Gary kicks off a solo Friday with overdue good news, California is officially drought-free for the first time in 25 years, but questions the record low snowfall totals.

He then breaks down the growing controversy over federal immigration-related shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, where recent use of force incidents by ICE and Border Patrol have sparked public outcry and complicated jurisdictional questions about who’s leading the investigations amid conflicting claims. 

NewsNation National Security Contributor Lt. Gen. Richard Newton joins to discuss the seizure of a fifth Venezuelan oil tanker and what it signals for global security and energy tensions.

Plus, a story first heard on The Gary and Shannon Show: NASA is moving forward with a rescue mission to bring astronauts home due to an undisclosed medical issue.