to venezuela tion and the president recently even sending r threatening u.s. troops to venezuela. why? guest: i think he was saying it on the ption, it was table. i assume what he was trying to and project determination the united states to bring an nd to the regime the u.s. considers illegitimate. i don't know that it was particularly helpful, we don't to have real plans to do hat and our own allies in the region rejected that notion and kind of sets off alarm bells allies trying to work together on venezuela. i'm sure he was trying to determination to deal with the problems in venezuela. host: take a step back and talk differing approaches hugo late president chavez and maduro, who became hugo chavez lost his battle with cancer. their approaches are very different. guest: hugo chavez had more a coup attempt against the corrupt government, e had a public persona and charisma. as you say, the goals, bring bout socialist state, largely the same. he had better capacity to speak unite the le and people of venezuela and inspire them. since maduro came into office, things have gone dow

they are for venezuela and from venezuela. two people doing on the ground what people like me sit in washington and talk about. they're the ones literally on the front lines of these discussions and of these actions. biographic information is before each of you or at least available to the extent you would like to have it. for those of you who don't have it. dollar ce my nine readers. impressive. to my immediate right your left is the international coordinator and we're going to hear from him about what this is and his role is. he's immigration and human rights attorney. international coordinator of the venezuelan human rights ngo and refugees freedom program, he represents political prisoners and victims of adifferences and victims and asylum-seekers. he has a background as an immigration attorney. he's going to talk about the political business situation in venezuela as well as other difficulties. vecchio is toou -- his right. he's also a venezuelan lawyer and politician. cofounded -- and is the national political coordinato

a new government in venezuela. two, the release of all political prisoners in venezuela without condition. there cannot be more political there cannot be more political prisoners. the last one isvenezuela, including presidential full respect of the constitutional of the national assembly which was elected in 2015, in which we won the majority of the national assembly but we did not have a fair and transparent election. so, we have been fighting for the last month. we just gave you the numbers. people have been killed, tortured. we forced the overnment to call for an election. a fake election. that election. a fake election. that is why it is a superpower. to put in simple words, in this moment in time, venezuela does not have a constitution. the constitution is the family itself. that's what is happening right now. they removed the attorney general in the first session and took only 30 seconds, without any type of debate, they removed the attorney general. you will see what we are facing right now in our country. l

a new government in venezuela. two, the release of all political prisoners in venezuela without condition. there cannot be more political prisoners. the last one is the full respect of the constitutional competences of the national assembly elected in 2015, in which we won the majority of the national assembly, although we didn't have a fair and transparent election. we have been fighting for the last months. we give you the numbers. people have been killed, tortured, and we forced the to call for an election, but if they collection. a fake election. --put it in simple lourdes simple words, venezuela does not have a constitution. it is a fake constitutional assembly. that is what is happening right now. it took only 30 seconds without , they removed the attorney general. so you see what we are facing right now in our country. you highlights. we are in the worst case scenario. they are trying to impose a dictatorship to the majority of , even against its base. people that were with the ruling party, but now they don

this is already the resistance of the people of venezuela. citizens, normal citizens, are out there trying to fight for their own future. and the only thing i can say to the mothers and fathers of the lost students is my humble solidarity, and of course they are heroes and liberators of the regime, that is an international criminal organisation that has hijacked the country. and the only way out is through people like the resistance and these wonderful young students that are fighting in the street to come back to the rule of law. you're an international lawyer and you're a diplomat. you sit there in your civilian clothes. but the real question i suppose in venezuela is whether the people in military uniform are going tojoin, as you put it, the resistance against the maduro regime. some opposition politicians have sent coded messages to the military saying it is time for you to stand up and be counted. do you now believe the time has come for the armed forces, the people inside the armed forces, to rebel against their commanders and their com

