Trump Hints At Military Action In Venezuela

THIS IS "KCAL 9 NEWS" AT
JEFF: THINGS FOR JOINING US I'M
JEFF VAUGHN.
LEYNA: AND I'M LEYNA NGUYEN.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DOUBLING DOWN
ON HIS WARNINGS TO NORTH KOREA
AS THE WAR OF WORDS RAMPS UP.
THE PRESIDENT FOCUSED ON ANOTHER
TROUBLE SPOT THAT IS WHERE THE
PARTIES NOT RULING OUT MILITARY
ACTION THERE.
POLITICAL REPORTER DAVE BRYAN
JOINS US WITH THE LATEST ON
THAT.
FOR.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE SAW THIS
ONE COMING TO PEOPLE AT THE
PENTAGON HAD NO IDEA.
EVEN AS HE TURNS UP THE HEAT ON
NORTH KOREA PRESIDENT TRUMP
PULLED OFF A SHOCKER I
SUGGESTING HE'S CONSIDERING
WHETHER TO USE FORCE AND
VENEZUELA A COUNTRY THAT IS
HITTING ROCK AUTUMN AND
PRESIDENT NICHOLAS MADURO COULD
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS
CALLED THE DICTATOR IS SHUTTING
DOWN THE PARLIAMENT WHILE FOOD
AND MEDICINE AREN'T DANGEROUSLY
SHORT SUPPLY.
THIS WEEK THE STREETS OF CARACAS
HAVE SOMETIMES LOOKED MORE LIKE
A WAR ZONE WITH BATTLES BETWEEN
ANGRY PROTESTERS AND THE
NATIONAL POLICE FORCE.
ITS ECONOMY SHATTERED BY
PLUNGING OIL PRICES AND A
ONE-SIDED NATIONAL REFERENDUM
THAT WOULD GIVE THE TUTORIAL
POWERS TO VENEZUELA'S
CONTROVERSIAL PRESIDENT.
THE CITY IS MARKED BY LONG LINES
OF PEOPLE TRYING TO BUY BREAD
SKYROCKETING INFLATION AND EMPTY
SHELVES FOR FOOD AND MEDICINE
SHOULD BE FOR SALE.
ALL OF THIS HAS REDUCED
VENEZUELA TO A STATE OF CHAOS
REVOLT AND ANGER AND AS
PRESIDENT TRUMP DROPPED A
SHOCKER AND REPORTERS WHEN ASKED
ABOUT AMERICA'S OPTIONS FOR
DEALING WITH VENEZUELA.
WE HAVE MANY OPTIONS FOR
VENEZUELA AND BY THE WAY I'M NOT
GOING TO RELY THE MILITARY
OPTION.
WE HAVE MANY OPTIONS FOR
VENEZUELA.
THIS IS OUR NEIGHBOR.
WE ARE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WE HAVE TROOPS ALL OVER THE
WORLD IN PLACES THAT ARE VERY
FAR AWAY.
REPORTER: THE PRESIDENT MAKING
THE CASE THAT VENEZUELA IS TOO
CLOSE TO HOME TO RISK THE CHAOS
OR DICTATORSHIP SPILLING INTO
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
VENEZUELA IS NOT VERY FAR
AWAY AND THE PEOPLE ARE
SUFFERING AND BAYARD DYING.
WE HAVE MANY OPTIONS FOR
VENEZUELA INCLUDING A POSSIBLE
MILITARY OPTION IF NECESSARY.
REPORTER: THAT ROCK FORMER
DEFENSE SECRETARY LEON PANETTA
WHO TOLD "CNN" IN THE MIDDLE OF
A NUCLEAR CRISIS WITH NORTH
KOREA THE PRESIDENT SHOULD NOT
MAKING LOOSE STATEMENTS ABOUT A
MILITARY OPTION IN VENEZUELA.
THE PRESIDENT IN THE MIDDLE
OF A PRESS CONFERENCE TALKS
ABOUT MILITARY OPTIONS IN
VENEZUELA RAISING THE PROSPECT
THAT SOMEHOW HE'S THINKING ABOUT
USING MILITARY FORCE IN
VENEZUELA.
