>> dana: thanks for joining us for "the daily briefing." more to come on fox news with all of this breaking news, plus on "the five" talking about the latest and the politics that you love for us to talk about. i'm dana perino. here's shep. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 in caracas, venezuela. today two leaders are struggling for control of the nation. one has support from moscow. the other has support from washington. at stake, the fate of a nation and its tens of millions of people. we'll take you to the capitol as tear gas fills the air and where people are desperate for food and medicine taking to the street. reporting begins now. a live look the uprising in venezuela. we've seen tear gas and water cannons, chaos in the streets of caracas. the venezuelan opposition leader, juan guaido is launching

what he calls the final stage of operation freedom to try to topple the disputed president, nicholas maduro and a warning about the next video. this afternoon, we watched as an armored military vehicle plowed through a crowd of protesters. >> shepard: there it is. we have not gotten reports on injuries. anti-government demonstrators have thrown rocks and molotov cocktails at the police. this started when juan guaido posted a message from a base this morning as troops that defected from nicholas maduro's regime surrounded him. guaido telling the people of venezuela that its time for maduro to go. >> the moment is now. the moment of not only calm and sanity but also the moment of courage and sanity so calm arrives. >> shepard: but maduro is not backing down.

the venezuelan defense minister calling it a terrorist act that is bound to fail. the u.s. announced their support for guaido in january. today the secretary of state mike pompeo tweeted interim president juan guaido announced start of operation freedom. the u.s. government supports the venezuelan people and their quest for freedom and democracy. democracy cannot be defeated. we're united. a short time ago, john bolton said maduro could have gotten help from cuba and russia. >> the cubans, we believe, have played a very significant role in propping maduro up today. possibly with help from the russians. that's the speculation. >> shepard: tensions between the opposition leader guaido and nicholas maduro have been

escalating for months now as venezuela has sunk deeper into recession. many go to stores and pharmacies to find rows of empty shelves. we have team fox coverage now. rich edson at the statement department. john roberts at the white house. first, juan llamas reporting live in caracas. juan? parentally having some trouble with our connection. juan llamas in caracas, can you hear me? he's lost the connection to the earpiece. we'll get back as soon as we can. for now, phil keeting with the latest. >> we've been watching the tv here and reuters video feeds. the situation right now has it as it has been most of the day. thousands on the streets, many masking their faces so the

military and the security forces, don't know who they are. it's been a day-long exchange of opposition to the maduro regime. protesters throwing rocks and molotov cocktails. the maduro regime and citizen gangs, malitias down there, enforcing the rule of the maduro regime and spraying water cannons, launching many, many canisters of tear gas today. no shots fired as far as we know. the sounds of gun fire, we believe that of the tear gas rifles shooting those off. number of injuries, we don't know. at this point, maduro certainly appears to be in control, still in power and claiming that the military remains loyal to him, which is obviously critical. juan guaido ramping up things this morning, bringing real

urging sense of immediacy that it's time for the military and time for the opposition to unite and basically implement the constitution of 1999 and force maduro to once and for all step aside. we'll see when happens here as the lights go out tonight. there's been widespread power outages and all of those empty shelves. tonight, we'll see if anything more develops. at this point, it looks like one of the many protests we've seen. >> shepard: thanks, phil. back to juan llamas that is live in caracas this afternoon. juan? >> there's a tense calm here in venezuela right now. heightened levels of uncertainty of what could happen in the following hours here. communication services have been failing. schools, universities, the

subway. most grocery stores are closed here in caracas. in venezuela, the defense minister has said the armed forces have control the a tested coup against president maduro. the reality is that thousands of opposition supporters still remain in the streets, not only here in caracas but across venezuela. when people thought that maduro's era was coming to an end, he showed a new move, which they have called operation freedom. there's been clashes between opposition supporters and security forces, which have been firing tear gas against the protesters. social media showed how military vehicles drove over opposition supporters here in caracas. government supporters are in the streets to show that president

nicholas maduro has the backing of millions and considering him the head of state of venezuela. >> shepard: thanks, juan. live in caracas. first to the white house. john roberts reporting live. >> good morning, shep. this took the white house by surprise. john bolton upon hearing the news going on in venezuela just at dawn this morning woke up the president at 6:00 a.m. to inform him of what's going on. the president tweeting a short time ago, i'm monitoring the situation in venezuela very closely. the united states stands with the people of venezuela and their freedom. i think there's real concerns here at the white house whether or not this is actually going to work. john bolton came out in front of west wing a short time ago and called on the nation's defense minister, vladimir padrino and the chief justice of the supreme court to make good on their pledges to back juan guaido in

his attempt to oust nicholas maduro. juan guaido several weeks ago called for a day of nationwide protest tomorrow. pulled the trigger on all of this today. so it seemed to come early in some venezuelan officials that might have thrown in with guaido took a different tack instead. because padrino, the defense minister is critical of what guaido is doing. i put a question to john bolton. listen here. >> what do you think the chances that this uprising will work? >> i don't think it's support in the military for the maduro regime. i think it's fear. it's fear of the 20 to 25,000 cuban security forces in the country. it's fear of the consequences if adhering to the constitutional mandate of the interim president failed. i think really now what we're seeing is the people of venezuela, this has been building a long time, that if the effort fails, they will sink

into a dictatorship from which there's very few possible alternatives. it's a very delicate moment. i want to stress again the president wants to see a peaceful transfer of power from maduro to guaido. that possibility still exists if enough figures depart from the regime and support the opposition. >> the white house wants to see a peaceful transition to power. that is not to say, shep, if push comes to shove in venezuela and if the military fired on mass, that the u.s. military may step in. at the moment, they're offering moral support, public support to keep this coalition of nations together in support of juan guaido. the national security adviser also said that there were some things going on behind the scenes that he did not want to talk about. at the moment, no military support from the united states. the one thing that the u.s. and

guaido, interim presidency want to make sure, that the international community does not see this as a coup. listen to bolton. >> we're providing support in a variety of respects. certainly we have done everything we can to get humanitarian assistance in the country. we're doing a lot of other things, some of which i'm not going to talk about, and we're certainly walking with the lima group, the over 50 countries that support guaido's legitimacy. let me answer the last part of your question, this is clearly not a coup. we recognize juan guaido as the legitimate interim president of venezuela. just as it's not a coup when the president of the united states gives an order to the department of defense, it's not a coup for guaido to take control of the venezuelan military. >> clearly officials here are in communication with people down

there in venezuela. shep, i don't think they really have a firm handle on what is going on down there. when i asked john bolton a question, there seems to be a large part of the military that is still loyal to maduro. he started mention the collectivos, motorcycle gangs. a lot of the motorcycles that we've been see, the white motorcycles driven by people in black fatigues with helmets, those are either national police or they're military. they're not cubans driving those. so clearly at this point maduro still enjoys a lot of support with the military. this has been described by some people as a make or break moment that won't come again. the white house doesn't quite subscribe to that. they're very worried how this will turn out. >> shepard: sounded mightily close. thanks, john roberts. to the state department now. rich edson is there. rich? >> officials are watching development here very closely. they've been waiting for months

to try to push maduro from power and replace him with juan guaido and a government. right now we're getting statements from the vice president and the national security adviser. >> we saw to president juan guaido, to all the freedom-loving people of venezue venezuela, we're with you and america withstand with you in this hemisphere of freedom until your democracy restored. >> the u.s. southern command saying we're monitoring the events closely and in contact with our interagency partners and senior chain of command. right now their mission is unchanged. it's the national security adviser that have been saying all options are on the table. officials are stressing when it

comes to venezuela, they prefer not to use any military option there. they want the peaceful road and they see themselves on if route to peaceful change in venezuela, shep. >> shepard: rich, maduro's allies what are you hearing from this i'm? >> russia and cuba. they say that the radical opposition has turned to violence instead of peacefully settling political differences. they have taken a course to whip up conflict and provoke clashes with the armed forces. the russians have provided support to the venezuelan government of nicholas maduro there. the cuban government has security force there's, which we have discussed. that robust infrastructure working in venezuela according to officials that have seen that as an issue as well. a way to try to get venezuela away from nicholas maduro and to the interim government, you have to deal with the foreign

influence there. they want to transition to a permanent democracy but there's many steps between now and that point, shep. >> shepard: rich edson at state. teaming our team fox coverage. three questions. john bolton said he believes it's fear that is keeping military members attached to the dictator. how do you alleviate that fear? second, he said this may not work. might it be necessary for u.s. military forces who would make that decision? how quickly? and third, this is not a coup, says john bolton. why is it not a coup? analysis from michael o'hanlon from brookings next. at do all te have in common, limu? [ paper rustling ] exactly, nothing. they're completely different people, that's why they need customized

