Its high noon here in the east. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. New today, the uk says its warplanes have taken off for the countrys First Combat Mission against isis. Its just one day after parliament approved air strikes targeting isis in iraq. Its happenings a u. S. Warplanes hit a syrian town near the turkish border. Kelly joins us. How big a part is the uk playing in the fighting . Reporter so far its limited. Six tornado jets will be going up today. So far two have taken off from a base in cyprus. Theyve returned from that mission. They went along with a fueling plane. Were not yet sure what that mission was about, whether they performed any air strikes, whether they launched any missile strikes over iraq. Were still waiting to hear from the Defense Department on that. They have been performing surveillance and Reconnaissance Missions over iraq over the past six weeks. Its only after yesterdays vote in parliament when they were actually Going Forward with air strikes, alex .
Aggression will be met with a strong response. Late last night, police in caracas dismantled the stage set up by a proguaido group. The stage was to be for a rally today. Meantime, residents are dealing with nationwide blackouts, it has been going on several days. Power has only been partially restored to some areas we know of so far this morning. Cnn correspondent paula newton is live in venezuela with the latest. Paula, what are you seeing . Reporter good to be with you, victor, christi. These due american leagaling pr getting under way. We have been here before. What is crucial is for each side to show that they have them behind them. Theres controversy with Police Taking down the setup for the opposition leader, juan guaido. He tweeted back saying if they think they can wear us down, if they believe they can intimidate us, we have a surprise for them on the streets today. The issue here is momentum. The problem is that the opposition is worried as are people supporting them like th
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