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It is Monday, June 16th, and here's what's happening right now on CNN This Morning. After a two-day manhunt, two sleepless nights, law enforcement have apprehended Vance Bolter.

A trail cam drones hundreds of officers. How officials captured the man accused of killing a Minnesota state representative and wounding another. Plus, Israel and Iran trading attacks overnight. Iran targets an oil refinery and a power grid as the world calls for diplomacy. Is there any hope for de-escalation? Then... Construction industry cannot function without immigrant labor.

Is the Trump administration feeling the backlash from its immigration crackdown? The location's ICE is being ordered not to raid anymore. And later, President Trump in Canada with the goal of scoring trade deals. But will he actually get any of them?

6:00 AM here on the East Coast. Here's a live look at the White House. Good morning everybody. I'm Audie Cornish. I want to thank you for waking up with me on this Monday morning. We're following that breaking news out of Minnesota. The largest manhunt in the state's history is over late last night. Vance Belter, the suspect in the assassination and attempted assassination of two Minnesota lawmakers. Well, he was arrested. Officials say 20 different SWAT teams, hundreds of detectives,

all took part in the search. Belter surrendered almost 43 hours after the shootings as hundreds of tips poured in. We started to deploy resources, including the Brooklyn Park SWAT team and along with many other SWAT teams to contain an extremely large area knowing that this is a very dangerous individual. During that, we got privy to additional information of an individual that was in the woods and that search went out for many hours until ultimately we were able to locate him in the woods.

The suspect is now facing charges for the killing of State Representative Melissa Hortman and the shooting of State Senator John Hoffman. Both were shot in their homes early Saturday morning, along with their spouses. Governor Tim Walz says the attacks were politically motivated. This cannot be the norm. It cannot be the way that we deal with our political differences. Now's the time for us to recommit to the core values of this country. And each and every one of us can do it.

Talk to a neighbor rather than arguing. Debate an issue. Shake hands. Find common ground. Joining me now to discuss, Juliette Kayyem, CNN's senior national security analyst. Juliette, earlier you and I were both talking about the Boston Marathon bombing where there was a massive manhunt back then. Things have changed a lot. We were hearing about these drones being involved at the moment of his surrender. Can you talk about sort of how these things play out today?

Yeah. So these sort of multi-day manhunts are going to always use a combination of tools to try to get the suspect. This was different, of course, than the Boston Marathon. It was shorter, even though it felt long. And this combination of use of technology, I have to say there was still sort of crowdsourcing. They were talking about someone calling in the technology with the drone use and trying to identify him. And then this

surge of law enforcement to surround him so he ultimately surrenders without harming anyone else and not harming himself so that now he can be prosecuted and put before court and potentially he's speaking. The other similarity is, of course, this lockdown aspect to the weekend. Over the course of the weekend, parts of the community were locked down because these kinds of crimes, these

Essentially, terrorism or terror crimes don't just impact the victims, but of course, whole communities who do not know what to anticipate next. That lockdown was lifted there in just a short while. And what you're saying is significant, because if I'm looking at the last year, there's multiple assassination attempts against President Trump, an arson attack against a Democratic candidate.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, of course, the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington. I mean, how does law enforcement start to approach protecting people? You really can't. I mean, I'm just going to be blunt here. I mean, there's going to be VIPs, senior executives or CEOs and other high profile executives.

but I mean, look at what happened this weekend. This is a state senator that most of us nationally have never heard of, a state leader in the House.

And reading their bios is just a reminder that there's all these amazing people, Republicans and Democrats alike, who are committing to their communities, serving their communities. You can't protect every single one of them. For a short while, I bet in various states, there will be considerably more detailed protection for high profile state officials.

but defense is only going to work for a short period of time. We really do need to go to offense in terms of what's going on.

I just want to ask you one more thing, which is about what Governor Walz said at the top of our conversation here, talking about finding common ground, raising this issue of people coming together. But I have seen wildly sort of conflicting approaches on social media in talking about this, speculation about the shooter's motivations, certainly about his politics. Can you talk about how that can affect how these things are seen by the public?

