00:00The tide appears to be shifting in Minneapolis.
00:03Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino is expected to leave the city today
00:07and take some of his agents with him.
00:09It's a move by the Trump administration that could de-escalate tensions.
00:13Now, I'm going to dig into this latest development
00:15with The Post's White House reporter Emily Gooden in a bit.
00:18But before I get to that, I want to update you on the investigation
00:22into the killing of ICE protester Alex Preddy by federal law enforcement.
00:26The Department of Homeland Security confirmed to The Post
00:29that they're looking into whether or not an errant shot from Preddy's handgun
00:34went off after the weapon was taken off of him,
00:37causing 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
00:45is a shift from the initial claims by DHS officials,
00:48who at first said Preddy was brandishing the pistol,
00:51which he was permitted to carry.
00:53One source told The Post exclusively, quote,
00:55It was 100% an accidental discharge by the agent that relieved that person of their weapon
01:01because everyone's guns were out, they think that there's a shooting.
01:05Sources familiar with the investigation said that the agents involved in the Preddy shooting
01:09were overworked and not trained to deal with protesters.
01:12The source added, quote,
01:13None of those agents should have had their gun out.
01:16It's a confluence of them being asked to do enforcement work that they are not trained for.
01:22Meanwhile, a federal court on Monday heard arguments in a key hearing relating to Preddy's shooting death.
01:28The judge in this case, who was appointed by President Trump,
01:30had ordered the feds to preserve all the evidence from the shooting
01:34as local authorities argue their rights to be part of the investigation.
01:38And Monday's hearing concerned whether or not to extend that order.
01:41And now to a Post exclusive, an interview with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.
01:48With the removal of Nicolas Maduro by the Trump administration,
01:52Machado still faces a lot of risks at home.
01:55But that didn't stop her from vowing to return and help usher in democracy in her country.
02:00You're going to have a prosperous Venezuela and the region.
02:04And, I mean, if we make a comparison in history,
02:10this would mean for the Americas as much as the fall of the Berlin Wall had for Europe.
02:17It's equivalent.
02:18During the 45-minute conversation with The Post's Washington reporter Caitlin Dornbos,
02:22Venezuela's Iron Lady praised President Trump for his, in her words,
02:26historic action to remove Maduro.
02:29And don't forget, she actually gave the president her Nobel Peace Prize recently.
02:33Machado also detailed the 16 months that she spent hiding
02:37before she was able to flee back in December.
02:39At the time, Maduro's regime was hunting opposition leaders like her.
02:44She was unable to see family or friends or move freely in her own country.
02:48She said that not much has changed in that regard,
02:51with Maduro's vice president, Delcey Rodriguez, now in charge.
02:54But Machado believes that if the Venezuelan people can safely,
02:58democratically choose a leader, things will change and change immediately,
03:02particularly, she says, when it comes to new international investments,
03:06not just in Venezuela's huge oil and gas industry,
03:09but in things like electricity and infrastructure and tourism as well.
03:13FAA officials are trying to figure out what caused a private plane in Maine
03:18to flip completely upside down and then crash this week,
03:22killing all six people on board.
03:24As the investigation kicks into high gear,
03:26we're getting some truly eerie audio from the incident.
03:31Listen to this.
03:32It's a recording.
03:33This is the radio recording taken just as the plane is preparing to take off
03:38seconds before the tragic crash.
03:40Let there be light.
03:42I know.
03:43It's weird.
03:44And it's not yet clear who made that remark.
03:47A pilot?
03:48Air traffic control?
03:49We don't know.
03:50We also don't know what they were referring to.
03:53Then, 45 seconds after clearing the jet to take off,
03:56this was captured on the radio frequency.
03:58All traffic is stopped on the field.
04:00All traffic is stopped on the field.
04:02Aircraft upside down.
04:04We 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.
04:13Now, the crash occurred over the weekend during Winter Storm Fern,
04:16so naturally, there's a question about what role weather could have played.
04:20It was snowing hard at the time,
04:22but only a few inches had stuck when the whole thing happened,
04:26and officials confirmed that other planes were taking off safely.
04:29That said, one aviation safety consultant said that this particular aircraft,
04:33a Bombardier Challenger 600, has a history of problems with icing at takeoff.
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