1 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: And as to this commander in chief, he did something 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: people talked about doing. You just wait for Cuba. Cuba 3 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: is a communist dictatorship that's killed priests and nuns. They've 4 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: prayed on their own people. Their days are numbered. We're 5 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: gonna wake up one day, I hope in twenty six 6 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:26,080 Speaker 1: in our backyard. We're gonna have allies in these countries 7 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: doing business with America, not narco terrorist dictators killing Americas. 8 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 2: This is a. 9 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 3: Big frigging day. 10 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 2: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson. 11 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 4: Good Monday morning. It's nice to have you with us 12 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 4: on the forty seven Morning Update, and we've got a 13 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 4: very big story. It's the President of the United States 14 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:48,880 Speaker 4: of America, Donald Trump's foreign policy FAFO. Nicholas Maduro found 15 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 4: out exactly what happens when you don't listen to the 16 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 4: President of the United States of America and his warnings. 17 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 4: Now in a jail cell in New York City. So 18 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 4: how did we pull off this incredible mission and what 19 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 4: happens next? We have all the details for you. It's 20 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 4: the forty seven Morning Update and it starts right now. 21 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 4: Story number one, President Donald Trump announcing it in a simple, 22 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 4: true social post. The United States of America has successfully 23 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 4: carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, 24 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:24,040 Speaker 4: President Nicholas Maduro, who has been along with his wife, 25 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 4: captured and flown out of the country. This operation was 26 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 4: done in conjunction with US law enforcement. Details to follow. 27 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 4: He then said, there will be a news conference at 28 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 4: eleven am at mar Lago. Thank you for your attention 29 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 4: this matter, President J. Trump, and this is clearly the 30 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 4: Trump doctrine FAFO, making it clear that you better play 31 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 4: ball with us when we give you a warning. 32 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 5: JD. 33 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 4: Vance saying exactly that in his tweet, saying the President 34 00:01:55,680 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 4: offered multiple off ramps, but was very clear through out 35 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 4: the process the drug trafficking must stop and the stolen 36 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 4: oil must be returned to the United States. Maduro is 37 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 4: the newest person to find out that what President Trump says, 38 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 4: what he means, is what he says. Kudos to our 39 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 4: brave special operators who pulled off a truly impressive operation. 40 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 4: The President then called into Fox News Chump to talk 41 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 4: about it even before the press conference. Here's part of 42 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:27,359 Speaker 4: what he said. 43 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 5: You tell us. 44 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 2: Where Maduro and his wife are right. 45 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 6: The second, well, they'll be heading to New York. You 46 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 6: know they were indicted in New York and also so 47 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 6: were they take it to. 48 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 3: A ship first? 49 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 2: And then and then. 50 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 6: Yes, the Ewojima they're own a ship. Okay, they'll be 51 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 6: heading into New York. The helicopters took come out and 52 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 6: they went by helicopter to a nice flight. I'm sure 53 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 6: they loved it. But they've they've killed a lot of people. 54 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 6: Remember that, they killed a lot of people, and even 55 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 6: people in their own country. They killed a lot of 56 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 6: people to maintain power. He's a very vicious person. 57 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 4: A very vicious person. The President wasn't done there. He 58 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 4: also said this about Maduro as well, and why the 59 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 4: operation took place. 60 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 6: It just was the right time to do it. We 61 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,640 Speaker 6: had to do it because it's a war. We're losing 62 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 6: three hundred thousand people a year. We don't lose that 63 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 6: much in a war. Okay, if you look, and we 64 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 6: had to do it. But he was in a house 65 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 6: that was more like a fortress than a house. It 66 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:38,720 Speaker 6: had steel doors, it had what they call the safety space, 67 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 6: whereas you know, solid steel all around. He didn't get 68 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 6: that space closed. He was trying to get into it, 69 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 6: but he got bum rushed so fast that he didn't 70 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 6: get into that. We were prepared. We had, you know, 71 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,840 Speaker 6: massive blow torches and everything else that you need to 72 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 6: get through that steel, but we didn't need it. He 73 00:03:58,280 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 6: didn't make it to that area. 74 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 4: Of the President Trump giving an update to the world, obviously, 75 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,480 Speaker 4: then having his press conference where he walked out and 76 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 4: he said, this is his opening statement. 