Luke Vargas

We go to Iran now where over 500 people have been killed in two weeks of unrest.

According to the Henghaw Human Rights Organization, some protesters were killed by government forces with live ammunition, and the group Human Rights Activists in Iran say a further 10,000 people have been arrested.

The regime's crackdown on protesters has also gotten the attention of President Trump, who we understand is meeting with advisers tomorrow to consider possible responses.

Yesterday, Iran's leadership accused rioters of acting on behalf of the U.S.

and Israel and threatened to attack American military bases in the Middle East if the U.S.

hits first.

Journal national security reporter Alex Ward says U.S.

intervention in Iran could include everything from sanctions to cyber weapons to a military strike or nothing at all.

Alex says that even though Trump has been emboldened by recent military successes, including the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro,

it isn't enough to suggest an imminent strike on Iran.

Coming up, DHS sends hundreds of additional officers to Minnesota.

And President Trump weighs in on which oil companies could get a chance to do business in Venezuela and who might be left on the outside looking in.

Those stories and more after the break.

In Minnesota, a federal immigration crackdown is continuing this morning in the Twin Cities as part of what the Department of Homeland Security has described as its largest ever immigration enforcement operation.

More than 2,000 federal border and immigration agents are taking part, while officers and police continue to clash with protesters.

The Trump administration is facing questions about why officials were so quick to defend the actions of an ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis last week before an investigation plays out.

Speaking to CNN's Jake Tapper yesterday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called Good a domestic terrorist for obstructing agents.

On NBC's Meet the Press, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry once again called for state authorities to be involved in the investigation into Good's death, which is currently being overseen by the FBI.

A Homeland Security spokesperson said that more than 2,000 immigration arrests have been made in Minnesota since the enforcement operation began at the beginning of December.

President Trump has said he might block ExxonMobil from drilling in Venezuela.