mr gonzales is in sain. approach. mr gonzales is in spain. there _ approach.nzales is in spain. there are a - approach. mr gonzales is in spain. there are a lot - approach. mr gonzales is in spain. there are a lot of. spain. there are a lot of venezuelans in spain but how do you think the presence of mr gonzales in spain might influence this spanish approach is towards the maduro government are opposition? mr government are opposition? m gonzales is not the actual leader of the venezuelan opposition. two real candidates were vetoed by the government. maria corina machado. so he is not organising the protest in caracas. forthe not organising the protest in caracas. for the opposition he is the president elect and the one election and they believe he is the president of spain. spain has given him asylum but stopped short of considering him the president elect. spain is in a grey zone where they don't recognise the victory maduro claims but at time don't recognise much of the opposition is claiming. they want the government to produce the electoral rackets with p

we have got mr gonzales _ numbers. we have got mr gonzales arriving - numbers.ave got mr| gonzales arriving in madrid numbers. we have got mr - gonzales arriving in madrid for political asylum. what you think happens next, where does this leave everything?— this leave everything? really don't know _ this leave everything? really don't know. to _ this leave everything? really don't know. to be _ this leave everything? really don't know. to be honest, i don't know. to be honest, anybody who tries to make predictions about venezuela, is inevitably proven wrong. the british audience will understand this. the dreams of democracy. it is... i think that we are headed to a more and more internal conflict. there are two different options, already 25% have fled the country. 40% of those have remained since maduro has refused to show the numbers are planning to flee as well. so that unleashes a huge exodus of which the world has not seen and an international exodus of the size even without war. 0n the size even without war. 0n the other hand, just we are facing a country t

the mr gonzales, why do you think they let him leave.— they let him leave.warrant was _ they let him leave. the arrest warrant was issued _ they let him leave. the arrest warrant was issued against i they let him leave. the arrest i warrant was issued against him, and if he was arrested, he would have faced up to life in prison. the opposition are saying he was granted... inaudible. he has now been granted political asylum in spain. he arrived in madrid with his wife on sunday, having been given safe passage by the maduro government. this is something maduro is keen to make evident. his vice president roderigo said they gave safe passage for him to leave for political peace in the country. the attorney general went further, saying he has been given the opportunity to abandon the national territory, and that spain would receive him happily. spain have stood firmly in their position against maduro, not recognising him as the valid winner of those elections, and really backing the opposition. the opposition are now split geographically, but united nonetheless.

that vote count showed an overwhelming victory for mr gonzales.showing a narrow win by the incumbent president, but it has not released a detailed vote tally. few international observers were allowed to monitor the poll. those that were said the election was neither free nor fair. in a separate development monday, us authorities seized a privatejet used by mr maduro. the plane was undergoing repairs in the dominican republic when it was impounded by american officials and flown to florida. law enforcement officials say the jet had been exported from the us into venezuela secretly, and in violation of american sanctions. 0ur asked our latin american correspond on how significant it is. it correspond on how significant it is. , ., correspond on how significant it is. , . . ., correspond on how significant it is. _, ., ., ., , , of it is. it is a ma'or ramping up of political— it is. it is a major ramping up of political tensions. - it is. it is a major ramping up of political tensions. we - it is. it is a major ramping up of political tensions. we a

mimi, take us through what mr gonzales would possibly effaced had he stayed in venezuela.position figures as well as supporters have faced huge political crackdown before and after these very contented disputed elections back injuly, his life is at risk. this was something that opposition leaders said last week saying one of the main challenges both for herself and mr gonzales was to stay alive and free, and their lives are basically at risk. these intimidation campaigns launched by the maduro government object against the opposition have cultivated with the un have called a climate of fear. and they've used tractors and kidnapping and multiple detentions creating what the inter—american court of human rights described as state terrorism. it's not only ngos, the press, opposition figures, journalists at risk here, but also civilians, with over 2000 individuals being detained since the 29th ofjuly when those election results, highly contended election results were announced. contended election results were announced-— announced. given there was an arrest warrant _ announced

