we want to see the supreme court presidential guard. reporter: what happens if guaido is not able to take power today? what is the next step? mr. bolton: mr. bolton: the situation would persist. the people are shown they are prepared to protect guaido. we don't see any indication there is any substantial part of the military that is ready to fire on innocent civilians, fellow countrymen. we know the organized cubans, thugs, more cycle gangs are out protecting certain blilled buildings. and this really demonstrates the depth to which the maduro regime has sunk and using these cuban-directed thugs to conduct their affairs and there is overwhelming support for guaido and needs to be translated into a transition of power. reporter: is the u.s. have an option to support guaido? mr. bolton: mr. bolton: number one we want objective peaceful transition of power. and maduro and those supporting him, all options are on the table. [indiscernible question] that again.that say reporter: is this a cue? drn coupe. mr. bolton: we have done everything w

the way it did members of the interim morning in the presidential guard ran around killing everyone they could find. their wishes i stayed at the presidential palace to take care of people who had fled there. that is the fish you have been with and i. have a kid with a two to three hundred soldiers provided them with food and treated the wounded. will see us what needed a victim and it's a cheapie many of them had cuts and other injuries that their friends and did a lot of soldiers were also wounded. of course they're different about our cold but you sort of see we told him if you continue like this it will never stop as a maze of clear cut the line and that's the last we heard of the fate of quebec that we can. do for those who salute ski you know like a sort of had a lot of power look you know he was the chief of staff at the defense ministry of one and control the hutu militias and the presidential guard if we didn't see some officers wanted was sort of to take power because. it almost seemed as though they'd been planning for this for a long time. indeed it is a victory party but oth

played pretty good members of the interim morning in the presidential guard ran around killing everyone they could find. their wages i stayed at the presidential palace to take care of people who had fled there to do that it is the fish you live in with a lot of. it created maybe two to three hundred soldiers provided them with food and treated the wounded. needy victim and its the chief many of them had cuts and other injuries that this was a good lot of soldiers were also wounded. of course they're different about the sort of our cold but of sorrow. and told him if you continue like this it will never stop as always a clear cut the line and that's the last we heard of the fate of quebec that we came. but we're sorry for those who so it's clear you know bugger sort of had a lot of power look you know he was the chief of staff at the defense ministry of one and control the hutu militias and the presidential guard if we did see some officers wanted back was sort of to take our focus. it almost seemed as though they'd been planning for this for a long time. indeed it is a victory but othe

commander of the presidential guard, rafael hernandez dala all agreed maduro had to go.need to be able to act this afternoon or this evening to help bring other military forces to the side of the interim president. the cubans we believe have played a very significant role in propping maduro up today, possibly with help from the russians. that is the speculation certainly in caracas. we think this demonstrates why we need venezuela ruled by the people of venezuela and not by external forces. that is what we're looking at. i would be happy to answer a few questions. [reporters shouting questions] reporter: is juan guaido in any danger, sir? >> juan guaido is out on the streets of caracas now. he is rallying for the people. he called for the people to come out. they are. they are increasingly on the streets. many of you know there were mass demonstrations planned for tomorrow. the circumstances of what's happened today in caracas called people out all over the country. so guaido is behaving in the same courageous way he and other figures in the opposition have these last th

figures like their defense minister, the president of the supreme court, the commander of the presidential guardael hernandez all agree that maduro had to go. they need to be able to act this afternoon or this evening to help bring other military forces to the side of the interim president. the cuban, we believe, have played a very significant role in propping maduro up today. possibly with help from the russians. that's the speculation, certainly, in caracas. we think it demonstrates why we need venezuela ruled by the people of venezuela and not by external forces. that's what we're looking at. i'd be happy to answer a few questions. >> is juan guaido in any danger, sir? >> well, juan guaido is out on the streets of caracas now. he's rallying the people. he's called for the people to come out. and they are. they are increasingly on the streets. as many of you know, there were mass demonstrations planned for tomorrow. the circumstances of what's happened today in caracas have people out all over the country. so guaido is behaving in the same courageous way he and other figures in the opposition

we want to see the defense minister, the chief judge of the supreme court and the presidential guard.what happens if guaido is not able to take power, what is the next step? >> well, i think that it is possible this situation could persist. i think the people have shown they are prepared to protect guaido. we don't see any indication that there is any substantial part of the military that is ready to fire on innocent civilians, their fellow country mmen. we know that the thugs, the motorcycle gangs that the cubans have put together are out protecting certain buildings controlled by maduro. not the military. this really demonstrates the depths regime has sunk, that they are using these cuban directed thugs to conduct their affairs and why i think there is public support for guaido. it needs to bs trane translateda transition of power. >> is the u.s. prepared to use military option? >> let me say two things. numbering o number one, we want the peaceful transfer of power. but i will say again as the president has said from the outset, and that nicolas maduro and those supporting him part

