I'm really happy to have you here tonight as President Donald Trump and the Trump administration

bend and then break under pressure that it turns out they cannot handle.

They underestimated the people of Minnesota and the strength of feeling in this country

right now in support of the people of Minneapolis.

Tonight, the Trump administration is pulling border patrol official Greg Bovino and some number of border patrol agents out of Minneapolis.

We do not know if this is the end of what they've been calling Operation Metro Surge, this sustained, very large-scale paramilitary attack on the cities of Minneapolis

and St. Paul.

We don't know if it is the end of that operation full stop, but we know it's the end of something.

Our latest reporting here at MS Now, per our reporters Carol Lenig and Mark Santia, is this, quote,

according to two officials briefed on the matter, Gregory Bovino is expected to be removed from

commanding the operation in Minnesota, possibly as early as tomorrow, meaning Tuesday.

There will also be a reduction of Homeland Security officers and agents in the state.

Again, that's new reporting from MS Now.

We're also aware of new reporting in the Atlantic tonight.

And this is reporting that we have not confirmed ourselves, but I'll tell you that reporter Nick

Miroff, who has an excellent reputation, at the Atlantic tonight, he reports this.

Under the headline, quote,

Greg Bovino loses his job.

Quote, Greg Brevino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol commander at large

and will return to his former job in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire soon, according to a Homeland

Security official and two people with knowledge of the change.

Bovino's sudden demotion is the clearest sign yet that the Trump administration is reconsidering

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