Jeff Monosso has the latest on what's happening in Minnesota

Fox correspondent in Chicago. Jeff Manasso joining us now. As you heard, he's calling back. Okay. Lost connection with him there. But this whole attack, and you heard Tommy Tuberville talking about the attack on Omar, how this thing was staged. And it was apple cider vinegar, apparently, in the syringe guy squirted it on. What's you trying to help her lose weight? Jeff Manasor, our Fox correspondent in Chicago, joining us now. Jeff, good morning. Hey, good morning to you, JT. So the attack yesterday was yesterday on Omar. That was disturbing to see you thinking, oh gosh, here we go again. And now it's turning out that this guy, wait a minute. Is that the same guy that was standing next there with a wad of cash in his hand, or is that an AI photo? Is this guy known to them? Was this all staged another one of the Jesse Smollett things to make MAGA look bad? I mean, where are we on this? You mean was it a bananas and rice type of situation? Yeah, we're going to find out. We'll see. But for now, the FBI is investigating in... into this attack on Ilhan Omar. So they've got the case. This 55-year-old man, Anthony, Kazmerchek, facing charges. We've looked back at some of the, some of just the role that we had. We had a photo in that room and just kind of, now that we're kind of focused on this guy. He was acting weird, strange. And clearly you're dealing with some mental health issues. We'll find out a lot more about him. And if the story goes away, maybe that gives us an answer as it always does as well when stories kind of just disappear, kind of like, you know, some, well, some other issues that we focused on, including the bananas and rice, which, by the way, federal charges against her now. If you're not familiar, a Somali woman in Minnesota claim that she was attacked by ICE. Turns out that she was doing the attacking, the assaulting or the interfering and the DOJ cracking down on what they call Minnesota rioters with federal charges yesterday. She was among the group. And she's gone viral for that very phrase, bananas and rice. And some big news out of, I don't know much time you have. You can cut me off. No, we're good. I can go as long as I want, as long as you can stay with me. That'd be great. Tom Homan, three days on the ground, and he gave a press conference this morning. Yeah, we aired the entire press conference this morning. Okay, so there's some news there that, you know, locals and state they're working with ICE with Border Patrol to hand over criminal illegals from jails, that they're not going to be releasing them into the community because they agreed upon a couple of things. A, that. Public safety is paramount and that ICE is a legitimate law enforcement agency, something that Mayor Wals, Mayor Frye, Governor Wals, is essentially not said. You know, they've had some pretty choice words and some rhetoric. So that was my question, Jeff. You know, they said that there were some agreements and then there were some still disagreements. And I was under the impression that Walls and Frye.

have both said, we're not going to cooperate with our law enforcement and the federal law enforcement agencies here. Has that changed? Did Fryen Walls come off of that position and go along with Senator John Fetterman's positioning that if they're convicted criminals in there in jail, yeah, they should be handed over. Have they agreed to that, the governor and the mayor? Yeah, I think there's a couple different things going on. I think that the governor is... Well, he also announced yesterday he's never running for office again, any public office. So he doesn't have, you know, he can be a little bit more helpful, I guess, to the feds, whereas Jacob Frey has a base to appeal. But what Jacob Frey said is that our police department will not, has not, and will not cooperate with federal law enforcement. Police departments, a very different thing than Hanepin County jail than, you know, criminals being locked up. So, so, you know, he may be parsing words to still stand strong, but at the same time, you know, public safety, if public safety is paramount, I used to say, look, give us access to these criminals, is what they've always said, the over 1,000 criminals of jails. So. You know, that'll take one or two agents to grab that person out of jail and deport them versus a dozen agents, ICE agents, to go into neighborhoods unexpected, not only what to expect. It could be dangerous. And another dozen CBP agents that have to protect them. And so he said, this is going to allow, the big news is that this, if they keep cooperating, this will allow for the drawdown. of federal forces, which is what everybody wants. Yeah, I think you're right. As Tom Homan painted the picture, you know, it takes one or two, as you mentioned, Jeff, to transfer a prisoner to a vehicle and deport them versus, you know, having to go into a home to get somebody that's a, you know, criminal. Because now you're not only having to worry about what you may face coming through that front door or back door. Now you've got to worry about the protesters behind your back. So now you've got to bring reinforcement security for the officers. And that just looks like a mob of law enforcement. And now they start using words like Gestapo. Look at them all. You know, well, the reason there's so many is because you knuckleheads are back here protesting what we're doing here. You know, it's snowballed into an avalanche of problems. And I think the move to get rid of the guy from Bovino, the ice guy, shipped him out. And they put Kristi Noem on the sideline and brought in Tom Homan with 40 years of experience versus Christy's lack of experience. And but not, you know, one of the questions I wanted to, you know, and McKenzie brought up as well that did not get asked. And we bailed after the first few questions. We didn't carry the entire question section of that press conference. But how were these ICE agents, you know, trained? Because there was indication from Tom Homan that there was such an onslaught of need that they brought in, you know, a lot of officers quick. Now, I can't imagine you're just grabbing somebody off the street without any training and going, here's a vest and a gun and a badge. Go get them. I mean, it's not that bad, but I don't imagine they all went through a police academy either, or did they?

Yeah, I don't know. I know many ICE agents who retired under the previous administration have wanted to come back by the thousands. And so that could be some of them. It could be agents. I remember when they talked about hiring, their hiring spree that they were doing and said, you know, you must have firearms training. You must have certain qualifications. But it's, you know, no way to tell, you know. which agent's which, you know, who's who and what kind of training they have unless you do some sort of deep dive. Yeah. Well, you know, McKenzie was looking into it here as well, you know, and it looks like some of the protesting has died down. A bunch of it has died down with the movement to, you know, change the guard when it comes to the ice guy, Bovino, change the guard with the Christie Homes. So. I don't think it's as ramped up as it has been right now in Minneapolis with the madness going on. I don't know if ICE is still carrying out their operation as we speak or if they've been told, hey, let's just. They are. They have been told to calm down right now? Just chill out. They are carrying out their mission. Okay, okay. But all across the country. And Tom Homan is making it clear today that ICE and CBP will remain in Minnesota until the job is complete. Yes. And so will he, which is a good thing as well. President Trump gave him the direction, go fix this. Yeah. You know, get in there. And he says, I'm not leaving until we fix it. One way or another, we're going to fix this. So, you know. Criminals, you're going to come with us. So, well, I appreciate you, Jeff. Thank you for the update, buddy. And we'll talk again tomorrow.