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Dave Mattingly (0:15)
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattegley. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says he had a productive phone call with President Trump about de escalating tensions following following Saturday's fatal shooting of a man in Minneapolis by Federal immigration officers. NPR's Martin Costi has more.
Martin Costi (0:34)
Walz announced on social media that he'd spoken to Trump and that Trump agreed to look into reducing the number of federal agents in Minnesota. In an interview with Minnesota Public Radio, Walz added that Customs and Border Protection commander at large Greg Bovino would leave the state. Since last summer, Bovino has been the face of immigration enforcement surges in Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans and and now the Twin Cities where he said, without evidence that Alex Preddy had intended to, quote, massacre law enforcement agents before he was shot and killed. Bovino also provoked local anger by referring to the Border Patrol agents as the victims in that incident. Wall said Trump would send in ICE veteran and border czar Tom Homan to take over the operation in Minnesota, Martin Costi, NPR News.
Dave Mattingly (1:21)
A federal judge in Minnesota is ordering the acting director of U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement, Todd Lyons, to appear Friday. It stems from a case in which ICE did not follow the court ordered release of a detained man. The man's attorney says his client must be let go because ICE failed to provide him with a bond hearing. The judge's order notes this is one of dozens of court orders in recent weeks with which ICE has failed to comply. Crews are slowly making progress to restore power to areas of the US most affected by the latest winter storm. More than 530,000 homes and businesses are still without power this morning. That's down from more than 800,000 at this time yesterday. The hardest hit states include Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana, where heavy icing brought down trees and power lines. Curtis Tate with member station WEKU reports on efforts to get the lights back on in Kentucky.
Curtis Tate (2:20)
Counties along Kentucky's southern border received a layer of ICE over the weekend that that at its peak cut off electricity to more than 60,000 customers. Utility repair crews are working 16 hour shifts to replace broken poles and downed lines. The effort may take them the rest of the week, especially in the region's remote rural areas. And as temperatures were set to fall into the single digits and below 0. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced over social media the death of a 72 year old woman from hypothermia. Eastern Grid operator PJM, which includes parts of Kentucky, revised upward its peak electricity demand forecast and said high power consumption would persist through the week. I'm Curtis Tate in Richmond, Kentucky.