the defence minister, the chiefjudge of the venezuelan supreme court, the commander of the presidential guardo had to go. they need to be able to act this afternoon or this evening to help bring other military forces to the side of the interim president. the cubans, we believe, have played a very significant role in propping nicolas maduro up today, possibly with help from the russians, that is the speculation certainly in caracas. we think this demonstrates why we need venezuela ruled by the people of venezuela, not by external forces. that's what are looking at. i will answer a few questions. well, juan guaido is out on the streets of caracas now, he is rallying the people, he has called for the people to come out, and they are, they are increasingly on the streets. there we re increasingly on the streets. there were mass demonstrations planned for tomorrow. the circumstances of what has happened today in caracas has caught people up from all over the country, so juan guaido caught people up from all over the country, sojuan guaido is behaving at the same courageous way he and other figures

security forces of the head of the supreme court and the head of the supreme court and the presidential guarding not delivered on what he implied they had promised. so it is difficult to see a quick solution and what i anticipate is that there are negotiations going on between two sides and obviously in naming those officials, it puts a lot of pressure on the situation. coming under pressure, he talked about cuba back in the maduro government, having people on the streets as well. yes. there is no anecdotal evidence, except strong cu ban there is no anecdotal evidence, except strong cuban military advisory roles to the maduro regime. the fact is, around venezuela, the cuban military the fact is, around venezuela, the cu ban military presence the fact is, around venezuela, the cuban military presence on the ground is disputable. but obviously, the situation continues to be very fluent, there are some russian military advisers on the ground, some russian troops. so it is difficult and complicated. but naming those people, isn't he endangering them? and is the also risking that all of these peop

figures like defend minister vladimir padrino and miguel moreno and the commander of the presidential guardo had to go. they need to be able to act this afternoon. or this evening to help bring other military forces to the side of the interim president. the cubans, we believe, have played a very significant role in propping maduro up today, possibly with help from the russians. that is the speculation certainly in caracas. we think this demonstrates why we need venezuela ruled by the people of venezuela and not by external forces. that is what we're looking at and i would be happy to answer any questions. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> well juan guaido is out on the streets of caracas now and rallying the people, he's called for the people to come out and they are in creasingly on the streets as many of you know, there were mass demonstrations planned for tomorrow. the circumstances of what is happened today in caracas have called people out all over the country. so guaido is behaving in the same courageous way he and other figures in the opposition have these last three months. we know that

would like to see, we like to see the defence minister and chiefjudge of supreme court and the presidential guardupport the us is giving mr guaido. as you heard there, he is stressing that they want a peaceful transfer of power. he mentioned that four or five times during that briefing. but it is interesting is that he said key figures in the regime had been speaking to the opposition of the past three months and had said that they were willing to have that kind of tra nsfer of they were willing to have that kind of transfer of power, that they no longer supported maduro, and they caught them up by name, the head of the supreme court, the head of the presidential guard, they kept bringing the names of saying that they had agreed to work with the opposition to peacefully get rid of mr maduro opposition to peacefully get rid of mrmaduro and he opposition to peacefully get rid of mr maduro and he said it was up to them to step forward now and do so and he was asked about how far the us would go and how the americans have been cryptic about that, saying that all options are on the table he repeated t

the supreme court that kill marino in particular rafael hernandez doua of the presidential guard yes you're not happy about here what happens if it was not able to take power today what's the next down well i think it's it's possible the situation could persist i think the people have have shown they're prepared to protect wydow. we don't see any indication. that there's any substantial part of the military that's ready to fire on innocent civilians their fellow countrymen we know that the cuban organize code like t.v. shows these thugs these motorcycle gangs that the cubans have put together are out protecting certain buildings controlled by been doro not the military but the cold like tivo this really demonstrates the depths to which the majority regime is sunk that they're using these cuban directed thugs to conduct their affairs and it's one reason why i think there's such overwhelming public support for why the it needs to be translated into a transition of power and i never said john bolton is the u.s. national security adviser saying that they keeping a close eye on the situat

