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PBS News Hour - Full Show

January 29, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode

PBS News Hour - Full Show

PBS NewsHour

Daily News, News

4.52.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Thursday on the News Hour, President Trump's border czar hints at a possible drawdown of federal forces in Minneapolis, but only if state officials cooperate. Alienated by Trump, longtime U.S. allies are rethinking old alliances and looking to China and India for new partners. Plus, we report from atop a glacier in Antarctica that's melting faster than any other on Earth. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. And I'm Amna Nawaz. On the news hour tonight, President Trump's borders are hints at a possible drawdown of federal forces in Minneapolis, but only if state officials cooperate.

0:17.0

Alienated by President Trump, longtime U.S. allies are rethinking old relationships and looking to China and India for new trading partners.

0:24.6

And we report from atop a glacier in Antarctica that's melting faster than any other on Earth.

0:31.6

This glacier alone represents about two and a half feet of sea level rise all over the world.

0:54.8

Welcome to the News Hour. The Trump administration's top immigration enforcement official says massive changes are coming to Minnesota, including plans to eventually pull out some of the

1:00.4

thousands of federal agents currently deployed there. And despite the administration's plan to ease

1:05.2

some of the tensions, state and local officials and even the courts are demanding bigger changes.

1:12.6

After weeks of tension, protests and clashes in the Twin Cities and the shooting deaths of two

1:18.6

U.S. citizens by federal immigration agents, Tom Homan, President Trump's borders are today,

1:24.2

said he's working on a possible drawdown plan in Minnesota, and he acknowledged missteps.

1:30.0

Yes, I said it, draw down the number of people here. Nothing's ever perfect, anything can be

1:34.8

improved on, and what we've been working on is making this operation safer, more efficient by the

1:43.0

book. But Homan added any reduction in the roughly 3,000 federal

1:47.4

officers in Minnesota would only come with cooperation from state officials, which Homan acknowledged

1:52.8

was occurring. And he said there would be zero tolerance for protesters who assault or interfere

1:58.3

with officers. We are not surrendering the President's mission in immigration enforcement.

2:02.6

Let's make that clear.

2:04.6

As we see that cooperation happen, then the redeployment will happen.

2:09.6

It comes as new video surfaced of Alex Preddy, one of the two U.S.

2:13.6

citizens killed in Minneapolis by federal agents.

2:16.6

In the video taken 11 days before

2:18.5

Prattie was shot and killed, he seemed kicking the taillight off a federal vehicle before

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