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PBS News Hour - Segments

Sadness, anger and exhaustion grip Twin Cities after latest killing by federal agents

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

Daily News, News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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President Trump sent his border czar to Minneapolis and shifted his response a bit following bipartisan blowback to the fatal shooting of a second U.S. citizen by federal agents. But anger over the conduct of ICE and Border Patrol is high, and a federal judge is deciding whether the immigration crackdown can continue. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Minneapolis. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Welcome to the News Hour. President Trump sent his border czar to Minneapolis today and shifted his response a bit, following bipartisan backlash to the fatal shooting of a second U.S. citizen by federal agents this weekend.

0:13.4

Both the president and Minnesota Governor Tim Walls signaled some progress in the Twin Cities. Border Patrol senior official Greg Bovino and some agents are now

0:21.9

reportedly leaving the state. But anger over the conduct of ICE and the Border Patrol is high,

0:27.7

and a federal judge is deciding whether the immigration crackdown can continue. Special correspondent

0:33.3

Fred to Sam Lazaro begins our coverage with the latest from Minneapolis.

0:38.8

On a frigid morning in South Minneapolis, another makeshift memorial grew larger today

0:44.7

for another U.S. citizen killed at the hands of federal agents. For residents showing up to

0:51.0

honor Alex Prettie, a mixture of sadness, anger, and exhaustion.

0:56.0

Rose Zeeley lives just steps from the site of Saturday's shooting.

1:00.0

I was like really right there at the end of the corner, and I was walking towards this way.

1:05.0

And I heard the gunshots and I just started running.

1:09.0

I just hope we can all get together and have the

1:10.9

understanding and stop this. This is very terrifying and it's not it's not good. I pray every day

1:18.9

for us all. Emily and Brandon Del Bell drove in from neighboring St. Louis Park. We woke up,

1:25.3

we got our kid to school and we were paralyzed. Don't know how to

1:31.4

take the grief that we're dealing with right now. I drove into work, got in there, and I just,

1:37.8

I realized I couldn't, I couldn't be there today. Nothing feels real, so I need to prove to my body that this is real, so I need to come here,

1:56.0

even though it's really hard.

1:58.0

But by mid-morning came the first hint of some conciliation.

2:01.6

President Trump, in a truth social post, wrote,

2:04.6

Governor Tim Walz called me with the request to work together with respect to Minnesota.

2:09.6

It was a very good call, and we actually seemed to be on a similar wavelength.

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