we want to see the defense minister, the chief judge of the supreme court and the presidential guard. >> we begin with kerry sanders, who has interviewed both nicolas maduro and juan guaido. what are you hearing now? >> we have those protesters who have taken to the street, some of them violently meeting with the armed forces and being pushed back. the armed forces very much armed and very much using those arms, firing weapons as well as driving their armored personnel carriers in at least one case right over the top of at least a dozen people, who we are told were injured. this ongoing back and forth has reached a point where it's unclear how it's going to end, but as there is such a strong demonstration of military power on the streets, it certainly seems like it's going to take something unexpected to happen for juan guaido's supporters to make some sort of achievement today other than the visual demonstration of the numbers who have taken to the streets who are demanding change. but we have seen them take to the streets peacefully before. juan guaido, as far as we know, within the

minister of defense of maduro, the chief of the supreme court of maduro, and the commander of the presidential guardg negotiate exit of maduro. lityou will see the rea there. so the majority of the people of venezuela and the majority of the military force, they ares. with they are expecting a change. and we will continue to do that until we conquer our freedom. >> brangham: as you well know, the venezuelan military is obviously crucial in all of this. but as you also know, the maduro regime has been funneling a lot ofoney, state industries toward the military to keep their support. what will it finally take to get them to change their loyalty? >> well, again, we need unilateral determination. we have been putting pressure on three different levels, on the streets with the people. we will continue to do that. tomorrow we are calling for massive demonstration across the untry. and al will continue putting pressure through the national assembly, the only democratically elected institution in our country.d ain, the international community will be an important actor to increase that pressure. and in tha

with the presidential guard of honour standing by and a brief handshake.in they go, no words for public consumption at this point. lucy, what did it look like in the courtyard? well, as you say, a very businesslike and very swift entry into the building, the prime minister arriving with the ambassador in paris and president macron out on the steps to greet her. but yes, it was a very efficient and very swift entry in for those talks, which as we were saying, are likely to be fairly tough. president macron has very long time said he wants guarantees on those conditions, if an extension is going to be granted. he wants to know that the uk is going to give political assurances it will not interfere in future eu decisions, will not use those as a way to leveraged greater gains in the brexit process and he wants to know that theresa may is coming today with a plan that is clear and credible, that has political backing back home. he does not want an extension for an extension's sake. he said the eu cannot be held hostage to a critical crisis in the uk. just a fi

concluded that there was no collusion between russia and china's cal paying twenty sixth presidential election but it was guarded when it came to trial obstruction of the probe after the reports released. democrats there cause for donald trump to be impeached while republicans insist the president was exonerated pointedly said that's not so many media outlets now appear to be focusing on the division it's brought to us society instead of acknowledging that they're proving speculations will run. off explains trump is a traitor he's cronies are abetting him in his treachery and all of them are going to get what's coming for them this promise started to resonate across the airwaves of mainstream american channels even before the miller investigation became a thing and it started with this bombshell then senator jeff sessions met with the russian ambassador in the u.s. the controversial russian ambassador sergey it's a shameful picture that is an open question whether there was collusion cooperation between trump associates during the campaign and russian officials current and former u.s. officials say he's consider

if you're doing business with the iranian revolutionary guard you're bank rolling terrorism. throughout the presidential campaign he was in business with the revolutionary guard. this is the kind of presidency we are in. this is the kind of week we are going to have. the president who was literally doing business with the guard until after his election as president, that president declaring today if you're doing business with them you're bank rolling terrorism. this is where we are at now. president cracks down on self. declares self to be a bank roller of terrorism. that said, awkward shape of building makes it awkward to talk about. that's just the start of it today. the president fired the homeland security secretary yesterday. and today he fired the head of the u.s. secret service. there are also now reports he's going fire a number of other homeland security officials, including the number three official at the agency. he apparently needs her out next so he can install his preferred replacement for kirstjen nielsen as acting secretary of the whole department. if he fires her and -- he'll need a guy

if you're doing business with the iranian revolutionary guard you're bankrolling terrorism. throughout the presidential campaign trump was in business with the revolutionary guard. this is what kind of presidency we're in. this is what kind of week we're going to have. the president who's literally doing business with the iranian revolutionary guard until after his election as president, that president today declaring if you're doing business with them you're bankrolling terrorism. i mean, this is where we're at now. president cracks down on self, declares self to be a despicable bankroller of terrorism. that said awkward shape of building in question makes it all too embarrassing to talk about so let's pretend. and that's just the start of it today. the president fired the homeland security secretary yesterday, and then today he fired the head of the u.s. secret service. there are also now reports he's about to fire a number of other department of homeland security officials including the number three official at the agency. he apparently needs her out next so he can install hiss preferred replacement

