The prosecutor who brought two defunct criminal cases against Donald Trump got to defend his own actions publicly today.

The lead starts right now.

Did he try to unfairly take down Trump or was he standing up for democracy and the rule of law?

The extreme partisan divide is lawmakers questioned,

former special counsel Jack Smith today.

Plus, what could be the worst winter storm in years?

Nearly 125 million Americans in 24 states under alerts

how cities across the country are getting ready.

But first, a father and son in custody, church protesters arrested, and a fake image from the White

House, quite a lot going on in the Minneapolis immigration crackdown.

Welcome to the lead, Another Day in Paradise.

I'm Jake Tapp where we start with our national lead

and the Trump administration's all-out blitz on Minneapolis

and its immigration crackdown.

So many images from that city today.

A high-level visit, high-profile arrests,

stark images from the crackdown. One of them

fake. This afternoon, we heard from Vice President J.D. Vance, who went to the city and

acknowledged mistakes by federal agents on the ground there. Whenever you have a law enforcement

operation, even if 99.99% of the guys do everything perfectly,

you're going to have people that make mistake. That is the nature of law enforcement.

Also, today we heard repeatedly about the so-called agitators whom the Trump administration says

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