Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Nathan Hager.
And I'm Karen Moscow.
Karen, we begin with another shooting involving federal agents, this time in Portland, Oregon. Let's get the latest from Bloomberg's John Tucker. John.
And Nate, the Department of Homeland Security said a Border Patrol agent in Portland, quote, fired a defensive shot at a vehicle and the driver, quote, weaponized it and drove off.
Chapter 2: What happened in the recent federal agent shooting in Portland?
Oregon's Governor Tina Kotick had this reaction.
We are all shaken and outraged by another terrible, unnecessary, violent event instigated by the reckless agenda of the Trump administration.
Portland Police Chief Bob Day told reporters two people were later taken to a hospital. He did not know their conditions.
We found a male and a female with apparent gunshot wounds. Officers applied a tourniquet and summoned emergency medical personnel.
The Portland shooting occurred a day after an ICE officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis. In that shooting, the FBI is taking control over the probe over the objections of Governor Tim Walz. State authorities questioned whether a federal probe could be trusted, especially given comments by Trump administration officials that seemed to exonerate the officer involved in that fatal shooting.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Minnesota does not have jurisdiction. Vice President J.D. Vance said the agent who fired the deadly shot is, quote, protected by absolute immunity. I'm John Tucker, Bloomberg Radio.
All right, John, thank you. We now want to get to some breaking news out of the White House with President Trump saying he's canceling a planned second wave of strikes on Venezuela. In a Truth Social post overnight, the president said the country is releasing large numbers of political prisoners as a sign of seeking peace.
And both countries are working well together to rebuild Venezuela's oil and gas infrastructure. President Trump's post comes as he prepares to host nearly 20 U.S. energy executives at the White House today. The president also said he's open to meeting with Venezuela's opposition leader, Maria Karina Machado.
I understand she's coming in next week sometime.
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Chapter 3: How did Oregon officials react to the Portland shooting incident?
And I look forward to saying hello to her. And I've heard that she wants to do that. That would be a great honor.
And President Trump spoke there on Fox News. In the Truth Social post, the president said all ships will stay in place around Venezuela for safety and security reasons.
And staying with foreign policy, Karen, the U.S. is reportedly considering paying Greenland's residents up to $100,000 each. That's according to Reuters, which says the payments would be intended to convince Greenland to split from Denmark. Wendy Schiller is a professor of political science at Brown University.
The Republicans are going to have to go home, and they will have to interact with their constituents, even though most people like to avoid town halls now. And they're going to have to explain why U.S. resources are both in Venezuela and possibly going after Greenland, which I think Congress would probably stand up and say, no, you can't use U.S.
money to buy Greenland or even go into Greenland for any length of time.
Brown University's Wendy Schiller, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, plans to meet with Danish officials next week.
Let's head to the Middle East now, Nathan, where Iran is restricting Internet and phone access after thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across the country to protest a cost of living crisis. We get more with Bloomberg News Middle East managing editor Paul Wallace.
The unrest worsened last night quite significantly. We saw very big crowds in Tehran by all accounts. While information is coming out of Iran, it's very hard to verify at the moment. It does seem that what happened last night were certainly the biggest protests in the capital since this all began in late December.
Bloomberg's Paul Wallace says the demonstration started after a sharp decline in the value of Iran's currency worsened a cost of living crisis and the sanctions hit economy.
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