00:00The tide appears to be shifting in Minneapolis. Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino is
00:05expected to leave the city today and take some of his agents with him. It's a move by the Trump
00:10administration that could de-escalate tensions. Now, I'm going to dig into this latest development
00:15with The Post's White House reporter Emily Gooden in a bit. But before I get to that,
00:20I want to update you on the investigation into the killing of ICE protester Alex Preddy by
00:24federal law enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed to The Post that
00:29they're looking into whether or not an errant shot from Preddy's handgun went off after the weapon
00:35was taken off of him, causing the agents at the scene to believe they were being fired upon.
00:41This potential explanation of how things went off the rails that day is a shift from the initial
00:46claims by DHS officials, who at first said Preddy was brandishing the pistol, which he was permitted
00:52to carry. One source told The Post exclusively, quote, it was 100% an accidental discharge by the
00:59agent that relieved that person of their weapon because everyone's guns were out. They think that
01:04there's a shooting. Sources familiar with the investigation said that the agents involved in
01:08the Preddy shooting were overworked and not trained to deal with protesters. The source added, quote,
01:13none of those agents should have had their gun out. It's a confluence of them being asked to do
01:19enforcement work that they are not trained for. Meanwhile, a federal court on Monday heard
01:24arguments in a key hearing relating to Preddy's shooting death. The judge in this case, who was
01:29appointed by President Trump, had ordered the feds to preserve all the evidence from the shooting as
01:34local authorities argue their rights to be part of the investigation. And Monday's hearing concerned
01:39whether or not to extend that order. And now to a Post exclusive, an interview with Venezuelan
01:45opposition leader Maria Corrina Machado. With the removal of Nicolas Maduro by the Trump administration,
01:51Machado still faces a lot of risks at home. But that didn't stop her from vowing to return
01:57and help usher in democracy in her country. You're going to have a prosperous Venezuela and
02:03the region. And I mean, if we make a comparison in history, this would mean for the Americas as much
02:13as the fall of the Berlin Wall had for Europe. It's equivalent. During the 45-minute conversation with
02:20the Post's Washington reporter Caitlin Dornbos, Venezuela's Iron Lady praised President Trump for
02:25his, in her words, historic action to remove Maduro. And don't forget, she actually gave the president
02:30her Nobel Peace Prize recently. Machado also detailed the 16 months that she spent hiding before she was
02:38able to flee back in December. At the time, Maduro's regime was hunting opposition leaders like
02:43her. She was unable to see family or friends or move freely in her own country. She said that not much
02:50has changed in that regard, with Maduro's vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, now in charge.
02:55But Machado believes that if the Venezuelan people can safely, democratically choose a leader,
03:00things will change and change immediately. Particularly, she says, when it comes to new
03:04international investments, not just in Venezuela's huge oil and gas industry, but in things like
03:09electricity and infrastructure and tourism as well. FAA officials are trying to figure out
03:16what caused a private plane in Maine to flip completely upside down and then crash this
03:22week, killing all six people on board. As the investigation kicks into high gear, we're getting
03:27some truly eerie audio from the incident. Listen to this. It's a recording. This is the radio recording
03:35taken just as the plane is preparing to take off, seconds before the tragic crash.
03:41Let there be light.
03:42I know. It's weird. And it's not yet clear who made that remark. A pilot? Air traffic control? We don't
03:49know. We also don't know what they were referring to. Then, 45 seconds after clearing the jet to take
03:56off, this was captured on the radio frequency. All traffic is stopped on the field. All traffic
04:01is stopped on the field. Aircraft upside down. We had a passenger aircraft upside down.
04:07The plane is registered to one of the founding members of a Texas personal injury law firm,
04:11Arnold and Itkin. Now, the crash occurred over the weekend during winter storm Fern. So naturally,
04:17there's a question about what role weather could have played. It was snowing hard at the time,
04:22but only a few inches had stuck when the whole thing happened, and officials confirmed that other
04:27planes were taking off safely. That said, one aviation safety consultant said that this particular
04:33aircraft, a Bombardier Challenger 600, has a history of problems with icing at takeoff.
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