that vote count showed an overwhelming victory for mr gonzales.ng a narrow win by the incumbent president, but it has not released a detailed vote tally. few international observers were allowed to monitor the poll. those that were said the election was neither free nor fair. i asked our latin america correspondent will grant how significant this arrest warrant is. i think it is a major ramping up of political tensions. we are talking about the man who stood against nicolas maduro a handful of weeks ago who the opposition called president elect gonzales, so sure are they of the electoral data they are published they say shows he won by more than 30%. this in essence is a step by a government backed, a government—controlled agency to say, we do not recognise those figures. we do not recognise edmundo gonzalez and we have no intention of stepping down, nor will we leave him in peace. he has been hiding since the national electoral council found president maduro to be the winner ofjuly's election. what will that mean for the protest movement? it has

that vote count showed an overwhelming victory for mr gonzales.its own result showing a narrow win by the incumbent president, but it has not released a detailed vote tally. few international observers were allowed to monitor the poll: those that were said the election was neither free nor fair. for more i've been speaking to maximo zaldivar — ina in a separate development on monday us authorities seized a private jet used by mr maduro. the plane was undergoing repairs in the dominican republic when it was impounded by american officials and then flown to florida. law enforcement officials say the jet had been exported from the us into venezuela secretly and in violation of american sanctions. for more i've been speaking to maximo zaldivar — the regional director for latin america and the caribbean at the international foundation for electoral systems. if he were arrested what would that mean for the country? what that mean for the country? what would the reaction _ that mean for the country? what would the reaction be? - that mean for the country

mr. gonzales for five minutes of questions. >> thank you, chairman and mr. meyers for testifying before our committee. i will tell you what, i was very not surprised but disappointed to see how everything went down but that is the way it works in this space. i was grateful on how quickly crowdstrike responded when they did find an error. i tell you what, i'm in government, i don't see people that fess up and said, we made a mistake, work to fix it, as you're doing that, send a report out so other people don't find that same mistake. usually it is trying to cover it up and move on to the next thing. i was grateful on the fact how hard you worked to get things back up. i'm interested and grateful for the call we got on days after it occurred, clearly you know your stuff inside and out. i'm interested in how we make sure if this happens again, that we are in a spot where we can fix it. i would argue that crowdstrike is one of the better organizations out there so what if it is a different vendor that may be does not have the same resources, the same integrity,

mr. gonzales remains the country's best hope for democracy. out of t country but some opposition politicians remain. six of them are sheltering inside the argentine embassy, which is currently surrounded by forces loyal to the president. gonzales told supporters today that he s threatened right up until the moment he fled. we can get some analysis from the head of the americas, risk consultancy. thank you for coming on. what can gonzales do from exile that is useful to his countrymen and women at home? >> thank you for having me first of all. the role that he will try to play now from exile is one that he has played throughout his professional career as a diplomat. it is going to be very much a behind the scenes role in the sense that he will build on their connections, conversations he has been having with external parties, particularly the european union, united states, regional governments in latin america, to try and broker change in government through peaceful means. living at home, maria, the force behind the campaign, electoral drive in

mr. gonzales, i flew to the spanish capital madrid over the weekend after this way. the no thought is issued an arrest warrants issued an arrest warrant for him of the claims . i think one, july's disputed presidential election. president nicholas my daughter was declared the winner of that vote. despite the opposition, say it had evidence that gonzales one that's true through some of this was a john polk, and he can move it shoes and associate professor of political science of the us naval academy. but he focuses on latin american politics including venezuela, and welcome to the very glad to happy with us. so and wonder gonzales and wrote today that he left to build a new stage for that as well. and he called for dialogue. what do you think he wants, i'm going to be able to get to get it from spain or indeed from anyone else outside venezuela as well? well gonzalez's, i think there a reasonable decision to flee venezuela for the safety of, of spain and certainly is a reflection of fears for his own safety in venezuela. and i think, you know, probably dashes the hope

