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🗓️ 25 January 2026

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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) join Meet the Press after federal agents shoot and kill a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis. Ashley Etienne, Matt Gorman, Ryan Nobles and Susan Page join the roundtable. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, breaking point.
0:03.0	Protests erupt after another fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis.
0:09.0	How many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?
0:15.0	We want calm and peace and normalcy back to our lives.
0:18.0	They want chaos.
0:20.0	This looks like a situation where an individual wants it to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.
0:27.6	The Trump administration admits ICE has made mistakes, but stands by the enforcement strategy, as public outrage intensifies.
0:38.1	They're going to make mistakes sometimes.
0:39.9	My guest this morning, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota,
0:46.9	and Democratic Senator Adam Schiff of California.
0:50.5	Joining me for insight and analysis are NBC News Chief Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles, USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page, Ashley Etienne, former communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris, and Republican strategist Matt Gorman.
1:08.5	Welcome to Sunday. It's Meet the Press.
1:12.6	From NBC News in Washington, the longest running show in television history. This is Meet the
1:19.0	Press with Kristen Welk. Good Sunday morning. The killing of another American citizen has put
1:27.0	the country on edge. Federal agents shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Preti, an ICU nurse on Saturday morning.
1:35.6	After the recent killing of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother in Minneapolis by DHS officers less than three weeks ago. This latest shooting seen on camera for
1:46.9	multiple angles. A warning, this video is disturbing. Pretti appears to be filming the immigration
1:54.1	officials on a cell phone before he's seemingly pepper sprayed and taken to the ground. Then at least
2:00.6	10 shots are heard.
2:02.9	DHS leadership claiming Preti had a weapon while Minnesota officials say he had a permit to
2:08.8	carry. It is not clear if he brandished a weapon at the officers. Saturday's shooting comes
2:15.1	as the images out of Minnesota this week were already driving the country to an inflection point.
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