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New Surveillance Video Shows Moments Before to Fatal ICE Shooting; New York Times Reports, Trump Says U.S. Oversight of Venezuela Could Last for Years; Ole Miss, Miami Kick Off College Semi- Finals in Arizona. Aired 7-7:30a ET

Aired January 08, 2026 - 07:00   ET

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JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: And breaking this morning, new video of the deadly shooting of a 37-year-old woman by ICE agents in Minnesota. The new questions it raise is about conflicting explanations

KATE BOLDUAN, CNN ANCHOR: And President Trump sitting down for a brand new interview, hitting on a lot of topics over the rain, over the period of two hours. When it comes to Venezuela, he says, quote, only time will tell how long the United States aims to control that country.

SARA SIDNER, CNN ANCHOR: And an Uber driver is recovering this morning after being brutally attacked moments after picking up a passenger. What happened here?

I'm Sara Sidner with Kate Bolduan and John Berman. This is CNN News Central.

BERMAN: And this morning, there is brand new video of the deadly shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, and we are getting new information about the woman, a mother who was killed.

We're going to play the new video, which is giving us a clearer picture of what happened in the moments leading up to the fatal encounter. A warning, it is disturbing.

Now, as the vehicle passes, you can see the dark colored SUV driven by Renee Nicole Good, that's on the right there in the back, the surveillance video taken by a home nearby agents can be seen milling about near the vehicle, then converging on it, and then you see right there the SUV begins to move, and that's when the shots are fired.

Now, prior to this, the video shows the SUV had been stationary and sideways across the road like that for about three minutes. The reason for that is unclear. Trump administration officials said Good was trying to run over one of the officers who shot her, they say, in self-defense, but state and local officials dispute that and many of the eyewitnesses who spoke to CNN say it looked like she was trying to get away.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) AIDAN PERZANA, EYEWITNESS TO MINNEAPOLIS ICE SHOOTING: Yes. So, the man who shot her had been on the driver's side previously, and the man pulling on the door was obviously on the driver's side. She turned -- you know, turned her wheel. She backed up and turned her wheels away from them to drive down the road. Like she was perpendicular, backed up and drove like that.

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BERMAN: Overnight, there was a vigil in Minneapolis and there were protests in several U.S. cities.

New this morning, Good's ex-husband is sharing more about her, telling the Associated Press that she was the mother of three and had just dropped her six-year-old son at school Wednesday and was driving home with her current partner when the fatal encounter happened.

Let's get right to CNN's Whitney Wild live on the scene in Minneapolis with the very latest this morning. Whitney, what are you learning?

WHITNEY WILD, CNN LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRESPONDENT: Well, John, again, just to walk you through what happened on what had -- you know, at a peaceful morning, their peaceful morning simply shattered by this horrific incident here. It started at 10:25 Central Time Wednesday when, again, as you heard from Secretary Kristi Noem, that a -- what she said was a mob of agitators was preventing ICE agents from doing their job after their vehicle had become stuck in the snow here, and she strongly defended that ICE agent's actions, saying that this was a direct result of the threats that these ICE agents have been facing for several weeks as part of this ramped up immigration effort.

The context here in Minneapolis is that this was a part of this ramped up immigration effort, the largest immigration action to date in Minneapolis, 2,000 agents spread throughout the Twin Cities. There was real fear here, John, that that ramped up effort would create a major problem, that somebody was going to get hurt, and then Wednesday, that proved true.

Here's more from deputy -- excuse me Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

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KRISTI NOEM, HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY: It's very clear that this individual was harassing and impeding law enforcement operations. Our officer followed his training, did exactly what he's been taught to do in that situation, and took actions to defend himself and defend his fellow law enforcement officers.

MAYOR JACOB FREY (D-MINNEAPOLIS, MN): This is not about safety. This is about terrorizing people. This was not about self-defense for an officer. This was about somebody that used their power in a fully reckless fashion.

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WILD: John, we are learning more today about the woman who was killed, Renee Nicole Good. She was born in Colorado.

