HE SITS DOWN WITH ME AS TROUBLE
ESCALATES IN VENEZUELA.
THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT SENDING
AID TO VENEZUELA.
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DICTATOR REFUSING AID.
YOU HAVE A NATION THAT'S
STARVING WHERE 90% OF THE PEOPLE
LIVE IN POVERTY.
THEY ARE LIVING ON LESS THAN $3
A DAY.
A NATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY
ENOUGH TO LOOT FOOD TRUCKS AS
YOU SEE THERE IN THIS EXCLUSIVE
VIDEO.
A NATION THAT'S SO STRAPPED FOR
CASH THAT ITS HOSPITALS ARE
UNSANITARY.
THIS IS ALSO EXCLUSIVE VIDEO OF
A HOSPITAL IN VENEZUELA.
THIS IS WHY PEOPLE IN VENEZUELA
ARE RISING UP.
THEY WANT A NEW START, A NEW
OPPORTUNITY.
YET THE VICE PRESIDENT OF
VENEZUELA, DELCY RODRIGUEZ TELLS
ME THE MADURO REGIME ISN'T GOING
ANYWHERE.
SOURCES TELL ME WE ARE WORKING
CLOSELY WITH NEIGHBORING
COUNTRIES IN THE REGION BECAUSE
WE HEARD THE PEOPLE'S CRIES FOR
HELP.
WE UNDERSTAND THE MADURO THREAT
TO OUR REGION AND WE WANT TO
HELP.
WATCH MY INTERVIEW WITH
SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO
HERE.
WAYS OUR PLAN IN VENEZUELA?
>> THE PLAN IS STRAIGHTFORWARD.
WE ARE SUPPORTING THE VENEZUELAN
PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOR FAR TOO LONG
NOW SUFFERED UNDER THE HANDS OF
MR. MADURO.
THE PEOPLE KNOW BETTER.
THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IS REAL.
HE CONDUCTED A SHAM ELECTION AND
DECLARED HIMSELF PRESIDENT AND
WE SAID WE ARE NOT GOING TO
RECOGNIZE THAT.
THERE ARE FOUR DOZEN COUNTRIES
THAT HAVE TAKEN THE SAME VIEW
AND HAVE RECOGNIZED THE INTERIM
PRESIDENT MR. GUAIDO.
HE'S EMPOWERED UNDER THE
VENEZUELAN CONSTITUTION TO
DELIVER GOOD OUTCOMES FOR THEM.
YESTERDAY WE TRIED TO DELIVER
HUMANITARIAN I DISTANCE FROM THE
UNITED STATES AND COLOMBIA AND
THE VENEZUELA MILITARY UNDER THE
DIRECTION OF MR. MADURO STOPPED
THAT.
NOT ONLY IS HE NOT ALLOWING THE
ECONOMY TO FLOURISH.
HE'S ACTIVELY DENYING MEDICINE
AND FOODSTUFFS AND HYGIENE KITS
FOR HIS OWN PEOPLE.
I THINK THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE
HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF IT AND I'M
CONFIDENT IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS
AHEAD THEY WILL CONTINUE TO
PROTEST AND RISE UP AND THEIR
WISHES WILL BE SEEN FORTH.
WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN
TO MAKE SURE -- TRISH ARE'S
CONTROLLING THE MILITARY.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE SEEN SOME
SUCCESS AN AIR FORCE GENERAL
SAID, I'M GOING TO SWITCH SIDES.
HOW DO YOU GET MORE OF THOSE IT
IN MEMBERS TO SWITCH SIDES?
ULTIMATELY DOESN'T IT COME DOWN
TO THAT?
>> THERE HAS BEEN SOME NOTION
THERE WOULD BE AN INVASION OF
VENEZUELA.
WELL, THAT HAPPENED.
THE CUBANS INVADED VENEZUELA.
