TRISH: BREAKING TONIGHT.
THE SOCIALIST DICTATORSHIP OF
NICOLAS MADURO IS NO LONGER.
VENEZUELA HAS A NEW PRESIDENT.
A LEADER CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE
AND SUPPORTED BY THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
HERE IS MY EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
WITH OUR VICE PRESIDENT, MIKE
PENCE.
THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON
AS WELL.
VLADIMIR PUTIN I WAS TOLD BY THE
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT DELCY
RODRIGUEZ, THEY ARE DOING
BUSINESS WITH THEM, THEY ARE
DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CHINESE
AND IRANIANS.
THAT THEY ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS
BASICALLY.
ALL THE FOLKS WE DON'T LIKE SO
MUCH.
BUT NOW THAT THERE IS A
PRESIDENT THAT HAS A
RELATIONSHIP WITH US WHO WANTS
FREEDOM FOR HIS PEOPLE, HOW DOES
THAT CHANGE THE PUTIN EQUATION
WITH THE CHINESE AND IRANIANS.
>> WE HAVE SEEN RUSSIA, CHINA
AND CUBA ENGAGE IN WHAT WE'LL
CALL DEBT DIPLOMACY WITH
VENEZUELA.
AND WHAT WE'LL ASK OF THE NEW
TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT IS THAT
THEY UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION AND
RULE OF LAW.
MANY OF THOSE ARRANGEMENTS WERE
MADE UNILATERALLY BY THE MADURO
REGIME ANDER IN APPROVED THROUGH
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND THE
LEGISLATURE AS THE CONSTITUTION
REQUIRES.
BUT OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS IS A
NEW BEGINNING FOR OUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH VENEZUELA.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT IT'S
A NEW BEGINNING FOR THE
VEHICLESSIAN PEOPLE.
-- THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE MOVED
THAN TO SEE THE VAST CROWDS THAT
TOOK TO THE STREETS IN
VENEZUELA.
WAVING VENEZUELAN FLAGS AND
STANDING UP FOR FREEDOM AND
STANDING UP FOR DEMOCRACY AND
FAIR ELECTIONS AND THE RULE OF
LAW.
AND I AM VERY INSPIRED BY THE
COURAGE OF ALL OF THOSE IN THE
OPPOSITION WHO HAVE BEEN WILLING
TO STAND UP TO A REGIME THAT HAS
USED VIOLENCE TO OPPRESS ITS
CRITICS AND JAILED ITS
OPPOSITION IN THE PAST.
WE HAVE SEEN THE BRUTALITY OF A
MADURO REGIME.
THE COURAGE THAT PRESIDENT
GUAIDO HAVE SHOWN AND THE
COUNSEL OF THE OPPOSITION TO
BRING THIS DAY ABOUT.
IT'S NOT LOST ON PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND IT'S NOT LOST ON ME.
WE'LL STAND FIRM WITH THE PEOPLE
OF VENEZUELA UNTIL FREEDOM AND
DEMOCRACY ARE RESTORED.
>> AN GROWN LOPEZ TOLD ME --
THIS IS THE WOMAN MARRIED TO
LEOPOLD LOPEZ WHO PROBABLY WOULD
HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT IN A FAIR
ELECTION BECAUSE HE'S THE MOST
OF POPULAR POLITICIAN.
>> ANOTHER COURAGEOUS MAN.
TRISH: AND COURAGEOUS WOMAN AND
FLAME.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THEY
COULD DO THAN TAKE ON THIS
FIGHT.
BUT THEY TOOK IT ON.
I KNOW LILLIAN MET WITH YOU AND
MET WITH THE PRESIDENT.
BUT FOR HER THIS WAS A
BREAKTHROUGH.
SHE WASN'T ABLE TO GET ANY
TRACTION, SHALL WE SAY, DURING
THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT WASN'T
AS BIG A PRIORITY.
WHEN I HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE
CROWDS AND HOW IT'S AN EMOTIONAL
PERSONS WATCHING THEM, I FELT
THE SAME WAY.
I THINK AS AMERICANS WE WANT
WHAT'S RIGHT FOR PEOPLE.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO
CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY.
BUT WHY THIS SORT OF SENSE THAT
THEY COULD HANDLE IT ON THEIR
OWN PREVIOUSLY AND WHY THE
CHANGE?
IS THAT JUST A DIFFERENT VIEW OF
THE WORLD FROM THIS
ADMINISTRATION?
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD A UNIQUE
APPRECIATION FOR THE CHALLENGES
FROM VENEZUELA FROM EARLY IN
THIS ADMINISTRATION.
HE DEPLOYED THE FULL RESOURCES
OF OUR TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S A SANCTION MORE THAN 50
OFFICIALS IN THE MADURO REGIME,
AND MANY VERY CLOSE TO NICOLAS
MADURO.
WE PROVIDED $100 MILLION IN
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THOSE
WHO FLED VENEZUELA.
MY WIFE AND I VISITED REFUGEES
IN CAMS AROUND THE REGION.
THE PRESIDENT HAD A PRIORITY
EARLY IN THIS ADMINISTRATION
THAT WE WOULD TAKE ACTIONS
NECESSARY TO ISOLATE THE MADURO
REGIME ECONOMICALLY AND
DIPLOMATICALLY TO EMPOWER THE
PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA TO SEIZE
THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY FOR
FREEDOM.
AND THE LOPEZ FAMILY LED THE
WAY.
THEY SHOWED EXTRAORDINARY
COURAGE AND NOW WITH PRESIDENT
GUAIDO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO STAND WITH HIM, WITH OTHER
COUNTRIES THAT ARE RECOGNIZING
HIM AS THE LEGITIMATE PRESIDENT
OF VENEZUELA.
AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO AND WITH
AND PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF
VENEZUELA UNTIL FREEDOM IS
RESTORED.
TRISH: ARE YOU GOING TO INVITE
PRESIDENT GUAIDO HERE?
>> I WILL LEAVE THAT DECISION TO
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
BUT THIS IS A GOOD DAY FOR
FREEDOM.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THIS
PRESIDENT, THIS ADMINISTRATION