that is venezuela. for those of you who may not know, and for those of you who are tuning in, thank you for doing so. the council of the americas is an organization that, for over 50 years, has promoted democracy, open markets and the rule of law. most people associate us with the business agenda and that's absolutely true, but notice that democracy comes first. the reason why is because everything else that we tried to promote in the western hemisphere context is much more difficult to do if democracy is not strong and healthy and growing across the region and that's one of the reasons why we are so deeply concerned about the direction of venezuela today. most of you know the situation on the ground. you know the humanitarian crisis that's developing, the fact that food is increasingly unavailable to many citizens of venezuela, the fact that the average weight loss in venezuela is dramatic and significant, the fact that basic healthcare, especially outside the capital is increasingly unavailable. there

we talked about venezuela today also, by the way. venezuela is a mess. it is very dangerous mess and a very sad situation, but we talked about venezuela also. >> we're a couple weeks into general john kelly's time as your chief of staff, what have you done differently? what has he done to change the way you act and perhaps your white house acts? >> i think general kelly has done a fantastic job. he's a respected person, respected by everybody. things have come together very nicely. and i have to say i think probably, i've gone through this a lot. very few presidents have done what we've done in a six-month period, whether it's optimism in business, whether it's the stock market, whether it's picking up $4 trillion in value with companies and equity. whether it's all of the many things, including the supreme court justice, regulations being cut massively. we have i think it's 48 bills being passed in the -- i'm talking about legislature, not just executive orders. i think few have done anywhere near what we've done. and we'll work now on tax reform cuts.

everybody know who is who in venezuela. that is how marco rubio, the chairman of the national -- [inaudible] and the names are known. as three easy to spot -- in columbia. one of the ways an officer became easily -- is. [inaudible] all of the navy who suspend the navy in that country. when the state it is very difficult to defeated. but when the state has to fight there's a lot of things to look. one of them is international corporation. one of the first things that challenge does president was -- because he saying they were all -- and there is no kind of collaboration between the foreign and venezuela are with the eruption of politics. that's not, that's not going to stop it is possible to make their life very more difficult. >> one final question. >> hello. my question is for the guy, like how many channels does isis have an social media in spain or other countries? and also what are they doing to prevent that on the content more or less, and also in barcelona a few weeks ago said going to being groups like we're seeing a

we are used to dramatic of elements in venezuela at the moment, but this ra nks in venezuela at the moment, but this ranks as one of the most dramatic. this came through a few hours ago... "venezuela authorities tampered with constitutional referendum turnout figures". that from the head of the company which provided the voting machines. here's more of what he said. smartmatic has provided a lecture and technology in venezuela since 2004. even in moments of political conflict and division we have been satisfied that the voting process and the count has been completely accurate. it is therefore with the deepest regret that we have to report... that the turn—out numbers on sunday 30th july for the constituent assembly in venezuela were tampered with. the venezuela election council has responded by saying the accusation is irresponsible. will grant joins us now. is irresponsible. will grant joins us now. how do we decide who is right? has any evidence been offered by either side? so far it'sjust a war of words. what's interesting is that you are right, the latest is that you are right, the

venezuela is in uncharted territory in modern history right now. at the same time, there is a sense that until the government or opposition do something drastic, tensions are going to become higher. the possibilities for a democratic exit, rather than an undemocratic and potentially bloody one, is what we will see. a lot of people on the outside of this must be wondering how the situation became so different under president maduro. just briefly, what is your best guess on where this will go? my best guess on where this will go? my best guess on where this will go? my best guess on where this will go would essentially be, right now, the government or regime, through the elections that took place last weekend, have essentially hijacked all powers of government. a constituent assembly under the president is stronger than in the legislation and the presidency itself. they can essentially do anything by agreement of the group. the structures that protected the government are as vulnerable as the national assembly, which went over to the opposition two y