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>> shepard: in venezuela, it's the dictator, nicholas maduro, the russians and the cubans versus the opposition leader juan guaido, the united states and others. the white house emphasizes this

is not a coup. why not? michael -- o'hanlon. why is this not a coup? >> the constitution in venezuela that was created by chavez when he was president has a stipulation that says if there's not a proper election, then the speaker of the parliament becomes interim president. the election that re-affirms maduro's hold on power last year was widely recognized not to be legitimate, to be stolen. so it's based on that interpretation. obviously this is a debate you can have ad nauseam but we're seeing the venezuelan constitution, written by this government, the predecessor to maduro, that constitution spells out what happens if there's not a proper election process and

there was no proper election process and guaido as the speaker should become president. that's a pretty good argument. it's not one that will impress everyone. it can be debated. it gives us something to plant on our feet on as we call for this transfer of power. >> shepard: as takeovers go, how does this look to you? >> it looks 50/50, maybe 40/60 against. there's enough people in the maduro and armed forces put there by him that they have a lot at stake in seeing his rule continue partly because they will lose their perks and privileges and maybe lives or freedom if they surrendered power. reminds me of president assad in syria. everybody thought he was going to fall but the inner circle had no where else to go and they clung on and fought on their own for four years and got rush help and still in power. i won't want to rule out the

possibility this could work. you can't predict the dynamics here. i don't think any political scientists or any brookings scholar would claim to have the tool predict based on the specifics here where it's going. it's a betting game. i support what the trump administration is doing, but they have to have a backup plan in case this doesn't work. it might not. >> shepard: if it doesn't, where does that leave our relationship with the russians and the cubans? >> they're already poor. depends what we do next. if we invade, which the president doesn't want to do and most americans would want to avoid that, relations get substantially worse with russia. the fact that we called for this transfer and putting pressure on the venezuelan economy through these very far-reaching sanctions, that's an honest disagreement with russia. i expect them to oppose us but they respect our position. if we pull it off correctly, it will help them.

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. >> shepard: president trump's proposing new rules for migrants looking for asylum in the united states. if you're escaping, you have to pay. he is suggesting a fee to process asylum applications and work permits. that's according to a presidential memo. calls for banning migrants that try to enter the united states illegally in the past from receiving temporary work permits. the president says the rules are meant to crack down on rampant abuse at the southern border. but critics say asking for asylum from violence and poverty is a basic human right. most asylum seekers are families

escaping violence in their home countries. there's no known plan for how the new directive world work in immigrant courts. there's 800,000 asylum cases already pending. john roberts reporting live from the white house. >> to say there's a giant backlog is an understatement. the president has tried to make changes in the past. he only wanted people to claim asylum at ports of entry and those crossing illegally would not be allowed to. that is still tied up in the courts. a lot of the asylum claims are fraudulent so he wants to change it with executive order. he wants to adjudicate all the applications within 180 days of filing, this is the controversial part. require fees for asylum

applications and fees for work permitted applications and withhold work permits for people while their cases are being decided. opponents say he's trying to make it more difficult for people to claim asylum. here's angus king, senator from maine, this morning. >> clearly trying to impair people's ability to seek asylum. people will find the money because they're fleeing for their lives. to me, the first thing i thought of is the poll tax in the south which was designed to disenfranchise african americans. >> the president says he wants to make the system for who has a legitimate claim and those that don't more efficient. it's interesting to point out, shep, in 2016, which is the most recent year for which we have figures, 73,000 people claimed asylum. 20,000 were granted asylum. >> shepard: another infrastructure work. this appears to be going better. >> much better than the last

