Esa Cusack News Today

The cnn newsroom starts right now. 5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. Venezuelas sitting president Nicolas Maduro dealt a huge blow in his struggle to maintain power. More than 60 members of his Security Forces defected to colombia on saturday. This during massive protests demanding humanitarian aid be let into the country. Officials say that five people were killed and nearly 300 others wounded in the oppositionled demonstrations that took place. At least two trucks carrying supplies from colo...

4 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, our top story, venezuelas humanitarian crisis takes another deadly turn. Officials say that five people were killed near venezuelas border on saturday as troops clashed with protesters trying to bring aid to the country. At least two trucks carrying aid were set on fire on a bridge here. Opposition leader juan guaido who organized the protests indicated the president Nicolas Maduro was responsible. He urged troops not to support maduros regime. Translator your...

>> i think for a while the idea of military intervention from the u.s. seemed slightly far fetched, but i dont really see that it is anymore. if you look at some of the statements from trump, we saw in the recently leased book of mccabe, the former deputy director of the fbi that trump was saying basically why are we not going to war with venezuela, it has all this oil and it is on our doorstep and then the people involved in this on the u.s. side, extreme hawks like john bolton and mike pence, ...

The opposition had promised defectors amnesty. but this will only get uglier, seeing the mobbing of pro-maduro militia here, battered by the crowd, and spared only by colombian police. and if the symbolic bid to get aid in peacefully failed, then these scenes are what venezuela is left with. nick paton walsh, cnn, colombia. lets talk more about this now with esa cusack, with the london school of economics. good to have you with us. >> my pleasure. >> esa, two trucks did carry humanitarian aid ...

Our doorstep. and then you have the kind of people who are involved on this on the u.s. side, extreme hawks like john bolton and also mike pence, and especially maybe elliott abrams who was involved in some of the worst atrocities in central america in the 1980s. so, you know, these kind of people will be pushing for that option. and i really hope that the opposition doesnt play along with that. >> esa cusack from our london bureau, thank you for the insight. that much anticipated sentencing m...