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Urgent efforts are underway to find the mother of NBC anchor Savannah Guthrie after investigators say she was abducted from her home ... President Trump is calling for Republicans to nationalize voting ahead of November's midterms ... House Republicans hope to keep the party united enough to end the partial government shutdown, but key holdouts could stand in the way.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Following the release over the weekend of millions more Epstein files, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says no new charges will be brought in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation ... A five year old boy and his father are out of federal custody. What's next in their fight to stay here in the United States? ... President Trump announces that the Kennedy Center will shut down for two years this summer. What is the Kennedy family saying now?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been taken into custody, charged with dozens of anti-immigration protesters as they interrupted a church service in Saint Paul, Minnesota, last week. Lemon said he was there as a journalist, not a protester. Meanwhile, parts of the Southeast are bracing for snow and hurricane-force winds this weekend as a winter storm intensifies off the coast of North Carolina.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump's border czar Tom Homan holds a press conference designed to deescalate the tense situation in Minneapolis and unveil a new plan of action. Homan took a markedly different tone and posture than in the past.     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump issues a warning to Iran: Make a nuclear deal or face more firepower from the United States ... Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies on Capitol Hill on Venezuela ... Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is assaulted at a town Hall in Minneapolis.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We begin today's show with new video of the shooting of Alex Pretti ... Why was border patrol chief Gregory Bovino ordered to leave Minneapolis, and who will replace him? ... We speak with the congresswoman who's on the growing list of lawmakers calling for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to be impeached.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Controversy continues to swirl around the shooting death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by a federal agent, leading President Trump to send border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota tonight. Meanwhile, more than 800,000 customers are without power after a historic winter storm blankets a swath of the US in ice and snow.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This weekend's winter storm may dump historic amounts of ice and snow throughout much of the US ... A five-year-old child returning home from preschool is among those taken by ICE in Minneapolis ... Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing a health care CEO in New York, will be back before a judge as his lawyers fight to keep certain evidence out of the federal case.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former US special counsel Jack Smith, who secured two criminal indictments against Donald Trump, testified for the first time in an open hearing before the House Judiciary Committee. Smith said "I stand by my decisions as special counsel" and emphasized that he operated without any political bias.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Trump reconfirmed his ambition to take control of Greenland, but said it will be through negotiations, not through force. He also slammed the NATO military alliance and American allies, calling his demand for Greenland a "small ask."    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump posts private conversations with European leaders while slamming allies. The US push for Greenland is quickly turning the Davos economic forum into an emergency summit. We have new reaction this morning from the Trump Administration and from world leaders. Plus, we're watching Wall Street as tariff and trade bazooka threats are making investors uneasy.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is threatening America's allies over Greenland and the Nobel Peace Prize. And now Europe is fighting back. Plus, at least 39 people following a high-speed rail accident in Spain. And the DOJ says it is investigating activists who disrupted a church service in Minnesota. The protesters are alleging the pastor is an ICE official.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Federal agents are once again facing off with protesters in Minneapolis. Plus, we have new CNN reporting on the chaos after Renee Good was shot. And the US in now moving military assets to the Middle East.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Federal agents in Minneapolis shoot a man and the city swells with anger. Leaders urging for calm as the president now threatens the Insurrection Act to deploy troops to Minnesota. Also, how America's streets have changed in the 10 years since Wolf last rode along with ICE. And live from the Iran-Iraq border, our reporter shares what he's seeing as the world waits.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Minneapolis this morning we're seeing a surge of ICE agents using aggressive tactics against protesters, with social media videos capturing it all on camera ... A 26-year-old protester in Iran may be executed today following a rushed trial. His cousin speaks exclusively to CNN ... Officials from Greenland and Denmark arrive at the White House for crucial talks ... We also have new reporting on the biggest spike in food prices we've seen in some three years.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices