Chapter 1: What events led to the Minneapolis ICE shooting?
As investigations into the Minneapolis ICE shooting continue, anti-government protests spread into other cities across the U.S.
I wish we would talk factually about what we see every day from these protesters, how they chant over and over, kill ICE, attack law enforcement, how they're trained to perpetuate violence against them.
I'm Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Monday, January 12th. This is Morning Wire.
President Trump weighs his options in Iran as the government cracks down with deadly force on anti-regime protests.
I've made the statement very strongly that if they start killing people like they have in the past, we will get involved.
We'll be hitting them very hard where it hurts. Will the U.S. carry out more strikes? And is Cuba now in the president's crosshairs?
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Chapter 2: How are protests against ICE spreading across the U.S.?
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Nationwide protests continued to spread this weekend following a deadly ice-involved shooting in Minneapolis.
Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips is here with the latest. Hey, Cabot, so the story out of Minneapolis continues to dominate the headlines. Lots of video footage streaming in. Where do things stand now in the city?
Yeah, you mentioned video footage coming in. Alpha News actually obtained the cell phone footage taken by the ICE agent during last week's shooting. And it does give a much fuller picture of what transpired. As the agent approaches 37-year-old Rene Good, who is sitting in the driver's seat, he's first haunted by Good's wife. Have a listen.
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Chapter 3: What is President Trump's response to the situation in Iran?
You want to come at us? You want to come at us? I say go get yourself some lunch, big boy.
Seconds later, as other agents demanded that Goode get out of her car, her wife yells, quote, drive, baby, drive. You can then see Goode appearing to look directly at the officer in front of her car before revving her engine and accelerating. We're not going to play that part, but you can hear the officer let out a panicked scream as he is seemingly hit by the vehicle.
You can also hear that on the video before three shots ring out. Now, Republicans felt that footage further vindicated the officer and showed that this was a justified case of self-defense. But many on the left continued to double down. and claimed that this was murder.
Chapter 4: What are the implications of the protests in Iran?
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, for example, demanded that the entire agency be abolished, while Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff claimed the victim was not even taking part in any protest, but was simply caught up in the crowd. Now, obviously, that is just a false claim.
Rene Good and her wife were acting as so-called legal observers, which typically applies to protesters attempting to document and often disrupt ICE operations. Elsewhere, Democratic Rep Ilhan Omar, who represents Minneapolis in Congress, spoke at a rally there.
We are going to make sure that these people pay for what they have done to us.
She later appeared on CBS and then went on to basically blame the ICE agent for being in the way of a moving car.
They are saying that he has 10 years on service and is trained. He should know that you shouldn't be trying to get in front of a moving car.
Some of those claims, pretty remarkable to listen to. So tell us more about these mass protests that we saw really take over the city over the weekend.
Yeah, tens of thousands of people gathered in Minneapolis and cities and towns across the entire country. And this was part of a highly organized, what they called Ice Out for Good movement. And a number of these protests, many of which were outside ICE facilities, did turn violent, prompting a number of arrests and forcing police to deploy tear gas.
Other groups like Freedom Road Socialist Organization and the People's Forum also provided resources and other support to demonstrators.
Now, on the other side of the country, we saw another ICE-involved shooting over the weekend. Tell us about that.
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Chapter 5: How did the Minneapolis protests affect local communities?
If we take a kinetic strike, does that actually unite the Iranian people in a way that the regime has not been able to? The last time we intervened in Iran in a major way was 1953 when the CIA overthrew the Iranian regime to protect Iranian oil for the West. Many historians would argue that led to the Ayatollah.
Now, back in the Western Hemisphere, Trump is reportedly interested in making a deal with Cuba. What does Trump want out of that deal?
You know, that's not really clear. Unlike Venezuela, Cuba doesn't really have any natural resources and any significant quantities that the United States needs. although Cuba has been a useful pawn for Russia and Chinese influence in the Western Hemisphere. It was very close with Venezuela, and Maduro specifically.
Venezuela sent cheap oil to Cuba, and Cuban special forces helped protect Maduro's hold on power. Now, without that easy source of energy, Cuba's government may be on the edge of collapse as well. Trump's Truth Social post on Sunday suggested that Cuba needs to make a deal with the U.S. for protection since it no longer has Venezuela's support.
Well, they're in dire straits without that oil. Tim, thanks for reporting.
Good to be on.
The uprising in Iran could get even more bloody, but it also presents the possibility of a more stable, democratic Middle East.
Joining us now to discuss is Benham bin Taliblu, the senior director of the Iran program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Benham, thank you for coming on the show. Pleasure. Great to be with you. So Iran's protest crackdown has already killed hundreds and the regime is taking increasingly drastic action. What have you heard about what things are like on the ground there?
Well, I got to tell you, there has been an escalating Internet blackout in Iran. And if past is prologue, it's Iranians who die in the darkness. The regime is first and foremost doing this Internet blackout to sever the ability of Iranians to communicate and organize with one another.
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