infrastructure week that never happened. there might be another one 3 weeks from now. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer and other democrats and the president went better than the last one, which was january 9 when the president got up and walked out. listen to how nancy pelosi and chuck schumer describe their interaction with the president as everybody tries to seek common ground on infrastructure. >> there was good will in this meeting. that was different than the other meetings that we've had, which is a very good thing. first, with agreed that infrastructure is crucial to the future of america. we agreed it creates jobs. we agreed it keeps us competitive. >> we're excited about the conversation we had with the president to advance an agenda of that kind. we did come to one agreement that the agreement would be big and bold. >> how do you measure big and bold? how about $2 trillion over ten years. that is $200 billion a year, a

lot of people say that's a down payment on the overall problem. the white house did praise the meeting as excellent and productive. sarah sanders in a statement saying the united states is not coming close to investing in fracture for many years foolishly prioritizing the interests of other countries over our own. we have to invest in our future. another meeting in three weeks to go over a specific proposal and how to get to the money. then they also decided that they are at a future date going to discuss a way and how to lower drug prices. then, still the investigations and immigration to divide them. so they're together this afternoon, but tomorrow who knows. >> shepard: give it a minute. thanks, john. president trump is suing to block banks from handing his financial records over to u.s. congress. the president's legal team is filing a lawsuit on behalf of the president and his two sons,

don jr. and eric, his daughter, ivanka and the trump organization as a business. all of this in response to subpoenas that the democratic chairs of the house intelligence and financial services sent to deutsche back and capital one. in a statement, the president's lawyers said that we file this case to protect the president's family and their businesses. the subpoenas issues to deutsche bank by schiff and waters are unlawful and illegitimate. jury is out on that just yet. congressman schiff and waters called it mare writless. they're accusing him of trying to delay accountability as long as possible. laura ingle has more. >> i spoke with eric trump that called the subpoenas for his family's bank records straight up presidential harassment. the federal lawsuit filed yesterday ames to stop deutsche bank and capital one from turning over those final records

to the chairperson of the financial committees. adam schiff and maxine waters. the committee issued the subpoena to investigate what they call potential foreign influence on the u.s. political process. eric trump says one of their biggest problems with the subpoenas is how broad the request was. >> would you give bank records that were specific if they wanted specific dates or nodes and business dealings? >> absolutely. if it was the right thing, we could do it. we've turned over so much of it already. >> the intelligence and financial services committee members have said that trump's relationship with deutsche bank is unusual because of the billions in loans given to the family and businesses over the years. more to come on this, shep. >> shepard: thanks, laura. thanks. a fox urgent. we're about to hear from the president of the united states. you're seeing this because he will be at a white house event to honor joey logano.

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>> shepard: the venezuelan ambassador to the united nations is speaking to reporters. we've been monitoring. rick leventhal is on that. rick? >> his name is samuel moncata. he is loyal to president maduro. it's been a fiery news conference in spanish and english. and moncata says that maduro has the support of the entire society of venezuela and he calls it a media operation to destabilize from outside the country. he mentioned mike pompeo and john bolton. he said that maduro is the legitimate government and the president has taken the necessary steps to guarantee the security of the people and restore order. he says, moncata does, that most

people of venezuela want to live in peace and don't support what happened today calling it a violent attempt to intervene by foreign powers. he said that venezuela is not going to give up. here's more from ambassador moncata. >> this coup from outside was an open coup, an open intention to violate the charter of the united nations and all of the norms of international human rights. >> someone that does not agree with that is carlos vettio, the ambassador in washington representing juan guaido. we heard from him earlier today. >> we want to send a clear message to the dictator, nicholas maduro. your time is over. venezuela is ready for a change. >> so again, shep, we continue to monitor this news conference with the ambassador to the u.n. from venezuela, samuel moncata,