Right now, in this case, we have considerable evidence supported by the FBI, verified by the police that he attacked Democrats, had a bunch of Democrats and progressives on the list. And and that was his plan. This is not to say that that he represents non-Democrats. Right. It's simply to say in this case, that is where the investigation goes. But again,

But in social media, you see people trying to mute that ideology, his ideology. They try to confuse it, say that he was this or that or he wasn't a devout Christian or whatever it is as a way in some ways to

apologize or make it unclear to audiences and the American public the nature of the harm that occurred this weekend. It is dangerous, it is unfair, and it also does nothing to stop the next attack, which could go to a Democrat or a Republican legislature. It was shameful what we saw online, including by senior members of the Senate who were speculating or just trolling.

And I think everyone needs to just

just grow up a little bit, know what their responsibility is as a leader, be clear that this is actually a black and white issue. It is very clear we do not use violence to attack politicians or as part of our democracy, and we can all align around that. I don't get why senators, for example, do such things. I don't get why White House officials do such things. It is...

People are interpreting what they are doing and becoming radicalized by it. And they either are ignoring that or they or they approve of it. Those are the only options now. And we've got to we've got to lower the violence. Juliette Kayyem, CNN's senior national security analyst. Thank you.

Thank you. Coming up on CNN this morning, the death toll rising overnight as Israel and Iran launch new attacks on each other. How President Trump blocked a plan to kill Iran's supreme leader. Plus, the prosecution nearing the end of their witness list in the case against Sean Combs as a juror is dismissed. And shifting focus, where President Trump is urging ICE to ramp up raids and where he's saying they should steer clear.

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Another night of bruising strikes between Israel and Iran as the deadly conflict stretches into a fourth day. New waves of Iranian missiles rained down on Israel overnight, with some striking residential buildings. At least eight people were killed. This is new reporting in to CNN reveals that President Trump opposed a plan to kill Iran's supreme leader. He says he wants de-escalation. I think it's time for a deal and we'll see what happens, but

Sometimes they have to fight it out, but we're going to see what happens. I think there's a good chance there'll be a deal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for his part, defended Israel's attacks as part of an attempt to dismantle Iran's nuclear program. Once they go that route, it's too late. And we will not have a second Holocaust, a nuclear Holocaust. We already had one in the previous century.

the Jewish state is not going to have the Holocaust mated on the Jewish people. It's not going to happen. Never again is now, and we have to act now.

Joining me now in the group chat, Stephen Collins and CNN Politics senior reporter Karen Adia, a columnist at The Washington Post, and Mike Dubke, former Trump communications director. Mike, I want to start with you because the pressure is really ramping up in different directions for Trump. You have someone like Tucker Carlson saying that the U.S. was complicit in an act of war. And here is what the former Vice President Mike Pence told our colleague Dana Bash yesterday on State of the Union.

And at the end of the day, if Israel needs our help to ensure that the Iranian nuclear program is destroyed once and for all, the United States of America needs to be prepared to do it because this is about protecting our most cherished ally.

what do you make it this kind of conflicting argument one to kind of don't get involved what are you doing and one it look this is our role well I think you if if you look at Tucker Carlson and and the the wing up the the mega movement or the Republican Party however you want to describe it that he's representing it really is a retrenchment it is a pulling back not just in ukraine it is a pulling back from all international I arrangements that the United States has this this

relationship with Israel is too important I think for the world for the president to pull back there's several decisions he needs to make one of which you alluded to at the beginning of this on the targeting of the leader of Iran but it's also using US munitions that actually could make a difference long term in this conflict and going after the the nuclear facilities in the now so I'm

I think at this moment, the president is balancing not only his base, but also expectations on the world. And he's walking a very fine line, but he seems to be walking it in a

in a way that benefits the United States and benefits the world at the moment. For now. And let Stephen jump in here, because you were writing about this. You were saying, to Mike's point, this is a line of his own making, meaning this is how he has transformed the party. That's true. I don't think Donald Trump perhaps would be present were it not for the long-term hangover of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the deep fatigue among the American people for overseas relations

ventures which drag on for years and that the US ended up losing. Look at the speech the president gave last month in Saudi Arabia. Oh, let me play some of it. I thought the same exact thing. He was speaking in Riyadh. Here's what he had to say.

Before our eyes, a new generation of leaders is transcending the ancient conflicts of tired divisions of the past and forging a future where the Middle East is defined by commerce, not chaos, where it exports technology, not terrorism, and where people of different nations, religions, and creeds are building cities together, not bombing each other out of existence.

