the u.s. is venezuela s biggest customer. so if we get to the point that the u.s. is going to impose sanctions on the oil, the oil trade, then that could destabilize markets, and cause problems for the united states economy, too. and then there is democracy itself. we ve seen it nose dive in venezuela. so there is a vacuum there. the u.s. wants to establish a strong democracy with the help of other nations if it can, but you have other influences that you mentioned, russia and china, that could also, you know, they ve been trying to get a real foothold there, in south america, in venezuela, so there s a chance for the u.s. to try to build up influence, continuing on, and we don t know really what the next steps are, either on the, you know, in venezuela, itself, with the duelling governments there, and other countries that are trying to change the situation.
all the way now to the mid atlantic. this is can be a system if you live along the east coast in the dc area this will be lasting you all the way through the sunday. you re just getting the very beginning of it. we had watches and warnings and advisories stretching through the entire area. back from st. louis again. dc might get the most snow when it s over at least from where we are right now. continuing on. this is a snow fall predictions not from what is already falling. you get into the dc area and some of the surrounding communities. possibly once again another three to 6 inches. you can run all the way through the overnight hours. it will be round after round of snow here. i do think by the time we get going into the evening for
educated men he s going to get. he got them last in the 2016 election. they ve been with him ever since. the problem he is now facing, you alluded to it, is that he is losing women. he s losing white women, who he won by, as he keeps improperly quoting, 52%. not all women but white women. he is losing college-educated whites. these are the groups that are fleeing the republican party. we saw it in 2017 in some special elections and in the state elections in my home state. and that s continuing on. so by doing this i think he is doubling down on his very narrow base. he can only get so many votes out of those people. what he s doing is breaking loose a whole chunk of other voters who are much more likely to leave the republican party. there s also the intensity problem. you look in the latest quinnipiac poll. 55% of women strongly disapprove of him. that s compared to 36% of men who strongly approve.
i think this is really a short-sighted strategy. donald trump has just about the full amount of white college educated men he s going to get. he got them last in the 2016 election. they ve been with him ever since. the problem he is now facing, you alluded to it, is that he is losing women. he s losing white women, who he won by, as he keeps improperly quoting, 52%. not all women but white women. he is losing college-educated whites. these are the groups that are fleeing the republican party. we saw it in 2017 in some special elections and in the state elections in my home state. and that s continuing on. so by doing this i think he is duj r doubling down on his very narrow base. he can only get so many votes out of those people. what he s doing is breaking loose a whole chunk of other voters who are much more likely to leave the republican party. there s also the intensity
so we told you earlier in the show that there would be a statement on the nomination of ronnie jackson to lead the va. this nomination that is now held up, well, we now have the statement so here it is as promised coming from the top republican and democrat, by the way, on the senate veterans affairs committee. it reads the senate committee on the veterans affairs is postponing the hearing to consider the nominee to be secretary of the u.s. department of veterans affairs in light of new information presented to the committee. does not specify what that new information is. continuing on, we take very seriously our constitutional duty to thoroughly and carefully vet each nominee sent to the senate for confirmation. we will continue looking at these serious allegations and have requested additional information from the white house to enable the committee to conduct a fuel investigation. we will keep you updated as soon