And for a perspective from the other side of the aisle, we turn now to Congressman Don Bacon, whom Leader Jeffries mentioned.

I spoke with the Nebraska Republican and retired Air Force Brigadier General earlier today.

Congressman Don Bacon, welcome to the News Hour.

Thank you.

On the matter of Venezuela, you were among the lawmakers briefed today by the administration

on the Maduro operation.

Did you get the answers you needed?

And what outstanding questions do you still have about how the White House is approaching

Venezuela?

Maybe two parts to my answer.

First part, they gave us details of the operation.

It was extraordinarily complicated, lots of moving parts, special forces, 150 different aircraft,

and it had to be synchronized to the minute or to the second almost in many cases.

And it was brilliantly performed and executed by our military.

So a lot of pride as a 30-year Air Force guy.

Now, the bigger question, what do we do next?

And I would say the administration is vague right now, what to do next.

I worry that we're propping up the vice president who did not win the election.

She was part of the illegitimate government with Maduro.

She's part of the Maduro's team.

Now there were elections in Venezuela, and a guy named by Gonzales won handily, almost 70 to 30 percent, right?

A huge win.

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