Sunny Hostin: America's Actions On Venezuela Are 'Simply Illegal'

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🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Hostin joins executive producer Brian Teta and weighs in on the legality of the United States' capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Then, she reacts to a recent interview with Jennifer Lopez on her relationship deal-breakers and making compromises with your partner. Lastly, she shares about her holiday break and her trip to Dubai! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, it is 2026.
0:02.0	Happy New Year, Sonny.
0:03.0	Happy New Year, Brian.
0:04.0	We can still say it today, I think, right?
0:06.0	How many more days?
0:07.0	January 5th.
0:08.0	We can say it for like the month.
0:09.0	Larry David famously said you get three days and then he's done as one word anymore.
0:12.0	No, no, no, that's not true.
0:14.0	Okay.
0:15.0	You get a month.
0:16.0	All right, good.
0:17.0	We're still getting used to saying 2026. We're still getting used to writing it down. I'm still writing 2023 on my checks. So there you go.
0:28.9	We started the show today with a big, big story. And by the way, the weeks we've been gone.
0:34.6	Oh my gosh. There's been so many big stories that I would have been so sure we were going to come back
0:39.4	and lead the show with. Yes. And then we... And they just kept on top in each other, didn't they? Then we conquered Venezuela. So that's where we are. You said on today's show that America arresting Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro. and I'm watching right now
0:53.1	he's appearing in federal court
0:54.3	on a monitor here in this studio.
0:57.2	Early Saturday morning Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro. And I'm watching right now, he's appearing in federal court on a monitor here in this
0:56.0	studio.
0:57.2	Early Saturday morning, it violated international law.
1:00.5	It did.
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