mr. maduro, is this a matter of class here?it's not only about class, but it's certainly a major part of it. as you mentioned, leopold owe lopez comes from the upper crust of the upper crust of the venezuelan society. he's descended from the first president of venezuela and these are the pima customed to running the country and being in power and don't like to be displaced parts of what happened when chaff is he is was elected they were being replaced from below from popular movements from the urban poor especially and these are the people that have been given a new voice under in government. so what has manifested is very much a struggle between classes. these protests are not reducible to upper and middle classes certainly lean that way. the millions of supporters who voted for maduro and continue to vote for the chavez block tends to be largely from the poorest segments of society. >> you note here, maduro's strength. is it still his majority, right? the opposition is a smaller force still at this point? >> yes, it is. and t

mr. maduro has been showing his strength and popular support. every day a different sector is marched in support of the president. on monday it was the turn of motorcyclists. and he maintains the same strong language. >> translator: it is not a protest. venezuela is facing a fascist coup d'etat. they want to put an end to democracy. >> reporter: so far with no dialogue and new protests every day, it seems venezuela is losing its middle ground. one side wants the president to leave, while the rest of the country, which for now remains a majority, believes the protesters are the enemy. bbc news, caracas. >>> i'm back in a few minutes. just to give you the latest update on all of our top stories. stay with us if you can. er ] whether it takes 200,000 parts, ♪ 800,000 hours of supercomputing time, 3 million lines of code, 40,000 sets of eyes, or a million sleepless nights. whether it's building the world's most advanced satellite, the space station, or the next leap in unmanned systems. at boeing, one thing never changes. our passion to make it real

mr. maduro is talking about dialogue. when i talked to her, if she would open up dhoog -- dialogue, she said absolutely not, i don't talk to dictatorial regimes. he won't talk unless he gets guarantees he will be allowed to speak, get the microphone. those guarantees have not been forthcoming. a big stand between both the deposit and the opposition. >> daniel, thank you for that update. daniel shiner, from the venezuelan capital. >>> one of the attackers blew himself up as he was approached. security officials looking for two others who escaped pakistani group has claimed responsibili responsibility. osama been shower has more. >> ever since pakistani security forces started going after fighters in the area, the tribal district of pashoer, going to the blast location which takes about five minutes, actually it took us about 20 minutes because we had to go through multiple check posts and security points. guide that there are a number of suicide attacks that the security from the tribal areas, we saw one such suicide packe

mr. nicholas maduro have to provide proof of that to the country. >> reporter: he's calling for a nationwide march, if he can continue this momentum, that leopoldo lopez began when the protests happened. a town that's about two hours outside of caracas. the woman was shot in the head when she was participating in demonstrations on tuesday in this dramatic photo, you can see her brother whisking her away to the hospital. when she got to the hospital she died. people are gathering not just here in caracas but in other cities around the country and the government continues its response saying that the movement is simply trying to overthrow its government. >> the central bank governor of nigeria is hitting back after being removed from office. he was suspended by the president, when it was revealed $20 million was missing. the controversy comes when the international bank. >> financial recklessness and misconduct. but he says he's not going without a fight. >> the governor is actually appointed by both the president and the senate and therefore should be removed by both. and so for me, i think w

mr. maduro said he would take action if cnn didn't rectify its coverage. >>> a military rescue plane has killing all 11 on board. early reports say the pilot tried to land in farmland. a spokesman confirmed there were no survivors. >>> troops are needed in the central african republic to help those against the violence. thousands of troops are already on the ground hoping to stop the violence between christians and muslims. >>> heavy day of smog forced an emergency pollution alert. the yellow alert is the second highest on its new pollution scale. residents will be asked to limit activities. at least half the cars in beijing will be expected to keep off the roads for the next three days. >>> it's nearly a week since the latest round of syria peace talks broke in geneva. but no sign of any progress at all. it was never clear if they were e going to reconvene. they told the bbc his government will go back to talks once a new date is set. lyse doucet reports from damascus where she finds the government's mood is increasingly confident. >> reporter: it may look like a gathering standing for

