Border Czar Heads to Minnesota, Government Shutdown Looms, More
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News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Nathan Hager.
And I'm Karen Moscow.
Karen, we begin in Minneapolis, where President Trump may be signaling a strategy shift after the deaths of two U.S. citizens in immigration raids this month. The president says he's sending his border czar, Tom Holman, to the city. The man who had been overseeing ICE operations there, Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Greg Bovino, is expected to leave as soon as today.
What strategy shift is President Trump signaling in Minneapolis?
Holman is seen as more measured in his approach than Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem But White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt says this is not a sign that the president has lost confidence in Noem.
Mr. Homan is doing an exceptional job, and he has been working with Secretary Noem and President Trump over the course of the last year. Secretary Noem still has the utmost confidence and trust of the president of the United States, and she's continuing to oversee the entire Department of Homeland Security and all of the immigration enforcement that's taking place across the whole entire country.
Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt spoke at the White House news conference, and the New York Times reports President Trump met with Secretary Noem for nearly two hours in the Oval Office yesterday, but did not suggest her job was at risk. President Trump says he also spoke with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and will consider independent investigations into the shootings and reducing the number of federal agents in the state.
Nathan, outrage over the shooting death of Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Preddy now has Washington hurtling toward a government shutdown at the end of the week. Senate Democrats are threatening to vote against funds for the Department of Homeland Security unless it comes with new safeguards. like warrant requirements and body cameras for ICE and Border Patrol agents. Republicans are signaling they'll resist those demands, but several GOP senators are calling for an impartial investigation into Pretty's killing. A shutdown would likely have little impact on ICE or Border Patrol. They received massive funding in President Trump's tax bill last year.
The government might not be the only thing shutting down, Karen. Several airlines are cutting flights again due to the weather. So far, about 1,000 flights have been canceled today. That's according to FlightAware. The National Weather Service is warning of another potential significant winter storm later this week. U.S. natural gas is falling today as traders take profits. Prices shot up nearly 30 percent yesterday amid freezing temperatures.
Nathan, we have several developments on the geopolitical front this morning. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is heading to Beijing this week to meet with Chinese leaders. In an interview with Bloomberg, Starmer said the UK will not have to choose between the US and China as he tries not to draw the ire of President Trump. We get more from Bloomberg's Rosalind Matheson.
It's not an easy visit. It will be a very delicate one for Starmer to balance. As he says, you know, like a lot of leads he's talking about, we're not trying to take a side here. He'll keep talking about the importance of the US relationship. But equally, he'll want to come away from this China visit with some proper deals in the bag and to show it's not just rhetoric.
Bloomberg's Rosalind Matheson says this will be the first visit by a British prime minister to China in eight years.
Meanwhile, Karen, Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke yesterday with President Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Besson talked about the conversation with Fox's Sean Hannity.
I was in the Oval with the president today. He spoke to Prime Minister Carney, who was very aggressively walking back some of the unfortunate remarks he made at Davos. And Sean, I'm not sure what the prime minister was thinking.
That was Treasury Secretary Scott Besson speaking with Fox. In Davos last week, Carney spoke about the need for middle powers to band together to counter aggressive coercion by the world's superpowers.
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:27
2
What strategy shift is President Trump signaling in Minneapolis?
0:27–6:44
3
How is the government shutdown related to the shooting of a Minneapolis nurse?
6:44–7:17
4
What demands are Senate Democrats making regarding ICE funding?
7:17–7:25
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