Good evening. I'm Amna Nawaz. And I'm Jeff Bennett. On the news hour tonight,

the opposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro appears in federal court after being captured by

U.S. forces. We get views from on the ground in Venezuela and in neighboring Colombia.

Then a top aide to opposition figure, a Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Carina Machado,

who's been sidelined by President Trump.

What is the future of Venezuela's leadership?

Plus, the CDC cuts back on the number of vaccines

it recommends for children, despite pediatricians' objections.

It's really based not on any kind of science or evidence, but simply a political ideology.

Welcome to the News Hour.

Nicolas Maduro, the former president of Venezuela, appeared alongside his wife before a federal judge in New York today, saying, quote, I'm innocent.

I am not guilty.

I am a decent man, the president of my country.

Maduro and his wife, Celia Flores, were taken by American forces early Saturday on orders of President Trump and flown to the U.S.

Withero also told the judge he was, quote, kidnapped from his home in Caracas.

His lawyers are expected to argue he was illegally arrested and is immune from prosecution.

Tonight in Washington, Trump administration officials are briefing members of Congress

who were not notified before the Saturday operation on what will come next. Nick Schifrin has more.

Today, the dictator turned detainee became the defendant. Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro

appeared in federal court, facing

charges of narco-terrorism and conspiracy to import cocaine.

Back in the country, he led for more than a decade, where the U.N. says 80 percent of the

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