GEOFF BENNETT: We start today's# other headlines in Minneapolis.

Homeland Security officials now say that the# two federal agents who fired shots in the## death of U.S.

citizen Alex Pretti have been# on administrative leave since it happened on## Saturday.

That contradicts a prior comment# from Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino,## who had said the agents had been transferred,## but were still working.

They have# not been publicly identified.

It follows Trump aide Stephen Miller# suggesting yesterday that the agents## may not have been following# protocol before the shooting.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio today# defended the Trump administration's## military operation to seize# then-Venezuelan President## Nicolas Maduro.

Appearing before the# Senate Foreign Relations Committee,## Rubio said President Trump had acted to take# out a major national security threat to the U.S.

During what was the first public hearing since the# January 3 raid, Rubio also pledged to work with## Venezuelan authorities to stabilize that country.# And he stressed that there was no other option.

MARCO RUBIO, U.S.

Secretary of State:# You couldn't make a deal with this guy,## right?

This guy has made multiple# deals.

He's broken every one of## them.

It's not going to be like from one# day to the next we're going to have this## thing turn around overnight.

But I think# we're making good and decent progress.

GEOFF BENNETT: Democratic Senator# Tammy Duckworth pressed Rubio over## the administration's decision to invoke# a wartime law when entering Venezuela.

SEN.

TAMMY DUCKWORTH (D-IL): And the president has# already said that he's not ruled out the military## option.

And you have also just said that, yes,# we are at war.

The president has wartime powers.

MARCO RUBIO: But every president retains# the power to use military protection.

SEN.

TAMMY DUCKWORTH: So, it's# reasonable for me to ask you... MARCO RUBIO: And I gave you a# very specific example.

Every## president retains the right to defend the# United States against an imminent threat.

GEOFF BENNETT: During his testimony, the secretary# of state also tried to ease concerns among## Democratic lawmakers about the administration's# approach to Greenland NATO, Iran, and China.

The Federal Reserve is hitting the brakes on# interest rate cuts after three cuts last year.## It comes despite relentless pressure from the# Trump administration to lower rates even more.

Speaking this afternoon, Federal Reserve Chair# Jerome Powell said the economy's outlook has## clearly improved since the Fed's last meeting# in December.

That's despite stubbornly high## inflation.

And he signaled that Fed officials# see little reason to rush further cuts.

JEROME POWELL, Federal Reserve Chairman:# The economy's growing at a solid pace.

The## unemployment rate has been broadly stable,# and inflation remains somewhat elevated.## So we will be looking to our goal variables# and letting the data light the way for us.

GEOFF BENNETT: Powell was asked about his# appearance last week at the U.S.

Supreme Court for## a hearing into the Trump administration's efforts# to remove Fed Governor Lisa Cook.

Powell called## it -- quote -- "perhaps the most important# legal case in the Fed's 113-year history."

Weather officials are warning of what# they're calling the longest duration## of cold in several decades for parts of# the Southern and Eastern U.S.

Many areas## remain covered in ice following last weekend's# storm that has now claimed at least 50 lives.

In Mississippi, crews worked to restore power# and clear trees toppled by last weekend's winter## storm.

Nearly 400,000 customers were still# without power today from Texas to Tennessee.

Further north, in places like Pennsylvania,## many people have been waiting days for# their streets to be plowed.

That's as## another significant winter storm looks set# to hit the Eastern U.S.

this coming weekend.

For the first time in history, a# woman now leads the Church of England.

WOMAN: Archbishop Sarah, we welcome you.

CONGREGATION: We welcome you.

GEOFF BENNETT: Sarah Mullally was officially# confirmed as the 106th archbishop of Canterbury## at a ceremony today at St.

Paul's Cathedral# in London.

The 63-year-old former nurse will## serve as the spiritual leader for some# 85 million Anglicans around the world,## though King Charles remains# supreme governor of the church.

Mullally takes over and mid-divisions# on issues like the role of women in the## church and its treatment of LGBTQ people.# And while her legal duties begin today,## she will start her public-facing work# after one final ceremony in March.

Football fans are fuming over news that former# New England head coach Bill Belichick is not## going to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer.

ESPN# first reported that the eight-time Super Bowl## champion fell short of the required vote# threshold in his first year of eligibility.## His longtime quarterback Tom Brady told a# sports radio program: "I don't understand it."

Three-time Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes# called the news insane.

And NBA legend LeBron## James called the snub disrespectful.

Belichick's# career was not without controversy.

In 2007,## he was fined $500,000 after New England# was caught filming signals from an opposing## team.

The NFL will formally announce this# year's Hall of Fame class on February 5.

Amazon is cutting about 16,000# corporate jobs and says further## layoffs are possible.

It's the second# round of cuts for the e-commerce giant## in just the past few months.

And it comes# a day after the company said it's closing## the rest of its brick-and-mortar# Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh stores.

The online retailer has been# slashing costs as it turns its## attention to A.I.

Shares of Amazon# ended slightly lower after the news.

Elsewhere on Wall Street today,# stocks mostly held steady after## that Fed decision.

The Dow Jones# industrial average added 12 points,## so basically flat.

The Nasdaq managed to gain# up about 40 points.

The S&P 500 crossed the## 7000-point threshold for the first time# today, before ending virtually unchanged.

Still to come on the "News Hour": the leader of# New Jersey's largest Catholic diocese calls for## defunding ICE after the killings of U.S.

citizens;# Judy Woodruff kicks off another year of America## at a Crossroads by asking what it means to be# an American; and our science correspondent,## Miles O'Brien, on the 40th anniversary of# this space shuttle Challenger disaster.