, colombia. the united states of america and the free world putting the bring sure on nicolas maduro and his brutal socialist regime to leave. new sanctions being announced today. mike pence, the president, flying in to bogota, colombia to meet with the new president, the one the united states of america and pretty much everyone recognizes as the president of venezuela, juan guaido. hear what brazil plans and the free world wants as they close in on nicolas maduro. aye my exclusive interview with vice president mik mike -- mike pence. the president is telling me all options are on the table. what could that mean from a military perspective. and the former assembly leader living in exile here in colombia. he has been traveling the world meeting with leaders, trying to get them to put pressure on maduro. he says this is the moment for latin america. this is moment that could change it all. the berlin wall falling here tonight. "trish regan primetime" starts now. [♪] the vice president of the united states flying into bogota, colombia to meet with leaders of the lima group, including the

telemundo reporter abducted by the maduro regime is forced into a vehicle. mike pence is calling on the international community to further isolate this brutal socialist dictator, nicolas maduro. we watch guerrilla-style warfare terrorize this country. all of this happening there and here at home, bernie sanders is double down refusing to acknowledge that nicolas maduro is a dictator. what is it going to take for him to see what the rest of the world actually sees. a brand-new report reveals the enormous cost of alexandria ocasio-cortez' green new deal. "trish regan primetime" is you live from new york right now. the shocking brutality of nicolas maduro's socialist regime in venezuela. this is exclusive video we obtained. the guerrilla-style war games. they are known as colectivos. they are fleeing because the colectivos in war games are firing into the crowd. i have this to show you as well. this video taken in the same place, the same border town of cucuta, where they are trying to get aid. the colectivos are firing rubber pellet bullets packed with glass marbles inside to maximize

solution to the struggle between president nicolas maduro and the opposition leader, juan guaido. the eu—backed international contact group is holding its first meeting in uruguay, and it says it's sending a technical mission to venezuela for talks. but there are complex financial issues to resolve. the icg does not include russia and china. for years, they've lent money to president maduro‘s government in return for cheap oil — making them two of the country's biggest creditors. so they could have a lot to lose from a regime change. estimates for venezuela's total debts vary. moody's put them as high as $143 billion. china alone is thought to have lent something like $62 billion since 2007 — a third of which is still outstanding. russia's national oil company, rosneft, has pumped $7 billion into venezuela in the past five years, mostly in loans to be repaid with future oil deliveries. rosneft also owns two offshore gas fields in venezuela. at 300 billion barrels, venezuela has the world's largest proven reserves of oil. but the industry is near to collapse after years of under�

in chaos. that chaos escalating as nicolas maduro refuses to allow his people any humanitarian aid from the international community. i have exclusive new video showing the brutal length the socialist dictator is going to to make sure the military stays loyal to him. in this exclusive video watch as maduro loyalists try to provide speed rations of powdered milk with people effectively signing a loyalty pledge to maduro. this is social i am at its worse. jack keane is here with the latest as we confront this threat. why nicolas maduro need to allow the humanitarian aid to be distributed and free the american hostages whose family you met here the other night. take a live look at he'll pass l paso, texas. once he's there he'll deliver a speech on the crisis at our border. we are bringing you all the developments. people "time" begins right now. socialist dictator nicolas maduro feeling the pressure at home and around the world as he clings to his final days of power in venezuela. reports that maduro is searching for an escape route should he need to flee the country open short notice.

maduro and hugo chavez before him have driven the country off the edge of a cliff. the blame lies squarely with the crooked officials who have repressed the venezuelan people for years doing everything from throwing political opponents in jail to rigging elections to gunning down protesters in the street. now some consider it a good sound bite to say that venezuela represents the failure of socialism, but we should be honest venezuela is not a socialist country, it's a kleptocracy. it's a cruel and oppressive regime pocketing every dollar it can even if it means the country's people are literally starving to death. nowhere is nicolas maduro's disregard for his fellow venezuelans clear than his decision to block humanitarian aid from entering the country last week at the colombia/venezuela border. this was a disgrace and we need to keep looking for ways to get this assistance to those who need it without provoking a confrontation that could lead to the loss of life. the venezuelan people deserve better, they deserve the future they choose for themselves, and their country. so our q