mr. maduro to probably reflect on this situation, a majority of venezuelans seem to still be backing this government for mao. >> thanks very much. >>> uganda invokes a draconian new law against homosexuals. the united states spends millions on aids programs in the country to combat aids. the american ambassador scott da leasee has urged the government to appeal its anti-gay law and criticized a newspaper for publishing a list of what it called the country's top homosexuals. the health minister has insisted to the bbc gay people won't be discriminated against if they need medical help. our health correspondent spoke to him. >> it has its own areas that has generated some controversy. however, we want this opportunity to assure everybody that this bill or now this law will not in any way interfere with the rights of all the people of uganda, all the -- all the people in uganda to get new health care that they need and that they deserve. >> what about the huge international condemnation there's been around the world, everybody from president obama, of course. the u.s. has now said that they'

mr. maduro was elected. some people say that he wonning some say he had didn't win, to office. and he is no hugo chavez in his ability to get folks there his coalition and people in the middle to follow his policies so right now what you have is this snowballing affect of a poor economy, criminality and people are just sort of scared. >> venezuela is this oil rich nation, how did it get to the point where it is at 56% inflation? >> well, again, it's the use of a lot of the money that they've had for years and years for activities that have to do with an ideology and movement, the bolivaian movement that promotings a certain kind of government, welfare state that's very, very large. on the other hand they're trying to export this revolution around the world in places like central america, in places like the caribbean, so some of these funds that should have been used to improve infrastructure, education in venezuela have been spread so thin, and to help kouba which is another issue, have been spread so thin but they are not able to dot jobs they're supposed to do in the country.

mr. obama. >> reporter: sorry, could you repeat that, please. >> i understand that president nicholas maduro hasled for a meeting with president obama. i am curious just how serious is this request and why he wants to meet with mr. obama? >> reporter: well, nicholas maduro very much like his predecessor hugo chavez is constantly attacking the united states. blames the united states for many of the problems here in venezuela, he specifically blames the united states for being behind supporting the opposition movement. for financing them to some extent. he says that he has proof of that and he would like to present that to either barack obama or if not to the secretary of state john kerry. unlikely that they will respond. they are more than used to these kind of accusations, but it's just another weapon really in his attacks against the united states. >> live for us in the ca tal of caracas venezuela. >>> the u.n. security council voted unanimously to allow aid groups in to all of syria, russia and china voted yes on this resolution. the syrian government says it needs more time to destroy its che

mr. speaker, a high number of arrests, including one of the most vocal critics of maduro, leopold de lopez who turned himself in even though he's facing serious tumped -- trumped up charges. his case caused amnesty international to condition democrat maduro, saying the charges were politically motivated and an attempt to silence dissent in venezuela. i agree. i ask my colleagues to be as vocal and as engaged on the crisis of democracy in venezuela as they have been on the problems in ukraine. it is vitally important to highlight the democratic struggles of the people of vens lay -- venezuela where over a dozen pro-democracy advocates have been killed over the past weeks as maduro unleashed the thugs in an effort to silence the masses. the people of swens venezuela deserve better than maduro's abuse of power, his corruption and anti-democratic measures. they are pleading for help, looking to the world, turning to the united states, to speak out against these injustices and to help them as they fight for their fundamental rights. and the united states must stand with them in this struggle an

says our eyes so our guests today a member of president maduro cabinet thanks very much for being with us he's joining us from caracas so as a result mr mudge douro has sat where saying in kiev is now being repeated in caracas what does it mean exactly what is happening this is not a widespread violence as we are seeing right now in kiev it's very limited to certain focuses. of course the u.s. would like to create a situation like the one we're seeing in care but it is not near near what is happening there right now it's very hard to compare again venezuela just came from a recent election local election we've had four electoral processes in the last two years all of them have been. you know with the wide participation of the people over eighty percent of participation in these electoral process is the vote of our revolution has won all four of them we have a very solid. popular support and this is not the first time we're facing this kind of of this rupture in our democratic life remember that in two thousand and two we had a coup it turned following a very similar script like we are seeing right now with a violent protesters industr

