Inside a Nobel Peace Prize winner’s daring escape from Venezuela

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  Good morning.

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  It's Friday, December 12th.

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  I'm Shamita Basu.

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  This is Apple News Today.

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  On today's show, inside the last-minute battle over healthcare subsidies, how Robert F.

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  Kennedy Jr.

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  came to be the most powerful figure in national public health,

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  and Disney cuts a major AI deal that could transform how their creations are used by fans.

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  But first,

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  the latest on the escalating conflict with Venezuela and a closer look at the country's Nobel Laureate opposition leader.

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  This week, the U.S.

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  took aim at a central piece of the Venezuelan economy, oil, after it seized a tanker.

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  The operation was the focal point of Press Secretary Caroline Levitt's briefing yesterday.

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  We're not going to stand by and watch sanctioned vessels sail the seas with black market oil,

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  the proceeds of which will fuel narco-terrorism of rogue and illegitimate regimes around the world.

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  The same day the Trump administration announced it had sanctioned half a dozen more ships,

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  as well as three of President Maduro's nephews.

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  As his government contemplates its next move, dozens of other vessels wonder about theirs.

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  As Reuters reports, many more sanctioned shipments could be targets if they set sail.

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  For this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, leading Venezuelan opposition leader,

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