is being done. good night from new york. trish: venezuela socialist dictator nicolas maduro ex--intelligence chief is reportedly saying maduro is courting hezbollah. coming up, i talk exclusively with one of the daughters of a u.s. hostage who has been held captive there for 450-plus days. his life is being threatened. you will hear from him yourself tonight. the trump administration on high alert with vice president mike pence announcing he'll travel to colombia at the request of the colombian president. he'll be extra juicing with south american leaders on how to bring freedom to the area. newly discovered evidence as to where and who representative ilhan omar's sympathies lie. find out who sponsored some of her recent trips to latin america in an attempt to push an anti-american agenda. jussie smollett charged with filing a false police report. "trish regan primetime" starts now. breaking right now. socialist dictator nicolas maduro desperately trying to barricade himself and his entire country from the free work as the days of his regime dwindle. in less than 28 hours. an e

last week. we told you it was coming and now it's happening to the crisis in venezuela. nicola maduro threatening to jail interim president juan guaido. this is brand-new and exclusive fox video of maduro's police forces he used to imprison people and teenagers as young as 12. a police officer and an anti-maduro protester hugging at the nationwide protest this past weekend. i'm elizabeth macdonald and this is "the evening edit." welcome to the show. you are watching the fox business network. high wire, high stakes drama. the president' state of the union address 3 hours away. nancy pelosi sitting behind president trump. this is feeling like the opening of a glad torial game. democrats chuck schumer and kamala harris are rebutting the president's state of the union address before it even happens. this could be more fun and exciting than a super bowl. >> what a reality show we would be watching. the president will most of likely start this speech touting the economic and state of the economy. he'll tout his tax cuts that jump-started the economic engine in this country. the economy crea

new sanctions against nicolas maduro and what's left of his government. the administration, along with many latin american government, the e.u. and canada, has already withdrawn its official recognition of ma maduro's presidency and conferred instead the title on juan guaido, the head of the national assembly. perhaps more intriguing was what was left very visibly unsaid. while mr. mnuchin announced the new economic measures, mr. bolton stood beside him ostentatiously carrying a legal note pad on which was written the words 5,000 troops to colombia. now, that country borders venezuela. the white house declined to comment but said all options are on the table. is the u.s. really going to deploy forces to help remove mr. maduro? what other channels are available to president trump? and why would the u.s. be taking action against a country that, as bad a state as it's in, hardly seems to pose much of a threat even as the u.s. mill -- military to end in afghanistan and syria? first, let's consider just how disastrous a state venezuela has truly become. not long ago the country was thriving

all. amy: as the united states rejects calls for negotiations, venezuelan president nicolas maduro warns the trump administration about attempting to use military force to topple his government. >> stop, stop. donald trumpmp, you are making your dutch mistakes that will stain your hands with lined. amy: we will host a discussion on the crisis in venezuela then we look at the trial of trial of joaquin "el chapo" guzman, the notorious mexican drug kingpin who has been on trial in new york city for 11 weeks. the trial has implicated the mexican government of widespread corruption with one witness alleging the former president accepted a $100 million bribe from drug traffickers. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. leaders of key european countries say they recogninize oppoposition leader juan g guais venezuela's interim president monday, after an ultimatumum imposed on p president nicololas maduro to call for new elections expired sunday at midnight. the countries include france, spain, germany, britain, p

. nicolas maduro ordered his military to fire on civilians attempting to cross the border. we are less than four hours from the deadline that's juan guaido set to get humanitarian aid to the people. either way, i will tell you right here and right now, nicolas maduro is done. because either that aid comes in and juan guaido is victorious or it doesn't. and nicolas maduro is recognized by everyone for the villain he has become. this weekend i head to latin america. monday i will be live from bogota, colombia where i will have an ex clues live interview with vice president mike pence. alexandria ocasio-cortez doubling down on the 70% tax rate on the rich. apparently she is not watching what's happening in venezuela. actor jussie smollett cut from "empire"'s final season after he was charged with a felony for filing a false police report. "trish regan primetime" begins right now. socialist dictator nicolas maduro ordering his army to open fire on venezuelans attempting to cross the venezuelan border. two people are now dead, more than a dozen are injured, and as of tonight, we know that maduro

their maduro regime. so does this erstwhile insider believes the socialist revolution is in its death throes? christian zerpa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let us begin with your personal story. he used it with your personal story. he used it with me in miami and yetjust a few short weeks ago, you were a justice on the venezuelan supreme court. you could have stayed in your country to fight for truth and justice. you ran away. why? i understand very well that it is very dangerous to be an opponent to the maduro regime. dissidents, as you say, are in prison. you were not a dissident. you were an extraordinarily loyal functionary of the government. you expected a position of the supreme court and you were chosen because you had been so you were chosen because you had been so loyal for so long to ditch have easter revolution and to nicolas maduro in particular. —— you were accepted. bass chavista. —— chavista. this is important because it is important to get inside the mindset of people who still today in venezuela are working for the maduro regime. did you continue to stay lo