i am going to speak about venezuela. the main parts of my presentations about political violence that i'm going also to speak about terrorists. -- but i'm going also to speak about terrorists. i start with two quotations. the first one from nicolas maduro. herbertod one from give aruevara. guevara spent more than a year in communist school in cuba. that's why the second quotation is from ernesto guevara. has --vara says peyton says hate has affect on the struggle. -- effective the violence selective and cold killing machine. beenkilling machine has working in venezuela but it started long ago. the history of venezuela is a history of political violence. error independence one third of the population died. from the beginning of the 19th century to the second half of the 20th century. violence was the usual way to get power and retain power in venezuela. we had to wait until 1964. in order to see for the first time and elected president ending his term of office. elected in 1958. successor,to his elected by the venezuelan

sanctions is even when you talk to venezuela, venezuelans see it as a sanction against venezuela and not against maduro. that is why the u.s. has been smart and measured with the sanctions because they have made tom there he directly linked corrupt public officials from venezuela and now with the ability to raise new money but nobody can portray the sanctions against the people of venezuela. that is what oil sanctions would be deemed by a lot of people. julia: the administration is getting this right in the sanctioning of venezuela. i feel like we need to underscore when they get things asht as to opposed -- opposed to when they only get things wrong. we need to wrap this up. coming up, the u.s. interior department completes a full month review of national monuments. what will it mean for mining and drilling on public land? we will explain. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this is bloomberg markets, the trump economy. recommendations for scaling back u.s. national monuments. the proposal comes after a four-month review. the agency is not revealing the details of its plan whic

we are not massing troops to go invade venezuela and steaming war ships toward venezuela and so this is what president trump says and it is i think scary and maybe even crazy. and it is what the united states of america is doing and so far what we are doing is all of the right things. both diplomatically and not yet doing military illy. >> and is there a schism between what the president said and the government is doing. >> don't mind what he said. he is only the president. >> which is very significant. because at what point does he become the boy who cried wolf. if there is no such thing as military action and no such thing as action against north korea, and i want to say that, a lot of the sanctions that we've seen against venezuela have been led by congress. it has been people like certainly marco rubio and ileana rot lehtonen. >> and he is not the boy who cried wolf. a few weeks ago he fired 50 some cruise missile news syria. and he will take action when he feels like it is warranted. i don't think we'll have military action in venezuela but i'm not sure it is a idea for the comm

are h hopeful there can b be a transitionon in venezuela. the e cia is doing its b best to understand t the dynamicic s son commmmunicate to our state dedepartment and others. i was in mexico city and b bogo, talklking abouout this issssue,g help p them understand so they can get a better outcome for their part of the world. that was mike pompeo talking at the aspen institute last month. he has been talking with key leaders about what to do. thecisco, your sense of role of the united states in this. we seem to be portrayed as an observer rather than participant. >> the u.s. has taken an active role in the sense that the u.s. has been pushing for strong sanctions. we know from yesterday, the sanctions on president maduro, it is also imposed sanctions on a number of --. all of these things appear to be on the table. they are under discussion. the u.s. has been coordinating with other countries to make this a bit multilateral. sanctions imposed on government officials, these sanctions are not allolowing u.s. firms to do business with them. ther

we will talk about venezuela also. when israeli is a mess, a very dangerous mess -- venezuela is a mess. we are couple of weeks into general kelly's time as chief of staff. to change thene way you act for the white house ask caller: president trump: general kelly has -- is very respected. i think probably, and i've gone through this a lot, but very few presidents have done what we ,ave done in a six-month period whether it's the stock market, companies values in with equity, all the many things including supreme court justice, regulations being cut massively, i think it's 48 hills being passed, not just executive orders. you have done anywhere near what we have done, and we will work now and tax reform. we will never stop working on , and we are working on other things including infrastructure. we will have a very big infrastructure bill. very rarely could i say that anybody has done, i'm not sure anybody has done what we have done in six months, but i think general kelly has brought a tremendous -- he's brought someth