He dismissed nation builders and neocons. Right. He's very conscious that when you take an act, perhaps attacking the leader of Iran, trying to topple the regime there, you don't know what happens

what comes afterwards. You end up with chaos, you get sucked in. The question though that a lot of Republicans are saying is if you have the decisive ability with one of these big massive US bombs that could get rid of the Fordow plant for good, do you not take that opportunity because that then could lead to that kind of golden age of the Middle East the President's talking about. Karen, I want to give the last word to you. What do you see here?

Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, as we've all alluded to, I mean, a desire for something new, a foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East, that is not driven by war. Even, you know, going back to Trump's message in Riyadh, even looking at Saudi Arabia, right? Over the last several years, Saudi Arabia, which has been a very staunch, you know, opponent, counter to Iran, has begun to counter, or sorry, to soften, rather. It's

approach towards iran right and so it's really um we're in a changing uh environment environment for sure and this is something that america also needs to you know be a leader perhaps in in you know

having to say Trump might be onto something. Okay, group chat, stay with me. We've got a lot more to talk about. Straight ahead on CNN this morning, the manhunt is over. Today, the man accused of killing a Minnesota state lawmaker and injuring another is going to face a judge. Plus, several people are actually missing in West Virginia after significant flooding hit parts of the state.

It is almost 23 minutes past the hour. Here is your morning roundup. In just a few hours, the Sean Combs trial enters its seventh week. The prosecution seems to be nearing the end of its witness list. This week, three summary witnesses and another ex-personal assistant to Diddy will take the stand. On Friday, the judge dismissed a juror due to inconsistent statements about where he lived. Today, an alternate will fill that seat.

And five people are dead. Several others reported missing after flash flooding in northern West Virginia. It started Saturday night when about four inches of rain fell in around 30 minutes. More rain fell overnight and the governor has declared a state of emergency.

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Ahead on CNN this morning, Israel claiming Iran is enriching uranium to make nuclear weapons. Iran's leaders say the Israelis have it all wrong and had no right to target them. Plus, President Trump changing course when it comes to his crackdown on immigration. And good morning, Des Moines. You've got a beautiful sunrise there.

You really want to de-escalate? Then enable. Enable us and work with us to get the nukes out of Iran. Israel has a message for world leaders who are calling for diplomacy between Israel and Iran. Good morning, everybody. I'm Adi Cornish. Thank you for joining me on CNN this morning. It is 6.30 a.m. here on the East Coast, and here's what's happening right now.

At least eight people are dead, dozens more injured after the latest round of strikes into Israel from Iran. Explosions heard throughout Tel Aviv, a power grid in central Israel was damaged and an oil refinery was hit. In Iran, the death toll is also rising. Since Friday, at least 224 people have been killed.

Today, some of the world's biggest economic powers are in Canada for the G7 summit, President Trump arriving there last night. While the meeting may be overshadowed by the Israeli conflict with Iran, President Trump is eager to use the summit to make progress on those trade deals.

And 57-year-old Vance Belter has been captured. The suspect in the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses was arrested last night. Police saying he crawled to them after being surrounded in Green Isle, Minnesota. That's the city where he lived.

He's now facing two counts of second degree murder and two counts of attempted second degree murder for the killing of state representative Melissa Hortman and the wounding of state Senator John Hoffman. Both were shot in their homes early Saturday morning along with their spouses. There's no question that this is the largest manhunt in the state's history. Just down at the scene where he was taken to custody, there was 20 different SWAT teams

over a extremely large area, hunting this individual down to take him into custody. We're going to go now to CNN's Ivan Rodriguez outside Minneapolis City Hall where Belter is being held. Can you tell us a little bit more about how that manhunt ended?

