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This is CNN Breaking News.

Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper, and we're going to begin with breaking news in our

world lead. We're watching Capitol Hill right now for a classified, urgent briefing on the

extraordinary situation in Venezuela. Any moment, top Trump administration officials, including

Defense Secretary Pete Pegsath, Attorney General Pambandi, included, are expected to brief

the gang of eight in Congress, along with

the chairs and top Democrats on the Senate and House Foreign Relations and Armed Services

Committees.

Earlier today, we saw a former Venezuelan leader, Nicholas Maduro, on U.S. soil,

specifically in a New York City courtroom.

Maduro, who the U.S. says only sees power in Venezuela due to

illegitimate elections, was captured on Saturday in a U.S. military operation, along with his

wife, First Lady Celia Flores. The two now face drugs and weapons charges, accused of running

state-sponsored gangs and trafficking drugs in Venezuela.

This morning in court both pleaded not guilty. Maduro saying, quote, I was captured at my home

in Caracas, Venezuela. I am innocent. I am not guilty. Maduro also added that he was a decent

man. Members of both political parties are praising the U.S. military members who carried out

this operation. We're told that some sustained shrapnel imageries, but all are expected to be okay,

ultimately. That was not the case for others on the ground in Venezuela. The Cuban government said

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