the other big one he mentioned was sanctions on venezuela. socialist venezuela. corrupt regime, nicolas maduro who has been really oppressing his people. you're seeing starvation now of many venezuelans. they are no longer able to fund the government, except, except, the lifeline happen to have gotten back in june from goldman sachs who decided they would go out and purchase in the secondary market $2.8 billion worth of bonds. guess what they got that for? 70% discount. $865 million. thinking being, that venezuelans pay obligation, 19% of this debt is required to pay, well then, goldman sachs could make $756 million on the deal at the time, right here on the show, we said this is wrong. how is it lloyd blankfein and goldman sachs are out there giving a lifeline to the maduro government at the same time while simultaneously criticizing president trump and the united states for the u.s. paris accord saying today's decision, set back by environment and u.s. leadership position. that was lloyd blankfein. that was back in june. well, back in june his firm, went basica

crisis, to use her word existed in venezuela. she said it's extraordinary to think one of the wealthiest countries in south america, in the last century emerges as one of the most prosperous nations in latin america would now be collapsing into dictatorship and poverty and deprivation as well as the upheaval. the election of a constituent assembly that existed to facility a dictatorship, more than 130 venezuelas have died in efforts to oppose the maduro regime. we will not stand by as venezuela crumbles, but it's important to note, as the president said, that a failed state in venezuela threatens the security and pros peerty of the hemisphere and the people of the united states of america, a

we talked about venezuela today. venezuela is a mess. it is very dangerous. and a very sad situation. >> we are a couple of weeks into john kelly's time. what have you done differently to change the way the white house staff is? pres. trump: general kelly is a respected person, respected by everybody. things have come together very nicely. and i have to say, probably, and i've gone through this a lot, very few presidents have done what we have done in six months, whether it is optimism in equity, all of the many things, including the supreme court justice, regulations being cut massively. we have 48 bills being passed -- i'm talking about legislature, not just executive orders. few have done near what we have done. and we will work now on tax reform cuts. and we will never stop working on health care. and we are working on other things, including infrastructure. we are going to have a big infrastructure bill. nobody has done -- very rarely, i'm not sure anybody has done what we have done in the six months. i think general kelly has brought something special t

the overwhelming majority of the evil in venezuela just want an election -- people in venezuela just want an election. the leaders of venezuela, if there's so job that they are on the right track for the country, why don't they submit themselves to an election? [inaudible] first of all because it's our values and principles. incrediblendered regional unity. you think about what the president has been able to do. all these countries are united behind what the president is doing a venezuela. is, they will then begin to spread and sponsor what they're doing there into colombia and mexico and honduras. it's already happening in nicaragua. and to all sorts of other places great before you know it we have these anti-american, left of center narco states creating migratory pressure on the u.s. serving as a base of operation for russia and china against our interests, and marco trafficking and -- narco trafficking and drug pressure on america. >> have you spoken with the white house about the potential for new sanctions? >> absolutely. i saw the president yesterday. i spoke to the vice presi

translation: be assured that what is happening in venezuela is nojoke. the fact they've seized two fundamental opposition leaders, the events of the last three months, let that be a message to the entire world that venezuela is experiencing a massacre. it's a huge attack against human rights and human rights abuses are being carried out openly in our country. the un also weighed in, saying it was concerned about the escalation of political tensions. in this critical moment for the future of the country, the secretary general urges all venezuelans, especially those representing the powers of the state, to make all possible efforts to lower tensions, prevent further violence and loss of life as well as find avenues for political dialogue. but this is a country divided. avenues for political dialogue seemed to have been exhausted. with these rearrests, just like the vote, the maduro administration is clearly doing what it once without outside pressure. it is, as they say, venezuela's issue and no one else‘s but the concern is a global one. katy watson, bb

