00:00The tide appears to be shifting in Minneapolis. Top Border Patrol official Greg
00:05Bovino is expected to leave the city today and take some of his agents with him.
00:10It's a move by the Trump administration that could de-escalate tensions.
00:13Now, I'm going to dig into this.
00:15This latest development with The Post's White House reporter Emily Gooden in a bit.
00:18But before I get to that,
00:20I want to update you on the investigation into the killing of ICE protester Alex Preddy by
00:25law enforcement.
00:26The Department of Homeland Security confirmed to The Post that their
00:30looking into whether or not an errant shot from Preddy's handgun went off
00:34after the weapon was taken off of him, causing the agents at the scene to believe they
00:39were being fired upon.
00:41This potential explanation of how things went off the rails that day
00:44is a shift from the initial claims by DHS officials, who at first said Preddy
00:49was brandishing the pistol, which he was permitted to carry.
00:53One source told The Post...
00:54It was 100% an accidental discharge by the agent that...
00:59They believed that person of their weapon because everyone's guns were out.
01:03They think that there's a shooting.
01:04Sources familiar with the investigation said that the agents involved in the Preddy shooting
01:09were overworked.
01:09and not trained to deal with protesters.
01:12The source added, quote,
01:13None of those...
01:14Agents should have had their gun out.
01:17It's a confluence of them being asked to do...
01:19enforcement work that they are not trained for.
01:22Meanwhile, a federal court on Monday heard arguments...
01:24in a key hearing relating to Preddy's shooting death.
01:28The judge in this case, who was appointed by Preddy...
01:29President Trump had ordered the feds to preserve all the evidence from the shooting as local...
01:34authorities argue their rights to be part of the investigation.
01:38And Monday's hearing concerned whether...
01:39whether or not to extend that order.
01:41And now to a post exclusive.
01:44An interview...
01:44with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corrina Machado.
01:49With the removal...
01:49of Nicolas Maduro by the Trump administration.
01:52Machado still faces a lot of risks at home.
01:54But that didn't stop her from vowing to return and help usher in democracy in her country.
01:59You're going to have a prosperous Venezuela and the region and...
02:04and I mean...
02:05from a...
02:06if we make a comparison in history...
02:09this would mean for the Americas...
02:12as much as the fall of the...
02:14the Berlin Wall had for Europe.
02:16It's equivalent.
02:17During the 45-minute conversation...
02:19with the Post's Washington reporter Caitlin Dornbos, Venezuela's Iron Lady praised...
02:24President Trump for his...
02:25in her words...
02:26historic action to remove Maduro.
02:28And don't forget...
02:29she actually gave the president her Nobel Peace Prize recently.
02:33Machado also...
02:34detailed the 16 months that she spent hiding before she was able to flee back in December.
02:39At the time...
02:40Maduro's regime was hunting opposition leaders like her.
02:43She was...
02:44been able to see family or friends or move freely in her own country.
02:48She said that not...
02:49much has changed in that regard...
02:50with Maduro's Vice President, Delcy Rodriguez, now in charge.
02:54But Machado believes that if the Venezuelan people can safely, democratically choose a...
02:59leader, things will change and change immediately.
03:02Particularly, 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.
03:13FAA officials...
03:14are trying to figure out what caused a private plane in Maine to flip completely.
03:19upside down...
03:20and then crash this week, killing all six people on board.
03:24As the investigation kicks into high gear, we're getting some...
03:27truly...
03:28eerie...
03:29audio from the incident.
03:30Listen to this.
03:31It's a recording.
03:32This is the radio recording.
03:34taken just as the plane is preparing to take off, seconds before the...
03:39tragic crash.
03:40Let there be light.
03:41I...
03:42I know!
03:43It's weird!
03:44And...
03:44it's not yet clear who made that remark.
03:46A pilot?
03:47Air traffic control?
03:48We don't know.
03:49We also don't know what they were referring to.
03:52Then, 45 seconds after...
03:54clearing the jet to take off, this was captured on the radio frequency.
03:58All traffic is...
03:59stopped on the field.
04:00All traffic is stopped on the field.
04:01Aircraft upside down.
04:02We have...
04:04a passenger aircraft upside down.
04:06The plane is registered to one of the founding members of...
04:09Texas personal injury law firm, Arnold and Itkin.
04:12Now, the crash occurred over the...
04:14the weekend during winter storm fern.
04:16So, naturally, there's a question about what role weather could...
04:19have played.
04:20It was snowing hard at the time, but only a few inches had stuck when the...
04:24whole thing happened, and officials confirmed that other planes were taking off safely.
04:29That...
04:29That said, one aviation safety consultant said that this particular aircraft, a bombardment...
04:3448 Challenger 600, has a history of problems with icing at takeoff.
04:39For more on these stories and everything else you could possibly want to know, check out the...
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04:54Bye.
04:55Up next time.
04:56Bye.
04:57Bye.
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