AT SOME POINT THE PRESIDENT HAS
TO RECOGNIZE AS
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AND AS THE
WORLD LEADER HE IS GOING TO HAVE
TO SPEAK WITH SOME DEGREE OF
STEADINESS AND RESPONSIBILITY.
REPORTER: IS FOR NORTH KOREA TO
PRESENT LANES PAST
ADMINISTRATIONS FOR THE MESS HE
IS NOW ACING ABOUT WHICH HE SAID
THIS.
NOBODY IS DONE THE JOB
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING AND
THAT'S WHY WE ARE IN THIS
HORRIBLE SITUATION RIGHT NOW.
IT IS A VERY BAD SITUATION AND A
VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
IT WILL NOT CONTINUE I CAN TELL
YOU.
REPORTER: HE ISSUED A NEW ROUND
OF WARNINGS TO NORTH KOREA THAT
WOULD UNLEASH THE FULL POWER AND
THE WRATH OF THE AMERICAN
MILITARY, THE PRESIDENT READING
MILITARY SOLUTIONS ARE ONLY IN
PLACE LOCKED AND LOADED SHOULD
NORTH KOREA ACT UNWISELY.
HOPEFULLY KIM JONG-UN WILL FIND
ANOTHER PATH.
LATER THE PRESIDENT ALL IT UP ON
THE TWEET.
I HOPE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO
FULLY UNDERSTAND THE GRAVITY OF
WHAT I SAID AND WHAT I SAID IS
WHAT I MEAN.
THOSE WORDS ARE EASY TO
UNDERSTAND.
REPORTER: THE PRESIDENT CHARGED
THAT KIM JONG-UN HAS BEEN
ABUSING THE WORLD FOR TOO LONG.
THIS MAN WILL NOT GET AWAY
WITH WHAT HE'S DOING.
IF HE DOES ANYTHING WITH RESPECT
TO GUAM OR ANYPLACE ELSE THAT'S
AN AMERICAN TERRITORY OR AN
AMERICAN ALLY HE WILL TRULY
REGRET IT AND HE WILL REGRET IT
FAST.
DESPITE ALL THE THREATS AND
TAUNTS FROM THE PRESIDENT THIS
WEEK THE PENTAGON SAYS IT ISN'T
SENDING ANY MORE BATTLESHIPS TO
THE KOREAN PENINSULA NOW NOR IS
IT MOBILIZING FORCES THERE AND
"THE NEWS YORK TIMES" REPORTING
THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY
EVACUATIONS OF THE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS LIVING IN
SOUTH KOREA OR FROM VENEZUELA
FOR THAT MATTER.
REPORTER: IS ANY SIGN AT ANY
SIGN AT ALL THAT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION HAS A POSSIBLE
WAY OUT OF THIS NORTH KOREA
CRISIS?
REPORTER: THERE AREN'T A LOT OF
SIGNS THAT'S FOR SURE BUT THERE
WERE A FEW HANDS TODAY THAT SOME
PROGRESS MIGHT BE TAKING PLACE.
FOR ONE THING PRESIDENT TRUMP
ANNOUNCED HE WOULD BE SPEAKING
BY TELEPHONE WITH CHINA'S
PRESIDENT XI JINPING ABOUT THE
NORTH KOREA CRISIS.
THAT COULD MEAN CHINA'S GETTING
MORE INVOLVED TO SET UP DIRECT
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE U.S.
AND NORTH KOREA AND THE
PRESIDENT BALANCES TOUGH REMARKS
WITH A FEW MENTIONS OF BEING
HOPEFUL THAT THIS CAN ALL BE
WORKED OUT.
ALSO SECRETARY OF STATE REX
TILLERSON TOLD REPORTERS THE

Trump Hints At Military Action In Venezuela

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