with more on president Trump's called to
acting Venezuelan president Juan de Bie
though meanwhile the president continues
to butt heads with the CIA and the FBI
so let's get to our DC bureau chief Ross
Palumbo he's following it all live from
the White House Ross well Lauren Calvin
we begin with breaking news tonight over
on the hill our senators Marco Rubio and
Rick Scott just meeting with Venezuela's
new diplomatic team the one appointed by
interim president Juan Guido the
Senators are now urging the military in
Venezuela to support Guido take a listen
it's time to restore constitutional
order but now is the time we have to put
maximum pressure on Maduro to step aside
well that meeting coming just after the
president this morning spoke directly
with Guido for the very first time
has the president spoken directly with
president Guido the Vice President has
had several conversations one week now
since the White House first recognized
Venezuela's one Guido is interim
president President Trump now reaching
out for the first time speaking directly
to the new leader Trump congratulating
him and reinforcing his strong support
for Venezuela's fight to regain
democracy for a very long time medoras
regime stole this money an estimated
four billion dollars which is four times
finished with as GDP in losses as Guido
relies on new US sanctions Director of
National Intelligence dan coats warning
that Cuba and Russia are both still
backing Nicolas Maduro we expect the
attempts by Cuba Russia and to some
extent China to prop up the Maduro
regime security or financing will lead
to additional efforts to exploit the
situation in exchange for access mostly
to Venezuelan oil meanwhile in that same
Senate briefing the intelligence
community directly contradicting the
President on Russia North Korea Iran
border security and Isis we have won
against Isis remaining pockets of Isis
and opposition fighters will continue we
agree we assess to a stoke violence the
president today striking back tweeting
perhaps intelligent should go back to
schools on the hill a bipartisan
commission meeting today for the first
time
to come up with a solution on border
security even though the president isn't
confident of success Speaker Pelosi
while walking with South Florida's Donna
shillelagh remaining positive I think
the conference can be a good result left
to its own devices without interference
and the day after Roger stone was
formally charged with seven felonies
debbie Wasserman Schultz whose emails
were stolen and exposed now speaking out
and there's no question that he aided
and abetted the Trump campaign senior
leadership person in getting the
information that Vladimir Putin stole
from the Democratic Party and from
Americans well South Florida's Roger
stone is due back up here in DC for yet
another court hearing coming up on
Friday at 1:30 for now that's the very
latest live from the White House I'm
Ross Palumbo Lauren Calvin back to you
and Ross there was talk earlier that
possibly a congressional leaders were
looking to try to do a deal without
President Trump as it relates to
stopping the government from shutting
down on February 15th have you heard
anything about that or does it look like
the government may be clearly shutting
down go ahead what we're hoping it
doesn't shut back down Calvin that would
be very damaging for the president
politically all are an agreement on that
but the president here at the White
House still making it clear today on
Twitter that he is expecting his wall
and 5.7 billion dollars over on the hill
they're focusing on border security in
general trying to get things like daca
included in this Nancy Pelosi saying in
the hallway with Donna shillelagh just a
little while ago that these negotiations
should go on without the president
interfering and then afterwards it'll be
up to him to vote on it 3:15 will be
here before you know it let's hope for
some progress Ross thank you