has already recognize juan guido as the rightful leader of venezuela. ssian coming in now and going against the will of 60 countries that support guido is a bad thing. we should keep in mind, this is not the only place that u.s. and russian troops could potentially be on the ground together, and syria they are. there is a group of 200 russian mercenaries that decided to try and take a u.s. base out in syria. they got returned to their component molecules. so i think putin should keep that in mind. david: again, the question is, how far we might go in supporting those people who are fighting for freedom in venezuela. i am just wondering particularly after what happened in syria, the russian so that we are serious about protecting our interests, whether syria, venezuela, or anybody else, do you think russian troops would really be willing to give their lives to support this clown, maduro? >> i think it is a provocation designed to create a response. i think the question is, nobody wants a military confrontation. the amount of troops at the russian scent is

. >> president trump met today with the wife of juan guido, the venezuelan opposition leader. they both talked about the political situation in venezuela. afterwards, president trump answered a few questions from reporters. >> thank you very much. it is a great honor to have the first lady of venezuela. she has been through a tremendous, she has been through a lot, let's put it that way. she has been through a people don't want to go through and should never have to go through. her husband is a tremendous man who is working so hard and is very dangerous. it's dangerous stuff that is going on. we know exactly what's going on. our vice president, mike, was there for a period of time and got to know your husband very well. but, i just want to say we're going to have a terrific conversation. we already have. a lot of progress being made with all of the problems, tremendous amount of progress is being made. >> venezuela was a country with tremendous potential and is still a country of tremendous potential potential. they are being starved, killed, beaten what is going on there is o

i stand with the organization of american states and over 50 countries with interim president juan guido and call on maduro to step down so that humanitarian aide can can flow to the venezuelan people who are sick, starving, and scared. all americans stand with venezuelan who is want their republic back. they want their rights back. they want their freedom back. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from new york, mr. rose, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to urge my colleagues to support the lobbyist loophole closure act. this bill will close a loophole that lobbyists on both sides of the aisle, and they are lobbyists, have been taking advantage of for far too long. they have been using it to skirt disclosure under the guise of just providing strategy guidance for billion dollar corporations. when i go back to staten island in south brooklyn, they see right through this. they see it for what it is. people getting over on the system, on the backs of hardworking americans. and they are

juan guido took to the stage to urge people to unite. the rally came amid wide strepr anger of a nation wide black out. people are suffering not having basic necessaitienecessities. guido declared himself the in r interim president in january. the u.s. and 450 other countrie are sporting guido. >>> a debate heating up in the race for the white house. should marijuana be legal? some of the top democratic contenders are taking sides. >> i hosting saturday night li everyone's gotve to listen to m. when it comes to reducing the sugar in your family's diet, coke, dr pepper and pepsi hear you. we're working together to do just that. bringing you more great tasting beverages with less sugar or no sugar at all. smaller portion sizes, clear calorie labels and reminders to think balance. because we know mom wants what's best. more beverage choices, smaller portions, less sugar. balanceus.org ♪ one plus one equals too little too late ♪ ♪ a sock-a-bam-boom ♪ ♪ who's in the room ♪ love is dangerous ♪anut driving safe you pay less ♪ ♪ switch and save

we saw about a week or ten days ago the arrests of the chief of staff to juan guido. the situation is terrible and every indication is the people of venezuela want a change, which is what we and 53 other countries want. restoration of democracy in venezuela. >> but so far, it appears as though the sanctions have not been widely joined by other countries. the russians support continues to be strong. is it possible that we will end up in a situation much like the assad regime where people said this is unviable, untenable, he has to go but somehow, because of sheer oppression and force and external support, russian port, in that case, again, he endured. could i be talking to you a year from now and maduro is in office. >> i'm extremely doubtful that's the case. i would say one thing we have to worry about this the case of syria, but we don't have to worry about in the case of venezuela is thousands of foreign fighters. you have thousands of iranian and hezbollah troops on the ground in syria. so that's something you're not going to see in venezuela. you also have, i thin

55 nations that have now recognized the action of the venezuelan national assembly in elevating juan guido to interim president, these are all the things we've done. i don't like some of the loose talk about military action, i'll be blunt that the president has engaged in, ultimately, that is a matter that congress must decide. presidents don't get to initiate on their own. and look, the person that's using violence and using the military to perpetrate violence right now is one person. nicholas maduro. we are here working with partners on humanitarian aide because our only interest is peace and democracy for the venezuelan people. >> let's talk about the u.s. m democra democracy. what would you say as a former vice presidential nominee to the candidates running right now? >> anna, what i would say is, i think the more the merrier, i am happy to see great democratic candidates, many of whom i know quite well, jumping in and laying out their vision. some people don't like many candidates because it makes for hard choices. i like it gets people out on the field, putting out their agenda for h

joining me now is author vanessa newman who has been doing works with the juan guido faction.agree with the assessment that they cannot hang on much longer? >> i do agree. the question is, you have to be realistic about how difficult this battle is. you do not remove a 20 year dictatorship overnight. you have all lot of embedded interest. the reason the military is not retaliating is because they own the businesses in they were given over to the military. so, they control a lot of the financial structure, as well. which is not going to happen in a transition. david: by the way, forgive me for interrupting, but those back up. we have live pictures from venezuela, is this live, now? these are live pictures. i cannot tell, is that of maduro? >> that looks like maduro. that is a maduro campaign. the reason that we weren't sure if we had the live shot or not is that they have been blackouts right when quite n long white oy man. you think i was on deliberately? it's one of those things were everything is true. they purposely do cut electricity in transmission and gm speakers where g

juan metiÓ al centro. el remate. revienta y recupera. rodrÍguez va a extender el balÓn. retrasan con guido.legando ahÍ. recorrieron todo el ocÉano. iba a ser movimiento de puerta. y come tiempo al tiempo. iba a reventar. y el puebla haciÉndolo bastante bien. con sus argumentos. a pesar de tener 10 hombres porque ha jugado prÁcticamente todo el segundo tiempo con un hombre menos. y el amÉrica haciendo un papelÓn. guido rodrÍguez. de nueva cuenta. y a ver en esta. va a encarar oro venÍa. y vladimir le roba el balÓn. la mandó fuera de la cancha y serÁ saque de meta. >> si es zurdo. andrÉ: platicando nos decÍa que no sabe bien si es derecho o zurdo. pero me decÍa que si tuviera un reto de pegarle al travesaÑo, escogerÍa la izquierda. pero que la derecha tambiÉn la maneja a la perfecciÓn. >> el jugador mÁs valioso es presentado por tecate. y es nicolÁs. dos grandes atajadas ha dado seguridad. se ha llevado golpes por doquier. usted lo ve en pantalla. tiene una banderita en la boca. y es el jugador mÁs valioso. semana la que ha tenido el amÉrica. andrÉ: terrible.a media semana fue muy autocrÍtico

. >> president trump met today with the wife of juan guido, the venezuelan opposition leader. they both talked about the political situation in venezuela. afterwards, president trump answered a few questions from