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NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

Monday, January 5, 2026

NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas

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3.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Maduro appears in court on narco-terrorism charges; Trump on Venezuela: ‘We’re in charge’; Venezuela border on edge as Trump suggests U.S. action in Colombia; and more on tonight’s broadcast.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Breaking news tonight, the extraordinary moment inside a New York courtroom captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife pleading not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges.

0:12.5

Maduro in shackles telling a U.S. judge he was, quote, kidnapped and still is president.

0:19.2

His wife appearing with bandages on her face. The stunning

0:22.5

outburst in the courtroom and my exclusive interview tonight with the deputy attorney general,

0:27.7

why he argues the capture was completely legal. Who is really in charge of Venezuela? The country's

0:33.8

vice president sworn in as an interim leader with Maduro's son by her side.

0:39.4

Argue Boutierrez is at the border, plus what President Trump just told our Kristen Welker

0:44.1

about the role he'll play in running the country.

0:47.3

Vice President J.D. Vance's Ohio home vandalized, windows shattered by a man with a hammer.

0:53.6

How was he able to get so close?

0:55.7

The stunning reversal, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, dropping his re-election bid amid a scandal

1:01.9

over daycare funds, a break in the case, a person of interest in the Ohio couple murdered

1:07.4

in their own home. Flu-like illnesses reaching the highest rate ever on record.

1:12.7

Plus, the controversial new child vaccine recommendations just announced.

1:16.7

The first GLP1 weight loss drug officially available as a pill today.

1:22.2

How much it could cost you?

1:24.6

This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Yamas.

1:31.1

And good evening.

1:32.2

We begin tonight with the extraordinary events that brought the man who was leading the country of Venezuela just 72 hours ago to standing before an American courtroom today in shackles.

1:43.2

This was the scene in New York City today.

1:45.4

Nicolas Maduro, the country's brutal former leader, handcuffed and surrounded by federal agents,

1:51.4

being brought into court to face charges of narco-terrorism. Maduro was defiant saying he is not

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