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0:00.0	More protesters take to the streets in Minneapolis. The vice president announces a federal
0:08.0	anti-fraud task force and college football semifinals kickoff tonight. I'm Daily Wire,
0:13.5	executive editor John Bickley, with Georgia Howe. It's Thursday, January 8th. This is Evening Wire.
0:19.6	More protests erupted in Minneapolis today following the fatal shooting of a woman who
0:24.6	ICES attempted to ram an agent with her car. Daily Wire Senior Editor Cabot Phillips reports.
0:31.0	Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside of federal building Thursday confronting officers
0:34.8	enchanting threatening slogans as authorities deployed tear gas and pepper balls.
0:39.4	House streets!
0:40.2	House streets!
0:41.1	Lower!
0:41.7	Houter!
0:43.6	Haster!
0:45.2	Houtre!
0:46.2	At least four protesters were detained.
0:48.8	Homeland security officials say the victim of the shooting ignored repeated lawful commands.
0:53.4	Minneapolis city leaders strongly dispute that account, calling the shooting unjustified.
0:58.6	State and federal authorities say the FBI and Minnesota investigators are jointly
1:02.0	reviewing the incident as tensions remain high. Meanwhile, Minneapolis Public Schools has
1:06.3	canceled classes Thursday and Friday due to quote safety concerns posed by potential riots and protests.
1:13.1	Amid all the fraud allegations in Minnesota, Vice President J.D. Vance announced a new federal
1:17.7	task force today to tackle the issue. Daily Wire's senior editor, Joel Needler, has more.
1:22.7	Vance says that the administration has already issued more than 1,500 subpoenas and secured 100 indictments
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