. command said' soldiers are deserting nicolas maduro, even joining in protests and demonstrating against the socialist dictator. cuban guards quote completely surround ma dur he, that according to southern command. and they tried to pick a fight with john bolton after he sanctioned relief for soldiers who defy maduro. the political center up for grabs. the president's free market capitalism versus the hard left democrats trying to make america socialist as ocasio-cortez revealed a new green deal. she wants to wipe out airlines in 10 years and print money to pay for it. even nancy pelosi is make fun of it. there may be more embarrassing documents that could possibly undermine senator elizabeth warren over her false claim of being a native american. welcome to the show. you are watching the fox business network. let's get right to edward lawrence with the latest. reporter: there is a possible break through. senator jon tester says a compromise from the committee could come as early as tomorrow. richard shelby briefed the president and vice president about all of this. listen. >> the presid

venezuela taking to the streets demanding change. demanding nicolas maduro leave office. the socialist dictator telling the media in a rarely scheduled press conference that there is no humanitarian crisis in his country. that it's the united states trying to create the chaos there. wrong. mr. maduro, your country has gone from one of the wealthiest countries in south america to inflation topping 10 million percent. who can even fathom such a thing. your economy fell nearly 30%. that number expected to double in the current quarter. we are smarter than that. the pictures prove it. the people of venezuela are being heard right here on this show and around the world. socialism does not work. tonight we have one of the most of noted economists from venezuela, a man who worked under hugo chavez. the banker to the world. the man who created the sovereign debt market is here. and the man who trades them. "trish regan primetime" begins right now. breaking tonight, the secretary of state mike pompeo telling me nicolas maduro must go. and confirming to me that there are hezbollah cells active i

under the orders of embattled president nicholas maduro that this humanitarian aid is not being allowed in. in the border town the country's national guard fired tear gas at a crowd of people who tried moving metal barricades that are blocking a bridge into colombia where truckloads of aid are waiting to enter. now similar scenes played out at other border crossings friday. one person was killed at least 22 were injured in clashes with security forces. white house press secretary sarah sanders responded to the view answer had in a statement saying the united states strong ly condemns the venezuelan military's use of force against unarmed civilians and innocent volunteers on venezuela's border with brazil. the venezuelan military must allow humanitarian aid to peacefully enter the country. the world is watching. senator marco rubio has been closely following the developments and this morning he tweeted, under the direction of cuban agents dressed as venezuela national guard officer s, forces are attacking civilians very tense and dangerous situation developing, and you saw there, opposit

pressure on president nicolas maduro. it follows weeks of violence as troopsonight, brbritish opposition leader jeremy corbyn says he will back a second referendum on leaving the european union, it is a major u-turn and it comes just dayays afteter eigight labor l lawmaket the party. we will go live for the latest in london. and other surprises at the academy awards in los angeles. >> the oscar goes to "green book ." [applause] brent: a drama about race relations beats the odds for best picture. britain's olivia colman wins best actress in "the favou rite." ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world, welcome. venezuela's opposition leader juan guaido is meeting leaders of north and south american countries in the colombian capital of bogota this evening. u.s. vice president mike pence is there. washington has become quite does key backers since he declared himself interim president and his standoff with nicolas maduro. this is a key moment for the opposition, just days after people were killed and hundreds wounded along the venezuelan borde

president said, i think the days for this socialist dictatorship under nicolas maduro will end. nicolas maduro threatening to throw juan guaido into prison. we have shocking new numbers on how many people maduro's socialist regime has murdered. with maduro block colombian food aid, they are building new routes into venezuela. we talk about juan guaido and the opposition taking steps to seize oil away from maduro. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" arts right now. welcome to the show. you are watching the fox business network. still no daca or dreamer deal for the democrats. edward lawrence is standing by with the latest. reporter: a new:fox news poll shows half of americans oppose building a wall on the southern border. and now 46% of people support it. almost dividing america in half. sources telling fox news the border deal is leaking oil. the freedom caucus offered a deal to offer a one-week continuing resolution to allow negotiations to continue and to read the final bill. the final language is still being worked out. lawmakers believe the president will seen it to avoid an