Adi, good morning. As you mentioned, we're right in the middle of downtown Minneapolis, City Hall to my right, the jail here right behind me. We know that Vance Belter will be scheduled for his first court appearance later this afternoon here in the courthouse right in front of me. And as you mentioned, we're learning more about those moments leading up to Vance Belter's capture.

and arrest, we know that law enforcement has set up a very large scale perimeter in that rural area of Sibley County. And really one of the first reasons they were first there to begin with was the fact that they found an abandoned car on the side of the road they associated to be Belter's vehicle. And they also were initially out there because

of a trail camera of one of the residents captured an image that really fitted the description of Belter. So that alerted SWAT teams to go to that area of rural Sibley County and continue that search. And as you mentioned earlier, he was found in a wooded area. As this manhunt continued into that nighttime hour, they used law enforcement, all sorts of technology, including infrared, helicopters, drones. When they were finally able to capture him and see where he was

hiding out, they called out to him and he crawled toward law enforcement at really ending what is being called the largest state manhunt in Minnesota history. That's CNN's Ivan Rodriguez. We're going to hear more of his reporting throughout the day. Thank you. Turning back now to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran, with Israel showing no sign of backing down. What's their endgame? Some say regime change. For others, they say it's about eliminating Iran's nuclear capabilities completely.

We've set them back dramatically, but not enough. And that's why this series of strikes is not going to end today or tomorrow, but only at a period of time which may take weeks, when we are absolutely certain that the nuclear infrastructure, with the intention of weaponizing and threatening Israel, is terminated.

What's clear here is that this is a conflict that has the potential to lead to a broader regional war with the risk of pulling in major powers, including the U.S. The Trump administration is already walking a major diplomatic tightrope. Joining me now is CNN Global Affairs Analyst Kim Dozier. Kim, as always, welcome back. I want to start with the sort of physical battle.

At first, it was the military, military leaders, nuclear facilities. How has this changed over the last even 48 hours? - They also took out some of the Iranian scientists in civilian areas, which meant civilian casualties. We're seeing them expand a bit to energy facilities. - The Israelis? - The Israelis. On the Iranian side,

Last time they volleyed missiles at Israel in April 2024, they stuck to military sites. This time they're using a lot less care and according to the IDF, the Israeli Defense Forces, they are using dumb missiles, ones that can't be guided. But Iran only had 2,000 some odd ballistic missiles to begin with. We don't quite know how many drones. And

they have to preserve them because much of their leadership has been taken out much their air defenses have been taken out and now every time they move a launch platform to try to hide from the Israelis the Israelis are watching and taking those out now this means a lot of people are saying that this is the right time to go for regime change the reporting over the weekend we have it seen in as well that

the White House decided not to go for supreme, to kill Iran's supreme leader, be part of that. What would regime change mean in this moment? Is Iran just that vulnerable? What is the question the White House is facing?

- Well, the Israelis would like regime change. Netanyahu has said as much, but from the Trump administration perspective, the only reason to say no to the Israelis to taking out the Supreme Leader is to preserve the opportunity to go back to those talks,

to use this good cop, bad cop that Israel is taking out all of Iran's military but also economic might, what it needs to survive, and then saying, "Okay, you've got to negotiate with us to keep your people fed."

keeping the Supreme Leader alive preserves that possibility, but I think it underestimates the pride of the Iranian regime having been taken out like this. I don't think they'll be back to peace talks anytime soon. Yeah, we've heard so much from

about israel and the idea of the operation roaring lion but i actually was thinking about something else which is this idea of like the octopus doctrine that iran was at the center of something with many tentacles that was always threatening to israel

What do you see now with this latest proactive attack on Iran? How far has Israel gone in doing what it hoped to do? - Well, one of the reasons Israel couldn't do this before is there were hundreds of missiles in Lebanon pointed at major Israeli cities. It would have been much worse than the volley that we've seen hit Haifa and some of the suburbs of Tel Aviv so far this time around.

But by taking Hezbollah out in Lebanon and by taking other proxies out, Yemen still has capability, but they're far away. They have really allowed this kind of attack to go forward. And this was one of the reasons

pushing them into this attack never again would be would Iran be so undefended so from the Israeli perspective they have made their country safer even if they're going to be facing this volley of missiles in the coming and even now it's not clear where Iran would turn to correct for any kind of support Arab leaders are speaking in favor of Iran even Saudi Arabia calling them brothers

because in the Arab and Islamic street, people are furious over this. And even though the White House is trying to say, we didn't take part in this attack, they're still being seen as part and parcel and backing this violence against Iran, especially because they're protecting Israel. You know, Kim, thank you so much. Always a lot of context when I speak with you. I appreciate it.