THE CUBANS HAVE BEEN CONTROLLING
THE SECURITY APPARATUS AND
PROTECTING MADURO AND DESTROYING
THE LIVES OF THE VENEZUELAN
PEOPLE FOR A LONG TIME.
THE SECOND THING IS I AM
CONVINCED MANY OF THE
INDIVIDUALS INSIDE THE
VENEZUELAN MILITARY DON'T WANT
TO DO HARM TO THEIR BROTHERS OR
SISTERS AND CHILDREN AND
GRANDPARENTS.
I THINK THEY CARE ABOUT THE
VENEZUELAN PEOPLE, TOO.
AND THEY WILL COME TO SEE THAT
MADURO'S TIME IS UP AND CHANGE
SHOULD BE AT HAND.
TRISH: THERE ARE FIVE AMERICANS
IN PRISON RIGHT NOW BEING HELD
HOSTAGE BY NICOLAS MADURO.
SIX PEOPLE ACTUALLY LEFT FROM
THE U.S. TO GO DOWN TO WHAT THEY
THOUGHT WAS A BUSINESS MEETING.
THEY WORKED FOR CITGO WHICH IS
OWNED BY PDVSA.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A NORMAL
BUSINESS MEETING.
AND THE NEXT THING THEY KNOW
THEY WIND UP IN PRISON AGAINST
FIVE U.S. CITIZENS AND ANOTHER
PERSON WHO IS WORKING HERE WITH
A GREEN CARD.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HELP THEM
TO GET THEM OUT?
AMERICA CAN'T STAND FOR THAT.
WE CAN'T ALLOW A DICTATOR TO
LOCK UP OUR PEOPLE.
>> I CAN'T TALK MUCH ABOUT ANY
INDIVIDUAL CASE.
I CAN TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
THAT ANYWHERE AN AMERICAN IS
WRONGFULLY DETAINED, THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT IS INCREDIBLY
FOCUSED ON OBTAINING THEIR
RELEASE.
WE HAVE BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL
IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST FEW
YEARS DOING THAT.
IN VENEZUELA I CAN ASSURE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WE ARE WORKING
DILIGENTLY TO MAKE SURE NO
AMERICAN IS WRONGFULLY DETAINED
BY MR. MADURO.
TRISH: THE FAMILIES IN TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA, YOU CAN ASSURE THEM
YOU ARE WORKING HARD?
>> IN VENEZUELA, AND ELSEWHERE
IN THE WORLD AS WELL.
TRISH: LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE
PROCESS FOR THIS.
HOW DO YOU GET RID OF A
DICTATOR?
THIS GUY IS CLINGING TO POWER.
HE'S CLINGING TO HIS MILITARY.
THERE HAS BEEN PRECEDENT.
WE HAVE DONE IT BEFORE.
JOHN BOLTON SAID HE SHOULD TAKE
THE DEAL.
HE SHOULD TAKE THE AMNESTY DEAL
AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER FARB
AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER FARF
AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER FARE
AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER FARR
AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER FARF
AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER FARR
AND LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER FAR,
FAR AWAY FROM VENEZUELA.
>> DICTATORS CLING TO POWER
UNTIL THE MOMENT THEY NO LONGER
CAN.
WHEN HE REALIZES HE NO LONGER
HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE
VENEZUELAN PEOPLE AND MILITARY
BEGINS TO REALIZE TO PUT THINGS
THAT MOST OF VENEZUELANS WANTED
FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
WHEN THEY RECOGNIZE THE TIME IS
UP AND THERE IS NO MORE
NEGOTIATING, NO MORE TALKING,
THERE IS NO MORE FRAUDULENT
ELECTIONS.
YOU CAN'T CLING TO POWER.
WE HOPE THAT DAY COMES SOONER.
AND IT WILL MATTER TO THE
VENEZUELAN PEOPLE.
THEY WILL BE OUT OF FUEL.
THE SHELVES IN THE STORES ARE
ALREADY BARE.
THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IS VERY
REAL.