venezuelans starve, maduro's regime has enriched itself by trafficking drugs throughout latin america and into the united states. often colluding with violent cartels that have left a high body count in their trail. he and his cronies have turned venezuela into an international drug trafficking hub. now, getting the united states government to address venezuela's crisis has been a top priority for the heritage foundation. our analysts have testified before congress, and authored numerous policy studies to this effect. they have hosted former political prisoners and meeting opposition figures that are now part of the administration of interim president juan guaido. there is no doubt that venezuela deserves a return to freedom. alongside over 50 country, including the majority of latin america, the united states is working to make this happen. and that is why we have, and we are thrilled to host senator marco rubio to talk about venezuela. as chairman of the subcommittee on the western hemisphere, he has led congressional efforts on the united states policy towards venezuela. joining hi

are over. all options are over. the president called maduro a cuban puppet. a word to the military, the president says you will lose everything. we know where your money is. '. the president wants freedom for nicaragua as well. he says the u.s. will never allow the hatred, ignorance and division. america will never allow socialism here. we have a former venezuelan mayor who fled the deadly regime. five interest groups planning to sue over the president's national emergency declaration. this as one of president trump's biggest sworn enemies. he says trump is wrong, there is no border crisis. but this same democrat not too long ago demanded congress has to act on the border crisis. he also attacked congress for not doing so. you will be shocked who that person is. the backlash against alexandria ocasio-cortez continued through the weekend and it's now intensifying. first for chasing away amazon from new york. democrats are saying, cortez, you are economically ignorant. now this, even the new york city housing authority which cortez used in her opposition to amazon, this same housing

, venezuela tomorrow to protest socialist nicolas maduro. this as fox business learns maduro is moving to strip juan guaido and his commission, to remove them their parliamentary immunity to arrest and imprison them next week. maduro has sent swap * teams sweeping through the barrios and slums. we are hearing reports that teenagers are being killed. this is maduro backed into a corner so that he's scrambling to raise cash to run his socialist government. he's moving to sell tons of central bank gold to the uae. and sanctions on their oil sector are bearing down. john bolton says no military troops yet. but all options are still on the table. a growing number of democrats from dick durbin now publicly rebuke socialists like alexandria ocasio-cortez and bernie sanders. they are saying you are dead wrong about venezuela. liberal filmmaker trying to claim starbucks ceo howard schultz is not a self-made man and that billionaires are immoral. the companies they create employ tens of thousands of people. that includes people like oprah winfrey and howard schultz. i'm elizabeth macdonald. this

president nicolas maduro. russia says it will follow the us, pulling out of a key nuclear the mood is relaxed here but the intent is serious, to send a message to nicolas maduro that time is up. russia says it will follow the us, pulling out of a key nuclear treaty, and also developing a new range of missiles. virginia governor ralph northam refuses to quit and insists he is not the person in a racist photo. in the hour was sent and made my statement yesterday, i reflected with my family and classmates from the time and affirmed my conclusion that i am not the person in that photo. and, punxsutawney phil did not see his shadow. so can the us expect an early spring? as the pressure slowly mounts on venezuela's president nicolas maduro, he's told supporters at a rally in caracas that he's prepared to hold parliamentary elections. but the offer falls short of the presidential elections demanded by some european countries, who say they'll recognise opposition leaderjuan guido if they aren't called by midnight on sunday. at a rivel rally in the capital, mr guaido called for more protests,

de periodistas que lo acompaÑÓ para entrevistar a nicolÁs maduro, regresaro luego d deportados. patricia: el jefe del rÉgimen suspendiÓ la entrevista porque no le gustaron sus preguntas. galo arellano nos muestra cÓmo transcurriÓ esta jornada que acaparÓ tantos titulares. el retorno a miami del periodista de univisiÓn jorge ramos y de su equipo de profesionales que ayer fueron retenidos de manera abusiva por el rÉgimen de nicolÁs maduro , fue placenteros para quienes valoramos la libertad de prensa.>> estuvimos detenidos dentro del palacio y no tenemos nuestro material . lo robaron. es la primera vez que un equipo de la cadena univisiÓn roban sus herramientas de la trabajo. las preguntas de ramos sumado a este video de venezolanos comiendo basura fueron el detonante para que maduro suspendiera la entrevista y confisca que el material periodÍstico ante el asombro de nuestros colegas. cuando nuestros compaÑeros llegaron, respiramos aliviados y los recibimos con abrazos. >> nunca me habÍa ocurrido que alguien te da una entrevista, te roba la cÁmara, te roba la entrevi