Now, this morning, Iran's president defending its nuclear program, insisting that they have every right to benefit from and pursue nuclear energy. And new satellite images show the damage to several Iranian military facilities and one nuclear site. Israel was able to destroy an enrichment plant and electrical infrastructure.

Iran striking back, sending missiles to Israel, hitting an oil refinery overnight. Reuters is reporting that Iran claims to be using a quote "new method" which is causing Israel's defense systems to target each other. I'm going to bring in CNN senior international correspondent Fred Pleitgen. And Fred, can you just start with how Iran is kind of reorganizing here after, frankly, devastating losses they've taken among their leadership as well as these kind of physical structures?

Yeah, it was certainly in the first couple of hours after the Israelis launched that aerial blitz across so many targets in Iran that the Iranians really seemed to be caught on the back foot with large parts of the senior leadership of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps getting wiped out. Of course, the head of the IRGC was killed, also the head of their aerospace forces, which, of course, is responsible for the ballistic missiles, but also for the air defenses as well. It seems since then, though, that the Iranians indeed have managed to reorganize their ranks somewhat,

replace some of those senior leaders who were killed. It was quite interesting because the Supreme Leader actually replaced the head of the Revolutionary Guard Corps on the same day after he'd been killed and also replaced the chief of staff as well. So the Iranians right now feel that they're sort of found their footing a little bit again. And we've seen that over the past two days, especially over the weekend when the

amount of missiles that the iranians fired towards israel certainly has seemed to increase by a lot of things this point on the israelis are saying that more than three hundred seventy iranian missiles have been fired towards israeli territory was you guys have talked about some of the places that have been hit some residential areas have been hit but then also that will gas facility for that that that that will facility that in in israel also seeming to have taken

hit as well. So the Iranians right now seem to feel that they are firing back. But at the same time, of course, they also make no secret of the fact that the Israeli airstrikes that they're facing, certainly devastating for a lot of people on the ground. The Iranians admitting that the intelligence chief of the Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed. The deputy of the intelligence chief was also killed. But one of the things that the Iranians have certainly showed a propensity to

for is to be able to replace the people that get taken out very quickly. On the ground in Tehran, certainly a very difficult situation, folks, that we've been speaking to.

speak of a lot of airstrikes that are going on by the Israelis. The Iranians are saying more than 200 people have been killed on the ground so far. Thousands have already been wounded as these airstrikes have unfolded, many of them hitting places in central Tehran. The Israelis, of course, are saying all of these are facilities that are linked either to the Revolutionary Guard or in some way, shape or form to the nuclear program. But certainly for the people on the ground, they say a very difficult situation, Adi.

It's Fred Pleikin, CNN senior international correspondent. Now the Trump administration is now scaling back aggressive immigrant raids at places like farms, restaurants and hotels. The shift in policy first reported by the New York Times comes after massive protests against the raids in places like Los Angeles and concerns raised by farmers who rely on migrant workers to help with the upcoming summer harvest season, something the president talked about last week.

Our farmers are being hurt badly by, you know, they have very good workers. They've worked for them for 20 years. They're not citizens, but they've turned out to be, you know, great. And we're going to have to do something about that.

Now the president is focusing his promise of mass deportations on a new target, America's largest cities. In a new social media post last night, the president ordered federal agencies to, quote, expand efforts to detain and deport illegal aliens in cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where millions upon millions of illegal aliens reside. He went on to say law enforcement should focus on our crime-ridden and deadly inner cities.

group chat is back um first i just want to show a graphic of top farming states because california is on that list but so are a number of red states so to speak iowa texas which has a huge number nebraska minnesota basically you have the white house saying we won't be going into these areas but we have to go into cities someone help me understand this as policy well if they

push through as the president is promising with this crackdown in cities that is going to maximize the political attention to this the backlash you could have potentially in democratic cities reactions like you saw in Los Angeles which created this big political crisis last week I think it's another sign that the present is deeply conscious of his own coalition we saw in his first term how he shielded farmers in Iowa from the impact of his trade war with China

And a lot of this is politicized and it shows once again how a well-positioned leader of an industry who can get to Trump

can actually make big changes in policy. Yeah, agribusiness is no small thing. It's interesting you're saying that because I was thinking that some of this has to do with you got to make those numbers. If you're Stephen Miller or whoever, you're going to ICE and saying you got to make X amount of numbers and now you're no longer going to go to farms where I think upwards of 40% of the workforce could fall in this category. You got to get it from somewhere. Here's Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass talking about the raids in her city and what kind of impact they're having overall.

