guatemala. we thank the president of the country and the people for the important decision to move the embassy to jerusalem. we believe that this is a just and correct decision and it reflects also the deep friendship between our countries. the palestinians have announced the decision and calling it a violation of international law. the foreign ministry saying ten countries are talking with israel about recognizing jerusalem as its capitol. so far those countries not being named. patty ann? david lee miller, thank you. budget caps threatening to derail the president s spending plan. if congress doesn t vote to raise the ceiling, what could be on the chopping block? a live report from the pentagon next.
now, some republican lawmakers of the senate armed services committee tried to slam on the brakes for a moment. senator ben sasse released a statement saying, no. congress obviously isn t authorizing war in venezuela. nicolas maduro is a horrible human being, but congress doesn t vote to spill nebraskaans blood based on the executive lashes out today. i have no idea why we would use military force in venezuela. i m a pretty hawkish guy. i know that if we don t send more troops to afghanistan it s going to fail, and every soldier in afghanistan is an insurance policy against another 9/11. i know why we have troops in iraq and syria to train people to destroy isil. i know why we have troops in south korea and europe, to protect us against threats like north korea and russia expansion. i have no idea why we would use military force in venezuela. now, the vice president who was in columbia for a week-long trip to latin america, declined to rule out military action
venezue venezuela. this is our neighbor. we re all over the world. and we have troops all over the world in places that are very, very far away. venezuela is not very far away and the people are suffering, and they re dying. we have many options for venezuela, including a possible military option if necessary. lawmakers are weighing in after president trump suggested the united states is considering military action in venezuela. in the wake of the comments the white house said friday night that the venezuelan leader requested a phone call with president trump. the trump reportedly denied the request saying he ll speak to him when democracy has been restored to that country. some tried to slam on the breaks. ben sass of nebraska released a statement saying no, congress obviously isn t authorizing war in venezuela. nicholas maduro is a horrible human being, but congress doesn t vote to vil nebraskan s
nicolas maduro is a horrible human being, but congress doesn t vote based on who the executive lashes out at today. the spokesman for the pentagon said in a briefing that his agency has not received any orders with regards to venezuela itself. journalist steph an oh cord oh van is in car acan you say. how is venezuela s government responding at this point? reporter: well, christie, we have yet to hear any answer from maduro himself. but who has acted is rod rig gez who used tor to be a former minister until a few months ago and he s now the head of the that has just been installed. she tweeted late last night that she thinks the comment by president trump is cowardly and that venezuela is ready to lash out and to react to any
military, people like leon panetta, who was defense secretary, are really concerned right now. this is not a joke. it s not a game. right. real people can you know, in 1994 when we almost went to war with north korea, president clinton had the casualty figures put together, what would actually happen. 59,000 american dead. 490,000 korean dead in 90 days. yeah. we don t even have an ambassador to south korea to sort of sit him down. it wouldn t be nuclear. this is conventional war. this is the real deal. let me read you what senator ben sasse had to say. he said, no, congress obviously isn t going to war in venezuela. nicolas maduro is a horrible human being, but congress doesn t vote to spill nebraskans blood based on what the exclusive lashes out at today. i recently saw the movie lbj,