expulsado de venezuela por nicolÁs maduro sin equipo ni material visual de una entrevista contada por el lÍder venezolano. hablamos con jorge ramos. >> ademÁs periodistas han vivido en carne propia los dede larepresiÓn en venezuela. nos cuenta su experiencia con el rÉgimen de maduro. >> el rÉgimen asÍ comenzamos. >> quÉ tal?, bienvenido tu ediciÓn digital. borja voces y karina banda 26 de febrero es que seguimos con la cobertura del incidente de univisiÓn noticias en venezuela. >> es que hace sÓlo unos minutos arribÓ a la ciudad de miami el equipo de univisiÓn noticias encabezado por el periodista jorge ramos tras ser detenido durante mÁs de dos horas y expulsados de venezuela. luego de varias preguntas que le formulÓ nuestro colega lÍder nicolÁs maduro Éste se molesto interrumpiÓ la conversación de manera abrupta en el palacio de mira flores. vamos angÉlica gonzÁlez. está en el aeropuerto de la ciudad de miami. >> estamos con jorge que acaba de llegar en vivo en ediciÓn digital a esta hora. obviamente queremos escuchar sus impresiones, lo que piensas despu�

freedom fighters succeed and take over their government from the socialist dictator maduro, could russia ultimately be calling the shots there three hours south of miami? we have the full report for you. juan guaido says he and his family are okay. they are okay tonight following an attempt by maduro's special forces to intimidate his wife and infant daughter just yesterday. tonight i speak to a man who knows maduro's intimidation tactics all too well. rafael guzman. he says what his country needs to unsight maduro. -- to unsee the maduro. mike pence holding a rally with former venezuelan exiel exiles and political prisoners. >> this is no time for dialogue. it's time for action. the time has come to end the maduro dictatorship once and for all. trish: congressman diaz who was with the vice president is going to jane me in just a moment. primetime will be begins right now. [♪] trish: wreaking right now. i'm look agent page 33 on the new sanctions from the u.s. treasury department that literally just came out minutes ago. the bottom line here noise american can own venezuelan deb

, nicolas maduro. it has been 443 days since these americans last saw their father or husbands. now despite mounting threats from maduro's thugs and retribution by maduro and the cuban intelligence community trying to maintain maduro's criminal dictatorship in venezuela, and fear for their loved ones very lives, they are coming forward together in a plea for help. live from the heart of texas in the great city of houston, they are on a mission to bring their loved ones home. "trish regan primetime" begins right now. tonight, a very special, very important show for you. i'm live in houston, texas, to sit down with the families of all five americans being held captive in a venezuelan jail by nicolas maduro and his brutal socialist regime. it's 443 days since their loved ones were taken. and tonight they are speaking out. all of them. it was supposed to be a routine business trip to caracas. these five american engineers along with a green cardholder traveled to venezuela under orders from their parent company. they traveled there before without issue and they just assumed the trip wou

president nicolas maduro's administration should lose access to venezuela's international assets. theresa may is heading to northern ireland where she'll tell business leaders that she's determined to find a way to deliver brexit and avoid a hard border with ireland. on wednesday she'll hold talks with the different political parties. police in belgium are hunting a gang who used the sewers to break into a bank in antwerp. it's thought they tunnelled from sewage pipes, boring into the vaults and making off with the contents of at least 20 deposit boxes. the sewerage company said the risk from gas and flash flooding made the heist extremely dangerous. you are up—to—date with the headlines. it is about 4:30am in the morning, i have to break it to you. it is time now for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. right now, venezuela is in the grip of political and economic chaos. two men are claiming the presidency, protesters are out on the streets and the international community is divided in its response. well, today i'm in miami to meet christian zerpa. until decemb

caracas, venezuela. the colectivos, terrorist-style cuban-backed thugs that support nicolas maduro's regime. they have been driving all over town. they went to the national assembly and they opened fire on lawmakers there. only dictators use scare tactics like this. only dictators try to kill their political opponents. how do we keep him safe if he tries to go back to venezuela. there are growing concerns for his safety. take a look live at hanoi, vietnam where president trump and kim jong-un are preparing for another day of one-on-one talks. we have exclusive insight from jack keane. he's here in the house next. [ telephone rings ] [ client ] - hey maya. hey! you still thinking about opening your own shop? every day. i think there are some ways to help keep you on track. and closer to home. edward jones grew to a trillion dollars in assets under care, by thinking about your goals as much as you do. ♪ ♪ our new, hot, fresh breakfast will get you the readiest. (buzzer sound) holiday inn express. be the readiest. this is the all-new it's beautiful.. beefy and mean looking. it's the

