00:00First, after a weekend of turmoil in the U.S. state of Minnesota, today a judge
00:05is considering whether to pause the deployment of thousands of ICE agents in the state.
00:10The sweeping and aggressive immigration crackdown since the beginning of December last year.
00:15has now led to the fatal killing of two people, most recently Alex Prett.
00:20on Saturday, who was shot several times after being forced to the ground.
00:25The shooting now only adding to those tensions in the city of Minneapolis with local residents
00:30taking to the streets to protest the presence of ICE officers.
00:35Well, let's start by taking a listen to the governor of Minnesota, the Democrat, Tim.
00:40So my question is, what's the plan, Donald Trump?
00:45What is the plan?
00:48What do we need to do to get these
00:50federal agents out of our state?
00:52You thought fear, violence, and chaos is what you wanted from us?
00:55And you clearly underestimated the people of this state and nation.
01:00We are tired, but we're resolved.
01:04We're peaceful.
01:05We're angry, but we'll never forget.
01:07We're angry, but we're angry.
01:10We won't give up hope.
01:11And above all else, we are clearly unified.
01:15Let's cross live to Washington and bring in Fraser Jackson, our chorus.
01:20correspondent on the program.
01:21Fraser, you heard Tim Walls there saying, what?
01:25What is the plan, Donald Trump?
01:26So let me put that to you then.
01:28And what do you think the white...
01:30House intends to do today and in the days ahead in the wake of these...
01:35Soaring tensions that we've seen in Minnesota.
01:40Well, there's been an interesting development this morning.
01:43We got a tweet from Donald Trump just...
01:45a short while ago saying that he's sending Tom Homan, who was the head of ICE...
01:50over to Minnesota to basically run things on the ground there.
01:54He says that...
01:55Tom Homan knows the people and likes the people on the ground, but hasn't been involved thus far.
01:59I think that...
02:00is an interesting choice because normally the kind of person that he would send there would be Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security.
02:05security secretary.
02:06So that has sparked...
02:08sparked thoughts here that may...
02:10Maybe Kristi Noem is on the outs here and that maybe she has kind of...
02:15fallen out of favour with the administration.
02:17So something to watch there and we'll hear from Caroline Levitt.
02:20Later on...
02:21Later on in the day as she does her press conference, her press briefing...
02:25later on.
02:26But there has been that development within the local...
02:29the local area...
02:30that's state and local officials trying to stop the US administration.
02:35in the way that it's implementing this immigration crackdown by having...
02:40been around 3,000 agents on the streets there, they are trying...
02:43these local officials...
02:44to get...
02:45that blocked in court.
02:46The arguments are due to be heard in the very, very near future.
02:50whether that goes the same way as Chicago and puts some kind of reins...
02:55on Donald Trump's power here remains to be seen.
02:58But this is going to be an emergency state.
03:00but of course there has been rising tensions over the course of the last few days...
03:04since that shooting about...
03:05Alex Petty...
03:06on Saturday...
03:07and protests there continuing...
03:09albeit most...
03:10the peaceful protests...
03:11despite the fact that the temperature there in Minneapolis is hovering around...
03:15minus 20 degrees Celsius.
03:17Yeah, Fraser, just tell us a bit more about that then.
03:20I imagine then we are expecting...
03:22as we start a new day on the US East Coast...
03:25more protests in Minnesota.
03:30Yeah, it's going to be...
03:32there's basically two flashpoints now...
03:34for these programs...
03:35protests...
03:36one which is by the site of where Alex Petty was shot...
03:39and then the other...
03:40is by the whipping building...
03:41which is effectively the staging post...
03:43that's...
03:44the immigration...
03:45that the customs enforcement agents...
03:46have been using...
03:47to stage themselves from...
03:48there's been significant...
03:49demand...
03:50activity there...
03:51over the course of the last...
03:52couple of weeks...
03:53but especially...
03:54in the wake of these...
03:55two killings...
03:56that we've seen in Minnesota...
03:57the killing of...
03:58Renee Goodes...
03:59and then the killing of Alex...
04:00Pratty...
04:01just on Saturday...
04:02tensions there...
04:03flaring...
04:04leading to more protests...
04:05outside...
04:05of that building...
04:06the National Guard...
04:07has now been called in...
04:08by Tim Walls...
04:09the Democratic government...
04:10governor of the state...
04:11to basically...
04:12keep the peace...
04:13between...
04:14the federal offices...
04:15and the...
04:16people there...
04:17on the ground...
04:18the local people as well...
04:19there were videos...
04:20going viral yesterday...
04:20on social media...
04:21of the National Guard...
04:22handing out...
04:23donuts...
04:24and coffee...
04:25and hot...
04:25chocolate...
04:26to the protesters...
04:27as they were there...
04:28outside of that facility...
04:29so...
04:30the US...
04:31the US National Guard...
04:32they're trying to...
04:33kind of keep...
04:34the peace...
04:35and trying to...
04:35to keep things calm...
04:36between both sides...
04:37but also...
04:38significantly...
04:39wearing high...
04:40invisibility jackets...
04:41to try to...
04:42distinguish themselves...
04:43from other...
04:44federal law enforcement...
04:45that is in...
04:45area...
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