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She moved to the Twin Cities with her partner. That's according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Her mother telling the newspaper, Renee was one of the kindest people I've ever known. She was extremely compassionate.

She was a mother of three, as you mentioned. She has two children, a 15-year-old, a 12-year-old, from her first marriage, and then a 6- year-old whose father died in 2023. So, that child now left parentless after this incident.

John, I'll leave you with this. This is an example of two -- you know, two completely different readings of basically the same material, John. And I think what is really concerning here is that this is a city that's tried to rebuild after George Floyd. Some people I spoke with said that they're worried that this threatens all of that effort to rebuild, John?

BERMAN: Whitney Wild on the scene for us in Minneapolis this morning, keep us posted throughout the morning, Whitney. Thank you. Sara?

SIDNER: All right. This deadly shooting was captured on both phone and surveillance video from multiple angles, and we want to slow it down for you so that we can walk you through it so you can see for yourself what happened here.

You see the agent there putting his hand on the SUV, attempting to open the door of the driver's side as it begins to move. Another agent you see, comes around the front of the vehicle, will freeze it just about there, and you can see the agent's hand on his holster.

Now, there's another angle. It does appear that the SUV makes some contact with the agent. Let's see that other angle here is that angle there. There you see his sort of shoulder go back. And now keep your eye on the front left fender of the vehicle. Witnesses have said it appeared it was turning away from the agent, trying to get away as the fatal shots are fired. And then you see the SUV driving off and moments later you see that video of it slamming into a car parked on the side of the road.

Now, this is an image from the scene, which in the aftermath, shows in just a moment here you're going to see where the bullet was. It shows a bullet hole through the windshield.

Joining me now is CNN Law Enforcement Analyst Jonathan Wackrow. When you look at this video from all of the angles that you have seen there, and there is that shot through the windshield there, the bullet hole, was the officer from the standpoint of law enforcement, was his actions reckless or justified in this deadly shooting?

JONATHAN WACKROW, CNN LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST: Well good morning, Sarah. And again, when we look at this tragic situation, it's really going to be evaluated through two lenses. And to your question, the first lens is through law and DHS policy. And that's going to answer whether or not this shooting was permit under the law and by policy. Did it meet the standard or the use of deadly force in that moment?

But what we are talking about mostly, you know, through yesterday and in through today is going to be the second optic, which is really talking about the agent's judgment. And that's going to address whether or not that was the right call. And when we look at what administration officials are talking about, when they've come out very forcibly, you know, supporting this agent, they're looking at it purely from the use of force, you know, policy of DHS and what the law permits.

And, really, when we look at that what the deadly force policy, you know, really states is that deadly force can be applied only when necessary and when the officer reasonably believes that in that very moment, the person in front of them poses an imminent threat, not just to themselves, but potentially to others around them. And I think it's an important note under DHS policy, deadly force may not be used solely to prevent escape. So, that is from the policy standpoint.

Now, we've had a lot of conversations around was there other options? Could the agent have stepped out of the way to (INAUDIBLE) the car looked like moving to the right?

SIDNER: Yes, I just want to ask you about that. As a former member of law enforcement, what are you trained to do in a scenario like this? And did you see that training play out here? Did the officer follow the training protocols?

WACKROW: Well, the training protocols, when you look at it, when you're presented with a threat, again, the threat of serious bodily injury or death to yourself or to, you know, those around you, you can apply the deadly force.

Sara, I have been in this exact situation. Years ago as a special agent with the Secret Service during an arrest, I was in that exact position at the front of a vehicle. I had my weapon drawn. We knew that there was, you know, a potential imminent threat inside that vehicle. It was coming towards myself and my partners.

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In that moment, I chose not to fire my weapon because firing a weapon at a moving vehicle is a high risk, very dangerous option. One, because, you know, there's an order of consequences, that is a moving vehicle, the rounds could ricochet. Once you potentially neutralize the driver, that vehicle becomes an errant vehicle. It could go into crowds. It could cause additional damage.

In this moment, you know, was it justifiable for that individual to fire that weapon? That's where an independent investigation is critical, because what we don't know right now, Sara, is what did that officer see inside the vehicle that made him draw his weapon and shoot at the driver, again, taking the totality of the circumstances in the moment into effect. That needs to be looked at by an independent investigation.

