on the streets of lima, members of the security forces confronted crowds demanding the resignation of president dina boluarte. you re watching bbc news. now, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. venezuela s authoritarian leader, nicolas maduro, has, for the moment, outmanoeuvred those forces inside and outside the country, intent on his removal. last month, the opposition gave up on their own alternative president and indicated a willingness to negotiate with maduro. in the us, in latin america and in europe, they seem ready to engage with the caracas regime, not least because oil supplies are at a premium. my guest is leopoldo lopez, long time venezuelan opposition leader and former political prisoner, now in exile in spain. is it time for him to acknowledge failure? leopoldo lopez in madrid, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. thank you for the opportunity. it s great to have you on the show. back in 2019, your big idea as a key leader of t
season. i ll do what the medical experts advise me to do. and i m quite certain they re not going to advise me in the wrong direction when it has to do with his health. his health is the first, foremost and only priority. reporter: this was his second diagnosed concussion this season for tua tagovailoa, kaitlan. there s an overwhelming amount of former players on social media urging tua to take care of his body and mind, let them heal because his long term health is far more important. rg-3 saying he shouldn t play again this season. we ll see what he and the team decide. thanks for the update. cnn this morning continues right now. good morning, everyone. it is thursday, december 29th. don is off this morning. we have a lot of news under way, especially coming out of ukraine where russia has launched a massive attack overnight. missile strikes hitting critical infrastructure injuring civilians. we re live at the scene of one of those strikes in a few moments. al
a batch of new transcripts. what did donald trump jr. tell the committee? plus, a message from moscow. nearly 70 missiles pierce the ukrainian sky in a massive attack. the target ukraine s energy grid. the objective to force war weary ukrainians to spend the holidays in the pitch black. and the united states revives a covid travel restriction for passengers traveling from china. that s what we re watching this hour. hello, everyone, i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. developing, the january 6th committee releasing deposition transcripts from 19 witnesses, many of them donald trump insiders. now, the list includes the former president s son donald trump jr., kimberly guilfoyle, the former fox anchor and trump jr. s girlfriend. stephanie grisham, alexa farah griffin, stephen miller, a former top adviser, christopher miller, the former acting defense lawyer and paula reid joining us with the latest. what did he tell the committee? a lot of news in this batch of transcri
the documents had been returned. it also including this new photo showing documents with classified markings laid out on a carpet. some of them found in a desk in the former president s personal office. the filing also says some of the documents were so sensitive, fbi agents and justice department attorneys needed additional security clearances to look at them. doj also says trump s request for a special master is quote unnecessary and would significantly harm governmental interests including national security interests. the former president has until 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight to respond. a federal judge in florida will hold a hearing tomorrow on his request for a special master. with us now to take a closer look, nbc news homeland security continue julie ainsley, a former prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst and frank figliuzzi, an msnbc national security analyst. julia, what else are we able to learn from this court filing? one of the things, buried in a footnote, they say
committee is cooperating now with the u.s. justice department. the chairman reveals the feds are interested in information on the collectors plot that was aimed at overturning drums 2020 defeat. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. a scenic view in jerusalem at this pivotal moment for u.s. relations in the middle east. president biden is on the ground here in israel. the first top of his trip to the region that includes a very, very sensitive meeting later this week with saudi leaders. cnn white house correspondent jeremy is with us. this is a high-stakes visit for the president as he works to strengthen stability between israel and other allies in the region. that s right. senior u.s. officials have told me they are looking for opportunities on this trip to deepen the emerging partnerships between israel and many arab countries in the region. both those existing and new partnerships that have ha