who is not happy about what happened there today and what is continuing to happening saying venezuela supports maduro, not guaido, who he says is a criminal and guilty of treason. >> shepard: thanks, rick. context matters. think of what really is happening here. the people are rising up against, according to the white house, 20 to 25,000 cuban troops, including some protecting the dictator himself and the vast majority of the venezuelian military. it's those groups versus the people with no military support. and a stern pronouncement that democracy will not be defeated. it has very little opportunity when regular people are wandering the streets with rocks fighting against the military. but the disputed president,

nicholas maduro, came into power after hugo chavez died. trace gallagher with more on this and a look at the rise to power and the opposition leader, guaido's attempt to overthrow him. trace? >> yeah, shep, even when nicholas maduro won his first presidential election, the opposite party called it fraudulent. in 2014, another well-known leader was arrested by maduro forces for causing unrest and that led to violent protest. but wow, in 2015 the political climate began to change because of inflation and a prolonged recession and the opposition party's democratic unity coalition took control of venezuela's legislature for the first time in two decades. in 2017, maduro became frustrated at not having control of lawmakers, so he created this

all-powerful legislative body and starting rewriting the constitution and that marked the beginning of what we're seeing today because last year when maduro ran away with the presidential election under allegations of vote-buying, several latin american countries called the election illegitimate and that's when they started recognizing juan guaido as the legitimate president. the u.s. also supports guaido. shep? >> shepard: there's not much left of the economy. what is left seems to be going south, not up. >> yeah, it's going to get worse. in 2019, hyper inflation in venezuela is expected to hit 10 million percent. for context, anything below $50 bill in venezuela is worthless. this year $100 bills will lose their value. devaluation will continue to rise. that means the vast majority of the country cannot afford the buy food.

maduro is trying to print money but that devalues the dollar further. venezuelan imports are down 75%. oil experts have plummeted. in order, the country is largely unable to make money. in the last two years, more than three million people have fled the country. three million people, shep. that's 10% of the population. shep? >> shepard: trace gallagher live. thanks. we're waiting for the president to speak at the white house. it's a nascar event. we're expecting he will mention the crisis in venezuela as well. that coverage next. ates are proy gonna double. but dad, you've got allstate. with accident forgiveness they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. indeed. are you in good hands? (♪) audible members get free fitness and wellness programs to transform your mind and body. download the audible app

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>> shepard: you a nascar fan? there's a nascar event at the white house in a couple minutes. the president will participate and we expect him to comment on venezuela as well. scheduled to begin right now. so any minute now. former vice president joe biden is calling on congress to further investigate president trump. he said this morning on good morning america on abc that he's not ruling out the possibility of impeachment. >> what the congress should do and they are doing is investigate that. if in fact they block the investigation, they have no alternative but to go to the

constitutional resort they have, impeachment. >> shepard: the former haven't is on the campaign trail, iowa specifically. mike tobin is leave where joe biden just wrapped up a rally. hi, mike. >> hi, shep. cork is off the bottle. joe biden is on the ground here in iowa. the first time in 2008 as a soly candidate. giving a speech, he wasted little time going after president trump. breezing over the other candidates and establishing himself as the candidate for the general election. >> we can't afford four more years of this. can't afford four more years of the president that abuses the power of the presidency. most of all, we can't afford four more years of a president whose entire agenda has been to divide the country. >> the announcement created excitement, gave biden a nice jump? the polls. he's at 39% according to a cnn

poll. 24 points ahead of senator bernie sanders that is following him. the rest of the candidates are in single digits. in iowa, travelling from cedar rapids to dubuque attempting to maintain some distance. >> shepard: and joe biden is inside an ice cream shop there. listen in. >> how are you, ma'am? >> hi. >> what is your name? >> melissa. >> how are you? >> good. how are you? >> what are the flavors here? >> we have vanilla or chocolate -- >> shepard: he's been reliving the past of late. >> i like -- can i get a vanilla? >> my tobin, he's reliving the past of late. >> yeah. in a good morning america

interview today, biden got to get into some of the uncomfortable subjects from his past. he talked about the allegations of unwanted touching. his wife jill took up for him on that. he spoke about his time of chairman of the senate judiciary committee in the clarence thomas hearings. came ever closer to apologizing for his treatment of anita hill. >> i believed her from the very beginning. i was chairman. he did not get a fair hearing. she didn't get treated well. that is my responsibility. i'm committed and determined to con the fight to see to it that we basically change the culture in this country. >> biden came here in 88 it was poor. what is different this time, he's coming in as the frontrunner. shep? >> shepard: iowa has been his achilles heel. listen up here.

