Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz says President Trump has had a change of tone about his immigration crackdown in the state. Minnesota Public Radio's Clay Masters has more on this morning's phone call between the two.
Walz says Trump agreed to consider reducing the number of immigration enforcement agents in the Twin Cities.
Chapter 2: What recent changes has Governor Tim Walz discussed regarding immigration enforcement?
He also says the president would consider ensuring the state could conduct independent investigations into the killings of Alex Preti and Renee Macklin Good.
Whether it was morality or bad optics and poll numbers, whatever has happened here, there is a definite change of tone. There is definitely a more collaborative tone. I want to make sure that I'm not jeopardizing that, that I'm going to take them for their word right now, that they're going to reduce this force.
Walls says Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Greg Bovino and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will not be returning to the Twin Cities. For NPR News, I'm Clay Masters in St. Paul.
Homeland Security Department spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin says Greg Bovino has not been relieved of his duties. She posted a social media message following reporting by The Atlantic that Bovino had been demoted and will retire soon. Trump administration border czar Tom Holman is expected in Minnesota Tuesday to take charge of immigration enforcement operations.
Power outages from that winter storm over the weekend has left hundreds of thousands without power. Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Shamir Muhammad reports on relief efforts in the hard-hit South.
Nearly 200,000 power outages were reported in North Mississippi. Snow and heavy ice caused severe damage throughout the region. Casey Grist, the executive director of the North Mississippi chapter of the American Red Cross, says her organization is still trying to access communities blocked off by fallen trees, ice, and fallen power lines.
We were able to position some resources, some cots and blankets and those types of things, so that the community had access to them for their own warming shelters once we were not able to get in any longer.
Two deaths related to Fern have been reported in the state. For NPR News, I'm Shamir Mohamed in Jackson.
The IRS now accepting tax returns, a filing season beginning a day earlier than last year, as NPR's Scott Horsley reports.
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