Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett. I'm the Navas is away. On the news hour tonight.

Venezuela becomes embroiled in a political standoff after both Nicholas Maduro's ruling party

and the opposition claimed victory in that country's presidential election.

President Biden proposes major changes to the US Supreme Court, including term limits.

You need these reforms to resort trust in the court.

Preserve the system of checks and balances that are vital to our democracy.

And how the Trump and Harris campaign messages are resonating with voters

fewer than 100 days before the election. Welcome to the news hour. The US says it has serious concerns about the

election results in Venezuela. That's after Venezuela's authoritarian

leader Nicolas Maduro declared a victory in a tumultuous presidential race.

Exit polls in yesterday's voting showed a blowout win for the opposition party.

Now both Maduro and the opposition party. Now both Maduro and the opposition have

claimed a win but most world leaders have held back from recognizing the results.

Even before the official results the headlines were set and the papers went to print.

Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro claimed another six years in office.

This really caught my attention. It was not what you would expect. At least I did not expect it.

And there was good reason for that surprise on the otherwise quiet streets of Caracas.

Last night's exit polls told a different story

showing that Maduro's main challenger

at Mundo Gonzalez would win by a large margin.

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado,

who championed Gonzalez after she was banned from running

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