Venezuela Port Strike, MN Police Surge, Kennedy Center Cancellations and more

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🗓️ 30 December 2025

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The US struck its first target inside Venezuela earlier this month. President Donald Trump has wrapped up two days of diplomacy with Israel and Ukraine’s leaders. We explain how a viral video by a led to a surge of police presence in Minnesota. More artists are cancelling their appearances at the Kennedy Center. Plus, this iconic musician has reached a financial milestone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey from CNN, I'm Josh and Sharna with the Five Things You Need to Know for Tuesday,
0:06.0	December 30th.
0:08.0	We start with some exclusive CNN reporting.
0:10.9	Sources familiar with the matter say the CIA carried out a drone strike on a Venezuelan
0:15.5	port facility earlier this month.
0:18.1	This marks the first known US attack on a target inside the country.
0:22.5	The target appears to have been a remote dock that the U.S. government believes was being used
0:26.5	to store drugs and then to move them onto boats for eventual shipping.
0:30.7	The CIA has declined to comment, but here's what President Donald Trump said about
0:34.2	the strike yesterday.
0:35.2	They load the boats up with drugs, so we hit all the boats, and now we hit the area.
0:40.1	It's the implementation area.
0:42.3	That's where they implement, and that is no longer around.
0:46.0	The news comes as the U.S. military carried out yet another deadly strike on an alleged
0:50.2	drug boat in international waters, this time in the Eastern Pacific. That's according
0:55.1	to a U.S. Southern Command post on social media yesterday, which also reports that two
0:59.5	men were killed in the attack.
1:02.5	We've got more news coming up, including how a viral video by a YouTuber led to a surge
1:07.0	of law enforcement in Minnesota.
1:13.5	President Trump just wrapped up two days of diplomacy, after hosting Ukraine's President
1:17.5	Vlodemez Zelensky and then Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
1:21.7	Talks with Netanyahu featured lots of flattery, despite no clear progress on moving to the
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