I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE
GLOBE RISE UP.
IT'S SELDOM BEEN THE CASE.
ABOUT STILL, CHILE, ECUADOR,
THEY ARE ALL RALLY TOGETHER AID
OF VENEZUELA.
I THINK THEY WILL BE A POWERFUL
INFLUENCE IN MADURO RECOGNIZING
HIS DAYS ARE OVER.
TRISH: IT MANY HEARTENING TO SEE
THE UNITED STATES STANDING WITH
THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE.
LET ME ASK BUT SOME OF THE
SANCTIONS PUT IN PLACE.
DO YOU BELIEVE IT'S WORKING?
THERE WERE INVESTORS WHO
INVESTED IN VENEZUELA SOVEREIGN
DEBT OR PDVSA DEBT.
THEY WORRY THAT YOU ARE SHUTTING
DOWN THE MARKET AND IN DOING SO
YOU ARE SHUTTING DOWN THE MARKET
TO AMERICANS, THEREBY ALLOWING
THE LIKES OF THE RUSSIANS OR
CHINESE OR BOOED GUYS -- BAD
GUYS WHO WANT TO BUY THIS STUFF
UP ON THE CHEAP WILL BE ALLOWED
TO DO SO.
WHACK YOU SAY TO EASE SOME OF
THEIR FEARS.
>> WHEN AMERICA MAKES A DECISION
TO IMPOSE DECISIONS IT SOMETIMES
IMPACTS AMERICANS.
THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
THEY ARE NOT FREE.
BUT THIS TIME THEY ARE REALLY
WORTH IT.
SANCTIONS MATTER OVER TIME.
THEY DON'T MATTER SO MUCH ON DAY
ONE OR TWO.
BUT OVER TIME DENYING THE MADURO
REGIME THE RESOURCES TO CONDUCT
BUSINESS AND TRANSFERRING THE
RESOURCES TO THE INTERIM
PRESIDENT GUAIDO, IF WE CAN
ACCOMPLISH THAT THE RESOURCES
WILL GO FOR THE GOOD OF THE
VENEZUELAN PEOPLE, NOT THE EVIL
OF MR. MADURO.
WE ARE PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE.
THEY ARE AIMED AT A GOOD OUTCOME
FOR THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE.
TRISH: WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT
FOR OUR HEMISPHERE.
>> WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW FREEDOM
OUR HEMISPHERE TO TREAT ITS
PEOPLE THAT WAY.
WE HAD SOMEONE HIJACK AN
ELECTION THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE,
AND THE PEOPLE IN THAT COUNTRY
REVOLTED AGAINST IT.
WE OUGHT TO DO ALL WE CAN TO
RALLY THE GLOBAL DOWN IN THE
REJECT THAT AS A WAY OF DOING
BUSINESS IN THE WESTERN
HEMISPHERE.
TRISH: AND WE RUNT RISK IF WE
ARE NOT THERE, THE RUSSIANS ARE?
>> RUSSIA IS THERE TODAY.
THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE WILL WANT
TO BE INDEPENDENT AND NOT RELY
ON RUSSIA OR THE CUBANS FOR
THEIR SOVEREIGNTY OR WELL-BEING.
TRISH: DO YOU RUN THE RISK OF
VENEZUELA TURNING INTO A
NO-MAN'S LAND WHERE YOU HAVE BAD
ACTORS THAT COULD BE MORE OF A
THREAT BECAUSE THEY ARE IN OUR
HEMISPHERE?
>> HEZBOLLAH HAS ACTIVE YELLS.
THE IRANIANS ARE IMPACTING THE
PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA AND
THROUGHOUT SOUTH AMERICA.
WE HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO TAKE
DOWN THAT RISK.
PART OF WHAT WE ARE TALK ABOUT
NEXT WEEK IN WARSAW IS HOW TO DO
THAT IN SOUTH AMERICA AND ALL
ACROSS THE GLOBE.