Noem defends ICE officers, asking for proof of citizenship

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Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

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🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Noem defends ICE officers, asking for proof of citizenship

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0:00.0	Beautiful live picture of the United States Capitol on this Friday morning.
0:09.5	It is January the 16th.
0:11.3	Good morning.
0:12.1	Welcome to morning.
0:12.9	Joe.
0:13.6	I'm Willie Geist.
0:14.5	Protests continued last night in Minneapolis where a crowd confronted federal officers
0:19.1	outside of a government building.
0:21.3	Came hours after President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act.
0:25.4	We'll explain what that centuries old law could mean for the people of Minnesota and beyond.
0:31.1	Also ahead, Venezuela's opposition leader, yes, hands over her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump,
0:37.1	an award he's been seeking
0:38.8	openly for years. We'll look at whether that gesture will earn her Trump's support to run the
0:44.5	country. Plus, in an interview with Reuters, the president suggests the United States should not
0:49.6	even have an election this year. White House later claiming it was just a joke. We'll sort through
0:55.4	that just ahead. With us this morning, the co-host of our 9 a.m. hour, as always, staff writer at
1:00.7	the Atlantic, Jonathan Lemire. So Jonathan Lemire, Nobel Prize Committee said, you can't do that.
1:06.6	The Nobel Peace Prize, not transferable, but Ms. Machado, understanding her mark very well in President
1:13.3	Trump, knowing that flattery will get you everywhere, it says, here it is, sir, here's my framed
1:17.7	metal, it's all yours. May I now run Venezuela?
1:21.3	Yeah, if Shohei Otani let me have a look at his NL MVP award that doesn't make me the best
1:26.1	player in the National League.
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