Minneapolis: Officer Training, DHS Funding, & the American Brand 1/26/26

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🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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After an ICE officer shot and killed another U.S. citizen in Minneapolis, CEOs of Minnesota-based companies have urged for calm as tensions rise. CNBC’s Eamon Javers reports on the federal, local, and corporate response to the fatal shootings, and CNBC’s Emily Wilkins reports on the Senate standstill over DHS funding that could lead to a partial government shutdown. Author and Tulane professor Walter Isaacson examines the shift in America’s international reputation amid anti-ICE protests around the country. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy points to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis local law enforcement as culpable in the shootings. Plus, as much of America digs out of a massive winter storm, Secretary Duffy expects travel to be back on track by midweek. Eamon Javers - 2:58 Emily Wilkins - 13:19 Phil LeBeau - 15:59 Walter Isaacson - 24:26 Sec. Sean Duffy - 37:08 In this episode: Sean Duffy, @SecDuffy Eamon Javers, @eamonjavers Emily Wilkins, @emrwilkins Phil LeBeau, @Lebeaucarnews Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:04.3	This is SquawkPod, and I'm CNBC producer Cameron Costa.
0:08.5	On today's episode, another American citizen fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
0:16.1	CNBC's AIMN Jabbers reports on the federal, local, and corporate response.
0:21.6	The Minneapolis Police Department, right? They're saying, you know, we arrest people all the time,
0:24.6	and we haven't shot anybody in a year. And this is three shootings in three weeks, two of them fatal.
0:29.6	After that shooting, funding for the Department of Homeland Security prompts a standoff on Capitol Hill.
0:35.6	CNBC's Emily Wilkins reports.
0:38.4	Senate Republican leadership, they are not planning to remove DHS funding from this larger
0:43.7	package that increases the chances of a partial government shutdown.
0:49.2	How the unrest at home is affecting America's reputation abroad and what business leaders are doing about it.
0:55.7	Author and history professor at Tulane, Walter Isaacson, joins us.
1:00.2	This is affecting America around the world.
1:04.0	Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy also shares his own perspective.
1:08.0	The question should not be, should we take a pause and give additional training?
1:12.6	Maybe a president should bring in more assets.
1:14.6	But really the question is, Tim Walsh, what are you doing?
1:16.6	Plus, digging travelers out of a winter storm around the country.
1:21.6	It's Monday, January 26th, 2026, a snowy Monday for many of us. And SquawkPod begins right now.
1:30.0	Stand Becky by in three, two, one. Cure, please.
1:35.1	Good morning, everybody. Welcome to Squawk Box right here on CNBC. I'm Becky Quick, along with
1:40.4	Andrew Ross Sork, and Joe is out today. Andrew is live at the NASDAQ. I'm in CNBC's headquarters in Inglewood Cliffs. Made it back from Davos, Andrew, but we brought the snow with us. In fact, we have far more snow here, and it's a lot colder than it was in Davos. But we're here. We're back. The city of Minneapolis on edge this morning following the second
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