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Anderson Cooper 360

Trump Sidelines Border Patrol Chief, Sending WH Border Czar To MN

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Alex Pretti was a 37-year-old ICU nurse at a VA hospital when he was shot dead by federal officers while recording them with his cell phone Saturday morning in Minneapolis. And, like Renee Good just 19 days ago, he was smeared by the administration, defamed as a "domestic terrorist" bent on massacring law enforcement within just hours of his death. Tonight, three sources are now telling CNN that the face of the crackdown here, Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino, and some of his masked agents, are expected to leave Minneapolis tomorrow. Anderson Cooper 360° is live tonight from Minneapolis.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good evening from Minneapolis. The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.

0:08.0

It was their final most essential command. George Orwell wrote that in his book 1984.

0:14.5

The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final most essential

0:20.2

command. It's being circulated on social

0:22.7

media a lot these days. Orwell wrote that in the late 1940s after getting sick of what he

0:27.9

called the screaming and lies told in wars by governments and media pushing official propaganda.

0:34.6

There's a lot of people here in Minneapolis tonight who are sick of the lies being

0:38.6

told by some in the Trump administration about Alex Preti, who was shot to death here on Saturday,

0:44.7

and we are breaking news in his killing. Alex Preti was a 37-year-old ICU nurse at a local

0:50.4

VA hospital, shot dead, and repeatedly shot at least 10 shots fired by border officers

0:55.6

Saturday morning. And like Renee Good just 19 days ago, he was smeared by the administration

1:00.7

in the hours after his killing. Defamed as a domestic terrorist bent on massacring

1:05.9

law enforcement within hours of his death. Tonight, though, unlike in her case, the administration appears to be backing away from at least

1:13.4

some of the falsehoods that has been spreading, that we should point out, the officials who

1:17.9

actually defamed him have not backed off.

1:20.9

Yet, the president is changing personnel, sending in Borders-R. Tom Homan to oversee ICE

1:26.2

operations here.

1:29.0

That announcement came 20 minutes after a Fox News morning show host suggested he should do it. Coincidence? Perhaps. The president spoke

1:35.1

by phone today with Minnesota's governor Tim Walz, saying that he and the governor, quote,

1:40.4

seemed to be on a similar wavelength. He also spoke as well with Jacob Frye, the mayor of

1:46.1

Minneapolis. Also, three sources are now telling CNN that the face of the crackdown here,

1:51.4

Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and some of his masked agents are expected to leave

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