Pretti Shooting Escalates Standoff Between Federal Agents, Minnesota Officials

A.M. Edition for Jan. 26. Saturday’s fatal shooting of Alex Pretti marks the second time federal agents killed a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis in two weeks. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, President Trump declined to say whether the officer who shot Pretti acted appropriately and said his administration was investigating. Plus, we’ll bring you a massive scandal at the very top of China's military leadership. And WSJ’s Joe Wallace explains why gold just can’t seem to lose its lustre. Luke Vargas hosts. 

Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter.

Correction: The National Rifle Association is a U.S. gun advocacy group. An earlier version of this podcast called it the National Rifle Administration. (Corrected on Jan. 26)

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.