venezuelan thugs rating cody weddle's home -- raiding cody weddle's home and taking him into custody.re we inching closer to u.s. military involvement in the region? four-star general jack keane is here on that. "trish regan primetime" begins right now. tonight the crisis at our southern border reaching a breaking pointed with more than 76,000 illegal migrants crossing the border in just the last month alone. border patrol agents are struggling to deal with this surge of migrants arriving at a rate of 2,200 a day. the homeland security secretary delivering a warning to lawmakers saying these numbers are not sustainable. >> the projections are dire. at the current pace we are on track tone counter close to 1 million illegal aliens at our southern border this year. our capacity is already severely restrained. but these increases will overwhelm the system entirely. this is not a manufactured crisis. this is truly an emergency. trish: joining me, mercedes schlapp. when you are talking about a million people potentially at our border. she is saying it's a national crisis, the democrats say

>(pam) weddle said, venezuelan officials informed him, he was being deported to the u-s. he was taken into the custody of venezuelan immigration officials and flown to miami. weddle is the latest in a string of foreign journalists taken into custody in venezuela. (grant) coming up -- new affordable housing is now open for the homeless. we'll give you a look -- right after the break. (pam) also - he killed his wife then smothered his two daughters. chilling new details revealed in the confessions of a killer. (lawrence) weather tease (grant) for your money tonight -- in san francisco... the city held a grand opening today for a new apartment complex.(pam) it will provide homes to dozens of homeless and low income residents. kron 4's charles clifford was there... and has the details. well, here along mission in san francisco the city held a grand opening for 1036 mission which is an affordable housing complex. the building has 38 one bedroom apartments, 38 two bedroom apartments and 7 3 bedroom apartments for 40 formerly homeless families, 43 low income families. there's al

american journalist cody weddle has been released by venezuelan authorities. missing yesterday after it was reported he was detained by the maduro regime. he was covering the political crisis in venezuela, and opposition leader juan guaido's returned to the country. steve is live in atlanta. >> melissa, cory weddle is on his way back 200 seats. we think he's on board a flight that left caracas about an hour ago. it's on its way to miami. weddle, a 20-year-old u.s. citizen, has been a journalist in venezuela for the past four years. he was detained by government military intelligence agency yesterday. they arrived at his house at 6:40 a.m., they electronics took him to headquarters. he was interrogated for several hours. part of that time he had a hood over his head and he was deported this morning. weddle said it's likely that the maduro government, the embattled president nicolas maduro, did not like his reporting. one of those recent reports of that up to 90% of the rank and file soldiers in venezuela were ready to turn on maduro. u.s. officials were infuria

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since june 2014, weddle had lived in venezuela where he reported for american outlets.ases of journalists being held in venezuelan custody this year alone as part of a sweeping crackdown by nicolas maduro. >>> police in germany suspected a dead gardener may have taken revenge from the grave. that gardener found dead from unknown causes at his home. the same day a 64-year-old doctor was killed by an explosion from a booby trap outside his practice. two days later a mother and daughter were injured when a log that appeared to have been tampered with exploded in a wood burning stove. >> police have now linked both cases. they took the unusual step of warning members of the public who may have previously fallen out with him to be on guard. police are investigating the death and are awaiting autopsy results. >>> and a check on cnn business. global stock markets mainly lower. concerns about trade. on wall street futures down just a little bit here after the record breaking trade deficit numbers. stocks closed lower on wednesday. investors looking for movement on u.s./china tr

he was sacked i got to go out and spend time with steve joel the man of many a line of wonder kid weddle a sort of new age guru of high tech. bill gates the richest man in the world a relentless achiever fueled by dreams of greatness. to supernovas who synergy and rivalry led to the creation of a binary system with a friendly i don't think they called each others say no it's my birthday happy birthday i don't think it was that kind of relationship and microsoft's just you know that it's mcdonald's the only thing they had in common was having dropped out of school to pursue their vision of your dreams though they never worked in the same company they created an industry together and we have a hippie editor. gates and jobs the mightiest jewel of the tech industry has ever known the epic battle between mac and p.c. jobs the hippie and gates the geek literally dictated the future of the computer. in the seventy's steve jobs and bill gates are still adolescents with video games are just starting to appear. computers still are enormous machines super computers that only the largest companies c

apartment in caracas according to a press freedom group his venezuelan colleague was also arrested weddle has reportedly been charged with treachery. and the u.s. has revoked seventy seven visas from venezuelan government officials and says it's considering further sanctions but the u.n. human rights chief says the sanctions are just making the economic and political crisis worse in venezuela in our annual report in geneva michelle bestially also criticized with zero for what she calls violations of civil and political rights when all apollo has more on the situation in venezuela from cook at that's near the colombia venezuela border. u.s. national security adviser john bolton took to twitter on wednesday warning any foreign financial institutions not to do business with the mother or government or they could face sanctions he said in that statement that quote the united states would not allow the mughal government to steal the wealth of the venezuelan people we also heard a statement from of vice president mike pence who said that the united states was revoking the visas of seventy seven

reporter: american journalist corey weddle is home after venezuelan security foarlts arrested him andeported him. he had been living in cara castle until yesterday when venezuelan authorities the arrested him. >> i was detained pretty much every day with my face covered with a ski mask with counter intelligence folks. it's been a stressful few days. reporter: the maduro regime blocks international aid. the trump administration says they are considering allowing venezuelans to stay here during the crisis. there are 74,000 asylum applications for venezuela. >> what there is to review? we all pointed out the urgency of this situation. this is not a matter that can wait. so i'm somewhat puzzled as to what there is to review. reporter: special envoy for venezuela, elliott abrams says the u.s. will target foreign banks working with maduro. maduro has the support of much of venezuela's military leadership. along with continued dissent for free speech and journalists. liz: we'll take you more to the case of ali dough min gets who was killed in venezuela. huawei is trying to sue the u.s. claim