SIDNER: Jonathan Wackrow, we will see where this goes from here. DHS clearly standing by this officer, but the state and local authorities certainly want to see an investigation here. We will see where it goes and I'm sure we'll be speaking to you again about all this. I do appreciate you. Kate?

BOLDUAN: How long does United States plan to control Venezuela? That question keeps being asked. The answer continues to be elusive. According to President Trump now, though, only time will tell. And U.S. oil execs are expected at the White House today.

New data is about to drop minutes from now with a critical look at the U.S. economy. How many jobs were cut last year and what's the outlook now going forward? Stand by for that.

And also breaking overnight, a mass shooting happened outside of Mormon Church in Utah. Two people were killed, at least six others were injured. We have new details coming in about what happened here.

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BOLDUAN: There's a new interview just out, President Trump sitting down with The New York Times for some two hours in the Oval Office, during which the president gave a blunt assessment on how long the United States is now going to control Venezuela. In his words, only time will tell, very much bringing to mind once again Colin Powell's old words of you break it, you own it. Trump says, the U.S. could be running Venezuela and extracting oil from its reserves for years, his words.

Congress was given more classified briefings on the Venezuela situation just yesterday and what it looks like moving forward. The take from Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, not positive.

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SEN. CHRIS MURPHY (D-CT): They did talk about their plan moving forward to run Venezuela, and it's insane. They are essentially asking you, the American public, to use your taxpayer dollars to run the country of Venezuela. It will be an enormous distraction from everything that matters, because Venezuela has never posed a direct threat to the United States, and it threatens to repeat almost all of the mistakes we made in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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BOLDUAN: CNN's Alayna Treene is live at the White House for us this morning with much more. What's the latest?

ALAYNA TREENE, CNN WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Yes. Look, these comments to The New York Times, this interview, and I'm sorry, I'm just going to cut this out, I get a little feedback, look, it essentially mirrors what we've been reporting and hearing as well from our sources in that building behind me, Kate, which is essentially the president is in this for the long haul. And they do not yet have a precise timeline for how long they are planning to run the country, in the president's words, but more specifically have this operational control that they are really seeking and trying to kind of, you know, translate to the world over Venezuelan's oil reserves. And I should note, of course, Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world.

Now, this also comes hours after we heard administration officials on Capitol Hill essentially tell lawmakers that they plan to be in control of Venezuelan's oil indefinitely. That was the word they use. And Secretary of State Marco Rubio kind of laid out this three-phase plan for members of Congress.

Now, I should note you, you played that sound from Chris Murphy, a Senate Democrat, a lot of Democrats are raising questions -- even as Republicans are seeming to largely support this effort, a lot of Democrats are raising questions about, you know, how it looks like the U.S. is headed toward a protracted international intervention, and there's not a lot of clarity on the legality of all of this.

But one of the lines, Kate, one of the quotes that the president gave The New York Times in this interview that really stood out to me was when he said that the interim government in Caracas, which is, of course, right now made up of all loyalists to the now captured Nicolas Maduro, he essentially said that they are giving us everything that we feel is necessary.

The reason I find that to be so significant is because of the reporting that we were reporting out all day yesterday, which is essentially that the Trump administration has laid out conditions to Venezuela's interim government that essentially, you know, what they need to do in order to continue pumping oil.

And I should note as well that the Trump administration does not believe that, you know, Caracas can last financially for, you know, many more weeks. They think they only have a few more weeks without selling oil, that they can really be financially viable moving forward. But some of those conditions included severing ties with U.S. foreign adversaries, countries like China, Russia, Iran, Cuba. They also said that they want Caracas to have an exclusive partnership with America in all of these oil sales.

All to say, it comes ahead of the president's meeting tomorrow with oil executives, companies like ExxonMobil, Chevron, Connoco Phillips, and also as they're trying to convince these oil companies to go in and invest in Venezuela and rebuild their infrastructure, something we actually heard from the energy secretary, Chris Wright, yesterday that is going to be a big challenge, something that they are acknowledging.