77 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:16,919 Speaker 5: Late last night and early today, at my direction, the 78 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 5: United States Armed Forces conducted an extraordinary military operation in 79 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 5: the capital of Venezuela. Overwhelming American military power, AirLand and 80 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 5: sea was used to launch a spectacular assault, and it 81 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 5: was a assault like people have not seen since World 82 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 5: War Two. It was a force against a heavily fortified 83 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:50,080 Speaker 5: military fortress in the heart of Bracus to bring outlaw 84 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 5: dictator Nicholas Maduro to justice. This was one of the 85 00:04:54,960 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 5: most stunning, effective and powerful displays of American military might 86 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 5: and confidence in American history. 87 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 4: In American history. It was truly incredible what we'd accomplished. 88 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 4: The President then went on to talk about the Venezuelan 89 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 4: military capabilities and how we were able to take them 90 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 4: out so quickly. Much of their military powered come from 91 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 4: Russia as well as China, and some of their military 92 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 4: were even mercenaries that were borrowed from Cuba to protect him. 93 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:33,919 Speaker 5: No nation in the world could achieve what America achieved yesterday, 94 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 5: or frankly, in just a short period of time. All 95 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 5: Venezuelan military capacities were rendered perilous as the men and 96 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 5: women of our military, working with US law enforcement, successfully 97 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 5: captured Maduro in the dead of night. It was dark, 98 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 5: the lights of Caracas were largely turned off due to 99 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 5: a c expertise that we have. It was dark and 100 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 5: it was deadly, but captured along with his wife, Celia Flores, 101 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 5: both of whom now faced American justice. 102 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 4: No nation you listen to the President of the United 103 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:22,720 Speaker 4: States of America. They are saying, all Venezuelan military capabilities 104 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:26,479 Speaker 4: and their capacities were rendered powerless as the men and 105 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 4: women of our military, working with US law enforcement, successfully 106 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:34,840 Speaker 4: captured Maduro in the dead of night. The President then 107 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 4: explaining what happened to Maduro. 108 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 5: Maduro and Floras have been indicted in the Southern District 109 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 5: of New York Jay Clayton for their campaign of deadly 110 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 5: narco terrorism against the United States and its citizens. 111 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 4: Three hundred thousand Americans dying a year because of fetnol 112 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 4: and the drug overdoses that are coming into the country. 113 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 4: The President then, thinking, are men and women in uniform. 114 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 5: I want to thank the men and women of our 115 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 5: military who achieved such an extraordinary success overnight with breathtaking speed, power, precision, 116 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 5: and competence. You rarely see anything like it. You've seen 117 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 5: some raids in this country that didn't go so well. 118 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:24,119 Speaker 5: They were an embarrassment. If you look back to Afghanistan, 119 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 5: or if you look back to the Jimmy Carter days, 120 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 5: they were different. Days were a respected country again, like 121 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 5: maybe like never before. I want to thank the men in. 122 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 4: You listen to the President of the United States of America, 123 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 4: it's very clear he was so thankful to those men 124 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 4: and women in uniform. The President United States of America 125 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 4: giving a very stark warning to the rest of the world, 126 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 4: saying the dictator in arras Mandua is finally gone, and 127 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 4: the Venezuelan and people are free. They're free again. It's 128 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 4: been a long time for them, but they're free. I 129 00:07:58,120 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 4: want you to hear one other thing real quick that 130 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 4: I just want to play, and that is in Congress, 131 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 4: there are some sane people among the insane. Tom Cotton 132 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 4: saying this about Maduro on Fox News Sunday. Listen carefully. 133 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 7: I've heard from too many Arkanson families who have been 134 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:17,119 Speaker 7: devastated by illegal drugs flowing into this country, who's lost 135 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 7: a loved one, who've struggled with addiction. Those stories have 136 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 7: been repeated thousands of times across the country. President Trump 137 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 7: has been clear all along that he wants to the 138 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 7: flow of drugs from Venezuela to stop. Venezuela is really 139 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 7: unique in Latin America. They weren't just tolerating drug traffickers 140 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 7: on their territory or lack control of their territory where 141 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 7: drug traffickers had taken control. They were in league with 142 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 7: drug traffickers. Also, Venezuela is in league with America's adversaries 143 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 7: Cuba and Iran and Hezbala and other Islamic radicals. President 144 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 7: Trump made clear yesterday and his remarks that he gave 145 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:54,199 Speaker 7: Nicholas Maduro multiple chances to change his ways and ultimately 146 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 7: to leave and go into exile elsewhere, and Maduro refused 147 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:02,079 Speaker 7: to do that, and our military executed an amazing operation 148 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 7: that I highly command. President Trump for authorizing Secretary Hegseth 149 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 7: and General Kine and all of our frontline warriors for executing. 150 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,679 Speaker 7: It's hard to overstate just how complex it was. The 151 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 7: United States military is the only one that could have 152 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 7: pulled off this operation. 