Trump's Minnesota De-Escalation, Fed Decision Day, More

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Nathan Hager 0:00

News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Nathan Hager.

Karen Moscow 0:05

And I'm Karen Moscow.

Nathan Hager 0:07

Karen, we begin with the latest on the tensions in Minneapolis. President Trump says he's looking to de-escalate after the killings of two U.S. citizens by federal immigration enforcement agents. The president sent in his border czar, Tom Homan, to replace Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol commander who'd been the face of the crackdown.

What are the latest tensions in Minneapolis related to immigration enforcement?

Nathan Hager 0:24

But President Trump says he's not letting up with the enforcement.

Unknown 0:27

I don't think it's a pullback. It's a little bit of a change.

How is President Trump responding to the recent killings by federal agents?

Unknown 0:29

Everybody in this room that has a business, you know, you make little changes. You know, Bovino is very good, but he's a pretty out there kind of a guy. And in some cases, that's good. Maybe it wasn't good here.

Nathan Hager 0:39

President Trump tells Fox News he's largely satisfied with how his team's carried out the operation while acknowledging it may have inflamed tensions. He says Tom Holman's been meeting with Minnesota's governor and the mayor of Minneapolis, and he hears it's going well.

Karen Moscow 0:52

But Nathan, there are more signs of tension in Minneapolis. A man attacked Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar during a town hall as she called for consequences over the aggressive enforcement. The man appeared to squirt some kind of liquid on the congresswoman before security and police tackled him. Omar carried on with her speech. Here is the reality that people like this ugly man don't understand.

Nathan Hager 1:17

We are Minnesota strong, and we will stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.

Karen Moscow 1:25

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar called for ICE to be abolished and for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign or be impeached.

Nathan Hager 1:32

And Karen, those calls are growing louder on Capitol Hill. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is adding to the pressure on Secretary Noem.

Chuck Schumer 1:39

Kristi Noem is a liar. She's vicious. She's also incompetent. Donald Trump must fire her at once before another American is killed under her watch.

Nathan Hager 1:49

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke on the Senate floor. Two Republican senators, Lisa Murkowski and Tom Tillis, are also saying Noem should step down. Noem has come under criticism for saying the latest shooting victim in Minneapolis, Alex Preddy, brandished a weapon and committed an act of domestic terrorism. Multiple videos show Preddy holding a cell phone before federal agents tackled and shot him. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller says Noem's initial statement was based on reports from Border Patrol agents on the ground. He says they may not have followed the administration's protocols in the lead up to the shooting.

Karen Moscow 2:20

Nathan, Apple CEO Tim Cook is weighing in on the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Preddy. In a memo on Apple's employee website, Cook said he is heartbroken by the events and called for calm. Cook added that he discussed the matter with President Trump earlier this week. He had come under fire from employees for attending a White House screening of a documentary on First Lady Melania Trump the evening of the shooting.

Nathan Hager 2:43

We can talk now, Karen, about the weather because frigid temperatures look like they're here to stay and we may have another winter storm to contend with soon. Let's get the latest from Bloomberg meteorologist Craig Allen. Another one, Craig, really?

Craig Allen 2:58

Yeah, Nathan, it would probably be sometime toward the upcoming weekend. The rest of this week may feature a couple of snow flurries or snow showers that pass through. Otherwise, it is the cold that everyone's talking about. The snow from last weekend, it's like cement blocks that are just going to be sitting around. At the street corners or watch yourself on the sidewalks right now, temperatures are in the mid-teens. 17 degrees at Dulles, 18 at Washington National. Central Park is 15 and Boston is 13. The wind chills for all these areas ranging from minus 5 to plus 5. And I'll tell you, right through the rest of this week, daytime highs won't get very much above 20. And nights are going to be in the single digits and below zero.

Craig Allen 3:44

And we'll talk about that upcoming storm.