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This morning, White House borders our Tom H. Homeman announced a draw down of 700 personnel from the immigration crackdown there, effective today. That leaves about 2,000 agents still in the Twin Cities area. This is Homeman's second week in the Twin Cities. He was sent there after the shooting death of Alex Prey, which sparked nationwide outrage. It was the second death of a US citizen by federal authorities in Minnesota. For more, let's bring in NBC News correspondent Maggie Vespa. She's in St. Paul and w ...

AS THE SEARCH INTENSIFIES FOR THE MOTHER OF OUR NBC NEWS COLLEAGUE SAVANNAH GUTHRIE THIS MORNING, AUTHORITIES IN ARIZONA ARE CALLING ON THE PUBLIC FOR TIPS ON NANCY GUTHRIE'S DISAPPEARANCE. AND NOW THE FBI SAYS IT IS JOINING THE INVESTIGATION. WE'LL TAKE YOU TO TUCSON FOR THE LATEST AS DAY THREE OF THE SEARCH GETS UNDERWAY.ALSO THIS MORNING, CONTROVERSY IN WASHINGTON AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP SUGGESTS TAKING CONTROL FROM STATES AND FEDERALIZING ELECTIONS. >> WHAT IS THE ELECTION'S. BE HONEST, IF YOU THINK ABOUT ...

Given this increase in unprecedented collaboration and as a result of the need for less law enforcement officers to do this work in a safer environment, I have announced effective immediately we will draw down 700 people effective today. 700 law enforcement personnel. During our efforts to identify and implement improvements of how operations are planned, conducted, and managed, we identified a gap in regard to the use of bodywn cameras.This was actually raised by the workforce when I started walking around ...

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Good to have you with us this morning. I'm Joe Frier >> and I'm Jessica Leighton in for Savannah who is also in Italy. We begin this morning with the ongoing search for Savannah Guthri's beloved mom Nancy. The effort is growing increasingly urgent because the 84year-old has now been without her critical medication for days. >> The FBI has now joined the investigation and President Trump weighed in for the first time yesterday when he was asked about it. He said he'd be willing to commit additional federal r ...

A kidnapping crisis averted after authorities arrested a Nebraska man accused of taking two young Florida girls. Investigators say Sir Muasi, who remains in custody, drove from Omaha to Martin County, Florida to pick up 12 and 15year-old sisters after chatting with them for months. First on the online gaming app Roblox and then Snapchat.>> Anything where you can communicate digitally can be a problem. You can never disregard any of the apps. The sisters were first reported missing Saturday evening when auth ...

This is the moment a harrowing nightmare for a mother and her young children remarkably came to an end. >> I just said, "All right, not today. Not today. Not today. I I have to keep on going." >> Austin Applebee, his mother, and two younger siblings were paddle boarding and kaying while on vacation in southwestern Australia Friday when police say rough conditions swept them out to sea. >> One of the hardest decisions I ever had to make was to say to Austin, try and get to shore and get some help.Austin race ...

The soon to be year of the horse is off to an interesting start start in China. Um partly because this little this little stuffy here, the so-called crying horse. Apparently a smile for good fortune on this red stuffy was turned the wrong way.So it got put on that little face piece got put on upside down. So instead of like a little smiling horse, it's a sad horse. But people love it.They're celebrating in China with. ...

Dramatic new video of firefighters in North Carolina rescuing a driver who lost control and crashed into a pond. You can see the man standing on top of the truck as it sank into the freezing cold water. Crews helping him into a raft before rowing him back to land.The driver says he was stranded for about 45. ...