. >> we have many options for venezuela. i'm not going to rule out a military option. >> the president may have played directly into the hands of the venezuelan president. >> what place do confederate monuments like this one have in today's world. >> the statue itself is symbolic of a lot of larger issues. >> we don't want there to be violence. we don't want there to be conflict. >>> this is "new day" weekend with victor black we will and christie paul. >> so grateful to have your company as always. want to tell you about how china is urging president trump to show restraint this morning. as nuclear tepgsz are escalating with north korea now. >> president trump initially called president xi last night to pressure him on a trade issue. he wanted to warn she that u.s. investigation into china's practices could start as soon as monday, but she in return pressed president trump to tone down threats like this one. >> if anything happens to guam, there's going to be big, big trouble in north korea. >> and japan now ready to respon

we have many options for venezuela. this is our neighbor, we are all over the world, and we have troops all over the world in places that are very far away. venezuela is not very far away and the people are suffering and they are dying. we have many options for venezuela, including a possible military option if necessary. >> that would be a u.s. led military operation? >> we do not talk about it. it is a military operation. military option, certainly something that we could pursue. reporter we heard from their state tv, and they were saying -- we consider the united states no more than a lump we could beat to a jelly anytime. president trump: let me hear others say it because when you say that, i don't know what you are referring to and who is making the statement. reporter: indiscernible. president trump: let me hear kim jong-un said it. he is not saying it. he has not been saying much for the last three days. you let me hear him say it. reporter: >> do you support regime change in north korea or venezuela? president t

coming up cuba conundrum how the caribbean island could be tied to struggling venezuela and blocked chain unchained we speak to cyber security expert john mcafee about how high bit coins price may go later tax turmoil a little known u.s. law is causing americans living abroad to renounce their citizenship standby boom bust start right now. russia is continuing its steady dominance of crude oil production this year once again topping saudi arabia in june according to official data released this week as you can see here russia has been ahead of saudi arabia all of twenty seventeen will see a graph in a second hopefully producing ten point three million barrels per day in june and of saudi arabia's ten point zero seven million the u.s. is consistently ranked third now saudi arabia's exports also fell to about six point nine million barrels per day its lowest level of a. oil sold abroad since two thousand and fourteen saudi arabia is leading an effort by the organization of the petroleum exporting countries or opec along with other oil producers around the world to curb output and drain globa

is president maduro good for venezuela? how does the present venezuela defer to the vision previously? that is why they have elections, they have a president elected for the next year, people can elected for the next year, people ca n vote elected for the next year, people can vote him out of office if they wa nt to can vote him out of office if they want to do so like they voted him in. the point that the vast majority of the 7 billion people on the planet would agree with is that a foreign government does not have the right to overthrow the elected government of another country. that is what most people believe what the trump administration doesn't believe in that. there have been suggestions that there was widespread electoral fraud in the selection. where there observers on the ground in venezuela at the time of the election on sunday? there were some observers. you know, first of all, i don't know that you can really - fraud you know, first of all, i don't know that you can really- fraud if inflated the turnout. this w

has fallen seventy percent since two thousand and fourteen because of venezuela's economic hardships according to the cuban national statistics office report released this week trade with venezuela fell to two point two billion dollars in two thousand and sixteen down from four point two billion the year before and seven point three billion in twenty fourteen the alliance dates back to the days of fidel castro and hugo chavez when cuba imported all of its oil from venezuela in exchange for medical and other professional services and supplies but lately venezuela has been unable to export as much oil to cuba last year sending just one point six billion dollars to the caribbean island compared with five point one billion a year before the economic crisis began human exports to venezuela have also fallen over venezuela struggles to buy goods as well imported less than half as much as they did the year before. all right cuba's economy has expanded one point one per cent through june of this year but the government warned it's still struggling so austerity measures will be staying in plac

we talked about venezuela today. venezuela is a mess. it's very dangerous mess and a very sad situation. we talked about venezuela also. >> we're a couple of weeks into john kelly's time as your chief of staff. what has he done the way to change the way you act and the white house acts? >> i think he's done a fantastic job. he's a respected person. respected by everybody. things have come together very nicely. i have to say probably and i've gone through this a lot but i think very few presidents have done what we have done in a six month period whether it's optimism in business, whether it's the stock market, whether it's picking up $4 trillion in value with companies and equity, whether it's the many things including supreme court justice, regulations being cut massively. we have, i think it's 48 bills being passed in the legislature. not just executive orders. i think few have done anywhere near what we have done. we work on tax reforms. we're working on other things including infrastructure. we'll have a big infrastructure bill. i th

