Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.
We're coming to you live from our studio in London.
I'm Lise Doucette.
We start our program in Venezuela.
Today another US warship.
The US has gravely sailed into waters not far from the Venezuelan coast,
adding to the growing US presence of warships and warplanes in the region.
The US calls it a war against drug traffickers.
But there's a growing sense that this is about something different.
And this morning, the US Senator Lindsey Graham spoke to that speculation.
He told the CBS's Face the Nation program that the US could soon launch military attacks on Venezuelan soil.
Yeah, I think that's a real possibility.
I think President Trump's made a decision that Maduro, the leader of Venezuela,
is an indicted drug trafficker that it's time for him to go,
that Venezuela and Colombia have been safe havens for Narco-Terrace for too long.
And President Trump told me yesterday that he plans to brief members of Congress when he gets back from Asia about future potential military operations against Venezuela and Colombia.
So there will be a congressional briefing about a potential expanding from the sea to the land.
I support that idea.
So there you have it.
Well,