, saying at a press conference last week that one of the main challenges — both for herself and mr gonzales and their lives are basically at risk. these intimidation campaigns launched by the maduro government against the opposition have cultivated what the un have called a climate of fear, and they've used tactics including kidnapping and multiple detentions, creating what the inter—american court of human rights described as "state terrorism". it's not only ngos, the press, opposition figures, journalists who are at risk here, but also civilians, with nearly 2,000 individuals being detained since the 29th ofjuly when those election results — highly contended election results — were announced. an arrest warrant was issued against him and if he was arrested, he would've faced up to life in prison. they're saying that — well, the opposition are saying that he was granted a safe passage from venezuela to spain, where he's now been granted political asylum. he arrived on there sunday with his wife in madrid, the capital. but he was given this safe passage by the maduro government — this is som

his government had a large hand in mr gonzales' departure, his vice president set and instagram post allowed a safe passage for him to go to spain, where he has been granted asylum with his wife, landed on sunday. they say that it was for the sake of trans quality and political peace in the country, so saying that they are doing it for the good of venezuela. this was a message which was backed up by maduro's attorney general, saying that they allowed, these two countries work together, spain and venezuela to allow the abandonment of national territory by gonzales. he has held his position with these venezuelan elections, it does not recognise maduro as the leader, and it will stand with the opposition, whether it be outside or inside the country as we seen today.— outside or inside the country as we seen today. mimi, thank ou for as we seen today. mimi, thank you for giving _ as we seen today. mimi, thank you for giving us _ as we seen today. mimi, thank you for giving us across - as we seen today. mimi, thank you for giving us across those l you for giving us across those developmen

mr. gonzales, for five minutes questions. >> thank you, chairman and thank you mr. mars for testifying before our committee. i'll tell you what, i was very not surprised, but disappointed to see how everything went down, but, that's kind of the way it works in this space. and i was grateful on how quickly crowdstrike responded when they did find in error. i'll tell you what, i'm in government, i don't see people that fess up and say, we made a mistake, work to fix it, and then as you are doing it, send a report out so other people don't find that same mistake. usually it's tried to cover it up and move on to the next thing. i was grateful with how hard y'all work to get things backed up -- back up. i'm interested in grateful for the call after a few days. you are stuck inside now, i'm interested in how do we make sure that if this happens again, we are in a spot where we can fix it? i'd argue crowdstrike is one of the better organizations out there, so what if it's a different vendor that maybe doesn't have the same resources, the same integrity, and whatnot. so i'm

gonzales' lawyer said publishing those tallies did not amount to any wrongdoing. >> mr. o gonzales had nothing to do with collecting copies of the tally sheets, digitizing them, and uploading them. this was a civic civic -- pacific citizen action -- this was a civic citizen action. >> courts have affirmed maduro's reelection but have not provided any proof of his win. the home -- pope francis will visit papua new guinea, east timor, and singapore during his 11-day journey. it is his longest trip as pope. here in the u.s., federal prosecutors have charged a former new york state official for acting as an undisclosed agent for the chinese government. she and her husband left a brooklyn courthouse this afternoon after pleading not guilty to charges that she used her position to help chinese authorities in exchange for millions of dollars in compensation and gifts. she worked as deputy chief of staff for governor and also held a position in former governor andrew cuomo's administration. the governor's office said she was fired last year due to evidence of misconduct. the city

mr. gonzales, the gentleman from texas, for his phi. minutes of questioning. >> -- five minutes of questioning. >> thank you, general and. thank you, gentlemen, for your service to our country and, please, share to the men and women that serve alongside you that this committee is committed to making sure that you have all the tools you need to be successful in keeping americans safe. in mar, i want to thank mr. bullock to, you know, justin berry is a good friend of mine, an officer there will in austin. i hear a lot about behind the scenes what's happening, and in many cases i feel as if you're serving behind enemy lines. and i want to take this opportunity to tear into the travis county district attorney. i think that guy has done a terrible job with. i think that individual has made that community unsafe. and those type of situations need to go away. we need to get back to everybody is on the same team paddling in the same direction for the safety of all citizens, not this ideology or the other -- and my question is to you, sir. in re

