Welcome to Meet the Press Now.

I'm Garrett Hake in Washington, where the Trump administration appears to be significantly escalating its conflict with Venezuela.

President Trump confirming the first known U.S. strike within the country

after months of targeting alleged drugboats in international waters in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific.

That air strike on Venezuelan soil conducted in total secrecy. The White House is still not confirming

basic details of the attack, even after the president addressed the strike

and remarks to reporters yesterday.

There was a major explosion in the dock area

where they load the boats up with drugs.

They load the boats up with drugs,

so we hit all the boats, and now we hit the area.

It's the implementation area, that's where they implement, and that is no longer around.

NBC News has not been able to verify where or when the attack actually happened, and the

president did not confirm whether it was the military or the CIA that was responsible, although

he's previously acknowledged authorizing covert operations

inside Venezuela and has been threatening action on land for months. Well, I don't want to tell you

exactly, but we are certainly looking at land now because we've got the sea very well under control.

It's about 85% stopped by sea. You probably notice that people aren't wanting to be delivering by sea.

And we'll be starting to stop them by land also.

And now we're gonna do land,

because the land is much easier,

and it's even more prevalent.

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