Construction industry cannot function without immigrant labor. Our fashion industry, where there's over 4,000 businesses, looks like a ghost town now. You hear people talking in restaurants all over about how they don't want to go out anymore. You have people that won't come out of their house because they don't want to buy groceries. You have churches that are on hybrid because people are afraid to go to churches. Why? Because there was an arrest outside a church.

So all of this has created a feeling of fear and terror. What are you guys thinking as you hear this? I don't know the difference between a construction worker in California and a farm worker in Nebraska, but someone help me. I mean, I think there's a lot of, a long history of coded words when we talk about, even talking about inner cities, even talking about democratic strongholds. I mean, this is really...

you know, something to think about is using migrants as a reason or a pretext to wage war against what is perceived to be this creeping, radical, democratic, you know, sort of threat. And particularly going after cities where there's high media concentration, right? Particularly a city like Los Angeles, which is one of the media capitals of the world. It only helps to amplify this notion of, or this...

really, image of these cities are being taken over by liberals and liberals are destroying the country. Not the immigrants. When it suits Trump, immigrants are hardworking, good people when they're in farms in red states. But all of a sudden, these immigrants are criminals when they're in blue states? Okay, both of you have focused on kind of language and where this goes. Mike, I don't want to put you on the spot. No, listen, I'm going to go, I'm just going to go totally, you're either in this country legally or not.

And I think during the last election where the president scored most of his political points, it was talking about focusing on illegal immigrants in this country who had committed crimes. They got away from that when Stephen Miller went to Homeland Security and said, we've got to get these numbers up. And what you saw was an increased crackdown in areas that had higher concentrations of immigrants.

The problem with that for the administration is that's also in economic areas of this country that are vitally important. Agriculture, meat packing, construction, other areas where you take a large portion of a labor force away, you're going to have some economic disruption with it. So I think what the administration is doing is getting back to focusing on criminal activities

and uh... focusing on uh... immigrants uh... uh... at the rhetoric that they had during the campaign i don't view this as a red state blue state thing i think they're going back to the cities because that is a place a where they can focus on more of the criminality but b to uh... to the point made earlier that's also a setup for a political

confrontation and rhetoric that is more advantageous to the administration than the Central Valley of California. Karen, I see you wanting to jump in quickly. You know, talking about criminals, these are children very often being ripped from parents, raids on graduations, right? And I think there's, again, we do focus on language, but we're also looking at what is actually happening. And getting those numbers up at any cost means

ripping families apart and this is where the anger this for the anger is coming from obviously so you know it's just I'm number I see a fair amount of this on social media people surreptitiously videoing I said at schools or wherever so I think that element other people I'm getting to the news themselves as having an effect

Group chat, I want you to stick around. We've got a lot more to discuss in the time that we have still to come on CNN this morning. We've got those world leaders gathering in Canada. The Middle East plunges into yet another crisis. What we can expect from the G7 summit in just a matter of hours. Plus that massive manhunt for a suspect, suspected assassin in Minnesota is over. What police found in his car as they brought him into custody.

Bolts are exploited to trust our uniforms are meant to represent. That betrayal is deeply disturbing to those of us who wear the badge with honor and responsibility.

That was Minnesota's Commissioner of Public Safety on the arrest of Vance Belter, the man accused of shooting two state lawmakers and their spouses on Saturday morning. Officials say he did it while disguised as a law enforcement officer. He fled the scene, triggering a manhunt which lasted 43 hours and quickly became the largest search in Minnesota history. Belter now faces two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. He faces decades in prison for each charge.

Multiple agencies were there as FBI laid hands on it and Minnesota State Patrol put the handcuffs on. One man's unthinkable actions have altered the state of Minnesota. Joining me now to discuss this operation, Scott Duffy is a retired supervisory special agent with the FBI. Good morning, Scott. Thanks for being here.

