and all the main news stories straight after hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. nicolas maduro, venezuela s authoritarian socialist over the past decade, he s overseen a crumbling economy, of venezuela s population and yet, he is still in power, and the opposition s big idea, the creation of an alternative government, has foundered. my guest, maria corina machado, is currently frontrunner amongst opposition candidates but does she have any realistic chance of toppling venezuela s strongman? maria corina machado in caracas, venezuela, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen. it s a pleasure. for years, you have argued that participating in democracy in venezuela under nicolas maduro s rule is a grave mistake because it ends up legitimising maduro. so, how come you ve now decided to put your hat in the ring and seek the nomination from the opposition to fight in next year s presidential election? for years, we, the venezuelan people have been explaining to the world th
maria corina machado. welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, it is a pleasure. great to have you on the show. for years, you have argued that participating in democracy in venezuela under nicolas maduro s rule, is a grave mistake because it ends up legitimising maduro. how come you have now decided to your hat in the ring how come you have now decided to put your hat in the ring and seek the nomination from the opposition, to fight in next year s presidential elections? for years, venezuela s people have been explaining to the world the way nicolas maduro have been rigging elections and turning down through control and repression, thejudiciary system, the national assembly, as well as the military at every single democratic institution. we have reached a point in which we realise maduro is willing to do anything to stay in power. the only way through which we can confront and defeat him is building a huge, unprecedented social movement, citizen movement that is ri
& friends weekend on sunday, january 21st, all eyes on new hampshire as candidates make their final pitch. former president donald trump looking ahead, surrounding himself with the south carolina delegation. former governor nikki haley s response coming up straight ahead. rachel: se senator fetterman d far left progressives left him, he donned his best sweats for the interview. he s wearing them. watch this, a rancheer saves a trapped calf on a frozen pond. he s live with us for the final hour of fox & friends weekend which happens to start right now. that is manta locking, i hope i m right, shores, new jeer you sigh. looks new jersey, looks like a view from heaven on the water there. mantaloke i m told. john deline from the new york post donned sweats to interview youwith us this morning, havingn that in the past with john fetterman. rachel: he was denied entry into fancy restaurants. i didn t recognize him downstairs because there was a dude down there in the g
you re in the faulkner focus. after his speech at the air force academy commencement, it took minutes for his near face plant to go viral and make worldwide headlines. an air force officer and two members of his secret service detail had to help him get up. you can see him at some point after this point to something on the ground. nothing is confirmed about that, but he says it was a sand bag. this is far from the first time the president has struggled with his balance. he is now 80 years old. he would be 86 at the end of a second term if he were reelected. president biden laughing off the fall when he got back to the white house. we were showing you other times he had fallen. others see it as a really serious issue. i think just the image of that splicing together with the other ones you mentioned only deep ensome of the concerns and misgivings some voters have. it is humiliating for him and for the country because not only is this man the current president, he actuall
officially voting to impeach state attorney general, ken paxton. under state law, he s now temporarily suspended from his duties as he now awaits a senate trial. some of the counts included bribery, obstruction of justice, dereliction of duty, and fitness for office, abuse of public trust. this follows years of legal and ethical struggles and most controversial a.g.. texans called the most of the top texas republicans have been now mont the tub lick. with us now, nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson. priscilla, this is historic. what more can you tell us? alicia, it is historic. there have been supporters of ken paxton who flooded to the gallery today to listen as this hearing took place, and as they were letting out we were able to grab mr. here. you re a supporter of ken paxton, your reaction here is that the house is willing to impeach him. i was surprised about having to i think this proceeding is illegal. we ll get a statute in 1993 that is essential