BOLDUAN: Yes, absolutely. And it was also interesting, to your point about -- speaking about the current regime in place there. The New York Times says that the president really sidestepped and avoided and wouldn't -- didn't answer questions about the opposition leaders and his support or lack thereof really of the opposition movement so far.

[07:20:03] That's a really fascinating element of this and much more to come.

It's great to see you, Alayna. Thank you so much. Sara?

SIDNER: All right. Still ahead, one of the first legal settlements on A.I. chatbots and child safety, what we are learning.

Also, college football playoff semi-finals start tonight. Ole Miss trying to keep their dream season going. We will see.

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SIDNER: Anticipation is building, because happening tonight, the Miami Hurricanes will battle it out with the Ole Miss Rebels in the Fiesta Bowl. The winner will earn a trip to the college football national championship game.

Let's go to CNN's Andy Scholes. What do you see happening here? The Ole Miss has had quite a year.

ANDY SCHOLES, CNN SPORTS ANCHOR: Yes, both teams, Sara. And, you know, nobody outside of these two campuses really expected these two teams to be in this position tonight. Ole Miss losing their head coach, Lane Kiffin, right before the playoffs and then Miami barely getting into the big dance. But they have certainly taken advantage since. The Hurricanes getting upset wins over Texas A&M and Ohio State.

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And tonight Canes' quarterback Carson Beck will need to be at his best, as Ole Miss signal caller Trinidad Chambliss has been just amazing so far in these playoffs. And the two quarterbacks have somewhat differing views on how to approach tonight's game.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I just got to approach it like any other game. We know that the stakes are higher and we have to be -- have more focus. We know that. But, I mean, we can't put a lot of pressure on ourselves.

CARSON BECK, MIAMI QUARTERBACK: Obviously, it's not another game. It's a -- you know, it's the college football playoffs semi-final. I think it's important to recognize it for what it is. We're really excited for that opportunity. And at that point, once you know what it is, you can just go out there and cut it loose and just have fun.

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SCHOLES: All right. The NHL meanwhile announcing the next edition of the Winter Classic is coming to Utah. The Mammoth will host the Avalanche outdoors at the University of Utah's football stadium. This will be the 18th edition of the Winter Classic.

And it was a good day all around for the Mammoth hours. After the announcement, they took the ice against the Senators and Clayton Keller, two assist in the first period. Utah beat Ottawa 3-1.

And it was a wild night in the NBA last night, buzzer beaters all over the place. In Brooklyn, the Magic down two to the Nets in the final seconds, and the bank was open late for Paolo Banchero. He makes it to win it for Orlando and gets mobbed by his teammates.

Meanwhile, in Charlotte, the Raptors were down two with one second left on the clock. Immanuel Quickley for the win, it was good, Toronto victorious in that one, 97-96.

Now in Atlanta, the Hawks were hosting the Pelicans last night, and in the fourth quarter, news broke that four-time all-star Trae Young was being traded to the Wizards for C.J. McCollum and Corey Kispert. Now, Trae was not playing, but he was on the bench, appeared to say some goodbyes. Then he walked off the court in Atlanta before the final buzzer for the last time as a member of the Hawks.

Sad night for a lot of Hawks fans there, Sara, especially if you own a Trae Young jersey, like my three sons all do. It was the end of an era though. You know, Trea's been with the team all eight seasons of his career. We'll see how it goes with him now in Washington.

SIDNER: Yes, a little people sad watching this video of him and he himself. This is hard stuff, you know? And for your sons, maybe grabbing some ice cream, give him a little extra something, something today. It'll help.

SCHOLES: Yes. I got to get him a new jersey I guess now.

SIDNER: New jersey, that works too.

Andy Scholes, I appreciate you. Thank you. John?

BERMAN: No one ran it by Andy first.

SIDNER: I mean --

BERMAN: All right. We're moments away from a new report on jobs, what it'll say about prospects for 2026.

And a new video of an Uber driver attacked just moments after picking up a passenger. We've got new information on the investigation here.

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