>> i've spent time with his wife in jail -- >> shepard: we'll be following folks on the campaign trail. in just a minute, we're expecting the president, another live remote, will be speaking. when the president arrives for number 22 adulation, we'll take you there for that and any comments on venezuela, this is fox news channel. my experience with usaa

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in prison without parole. the cavuto team will have more coverage on this for you. anti-semitism hit a near record level least year in the united states. that's according to the anti-defamation league. the group reports the third highest number of attacks since the jewish community since they started keeping track in the mid 70s. last year included the deadliest attack on the jewish community in american history. a gunman opened fire at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh killing 11 people. the researchers noticed a drop in some of the numbers that they studied. chief religion correspondent, lauren green reporting. lauren? >> the numbers show a slight decrease in anti-semitic incidents in 2017 to 18. when you take a closer look at the type of incidents, a startling picture emerges. of the total incidents reported nationwide in 2018, there was a 105% increase in the number of

assaults from the year before. there was a 5% increase in the harassment cases. although vandalism was down from 2017, it showed a 52% increase from 2016. the attack at tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh that left 11 deed loomed large in the growing trend on the jewish community. the adl says the worst areas were in california, florida, new york and the northeast. in a press called, adl regional coordinator evan bernstein said it's the third highest year of attacks since the 70s. >> americans feel less safe than they have in the past. we expect increase fear has led to increased vigilance. we've heard that from individuals calling in after pittsburgh where they felt obligated to call in an incident and maybe didn't feel calling it in before was they realize the tide of anti-semitism is turning after pittsburgh. >> the numbers themselves may not tell the whole story because

the adl said many incidents go unreported out of just fear. so the most recent shooting in san diego is no part of the study but the numbers are from 2018. this deadly incident says the trend is continuing and increases while supremacy on college campuses and social media. shep? >> shepard: thanks. here's the president just beginning as promised. >> very talented people. great musicians. thank you very much. appreciate it. good afternoon. today it's my pleasure to welcome the 2018 nascar cup series champion, joey logano and team penske to the white husband. joey, congratulations. [applause] team penske raced across the finish line in the ford fusion -- you like the car? >> love it.

>> you better say it. you better say that. parked right here on the white house south drive and that is one truly beautiful car. that is technologically something, roger. very special, right? went a little faster than the others but also had to do with your right foot. we're delighted to be joined by some tremendous people that are doing a great job for our nation, secretary alex acosta. thanks very much. department of labor. secretary elaine chao. thank you. transportation. and many of the great members of congress, representative jim banks. where is jim? hi, jim. tim burchett. thank you very much. very good. >> shepard: we anticipated the president might mention venezuela off the top here. he did not. should he, we'll bring those comments to you. again, there is an attempt for

the people and another lead tore come in and try to take over for nicholas maduro who is the dictator there in venezuela and was elected according to the world community under a fraudulent election. the united states is supporting the opposition. russia and cuba are supporting the dictatoorship there. the military still appearses to be largely in support. these are live pictures. it's still a very volatile situation in venezuela. the question is, will the people largely without any police backing be able to create some sort of governmental overthrow when there's a military involved on the part of the government. according to the white house, 20,000 and 25,000 cuban troops in support of the russians. doesn't sounds like much of a

fight. but we'll be watching it. we'll have coverage throughout the afternoon. the final bell is ringing on wall street. what started as a down day or spent the day down is now in the green. "your world" with neil cavuto starts now. >> neil: it is coming to a head. violent clashes in venezuela as supporters of opposition leader juan guaido try to top italian nicholas maduro regime. good luck with that. he has the soldiers, they have the fury. john bolton says all options are on the table. what does that mean? we'll talk to rick scott that says maybe it's time for the u.s. military to get involved. we'll talk to others that say not so fast. welcome. i'm neil cavuto. senator scott in just a moment. first to rich edson with the very latest.