Good morning, Audie. Thank you for having me. Now, we heard from the director of public safety talking about how the suspect disguised himself as law enforcement, also wearing that mask. Can you talk about what you kind of your analysis of this criminal complaint that talked about him in this ballistic vest, the mask, the gold police style badge? Mm hmm.

Yeah, so he spent quite a bit of time in planning the execution of the shootings and subsequent homicides of these lawmakers and their spouses, as well as getting what we believe is a police vehicle. So this is a lot of time and money and effort spent to...

be able to go in into these houses or at least approach a neighborhood using the disguise of law enforcement. It is a shame and absolutely agree that law enforcement is disparaged here and to be able to do this but at the same time this person did not have an exit plan and that's why law enforcement was able to get on him pretty quick.

Yes, can you talk a little bit more about that as this manhunt unfolded? How did you see agencies working together? As you said, if he had no exit plan, he still was able to elude authorities for some time. Yeah, so here I believe it was classic playbook for law enforcement. Having been on a fugitive task force and then subsequent violent crime task force, it's federal, state, and local partners.

And so I imagine the same way here in Minnesota, you have the initial shooting and law enforcement being able to, however they did it, but be able to get enough information to say this is something that's ongoing and then be able to get to the second address.

and then it turned into a firefight but he was able to elude law enforcement and then in the cover of darkness be able to escape but law enforcement applied a lot of pressure and this is what I call the short

term game and it is massive amount of manpower and being able to pull out everything whether it be digital, whether media attention and getting everybody to participate and ultimately coming across this vehicle and being able to set the dragnet and a perimeter and ensure that if he was in that perimeter he wasn't going to escape.

Scott Duffy is a retired supervisory special agent with the FBI. Thank you. Now, before we go, I want to talk about that G7 summit in Canada, where President Trump is going to gather with the leaders of the world's wealthiest nations to discuss a wide range of global issues. High up on the agenda, the Israel-Iran conflict and more potential trade deals the Trump administration hopes to secure. All we have to do is send a letter. This is what you're going to have to pay. But I think we'll have a few new trade deals.

Group chat is back. Just reminding people that the Trump administration had set like a 90-day goal to make a bunch of trade deals by, I think this was landed in early July. Haven't been a long list that have been announced of confirmed deals. But this is also the G7 is where I think last time around when Trump was there, you have that very famous photo of Angela Merkel and everyone standing around him.

Very different vibe this time, I assume. Yeah, but if they can get out of this summit without a major diplomatic conflagration, I think it'll be a success. You're setting a bar low for a diplomatic event. I really like that word. Conflagration. You mean tweeting from the plane, which is, I think, what happened last time. Showdowns. People walking out. We'll see. But I don't expect much out of this summit just because the president doesn't really agree with

on very much with the other leaders that are there. We've seen a complete disconnect. So maybe some progress on trade deals, but I think there's still a question of what exactly the president wants in a lot of these separate deals. What he really wants is tariffs. - Yeah. - And we'll see how that plays out. - We just have a short time left. I was actually hoping you two could tell me what you're keeping an eye on this week because it's Monday, people kind of want to know what to watch because there's so much going on. Karen, let me start with you.

Yeah, in general, on this topic of protests and everything, I mean, of course, you know, protests in the street get a lot of attention, but I've just been very much following economic boycotts and protests. Of course, this week is Juneteenth coming up, and we know that Target, right? No, yeah. We'll talk about it later this week. But it's definitely, you know, watching how the boycott of Target over its pulling back from DEI has been one of the most effective boycotts

spots in history so Juneteenth coming up this of course is Pride Month having a large swath of the population angry at Target and let's see how if there's more if there's more Mike last few to you yeah today I'm watching to see this is going to be like the lunchroom scene and Mean Girls who sits with who at the G7 Summit but that's not for the week what I'm looking at is what central banks are going to be doing we've got uh oil going 10 bucks

A gallon more, or I'm sorry, a barrel more because of the conflict. And we've got the U.S., the U.K., Japan and other countries, their central banks. Inflation hasn't been where it's supposed to be. We'll be making announcements this week. Big announcements this week, and we'll see how that all plays out. I like you both looking out for some kind of economic fallout in one way or another. Stephen, thank you for being here as always. And thank you for waking up with us. I'm Adi Cornish and CNN News Central starts now.

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