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It's Saturday, January 3rd.
I'm Tracy Mumford.
At my direction,
the United States Armed Forces conducted an extraordinary military operation in the capital of Venezuela.
President Trump says the U.S.
has captured Venezuela's President, Nicolas Maduro.
and that the U.S.
will now run the country.
So we're going to say until such time
as we're going to run it essentially until such time as a proper transition can take place.
He says Maduro, along with his wife, were taken to a U.S.
warship, and they're being brought to New York to face charges,