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CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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The Trump administration is ramping up its campaign against Venezuela. We’ll tell you where a winter storm is causing the worst travel conditions. The man accused of shooting two National Guard members last week made his first court appearance. A tech giant and his wife are investing billions of dollars in American children. Plus, what happened on day two of Brian Walshe’s murder trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, from CNN.

0:02.7

I'm Afoma DK with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, December 2nd.

0:08.7

President Donald Trump says the U.S. will carry out strikes inside Venezuela soon.

0:13.2

You know, the land is much easier.

0:15.2

It's much easier.

0:16.2

And we know the routes they take.

0:17.7

We know everything about them.

0:19.2

It's part of the Trump administration's campaign to attack boats that claims are carrying drugs

0:23.3

to the U.S. During a cabinet meeting today, Trump said neither he nor defense secretary Pete

0:28.9

Hexeth knew about a follow-up strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean back in September,

0:34.7

as the administration continues to say that an admiral gave the order.

0:38.3

Hexeth echoed those comments.

0:40.3

I watched that first strike lot.

0:42.3

As you can imagine, at the Department of War, we got a lot of things to do.

0:45.3

So I didn't stick around for the hour and two hours, whatever, where all the sensitive site exploitation digitally occurs.

0:52.3

So I moved on to my next meeting. I did not personally see survivors, but I stand because the thing was on fire.

0:59.0

It was exploded in fire or smoke.

1:00.8

You can't see anything.

1:01.6

You got digital.

1:02.6

This is called the fog of war.

1:04.6

On the flight back from Beirut to Rome following his first foreign trip since his election

1:08.7

in May, Pope Leo urged the U.S. to find,

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