by nicolas maduro's special forces while he was out rallying supporters. i'll talk exclusively to someone who is still a target of pla duro's special forces. she has ton confronted the secret police head-on. and she has the video. find out exactly what happened here and how common maduro's thugs really are. the danger they represent to the venezuelan people. she is a force for capitalism and she is here. plus, remember when the democratic party sounded like this? >> across the board top to bottom cuts in corporate and personal income taxes. it will include long-needed tax reform that logic and equity demands. trish: how far off the path the left has gotten. i will set the record straight. we have a big show coming up. primetime begins right now. breaking right now. the man the u.s. recognizes as the president of venezuela, juan guaido, says he and his family refuse to be intimidated by the thuggish tactics of socialist dictator nicolas maduro. hours ago guaido revealing one of the units of maduro's special police showed up at his family's apartment asking for his wife who was at h

, good to see you, thank you. arthel: the crisis in venezuela boiling over as embattled nicolas maduro vows to block humanitarian aid coming into the country. politicians here say maduro's time is up. let's listen to lindsey graham with maria bartiromo. >> it's not if maduro falls, it's only when. it's just a matter of time. it's unsustainable. to the people of venezuela, the trump administration has your back. arthel: what are opposition leaders in venezuela saying today. reporter: the venezuelan people will not back down in their fight for democracy. but embattled president nicolas maduro is not backing down. the opposition was hoping the venezuelan military would turn on maduro's orders. a few dozen military officials have abandoned their post. but so far the military leadership is sticking with maduro. >> we need to keep the pressure in different levels on the streets, use our national assembly as the only elected institution in the country. yesterday something happened which is very relevant. 16 members from different forces decided to support guaido. >> military forces which repo

de manera abusiva por el rÉgimen de nicolÁs maduro , fue placenteros para quienes valoramos la libertad de prensa.>> estuvimos detenidos dentro del palacio y no tenemos nuestro material . lo robaron. es la primera vez que un equipo de la cadena univisiÓn roban sus herramientas de la trabajo. las preguntas de ramos sumado a este video de venezolanos comiendo basura fueron el detonante para que maduro suspendiera la entrevista y confisca que el material periodÍstico ante el asombro de nuestros colegas. cuando nuestros compaÑeros llegaron, respiramos aliviados y los recibimos con abrazos. >> nunca me habÍa ocurrido que alguien te da una entrevista, te roba la cÁmara, te roba la entrevista, terroba los celulares y te expulsa. el vocero del rÉgimen venezolano ha dicho que los periodistas de univisiÓn llegaron para hacer un yo barato. claudia rondÓn es la productora de univisiÓn, que consiguiÓ y coordinó la entrevista con maduro. >> la entrevista fue coordinada directamente con Él. en todos momentosse siguieron sus requisitos. incluso nos dieron un permiso para ingresar a

president says his family has been threatened by units loyal to his rival, president maduro. is this a disaster waiting to happen? we visit one of the 200 dams the brazilian government says are at risk of collapse. hello. relief is on the way but for many in the midwest it can't come soon enough. for yet another day millions were plunged into arctic temperatures which closed schools, grounded flights and proved downright dangerous. the polar vortex has already been blamed for multiple deaths, even breathing outside is difficult. the bbc‘s chris buckler is in chicago with this report. chicago stands surrounded by ice and snow. people here are used to cold weather but these are temperatures seen only once in a generation. to try to keep the city's trains running, the tracks have had to be set on fire and boats have been attempting to break through the solid sheets of ice that cover the chicago river. the windy city has become the wind chill city. my fingertips have been frozen twice and had to take a pit stop twice. toes frozen twice. so i made two stops. it's brutally cold, bitterly c

consider using military forces to topple the venezuelan president nicolas maduro. this comes as at least four people died as violence broke out on the venezuelan borders colombia in brazil. government bringing so-called to military and aid into venezuela. we wilill spend ththe hour with venezuela'a's foreign minister jorge arreaza. >> venezuela is a peaceful country and we have to stop in the war in our hemisphere. we can find our own sovereign solutions in venezuela, and u.s. government and no other government has notothing to do with our internal affairs. we can guarantee there will be respect venezuela if we the charter of the united nations and the venezuelan constitutions of law. amy: all that t and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace reportrt. i'm amy goodman. venezuela's opposition is calling on the united states and allied nations to consider using military force to topple the government of venezuelan president nicolas maduro. this comes as u.s. vice president mike pence heads to bogota, colombia, today to discuss next steps with