maduro. he said one of them is jail, referring to mr. lopez., one by one end up in the same jail cell. what is he suggesting? that they're going to throw thousands of protesters in jail? >> if they have to. you have to understanddthat nicholas maduro is not a very smart person. he never went beyond high school. he was a bus driver. he was selected by chavez and by the cubans. he was actually trained in cuba under the castro brothers because he was a very promising, not very intelligent communist to take over from chavez after chavez died a year, over a year ago. so he is really following the script that is written for him from havana. there is very little originality in what maduro or the people around him are doing in venezuela today. the violence is being directed from cuba. david: you know them very well. you lived there. you were ambassador there. you have family there. they are accustomed to democracy. granted it is not u.s. democracy. it has been imperfect at best over the past several decades. it's a democracy. they're not accustomed to

maduro a putin. that's the mission for america. it's one of the missions for america. when the presidential candidates come to iowa, mr. speaker, i want to ask them, speak on foreign policy. become a student on foreign policy. go, travel, draw your own conclusions but in the end, we're a world play e, been a world player for a long time. we need to stay a world player. with that, mr. speaker, i thank you for your attention and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. does the gentleman have a motion? mr. king: i move the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. acco moments, a look inside u.s. intelligence from a former national intelligence official. in more than an hour, a hearing on the legislative agenda of disabled veterans. after that, a discussion of the proposed pentagon budget and the cuts spelled out by secretary hagel. itthe new c-span.org makes easier than ever to keep tabs on washington, d.c., and share via facebook, twitter, and o

mr. speaker, venezuelans are now facing the regime's repressive and violent actions. weeks ago, maduro and his cronies unleashed a bloody crackdown on students as they demonstrated against the regime's failed policies and peacefully demanded their basic human rights and democratic freedoms. these students are expressing the sentiment of millions of venezuelans who are sick and tired of the regime's destructive policies and fear for what may happen next. these students were exercising freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. yet, maduro responded to their brave cause of liberty with -- calls of liberty with tear gas, rubber bullets, beatings and live ammunition. as the number of venezuelan protestors swelled to the millions, maduro has only stepped up the violent and attempt to silence his country by censoring radio and social media platforms. by controlling outlets, maduro per pet rates his absurd conspiracy theories which casts blame on everyone but himself for this crisis on democracy in venezuela. through the use of violence, maduro has followed the familiar playbook of other ru

mr. alvarenga's incredible saga, and it would come to an end hours from now. after 13 1/2 months, he is taking the short way home, by plane. miguel marquez, cnn, maduro a story that is. >>> all right, let's look at what's coming up on "new day." chris cuomo joins us. hey, chris. >> great live shot, all the way from the marshall islands. good for miguel. this will be nice some day when this isn't a story, but it is today. michael sam, the all-american defensive lineman from missouri, he's got everything you need to succeed in the nfl, but the big story is that he's revealing he's gay, and what will this impact on his announcement to go pro, what will it mean for him? what will it mean going forward, what will it mean for the league? you'll hear from him in his own words. >>> we'll also have another personal story on the show. jason patric, you know him, a well-known actor, been in a lot of big movies over the years, but he is in the fight of his life now for his son. 4 years old. estranged from the father. a bitter custody battle with the mother. now to a new level. jason patric, guys, has become an advocate for what he says is parental alienation, an

maduro's agents have also borrowed the tried and true castro tradition of sum summariy detaining on petition leaders including leopoldo lopez who organized the protests. but mr. lopez's real crime has been to propose an alternative to the socialist catastrophe in which they have plunged this once-prosperous nation and to suggest that real economic freedom is the only path out of the rampant inflation and chronic shortages that are making life in venezuela intolerable. recent polling by gallop reveals a shift in venezualans attitude toward the economy as the socialist poll continues to suppress growth. in 2012, just a couple of years ago, 22% of the population thought the economy was getting worse and 41% thought it was getting better. in 2013, those numbers reversed with 62% believing it was getting worse while only 12% believed it was getting better. these numbers suggest there has been a sea change in how a majority of venezualans see their situation. these protests are different and it is little wonder that so many have taken to the streets to demand something better. america should stand with the protesters. america should stand on the side of freedom. a