Tonight, President Trump confirming he's authorized the CIA to operate in Venezuela and now

suggesting military strikes inside the country could be next.

The new escalation amid U.S. strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats, the president

vowing more attacks at sea and maybe on land.

And what he said when directly asked if he was trying to take out Venezuela's leader.

Plus the emergency landing, Defense Secretary Pete Higgsett's plane forced to land with a cracked windshield.

The new warning from a U.S. commander for Hamas to disarm and why Israel is accusing Hamas of violating the peace deal with the militant group just announced.

A passenger plane forced to turn around and land after potentially toxic fumes filled the cockpit and cabin.

The pilots breathing through masks.

Immigration standoff, the car chase caught on camera, ending with a Border Patrol SUV

slamming into a suspect's vehicle.

The teen murder cold case breakthrough, how a smoothie cup helped investigators make an arrest

40 years later, the victim's father speaking out tonight.

Ambushed at gunpoint in their own driveway, how the attackers allegedly used an air tag to track the couple home.

Dramatic video of massive grain silo collapsing to the ground, sending people running.

The daring rescue how firefighters saved this dog

trapped in California floodwaters.

And a house collapsing on a firefighter,

his newborn son fighting for his life in the NICU.

Their incredible stories of survival

and the emotional moment they were finally back together.

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