Americanswers… On 5 Live! Another US citizen shot dead by ICE. What happens next?
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
After a second fatal shooting in Minneapolis by Immigration and Customs federal agents, pressure is growing on the Trump administration to hold a full inquiry into what happened. On Saturday, 37 year old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti was fatally shot during an altercation with federal immigration agents. In this episode, the Americast team unpack widely circulated video footage which directly contradicts the Trump administration’s version of events. How big a moment is this for Donald Trump’s second term, and how will it impact on the president’s promise to enact the widest deportation programme in American history?
Also in this episode, we answer your questions - along with 5 Live’s Matt Chorley - on Trump’s apology to UK service personnel who were part of NATO’s Afghanistan deployment, the president’s health and why he’s fallen out again with the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney over China.
HOSTS: • Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter • Sarah Smith, North America Editor • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent • Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations correspondent • Matt Chorley, 5 Live presenter
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | Vigils this weekend across the state of Minnesota, also beyond that state. |
| 0:10.2 | Other parts of the United States as well joining in, because, of course, there has been another fatal shooting in Minneapolis. |
| 0:16.9 | The shooting was of Alex Prettie, a 37-year-old American citizen, shot dead on Saturday by federal immigration agents. |
| 0:26.0 | So in this episode, number one, what do we know? |
| 0:30.0 | Number two, what is the story that Trump administration is telling about this? |
| 0:35.0 | And is that story changing? |
| 0:37.2 | Because, number three, are they under much more |
| 0:40.0 | political pressure than they realized they would be. We will also, I should say, later get to your |
| 0:44.7 | questions on Five Live on a whole range of subjects because as usual there is plenty more going |
| 0:50.9 | on. Welcome to AmeriCast. |
| 0:55.8 | AmeriCast. |
| 0:57.9 | AmeriCast from BBC News. |
| 1:03.3 | When Donald Trump calls, they say, yes, sir. Right away, sir. Happy to lick your boot, sir. |
| 1:05.7 | We are the sickest country in the world. |
| 1:09.2 | Oh, dear. Are you worried that billionaires are going to go hungry? |
| 1:11.4 | Of course the president supports peaceful protest. |
| 1:12.3 | What a stupid question. |
| 1:14.7 | Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? |
| 1:24.8 | Hello, it's Justin in our Westminster studio in London. |
| 1:28.0 | And it's Sarah here in our Bureau in Washington. |
| 1:31.5 | Let's begin, Sarah, with what we actually know factually, |
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