thank you all. i appreciate you all coming on. thank you. coming up, the revolving door inside the trump administration with the withdrawal of one high profile name highlighting the vacancies two years in as the president learns he ll have to find another nominee for u.n. ambassador. later the president will appear at florida international university talking about the crisis in venezuela as the administration reiterates the support of opposition leader guaido. the president is expected to demand that maduro leave power. and the president will call for venezue venezuela s military to allow for humanitarian aid. this speech matters not just on the international stage, but on the domestic stage with the votes of tens of thousands up for grabs in florida in 2020. on car insurance?
flagrant interference into the international internal fay fairs of a sovereign state. reporter: experts see the standoff in venezuela as a growing rift between american and russian leaders on key global issues. i think the trump/putin relationship is entering a different phase, a new phase and it s a lot rockier. the russian press has been very, very critical of trump lately. reporter: during his presidential campaign, donald trump openly voiced a desire to improve america s relationship with putin who had a tense relationship with former president barack obama. trump sided with putin in tell si helsinki, repeating putin s own denial that russia interfered in the u.s. election. i have president putin. he just said it s not russia. reporter: but faultlines between the two governments analysts caution could become personal, over things like venezuela. backing opposing sides in syria. and over putin s military engaging in increasingly aggressive moves against american forces. li
they say if the two leaders can make work together to negotiate a peaceful end to the standoff in venezuela, they might be able to maybe come together again. otherwise, they say this potential rift might only get worse, wolf. significant developments, indeed. brian todd, thanks very much for that report. coming up, breaking news. the acting attorney general says he s been fully briefed on the special counsel s probe and declares, and i m quoting him now, it s close to being completed. even as longtime trump ally roger stone faces arraignment on charges stemming from the mueller probe. and the white house hedges on a possible pardon.
later than originally scheduled. it is now scheduled for next tuesday in the house chamber. the speaker and the president and white house press secretary took a left turn for the first time in some six weeks to say the president does not want to go through another government shutdown but the president himself tells the wall street journal that it is certainly an option. just a day after officially launching her 2020 presidential run harris is in the early caucus state of iowa. that s five hours from now at 10:00 p.m. eastern. it is of the judiciary committee and analysts are standing by with full coverage. let s begin with breaking news. jim, the white house receives an invitation and sends out a tough message to venezuela.
on aryanment from the russian probe. will he standby the reto make a deal with mueller. harris is the latest to jump into the 2020 race and will meet with iowa voters band tonight s cnn town hall. schultz says he may launch and i dependent run for president. why does that have democrats worried? president trump recognizes the opposition leader and will venezuela become the first test of the putin/trump romance? you re in the situation room. breaking news, pelosi invited trump to deliver a state of the union address a week