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of spain and ecuador she wants president to get our dora to go but during the late democratically elected revolutionary chavez who fought against imperialism and won unprecedented improvements in health care and education today though venezuela which has just been made president of the world's oil export an alliance opec faces economic warfare from washington joining me from new york as a foreign policy advisor to job as who nicknamed her the girlfriend of venezuela eva golinger thanks so much eva for you. going to come with. well i think that that's the question these days that are being asked around the world as well as in venezuela as of now and he's digging in deeper are carrying on with all government affairs state affairs as usual you know he remains the president of venezuela he remains in control of the government he remains in control of the state institutions and financial institutions and economy of venezuela and most importantly their oil industry so no matter who the international community or sector of it particularly western nations powerful like the u.s. choose to name as their presiden

consider whether the democratic iran would promote revolutionary politics, public terrorist organizations like hezbollah, facilitate the shameful mass murdering of innocent yemenis were threatened israel with destruction, of course not. the representative iranian government would reflect the culture and feelings and aspirations of its people and in the shamanic iran networks closely with its arab neighbors to stamp out terrorism in the region. but welcomes scientists to cope with its crisis in tibet embraces american and european investments into economy that shares the most brilliant mind with the center of learning and development in the west, that exposes art and beautiful music and owners the country's spirit of love and friendship towards the following nations. again i picked up the actions and words of my compatriots. in the universities in iran the students sidestepped or leap over the flags painted on the ground it is both a remarkable regime and illustration of goodwill. in the protest my compatriots have searing and palestine. leave syria have a loan. i die only for iran. we may

consider whether a democratic iran would promote shiite revolutionary politics, prop up terrorist organization like hezbollah, hamas or the houthis, facilitate the shameful mass murdering of innocent syrians or yemenis or threaten israel with destruction. of course not. a representative iranian government will reflect the culture of iran and the feelings and aspiration of its people. envision an iran that works closely with its arab neighbors to stamp out terrorism and extremism in the region, that welcomes israeli scientists to help with its water crisis, that embraces american and european investment in the boundless potential of its economy, that shares its most brilliant minds with the great centers of learning and development in the west, that exports its dazzling art and beautiful music and that honored its country's spirit of love and traditional friendship towards foreign nations. again, i point to the actions and words of my compatriots. in universities in iran, students sidestep or leap over american and israeli flags painted on the ground. this is both a remarkable rebunk towards th

revolutionary guard. reports suggested there were air raids around the syrian capital, damascus, and syria said its air defences were engaged. details are still coming in. our other top stories this hour: democratss have rejected president trump's compromise plan on immigration, an attempt to end the partial shutdown of the us government. it has now affected 800,000 government workers for weeks, making it the longest in american history. 0ur correspondent in washington, david willis, is following developments. the president is under pressure from all sides at the moment. the conservative commentator ann coulter is accusing him of effectively offering an amnesty to hundreds of thousands of people who are in this country illegally. she tweeted, rather damningly, we voted for trump and we gotjeb. now, that is a reference to the much more moderate jeb bush, who of course president trump defeated for the republican nomination. added to that, pressure from the democrats who say that his new package of proposals is a nonstarter, and they‘ re refusing to discuss border security until he reopens government. and then there's pressure from the american people, because consistently opinion polls show more o

confirms that the democrats are in a wild swing to the far left in a 29-year-old socialist who has never run an enterprise of any kind is leading the charge. this greener deal is indeed revolutionaryhileans in new taxes, trillions in new government funding. it's not that it's likely to become the law, but that the democrats are even considering it. one more point. climate change is now front and center in the democrats wanted to run a campaign. it's not an issue that is move the needle in the past, but ocasio-cortez and senator mark to bring passion to the green debate. we are going to be discussing the weather for a long time to come. amazing, isn't it? a young radical comes out of nowhere, dazzles her party, teams up with the veteran senator and offers a revolution. ain't that america? the third hour of "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ stuart: you heard what i have to say about that young lady ocasio-cortez. in a moment, trump campaign 2020 advisory board member. check the big board all the way back to a mere loss of 49 points. if you check the broader market, the rally continues. s&p, nasdaq both up nicely. how about facebook letting the great earnings report. record pro

revolutionary regime persists on its current course. well, for more on these opposing views of us foreign policy, we are joined now by former democratic congresswomanjanes no surprise, particularly, that mike pompeo would have a different view of america's role in the middle east to that of obama administration. but we re to that of obama administration. but were you surprised he was quite so critical of the former president on foreign soil? i was. critical of the former president on foreign soil? iwas. ithink critical of the former president on foreign soil? i was. i think the tone of the speech was unnecessary, i think mistakes were made in the bush administration and the obama administration, and lessons need to be lying. so i would go there with him. -- be lying. so i would go there with him. —— lessons need to be learned. i think him. —— lessons need to be learned. ithink mike him. —— lessons need to be learned. i think mike pompeo is a capable man who brings good skill sets to the role, but just bashing who brings good skill sets to the role, butjust bashing obama, calling him another fellow or another person, not by name, i don't think is necess

revolutionary conditions. if you tell people in a free society that your vote doesn't matter. >> tucker: i think you are absolutely right. i think there are leaders on the democraticnse that what you are saying is right. and there could -- they could be unleashing forces they can't control and might be hurting themselves. what do you think would happen politically if impeachment commenced? >> oh, i think it would be an absolute feesk. fiasco. one of the most deplorable trends in this country in the last few years is the attempt to actually criminalize opposition. basically this guy's piece is written in a pseudo-scholarly, pseudo-judicial form. but it's full of what lawyers would call co con clues sear allegations that you are not allowed to make in a legal complaint. he used -- you called it general badness. he accuses trump of attacking the bedrock of american democracy. well, you know, that's the -- that's kind of fancy writing. but whats to that actually mean? there is not a -- there is no bedrock of american democracy. it's not down there by the fence in el paso and you take a pick ax to it. you can't actually litigate that you can revial this president. you