were then transported to New York late Saturday night where they were being held at a Brooklyn

jail awaiting today's arraignment before they took off this morning being transported right now.

This strike and seizure by the U.S. military was the culmination of a months-long campaign in the region,

building up forces, targeting alleged drug boats, and intercepting

oil tankers. President Trump said over the weekend the United States will run Venezuela for an

unspecified period of time, zeroing in on advancing American oil interests there.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio then tried to clarify that comment, saying the focus is not on governing but on setting future policy.

The president, however, doubled down on his assertion just last night while outlining what he says he needs from the acting leader of Venezuela and Maduro's former VP, Delsey Rodriguez. Don't ask me, who's in charge because I'll give you an answer and it'll be very confident. What does that mean? We're in charge. Have you spoken with her? We're in charge. Have you spoken with her? No, no, I haven't, but other people are. Do you want to?

Not the right time, I will.

Did the U.S.

give Elsie Roger you guys any guarantees in exchange for cooperating with your administration?

No, but she's cooperated.

Do you want to demand for the short term in Venezuela?

Well, it depends.

You know, one Kentucky.

We have to do one thing in Venezuela, bring it back. It's a dead country right now.

How soon can an election take place? Well, I think we're looking more at getting it fixed, getting it ready first, because it's a mess. The country is a mess. It's been horribly run. The oil is just flowing at a very low level.

Much lower than, even if it was badly run,

it should have more income, more oil than what they're doing.

What is the way to happen to those reserves?

We're going to run it, fix it.

We'll have elections at the right time. But the main thing you have to

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