We start today's other headlines in Minneapolis. Homeland Security officials now say that the two federal agents who fired shots in the death of U.S. citizen Alex Preti have been on administrative leave since it happened on Saturday. That contradicts a prior comment from Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino, who had said the agents had been transferred but were still working.

They have not been publicly identified. It follows Trump aid Stephen Miller suggesting yesterday

that the agents may not have been following protocol before the shooting.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio today defended the Trump administration's military operation

to seize then Venezuelan President

Nicolas Maduro.

Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio said President Trump had acted

to take out a major national security threat to the U.S.

During what was the first public hearing since the January 3rd raid, Rubio also pledged

to work with Venezuelan authorities to stabilize that

country. And he stressed that there was no other option.

You couldn't make a deal with this guy. This guy has made multiple deals. He's broken every one of them.

It's not going to be like from one day to the next. We're going to have this thing turn around

overnight. But I think we're making good and decent progress.

Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth pressed Rubio over the administration's decision to invoke

a wartime law when entering Venezuela. So the president's already said that he's not ruined out the

military option. And you've also just said that, yes, we are at war. The president has war time powers.

But every president retains the power to use military to protect. And I gave you a are at war. The president has more time powers. So it's reasonable for me to

ask you. And I gave you a very specific example. Every president retains the right to defend the

United States against an imminent threat. During his testimony, the Secretary of State also tried

to ease concerns among Democratic lawmakers about the administration's approach to Greenland,

NATO, Iran, and China.

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