after headlines, we wi host a debate about the crisis in venezuela. in syria, convoys of buses have arrived near the lebanese border ahead of a plan to exchange 9000 rebels with the nusra front and their relatives for imprisoned members of lebanon's hezbollah militia, who support syrian president bashar al-assad. the exchange came as heavy fighting continued to rage around the isis-held city of raqqa in northern syria. the journalistic monitoring group airwars reports a u.s.-led coalition leveled a home in raqqa friday, killing 15 members of the al-zana family, including eight children. airwars also cited separate u.s.-led attacks in deir ezzor that killed 5 civilians. in iraq, airwars reported a u.s.-led assault killed ten civilians from a single family sunday, when an airstrike hit their home in the town of hawija. airwars cited a local source who reported the dead were mostly children. meanwhile, great britain's high court ruled monday that former prime minister tony blair should not face prosecution for leading britain into the 2003 invasion of ir

we have many options for venezuela. this is our neighbor. this is, you know, we're all over the world and we have troops all over the world in places that are very, very far away. venezuela is not very far away and the people are suffering and they're dieing. we have many options for venezuela including a possible military option if necessary. >> president trump's comments have sparked a swift reaction in venezuela itself. the white house says venezuelan president nicolas maduro asked to speak with mr. trump by phone on friday. he was told the u.s. president will, quote, gladly talk with him when democracy is restored in venezuela. well, the white house adds that donald trump has urged free and fair elections in venezuela and the release of political prisoners, but so far, quote, mr. mature rojas chosen the path of dictator ship. >>> top venezuelan officials are denouncing president trump's comments, the head of venezuela's new constituent assembly said that the body will support president maduro against any threats from the u.s. and she add

but venezuela is not one of them. that was a very irresponsible comment, and makes our position with north korea that much more tenuous. >> richard, i want to share with you and our audience the radio interview this week with a white house aide named sebastien gorka. the best we can do with our waning time on the air tonight is to tell people if you're interested, read his background on the web tonight. he's a white house aide, unlike any other white house aide in modern times. he did an interview this week. you may recall rex tillerson, secretary of state, had some kind of mollifieing comments about the north korea situation. gorka was talking about tillerson when he said this. >> so on bbc radio, a white >> so on bbc radio, a white house aide spoke that way about a man fourth in line to the presidency, richard. what would have happened -- you worked on the white house staff 43. what would have happened had this happened in another white house? >> well, we wouldn't have been in that situation in the bush administrati

, called popular will. the main opposition parties in venezuela, called popularwill. i asked him if it was right that both sides are responsible for

javier: ademÁs, aumenta la tensiÓn entre venezuela y mÉxico. el canciller mexicano se refiere nicolÁs maduro como un cobarde que arremete contra su pueblo. comenzamos. ♪ ♪ ♪ carolina: cÓmo estÁn? feliz viernes! con mucho gusto en este viernes 4 de agosto. javier: se termina bien rÁpido la semana. partimos con la portada que esÁa mÁs viral. ha dejado a mÁs de boca abierto a uno. estÁ describiendo un holgazan con cara de aburrimiento. estamos hablando de el presidente donald trump en la portada de la revista newsweek. carolina: recostado irÓnicamente en un sofÁ. se puede leer lo siguiente "donald trump estÁ aburrido y cansado". puedes opinar a travÉs de nuestras redes sociales. primera vez que veo a un presidente de los estados unidos de esa forma no -- en una revista tan importante. javier: en las revistas hacen bromas de diferentes presidentes, pero Ésta la que llama mÁs la atenciÓn Últimamente. les parece simpÁtica? o les parece que tiene algo de relaciÓn con lo que hoy el presidente le dice al mundo. carolina: habrÁ q

