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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

Uncharted Territory in Minneapolis

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Controversy continues to swirl around the shooting death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by a federal agent, leading President Trump to send border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota tonight. Meanwhile, more than 800,000 customers are without power after a historic winter storm blankets a swath of the US in ice and snow.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Happening now, breaking news, uncharted territory in Minneapolis, following the shooting

0:08.1

death of Alex Preti, an ICU nurse by a federal agent.

0:13.3

And Justin, President Trump now says he's sending Bordersar Tom Holman to Minnesota tonight.

0:19.0

Plus, devastating damage. More than 800,000 customers are

0:23.5

without power after a historic winter storm blankets, a swath of the United States,

0:29.2

in ice and snow. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the

0:34.7

world. I'm Wolf Blitzer. Pamela Brown is off. You're in the situation room.

0:46.4

This is CNN breaking news. We're following breaking news this morning, protests overnight,

0:52.4

following the second fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by federal agents in Minnesota just this month.

0:59.0

The Right through! Soon a judge is set to hear

1:24.6

on the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

1:28.3

This after 37-year-old Alex Preddy and ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday.

1:39.3

There are going to be times when I pick up the phone and I'm not going to be able to get a hold of them.

1:47.1

He was standing up for that woman that he was trying to help up.

1:51.9

He was trying to help her get out of that situation.

1:55.7

But they have not killed my friend?

1:58.2

Yeah, they could have not killed my friend.

2:00.2

They did not need to kill my friend.

2:02.8

This morning, Trump administration officials are doubling down on their claims that Preddy is

2:07.8

responsible for his own death. President Trump tells the Wall Street Journal that his administration

2:12.9

is, quote, reviewing everything and will come out with a determination, end quote.

2:18.2

The president also noted that he could eventually pull federal law enforcement officers out of Minnesota,

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