mr. gonzales, provided. >> thank you chairman and think you mr.ing before our committee. he went, i was very non- surprise it is appointed to see how everything went down but it's kind of the way that it works in this space and i was grateful now quickly crowdstrike responded when it did find an error and i'll tell you what i i do not hear people like you see people defense up say we made a mistake, were to fix it and then as you're doing that in the report out so that the people don't find that same mistake and usually is hard to cover it up and move on and the next thing and so i was grateful how hard you guys were to get ts backup and i'm interested i wast on literally just days after it occurred, clearly you know your stuff inside and out i'm interested in heavily make sure you know, if this happens again, when a spot we can fix it. i would argue that crowdstrike's claim of the better organizations that are out there is a with a visit different vendor, the baby does not have the same resources and the same integrity and what not. so i'm lookin

mr blinken says edmundo gonzalez... gonzalesn. in caracas, six of them are sheltering in the argentine embassy, which is surrounded by security forces, loyal to the president maduro. gonzalez told supporters in an audio message that he was threatened right up until the moment he fled. we can get some analysis now from jimena blanco, head of americas at the risk consultancy verisk maplecroft. thanks very much for coming on. what can gonzalez do from exile thatis what can gonzalez do from exile that is useful to his country? thank you for having me, i think the role he's going to try to play from exile is one that he played throughout his professional career as a diplomat. he's going to be very much behind—the—scenes in the sense that he will build in the conversations he's been having with external parties, particularly the the eu and the us and latin america, to try to broker change in government through peaceful means. living at home, maria machado, really the force if you will, behind the force if you will, behind the campaign

mr. speaker, i'd like to recognize the gentlewoman from puerto rico, ms. gonzales colon, for however much time she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. gonzalez-colon: thank you, mr. speaker, thank you, mr. chairman. i rise in strong support of this bipartisan legislation, h.r. 5302, the miche maceda memorial act. this will designate the unit of u.s. custom and border protection of c.b.p. in cabo rojo, puerto rico, in honor of interdiction agent maceda who died in the line of duty while conducting a drug interdiction operation off the island coast. in the morning of november 17, 2022, c.b.p. agents were alerted of a suspicious vessel located approximately 13 miles off the southwestern coast of puerto rico. marine interdiction agents michael maceda, jose santiago and mark lafleer arrived. as they were boarding the vessel, one of the drug traffickers opened fire on them. agent santiago and lamfeer were injured. agent santiago has recovered and is back on full duty. agent lamfleer continues to recover from his wounds but hopes to re

mr. president, and um, colleagues in honor of latino hispanic heritage month i'm proud to recognize childcare network here with us to represent this amazing collaborate are carmen latisha, and. >> (calling names.) >> hernandez and hazel gonzales chair. >> whose is a board member of childcare of san francisco together those women's have dedicated over 200 years collect lee with enrichment to children and families i'll proudly say prominently in the district 11 of excelsior outer mission neighborhood and so many of the families are represented in district 11. the san francisco family childcare network was founded in 1991 by carmen and anna jingling with the childcare be educators and providers offer to fame across san francisco. um, approximately childcare centers in san francisco are latino providers. and the vast majority of women the small with the small number of men that dedicated themselves to childcare and many, many of them are immigrant women i think that is important to recognize in the current compliment of immigrants we have so many wonderful contributors a large percentage have degrees and many more working towards their college degrees and 34 have dilemmas from their home criticize likewise mexico and all over lat

gonzales served as the attorney general. september 18, more than 100 former national security officials from republican administrations signed a letter endorsing harris, claiming mr. trump was not fit to serve. washington post, that's the story this morning. let's go to john on the republican line in michigan. caller: hi. i'm concerned about the -- why is it -- why are, why are people in this country who are not citizens? why are they allowed to vote in a united states election? that's not right. biden did nothing here in the last four years except cause a ruckus in this whole -- he has not done anything except to be a puppet. now, the crime has been so bad. people are kicking in people's doors. they do it here. they are going to get shot. they are going to take their last step right there. host: chris, philadelphia, independent line, hello. caller: i would like to start off by saying let's make it lying wrong again. that's my number one issue. i'm a 50-year-old white male from philadelphia on his way to work right now. it's disgusting that an 80-year-old man, the only thing he can say about his opponent is that she is mentally challenged. this is the times we li