both Mayor Frey and Governor Walz are now under federal investigation, accused of conspiring to impede immigration agents.
06:18In the Middle East, Iran's bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters appears to have worked for now.
06:26After weeks of mass protests, the streets are quiet.
06:29But behind a near total Internet blackout, the true cost is still coming into focus.
06:35Activists and analysts who have spoken with people inside Iran tell ABC News there is an eerie calm across much of the country
06:42after a crackdown that human rights groups say has killed more than 3,000 people since late December.
06:48But Iranian doctors are describing a far deadlier toll.
06:52They told the UK's Sunday Times the regime has killed at least 16,500 people, with most of the victims believed to be under the age of 30.
07:03On Saturday, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini acknowledged the scale of the violence for the first time.
07:09He admitted that several thousand people have been killed since the protests began,
07:14but defended the crackdown, calling the demonstrations criminal and blaming foreign influence.
07:19To Spain now, and one of the deadliest rail disasters the country has seen in years.
07:26Two high-speed trains collided head-on Sunday night in the southern part of the country,
07:31killing at least 39 people, leaving dozens more injured.
07:35The crash happened near Cordoba when the rear cars of a train jumped the track and slammed into an oncoming train.
07:42The impact ripped the front cars off the second train, sending them down an embankment
07:47and leaving multiple carriages twisted and off the rails.
07:50Rescue crews worked through the night using cutting tools to reach passengers trapped inside
07:55as survivors crawled out through broken windows.
07:58The transport minister called it a truly strange accident on a stretch of track that had just been renovated.
08:05Train service across much of southern Spain is now suspended.
08:09An investigation is underway into how two high-speed trains ended up on the same track.
08:15A new Board of Peace is taking shape, and there's a price of admission.
08:20The Trump administration is building a leadership group to oversee the rebuilding of Gaza,
08:25and countries will have to pay up to get a seat at the table.
08:29The administration is now asking select countries for a $1 billion contribution,
08:34essentially a membership fee, to join the governing board.
08:37The group would oversee security, disarm Hamas, and direct the massive reconstruction of Gaza after two years of war.
08:44Eight countries are now on the initial invite list.
08:47Hungary and Vietnam have already accepted.
08:50Others confirming they've been asked include Canada, Egypt, Pakistan, and India.
08:55And just moments ago, we learned that Russian President Vladimir Putin has also been invited to join.
09:01The Kremlin confirming the invitation to reporters in Moscow.
09:04The full roster is expected to be unveiled this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
09:10This follows the U.S.-brokered ceasefire reached last October,
09:13ending the war that began after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.
09:20Finally this morning, the Sunshine State got a very different kind of forecast.
09:24Wait till you see this.
09:25For the second year in a row, Florida experienced snow over the weekend.
09:30It didn't last long, but fresh snow was visible in parts of the western Florida panhandle early Sunday.
09:37A cold front moving through turned what would have been cold rain into actual snowflakes,
09:43briefly dusting roads, lawns, and rooftops.
09:45The same system brought snow into southern Alabama and parts of Georgia.
09:50And this is not a one-off, by the way.
09:52It's the second time in less than a year Florida has seen snow.
09:56Last January, parts of the state picked up as much as 8 inches of snow.
10:01Not exactly beach weather.
10:02And by the way, here's a bit of irony if you ask me.
10:05Many people that are down in Florida and that neck of the woods for the winter
10:09are called snowbirds, the people from the East Coast.
10:12But in this case, the snowbirds appear to have brought the snow with them
10:18instead of getting away from it.
10:20Get it?
10:21Well, listen, I hope they pack their winter coats.
10:24They'll need them.
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10:35We'll see you back here tomorrow.
10:36For all of us here at Straight Arrow News, I'm Craig DeGrali.
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