FULL SHOW: Rising tension in Minnesota; Is CBS News getting better?

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🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt commented on the recent killing of Alex Pretti, with her remarks seemingly differing from President Trump’s perspective on the Minnesota tragedy. Neville Roy Singham was named as the alleged financier behind many protests in Minneapolis. Mark interviews John Carney, Breitbart Business News Editor. Carney suggested that the quickest way to ease tensions between ICE agents and Minnesota residents would be for state and local officials to cooperate with ICE. They also discussed potential candidates for the next Federal Reserve Chair. Mark interviews streaming host Bill O’Reilly. They discussed whether Jimmy Kimmel damaged his reputation by often criticizing President Trump and debated whether CBS News can regain credibility after years of perceived liberal bias, especially now that the GOP controls the government. The media’s lack of coverage on Neville Roy Singham and his alleged role in escalating Minnesota protests was also highlighted. Mark discussed a poll indicating increasing support for President Trump among Hispanic voters. He also mentioned CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss preparing for a major town hall with the news staff about upcoming changes at the network.

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0:00.0	You just heard the news.
0:02.6	Now you'll find out what it all means.
0:05.6	It's Mark Simone on 710 W-O-R.
0:12.0	Well, hey, we'll get to Minnesota, all the latest.
0:15.1	We'll get to Mom Donnie.
0:16.9	We'll get to the Super Bowl.
0:18.5	We'll get to those crazy late- night hosts and more. Minnesota, it's a mess. It's absolute chaos. It's out of control, the narrative. Not on the ground. It's just out of control this whole narrative. President Trump getting hands on yesterday trying to fix this. He has sent Tom Holman to Minnesota to straighten
0:40.8	things out. He's sidelined Christy Knoam, who was very upset about it, demanded to see him
0:47.5	last night and came into the White House for a two-hour meeting with President Trump. Susie Wiles in the room. There was another
0:56.8	person there. I forget who it was. But they hashed it out for a couple of hours. Some people
1:03.0	that have worked with Trump for years argue that when you're in the firing line there, when you're
1:08.5	in the doghouse, it's better to stay away for a little while instead of go right into the lion's den.
1:14.2	But Christy Nome wanted to go confront him with all this.
1:17.1	They had a long talk.
1:18.6	I don't know what's going to come of it.
1:19.8	She probably will remain sideline for a while.
1:22.7	And then they'll decide her fate.
1:24.5	There's a chief of border patrol that was in Minnesota who has been pulled
1:28.8	out of there, told to get out of Minnesota, take his border patrol and leap. Problem with
1:33.1	Nome and the border patrol guy, Bovino, is they just were too knee-jerk in their response.
1:41.1	Nome saying, Preti, the guy that was, was clearly a domestic terrorist brandishing a gun.
1:48.1	Bovino spoke in the same kind of way.
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