Isaac Stanley-Becker

I was out reporting in and around Minneapolis.

And this interview with Governor Walz had been set for 3 o'clock, so make my way over to the Capitol.

Thanks, Hannah.

I think I had some practical questions for him about how much he knew about certain really basic details, or I guess details that one would assume under ordinary circumstances the governor of a state would know, such as what exactly are federal agents doing in his state?

How many of them are there?

What are they up to?

And then also, what are the names and the identities of federal agents who had just killed a resident of his state?

And just right off the bat, one of the striking things was that he had little information, and in the second case, no information about these questions.

So that was a rather striking finding, and I think...

Part of what I then wanted to understand from him related to that is what that's like, what that's like for a governor in this moment to be in that kind of situation.

So you said that Minnesotans don't let their guard down.

It seemed for a moment like there was a real risk that things were unraveling in terms of what's unfolded here.

Have we kind of gotten past that?

Have we moved into a somewhat better place?

Or is there still a risk of things really spinning out of control in your mind?

Did you see what Pete Hegseth wrote on Twitter where he said ICE is greater than Minnesota or ICE above Minnesota?

I'm wondering what your reaction to that kind of message is.

So the president didn't ask about Alex or his family.

Can you just say a little bit more about what he did say?

And is there anything about the conversation that surprised you?