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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

US Seizes Russian Oil Tanker

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

As today's show begins, we've just received word that the US has seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuela in the North Atlantic. This comes on the heels of a second ship seized in a pre-dawn operation in the Caribbean.  Also on today's show: Three Minnesota lawmakers are on Capitol Hill to address allegations of fraud and misuse of federal funds in the state.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Happening now breaking news, tanker seized. We are getting late reporting into the situation

0:36.8

room that the U.S. seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker linked. We are getting late reporting into the situation room that the U.S. seized a Russian

0:39.0

flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuela in the North Atlantic. And breaking moments ago,

0:44.9

a second ship seized in a pre-dawn operation of the Caribbean. We will have the very latest.

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Also, fraud allegations, three Minnesota lawmakers on Capitol Hill right now as a committee

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Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

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I'm Wolf Blitzer with Pamela Brown, and you're in the Situation Room.

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This is CNN Breaking News.

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And we begin this hour with the breaking news.

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The U.S. has seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuela.

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The ship seen here in the distance had been fleeing the U.S. Coast Guard since last month.

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