invasion of venezuela. but also touching on a couple of critical issues, the north korean situation and also saying that he is not aware of any evidence of collusion with the russians or the russian government during the course of the trump campaign. let's get back to the discussion with the media panel. i guess that he is kind of the vice president fixer in chief, because the world has been concerned about some of the issues. would there be an invasion, for instance of venezuela under the regime? and the vice president is saying, no, that's not what we are talking about. we are talking about using american economic and other powers to return to democracy to the country. >> i was struck by what the vice president did not say. he never said that the military options with respect to venezuela were on the table. which is what the president said he was talking about marshaling all economic and diplomatic measures to counter what is going on, which is regime collapse in venezuela. he also use the same language w

el presidente donna trump dijo que no descarta una acciÓn militar contra venezuela. la casa blanca indicÓ que el presidente se negÓ a sostener una conversiÓn telefónica con nicolÁs maduro solicitada por el presidente venezolano. se evalÚa cÓmo serÍa una guerra contra corea del norte, las armas, los blancos y las consecuencias. se deban al presidente trump por el arresto-- se demanda el presidente donna trump por el arresto de jÓvenes sin pruebas de que pertenece a una pandilla. comienza la ediciÓn nocturna. ♪ locutor: este es su "noticiero univisiÓn" edición nocturnal cor ilia calderon y enrique acevedo. presentador: buenas noches, el presidente donna trump dijo esta tarde que no descarta una acciÓn militar contra venezuela en una conferencia de prensa improvisada en su club de golf en new jersey. trump mencionÓ en el -2 ocasiones la posibilidad de tomar acciÓn militar en contra de nicolÁs maduro. la casa blanca emitiÓ un comunicado en el que explica que hoy le fue negada una solicitud de llamada telefÓnica a nicolÁs maduro con el presidente trum

¿cuÁl es la salida en venezuela? oriette: bueno, jorge, en realidad, esa es una pregunta muy difÍcil. nosotros no perdemos la esperanza, por supuesto, de que podamos conseguir una salida consensuada y en paz, pero este rÉgimen se empeÑa en llevar a cabo estas situaciones que ponen realmente a prueba la paciencia del pueblo de venezuela. estas situaciones como las de hoy, con una asamblea nacional absolutamente fraudulenta. a la par que se estÁ instalando esta asamblea constituyente hay un pueblo que estÁ en las calles siendo reprimido en este momento. la salida, bueno, ojalÁ eso lo esperamos los venezolanos que podamos llegar a un diÁlogo concreto, con unas soluciones de un gobierno de transiciÓn. este rÉgimen nosotros sÍ pensamos que, mira, estÁ bien acorralado tambiÉn, porque los paÍses lo estÁn dejando al margen. inclusive ya hay organismos que estÁn tomando la decisiÓn de expulsar a venezuela, asÍ que yo creo que al rÉgimen se le van a cerrar las puertas tambiÉn. ramos: oriette, muchÍsimas gra

oliver: in the economic section, growing wary about venezuela. >> venezuela, of course, has the world's biggest oil reserves. a major player in the industry. for the u.s., the biggest outside supplier of. one of every 10 barrels last year. so was a major factor in the u.s. oil industry, especially for refiners on the gulf coast. valero energy, chevron, pbf, we all have major facilities that depend on venezuelan crude for a large part of supply. it will be a big headache for them if we see sanctions. oliver: what has been doing on with the exporting of crude oil in the overall oil trade venezuela since things have blown up? >> venezuela's production has gone down. in the u.s., we are at a quarter century low in terms of import. it has been trending down. the artist producing less oil because of the economic crisis down there. u.s. importers have been turning to other sources slowly to try to hedge bets. oliver: you know, i was going to restore it, and the numbers that you are talking about, $10 billion. i was surprised at some of these numbers of how big they are, especially given the en

