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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. Federal and Minnesota officials are offering starkly different

messages about the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis after another shooting death by federal agents.

Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz asked the public whether they wanted to support an

all-powerful federal government that could menace, kill, and kidnap citizens. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino says the nurse who was killed, Alex

Pready, chose to interfere with immigration officers.

Our Title VIII immigration mission continues unabated here in Minneapolis,

despite yesterday's tragedy that was preventable by folks making better choices, politicians,

journalists, and would-be anarchists and rioters.

Bystander video appears to show multiple federal agents surrounding Preddy on the ground,

with some punching him and attempting to restrain him before

one agent shoots and kills him. The giant winter storm barreling into the east is expected to

continue tomorrow, followed by very low temperatures for days. Snow and ice is triggering a spike in

power outages across Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. about one million rate payers have lost power.

As NPR's Frank Morris reports, some counties are experiencing near total blackouts.

Thick ice breaking trees and power lines cut electricity to four out of five homes and businesses in several North Mississippi counties.

Matt Hackworth, a Presbyterian Minister in Oxford, Mississippi,

is huddling with his wife, son, and parents in a chilly dark house.

We lost tower about 10 minutes till midnight last night, and then kept hearing pops and bangs and

booms all night from trees breaking under the weight of the ice.

While the storm should be letting up, restoring power to the hardest hit parts of the south is likely to take weeks.

Frank Morris, NPR News, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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