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Ex-NRA spokesperson on Minneapolis shooting

The Trump administration says the federal agents who shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis acted in self-defense. Video shows Pretti, a legal gun owner with no criminal record, was not holding a gun, but one was later pulled from his waistband by Border Patrol before he was shot. Dana Loesch, a radio host and former spokesperson for the NRA, speaks with "CBS Mornings" about questions surrounding the investigation, second amendment rights and having firearms at protests.

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Pretti parents express rage over administration claims about son

On Saturday Minneapolis tried to come to terms with another fatal shooting by federal agents. Multiple videos by bystanders show Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse at a VA hospital, being wrestled to the ground by officers, before he is shot multiple times. While Minnesota officials called Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem's claims that Pretti was engaged in domestic terrorism "nonsense" and "lies," Pretti's parents called the administration's claims "reprehensible and disgusting." Lana Zak reports.

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