00:00Vice President J.D. Vance was in Minnesota on Thursday with a directive from his boss,
00:04President Trump. Here's how the Veep put it. Meet these guys halfway, work with them so that we can
00:10make these immigration enforcement operations successful without endangering our ICE officers
00:15and so that we can turn down the chaos a little bit at least. So what would that look like? Well,
00:20the vice president had a suggestion or two. I don't need Tim Walz or Jacob Frey or anybody else
00:25to come out and say that they agree with J.D. Vance or Donald Trump on immigration. I just
00:29don't need that. What I do need them to do is empower their local officials to help our local
00:35or help our federal officials out in a way where this can be a little bit less chaotic and it can
00:40be a little bit more targeted. Like if we're trying to find a sex offender, tell us where the guy lives.
00:45Vance's visit came soon after three people suspected of leading an anti-ICE mob to storm a church last
00:50weekend were arrested. Those detained include a Black Lives Matter leader who was once the president
00:55of the Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP and a woman who serves on the St. Paul Public Schools Board of
01:01Education. One person not arrested was former CNN host and now independent journalist Don Lemon.
01:08A federal judge in Minnesota rejected the Justice Department's request to charge him in the protest.
01:13200 million Americans are in the crosshairs of a massive snow and ice storm in the coming days,
01:20including this American right here speaking to you. Winter storm Fern is on the way to sow some
01:26major chaos. Fern. That's what the people who name storms are calling her or it. Anyway,
01:33every state from Texas to Maine could see some sort of impact. Here in New York, the forecast is still a
01:39little up in the air, but we could see the biggest snow event in five years if the high end of the
01:44snow range, 16 inches, comes to fruition. One local weather expert says the Hudson Valley, which is just
01:50north of the city, could get walloped by up to two feet of snow. That's the most in 30 years. So if
01:56you're out of practice and you don't feel like arm wrestling your neighbor at the grocery store for the
02:00last gallon of milk, here's what experts told the Post about how best to prepare. And let me preface this
02:05with, I know it's cold out right now, but now is not the time to rely on Amazon getting deliveries
02:10to your home. You are going to need to hit the pavement. First, a portable power station. If you're
02:16a city dweller like me and a big gas powered one just isn't feasible, you can grab one that will
02:20charge all of your stuff with solar power. Now, if you like your neighbors, this is going to make
02:24you insanely popular with them during a storm. And if you grab one, make sure you pick up a power
02:30strip too so that you can plug in multiple devices. Now, if your power is out and you're
02:34resorting to a generator, you may also want to grab an electric ceramic heater. It's going to be cold.
02:40Might I also recommend one with a remote so that you do not have to get out from under the mountain
02:45of blankets you will no doubt be burrowed under. And finally, if you want to go all old school,
02:50pick up a pack of tea candles. Once the sun goes down and you're watching the last episode of
02:54Heated Rivalry on your phone and your battery is at 3%, the candles will help you light up your digs
03:00until that solar generator can get recharged the next morning. Plus, it totally sets a vibe.
03:04U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner went straight
03:10from Davos on Thursday night to a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow in the hopes of inching
03:16the Russian president closer to peace. It's the latest attempt at ending the nearly four-year
03:21war between Russia and Ukraine. Before leaving Davos, Witkoff told reporters that negotiations
03:26between the two warring countries were down to one issue. And that was it. Witkoff frustratingly did not
03:33offer a single detail or a clue as to what that issue actually is. He did say, quote,
03:40if both sides want to solve this, we're going to get it solved. The word if is doing a lot of heavy
03:47lifting there. If both sides. Now, the Kremlin sit-down comes on the heels of President Trump's
03:53closed-door meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, Vladimir Zelensky, at Davos in Switzerland. The two
03:59leaders spent an hour together in private and then didn't take questions from the media after their
04:03chat. But Trump did weigh in later in the day, saying that the meeting was good. Trump added that
04:09Ukraine's war with Russia had to end, but said, quote, we have a ways to go. For more on these
04:15stories and everything else you could possibly want to know, check out the New York Post in print or
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