it concluded there was no trump russia collusions or in the twenty sixteen presidential election campaign but was more guarded when it came to trump's alleged obstruction of the probe after reports released some democrats were quick to renew their calls for donald trump to be impeached while the other side the republicans insisted the president was exonerated by his filings meantime the media seems to be focusing on the division it's brought to us as nexus lonestar it goes down of traces the roots of the original allegations and how they were hyped the recognition. trump is a traitor he's cronies are abetting him in his treachery and all of them are going to get what's coming for them this promise started to resonate across the airwaves of mainstream american channels even before the miller investigation became a thing and it started with this bombshell then senator jeff sessions met with the russian ambassador in the u.s. the controversial russian ambassador sergey this is shameful picture it is an open question whether there was collusion cooperation between trump associates during the campaign and russian

this psalms the french embassy in tunisia says there were security guards for the ambassador and polls have close in indonesia's presidential and parliamentary elections nearly two hundred million people were legible to vote it's a repeat of the twenty four thousand election with president joker we doto facing another challenge from former general or borehole. donald trump has vetoed a congressional resolution calling for an end to u.s. involvement in the saudi led war in yemen congress expressed concern about the thousands of civilians killed in coalition airstrikes since the conflict began in two thousand and fifteen the us president says he vetoed the measure because it threatened to weaken his constitutional power crossing jordan has more from washington at least two democratic u.s. senators are calling for congress to override the veto issued by don't trouble tuesday night the u.s. president is reid's holding a joint resolution passed by members of the senate and of the house earlier this month a version with whole of the u.s. military to start all support for the saudi air coalition if the civil war the supporters of

being disarmed the french embassy in tunisia says they were security guards for the ambassador and polls have closed in asia's presidential and parliamentary elections nearly two hundred million people were to vote it's a repeat of the twenty four thousand election with president joe colby dodo facing another challenge from former general trouble also beyond to. algeria constitutional council has i knew had come out for any chat was offered the role after his predecessor table i. resigned government protesters had been calling for his resignation saying his part of a ruling elite that should be completely replaced a victory against the reports. celebrations on the streets of this polling the resignation of time. he quit is chairman of algeria's powerful constitutional council the country's highest judicial body which oversees presidential and parliamentary elections to millions of protesters he represented an establishment that is corrupt and ineffective he was an ally of former president up to lizzie's beautifully he himself stepped down earlier this month after all jiri and demanded his twenty year rule and. was that be

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dissolved the french embassy in tunisia says there were security guards for the ambassador and the polls have closed in indonesia's presidential and parliamentary elections nearly two hundred million people were a little to vote it's a repeat of the twenty fifteen vote with the president joe pa we don't know facing another challenge from former general balls. more now on our top story and the conflict in libya a country split between two rival governments the u.n. recognize administration is based in the capital tripoli western nations including the us and it's the recognized this government as do kata and turkey that should be administration manages eighty billion dollars in oil revenues and foreign reserves the other government is into broke and it's supported by warlords twenty four half ton and have to has the. king of egypt saudi arabia and the united arab emirates france and some other western nations are also accused suffer of itin military support too highly for have top i saw speak to each brain for hart who is an associate professor of conflict resolution at the doha institute thank you so much for being with us and

presidential election must be organized. iran's president has threatened to develop a more advanced nuclear technology after the us decision to label its revolutionary guard a terrorist organization has on rouhani says it's a mistake and it will unite the iranian people. today we know created twenty six centrifuges and if you continue your oppression in the near future you will see centrifuges if you intention was reducing iran's military through sanctions since last until now do yourself know that we produce messiahs and veterans that are far from your talks forces loyal to libyan warlords khalifa haftar have carried out another airstrike this time targeting the disused airport on the southern outskirts of tripoli another airstrike hit the operational airport in another. day fighting continues between half the soldiers and the un government's forces in sudan there's been more gunfire in the capital hard to him soldiers stepped in to protect the crowds and exchanged gunfire with government security forces for more than two hours security forces have been trying to break up a mass sit in that's been going on for four days outside the army headquarters isra

guards for the ambassador. counting is underway and indeed these is presidential and parliamentary elections almost two hundredillion people who are eligible to vote it's a repeat of the twenty fourteen election with president joker widowed and facing another challenge from former general. are there speak more about the situation in indonesia now with douglas ramage who's a political analyst in the managing director at the bar group asia indonesia he's joining us live from the capital jakarta thanks for joining us so it does seem appears to be is if joe has got it secured another term what does a second term for joko widodo look like. douglas ramage devil scrummage can you hear me yes are great i was just. i was just i'm being rather presumptuous in the seeming there for that joke a weirdo day a given the opinion polls at the moment looks set to take a second term and i was wondering what a second term for joker would look like i think we're having technical difficulties aren't we douglas ramage if you stay where you are we'll try and reconnect with the so we can have a decent conversation but in the meantime

