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we need to practice that. in response to venezuela and the opposition leaders taken into custody overnight, the u.s. slapped sanctions on them. they could have halted all venezuelan oil exports, which would cripple them. that s 10% of exports. that is huge for them. was it appropriate was it a measured response or should the u.s. have done more in the sanctions on oil? i think it will be escalating. the truth is 20 years ago, we should have been dealing with this. this was very predictable, i saw that when i worked on the hill and he came into power. what trump is doing is escalating and he will do. start with steps. this is the first step, a serious step. it s never been taken against the president of venezuela. the next step could be the oil.
dispute over a parking space. any idea how or why this escalated to this point? you know, we re trying to figure all that out now. i mean it s an act of violence, you re right, resulted in a fight over a parking spot, something so incredibly silly, that an 18-year veteran of the police department, a really great detective lost his life. detective stevenson was celebrating his birthday today, he would have been 38 years old and we re just very fortunate that we have some really great officers in the department who work tirelessly to get some suspects into custody overnight, and the mayor and the police commissioner have been at the hospital until about 4:00 or 5:00 this morning with the family and we have an autopsy scheduled for about 8:15 this morning so once that takes place, we re building our case and we re hopeful to have some charges later in the day today. later today, well later in the day we ll follow that closely. thanks for your time this