Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The head of the FBI is defending the immigration officers who killed 37-year-old Alex Preddy in Minneapolis yesterday.
Chapter 2: What incident involving the FBI and immigration officers is discussed?
He says the U.S. citizen should not have had a firearm But gun rights groups and some GOP lawmakers disagree. NPR's Luke Garrett reports.
Trump administration officials continue to defend the federal agents who killed Preddy. Here's FBI Director Kash Patel on Fox News Sunday.
You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple. You don't have that right to break the law.
There's been no evidence that NPR has verified of Preddy brandishing his handgun at any time during the encounter with federal agents. GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski said the video appears to show Preddy was killed after being disarmed. The Alaska senator called for an independent investigation and congressional hearings on the killing.
Murkowski said, quote, lawfully carrying a firearm does not justify federal agents killing an American. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
A powerful winter storm is carving its way across the eastern two-thirds of the United States. Meanwhile, ice storm warnings are blanketing the southeast, posing a risk for millions of people, NPR's Anusha Mathur reports.
The winter storm is pummeling homes and infrastructure with hazardous snow and ice. States including Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana report widespread power outages. Freezing rain is the culprit. It creates a layer of ice on power lines and tree limbs, causing them to snap and fall. National Weather Service forecaster Corey Chaskolson says freezing rain is also dangerous to drivers.
It does not take much freezing rain to accumulate on roads and make any elevated surfaces such as overpasses very treacherous.
Hundreds of crashes have been reported across the region. Anusha Mathur, NPR News.
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