more of a civic question there was a regulatory review task force set up by the coast guard in response to the presidential executive order 13 777 and as you know, a large majority portion of america's fishing fleet resides in the northwest arctic area off the coast and in the fishing industry we met with the ufa, you've met with them before. not to cut corners on safety, but things they thought being on the front lines that we can work on and they are waiting a response in the coast guard as it relates to regulatory reform initiative. can i get your commitment to have a high-level number to discuss regulatory streamlining with quests that they put forward about two years ago? >> german, yes you can . >> thank you. i look forward to following up with you on that . >> there was an earlier question by senator fischer that i want to throw out to all three of you on the importance of the jones act cannot only with regard to the economy and national security that securing our borders, protect the homeland, i just want to open up to the witnesses on your views on that occasionally, we have good debate and in con

a regulatory task force was set up by the coast guard in response to the presidential is orderf order -- executive 13 777. a majority portion of america's fishing fleet resides in the northwest arctic area off the coast of alaska. our fishing industry met with the wonderful men and women of the united fishermen of africa, ufa as we call them. -- alaska, ufa as we call them. things they thought on the front we could work on to streamline regulations, and they are still awaiting a response from the it relates to this regulatory reform initiative. can i get your commitment to have a high level member of the tost guard meet with the ufa discuss these regulatory streamlining requests they put forward about two years ago? >> chairman, yes you can. >> thank you. look forward to following up on that. there was an earlier question by senator fischer i want to throw out to all three of you, on the importance of the jones act, not only with regard to our economy and national security, but securing our borders, protecting homeland. i want to open up to the witnesses on your views on that. like we

guard as a terrorist organization. this hasn't stopped democratic presidential hopefuls such as beto o'rourke from weighing in and saying this weekend that in order for the relationship between the u.s. an israel to be successful it must, quote transcend partisanship in the united states. he said netanyahu sided with a far right racist party. the winning party and candidate will have to work closely with the u.s. government to rebuild strong bipartisan support of israel and implement the trump administration's upcoming middle east peace plan. lauren: for more on this, jonathan from the defense of democracies will join us later in the forecast. cheryl: more news on boeing to bring you this morning. an automated anti-stall system is being blamed for causing last month's fatal crash of a boeing 737 crash in ethiopia. questions are raised about the pilot's actions to save the plane. they want to know why the plane was traveling at such a high rate of speed and questioning why pilots reactivated the anti-stall system. lauren: more families who lost loved ones in the o crash of another jet last fall in indonesia, they're suin

leading the polls in the first round of ukraine's presidential election so far as one thousand percent of the vote on there's likely to be at the guards the incumbent president petro poroshenko later this month and the second loans. this is ukraine where anything can happen during the elections disses a country that went through two revolutions in the course of just ten years and the nation right now it is fair to say is sick and tired of the familiar faces from the old political elite and the liberals and then the comedian who has already dug himself ziska president well indeed has never taken part in any kind of election but has long been a politician already and the sense that a great deal of his humor was always about the active political elite. and we didn't know any. and you can use this law he had to. give if you could use that using would you. please. which is. a doozy what you'll. see in my eyes. we don't know whether he'd planned it or not but a few years ago damer zelinsky began starring in his own sitcom where he played the part of an ordinary teacher of history at school who all of a sudden became the president of the cou

there was a regulatory review test that was set up by the coast guard in response to the presidential executive order 13777. and as you know, a good -- a large actually majority portion of america's fishing fleet resides in the northwest arctic area off the coast of alaska. our fishing industry actually met with the wonderful men and women of the united fishermen of alaska, i know you've met with them as well. they sent a list of unnecessary and obsolete regulations to the coast guard in 2017. again, not to cut corners on safety, but things that they thought being on the front lines that we could work on to streamline regulations. and they are still waiting a response from the coast guard as it relates to this regulatory reform initiative. can i get your commitment to have a high level member of the coast guard meet with u.f.a. to discuss these regulatory streamlining requests that they had put forward about two years ago? mr. schultz: chairman, yes, you can. mr. sullivan: thank you. look forward to following up with you on that. there was an earlier question by senator fischer that i