that's according to his mother, 29-year-old cody weddle was reporting for a local florida tv station when he was detained for covering opposition leader's juan guaido to the company. the u.s. state department demanded his release after military police raided his apartment and arrested him earlier this week. a second federal judge has ruled the citizenship question the trump want administration wantso include on the 2020 census is unconstitutional. they warned it would result in an undercount. michael cohen's lawyer said cohen directed him to ask for a presidential pardon, contradicting cohen's testimony before the house intelligence committee last week where he said he never asked, would accept a pardon. the house intelligence committee says it plans to release all of cohen's capitol hill testimony soon. cohen has been sentenced to three years in prison. another former trump official, paul manafort, will be sentenced today. he was convicted of bank and tax fraud for concealing nearly $17 million in income. the case is the first and so far only case brought to trial as part of robert

baltimore released eric weddle today.an safety made the pro bowl in each of his three seasons with the ravens and has one year remains on his contract. the team saved $7.5 million in cap space by cutting the 34-year-old. the machinations of the off-season in the nfl starting as they work on deals and money and players. i'm already tired. >>> join us tonight at 9:00 on channel 13. cal fire urgent and immediate request to trim trees. we'll show you the spots most at risk. tat's at 9:00. >>> on abc 7 news at 11:00, a south bay teen on a big mission. she's raising awareness about elephant poaching through fashion. >>> and tonight at 8:00, it's "women tell all" episode of "the bachelor." followed by "the rookie." >>> it is jimmy kimmel live tonight. his guests are samuel l. jackson, robin tunney and exambassadors. >>> that's this edition for abc 7 news. look for breaking news on the abc 7 news app. we appreciate your time. >> for the entire abc 7 news team, thank you for spending part of your evening with us. >> indeed. have a

. >> american journalist cory weddle is finally home hours after venezuela forces appeared in his apartment with my face covered, counterintelligence folks were there. it's been a stressful few days. >> venezuela deported him after covering what he described as opposition leader juan guaidÓ's triumphant return to caracas. millions have fled property in venezuela, a fact driven home by marco rubio today at a hearing in capitol hill. >> 3.4 million venezuelans have fled, if we said ten-point wow percent of the u.s. population has fled, it would be the equivalent of every person living in florida, maryland, and massachusetts. >> the state department testify the trump administration is considering allowing venezuelans admitted into the egg states to stay here during the crisis. >> what is there to review? we all have pointed out the urgency of this situation. >> this is not a matter that can wait so i'm somewhat puzzled as to what there is to review. >> abrams testified the united states is preparing its next round of sanctions, targeting foreign banks working with the regime. >> we have sancti

when he was sacked i got to go out and spend time with steve joel the man of many lives wonderkid weddle sort of new age guru of high tech. bill gates the richest man in the world a relentless achiever fueled by dreams of greatness. to supernovas who synergy and rivalry led to the creation of a binary system with a friendly i don't think they called each others say they know it's my birthday happy birthday i don't think it was that kind of relationship and microsoft's just you know that it's mcdonald's the only thing they had in common was having dropped out of school to pursue their vision of your dreams though they never worked in the same company they created an industry together and we have a hippie editor. gates and jobs the mightiest jewel of the tech industry has ever known the epic battle between mac and p.c. jobs the hippie and gates the geek literally dictated the future of the computer. in the seventy's steve jobs and bill gates are still adolescents video games are just starting to appear. computers still are enormous machines super computers that only the largest companies c

i want to just acknowledge and applaud the release of a virginia journalist cody weddle, from virginia tech alumni, who has been in venezuela reporting independently there for a number of years, was arrested and interrogated and released overnight. that's good news. i want to follow up on comments of by colleagues on this side of the aisle about military threat and lived in latin america, this notion of blaming problems on uncle sam, on -- is very, very serious, and the president's comments about military threat i think are a horrible idea. i actually think general strategy sanctions, the work that you've done to cobble together the global coalition is very, very good. i think it really creates problems, though, if the message gets mixed with a potential military threat. i have the same concerns senator udall raised about who it is that initiates war. it's congress not the president unless there's an imminent threat on the united states i believe. more that loose talk about military action actually cements and imboldens dictators. they want to blame their problems on uncle sam, on amer

has been cooperated or muzzled and journalists harassed and detained and we've already heard about weddle and ramos in this hearing this morning. social media is being monitored actively -- actively. venezuela's intelligence and security services and other state functions are strongly influenced, if not directed by thousands of cubans imbedded in the regime. mr. chairman, outsiders have already intervened in venezuela and continue to do so. with more than 10% of venezuela' total population now outside the nation and more leaving every day, we are witnessing the worst man-made humanitarian tragedy of the modern era in the western hemisphere. the united states has received thousands of venezuelans and bipartisan legislations that -- has been introduced to provide t.p.s. with some 72,000 venezuelans who are already here. the dramatic return to venezuela this week of interim president guaido has given renewed hope to the venezuelan people. his task, moving venezuela toward free and fair elections, is greatably complicated by maduro's continued occupation. with maduro's departure, it would be