a struggle over venezuela's democracy. they fear maduro's assembly will usurp it. >> they do not have the right. our national assembly was elected by 40 million venezuelans. if they succeed, there will be a civil war in this country. security forces have cordoned off the parliament but the opposition leader has been sent home, according to his daughter. sarah: the first order of business for venezuela's controversial new smb, choosing a new foreign minister. i asked our correspondent what message that choice sends. reporter: it sends a strong message to the world. minister rodriguez are now the most powerful form of government, part -- surpassing the president and supreme court. besides rewriting the constitution, they will have legislative and governing powers. they say that will work from now on and start working inside the parliament building which leads the question, where will they hold their sessions? we can expect more conflict as these two governing bodies try to take over parliament. it is definitely a defiance mo

the pentagon says it has not received any orders concerning venezuela. nebraska republican senator ben sasse, who sits on the armed services committee, says congress won't authorize war in venezuela, adding, "congress doesn't vote to spill nebraskans' blood based on who the executive lashes out at today." responding to a blunt warning from president trump, north korea says its military is "on standby to launch fire into the u.s. mainland, waiting for an order of final attack." the editorial in a state-run newspaper follows mr. trump saying yesterday the u.s. military is "locked and loaded" for possible action against north korea. today, the white house revealed president trump spoke about the tensions yesterday with president xi jinping of china, north korea's main ally. mr. trump thanked president xi for supporting the latest u.n. sanctions against north korea. mr. xi urged leaders of both countries to avoid rhetoric or actions that escalate tensions. as a precaution, today, japan redeployed four batteries of its u.s.-made patriot surface-to-air missile

. >> we have many options for venezuela. i'm not going to rule out a military option. >> the president may have played directly into the hands of the venezuelan president. >> what place do confederate monuments like this one have in today's world? >> the statue itself is symbolic of a lot of larger issues. >> we don't want there to be violence, we don't want there to be conflict. >> announcer: this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> good morning to you. i want to tell you about a new threat this morning from north korean media warning president trump to, quote, be prudent or america will face, quote, tragic doom. no response from president trump just yet, who was urged by china to restrain or to use restraint as nuclear tensions escalate. >> this was a call overnight. president trump initially called president xi last night to pressure him on trade. he wanted to warn xi that a u.s. investigation into china's practices can soon start, maybe as soon as monday, but xi then shifted the conversation t

we have many options for venezuela. this is our neighbor, we are all over the world in places that are very, very far away. venezuela is not very far away and the people are suffering and they are dying. we have many options for venezuela including a possible military option if necessary. >> reporter: that would be a u.s.-led military operation? >> we don't talk about it. a military option is certainly something we could pursue. >> reporter: we've heard from north korean state tv say we consider the u.s. no more than a lump we can beat to a jelly at any time. >> let me hear others said, when you say that i don't know what you're referring to and who is making the statement. let me hear kim jong un say expert he hasn't been saying much for the last three days. you let me hear him say it. >> reporter: do you support regime change in north korea or venezuela? >> i don't want to comment, they are very different places. i support peace, i support safety, and i support having to get very tough if we have to to protect the ame

what should the world do about venezuela and north korea? and is the duke of edinburgh setting the tone for us all by not retiring until the age of 96? my guests, not quite 96, any of us. brian o'connell, the irish writer and broadcaster. the algerian journalist, nabila ramdani, and michael goldfarb. a very warm welcome to all of you. so the brexit negotiations are on hold for the summer holidays. no more talks for the next few weeks. that hasn't stopped the new irish prime minister from making his opinions known. he made a speech this week, calling for unique solutions to preserve the relationship between the uk and the eu after britain leaves. brian, you're not long back from dublin. just how worried was the administration? it is a distinct change of tone from enda kenny's time. leo varadker has decided, probably correctly, to distance himself from the uk. enda kenny, at the beginning of when the referendum was held, enda kenny has said to the other eu members, "we are very close to britain, we can help britain through this." now you get l