Rachel Maddow

Quote, pursuant to the Minnesota Open Records Law, I request copies of video footage of the following areas of the Minneapolis-St.

Paul International Airport.

January 21st, 2026, 5.30 a.m.

to 10 a.m.

Any footage of or that would show vehicular traffic entering or exiting gates 222 or 269, exterior ramp areas, interior gate areas, jet bridges near gates F11, F13, or F15.

Nick Benson filed his open records law request under Minnesota state law.

He paid his $359.04 in processing costs.

And what did he get?

He got dozens of hours of footage from half a dozen different surveillance cameras, all showing the Delta Airlines passenger terminal or the operations going on just outside the terminal's windows in the hours leading up to that morning's nonstop flight from Minneapolis to San Antonio.

He went through all of that footage and look, there he is.

Recognize the jacket?

Heading for gate F13, the Delta flight to San Antonio in his black and white checked coat.

That's Liam Conejo Ramos and his dad.

There's no sound with this footage, but you will see three people with Liam and his dad, three people who seem to be taking them through the airport.

To be clear, we don't know whether they're federal agents or contractors or something else, but there they are with Liam and his father.

They're checking in before the flight.

They're waiting in the terminal with all the other travelers.

At one point in the background, you can see Liam laying his blanket down on the floor.

I think it's so he can lie down on the blanket.

Sometimes he gets up to look out the window with his dad.