153 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,080 Speaker 4: That's a former veteran now member of the United States 154 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 4: Congress and the Senate saying what we pulled off is unbelievable, 155 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 4: and saying Nicholas Muduro was indicted drug trafficker responsible for 156 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 4: thousands and thousands and thousands of American deaths, which bring 157 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 4: me to the rage in Cajun a man that I 158 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 4: just love. And this is a moment where you say, 159 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 4: how did we pull it off? I want you to 160 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 4: hear the timeline in the story. This will be a 161 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 4: movie one day, but this is the man in charge 162 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 4: explaining how we pulled this off, how we were able 163 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 4: to do it. Listen. 164 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:03,719 Speaker 3: This operation, known as Operation Absolute Resolve, was discreete precise, 165 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 3: and conducted during the darkest hours of January TEWOD and 166 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,319 Speaker 3: was in the culmination of months of planning and rehearsal. 167 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 3: We watched, we waited, we prepared, We remained patient and professional. 168 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 3: This mission was meticulously planned, drawing lessons from decades of 169 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 3: missions over the last many years. Decades are many missions 170 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 3: over these last many years. 171 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 5: This was an. 172 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 3: Audacious operation that only the United States could do. It 173 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:40,680 Speaker 3: required the utmost of precision and integration within our joint force, 174 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:46,319 Speaker 3: and the word integration does not explain the sheer complexity 175 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 3: of such a mission, an extraction so precise. It involved 176 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 3: more than one hundred and fifty aircraft launching across the 177 00:10:54,720 --> 00:11:00,679 Speaker 3: Western Hemisphere in close coordination, all coming together in time 178 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 3: and place to layer effects for a single purpose to 179 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 3: get an interdiction force into downtown Caraccas while maintaining the 180 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:16,080 Speaker 3: element of tactical surprise. Failure of one component of this 181 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 3: well oiled machine would have endangered the entire mission, and 182 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 3: failure is never an option for America's Joint Force. Those 183 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 3: in the air over Caraccas last night were willing to 184 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 3: give their lives for those on the ground and in 185 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 3: the helicopters. Let me talk a little bit about the preparation. 186 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 3: After months of work by our intelligence teammates to find 187 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 3: Maduro and understand how he moved, where he lived, where 188 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:48,560 Speaker 3: he traveled, what he ate, what he wore, what were 189 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 3: his pets. In early December. Our force was set pending 190 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 3: a series of aligned events. Key was choosing the right 191 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 3: day to minimize the potential for civilian harm and maximize 192 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 3: the element of surprise, and minimize the harm to the 193 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,079 Speaker 3: indicted personnel, so as the President said, they could be 194 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 3: brought to justice. And as the President said earlier today, 195 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 3: weather in Venezuela is always a factor this time of 196 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,760 Speaker 3: the year, and over the weeks through Christmas and New 197 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 3: Year's the men and women of the United States Military 198 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 3: sat ready, patiently, waiting for the right triggers to be 199 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 3: met and the President to order us into action. Last night, 200 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 3: the weather broke just enough, clearing a path that only 201 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:43,040 Speaker 3: the most skilled aviators in the world could maneuver through ocean, 202 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:48,199 Speaker 3: mountain low cloud ceilings. But when tasked with a mission, 203 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 3: this organization does not quit. At ten forty six pm 204 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:58,079 Speaker 3: Eastern time last night, the President ordered Cofford with this mission. 205 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 3: President good luck and godspeed, and those words were transmitted 206 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 3: to the entire joint force. Over the course of the night, 207 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 3: aircraft began launching from twenty different bases on land and 208 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 3: sea across the Western Hemisphere. In total, more than one 209 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 3: hundred and fifty aircraft, bombers, fighters, intelligence, reconnaissance, surveillance, rotary 210 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 3: wing were in the air last night. Thousands and thousands 211 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 3: of hours of experience were airborne. Our youngest crew member 212 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 3: was twenty and our oldest crew member was forty nine. 213 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:36,120 Speaker 3: And there's simply no match for American military might. As 214 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 3: the night began, the helicopters took off with the Extraction Force, 215 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 3: which included law enforcement officers, and began their flight into 216 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 3: Venezuela at one hundred feet above the water. As they 217 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:52,079 Speaker 3: approached Venezuelan shores, the United States began layering different effects 218 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 3: provided by Spacecom, Cybercom and other members of the Inner 219 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 3: Agency to create a pathway overhead. Those forces were per 220 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,679 Speaker 3: detected from aircraft were protected by aircraft from the United 221 00:14:03,679 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 3: States Marines, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, 222 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 3: and the Air National Guard. The force included F twenty 223 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 3: two's F thirty fives, F eighteen's, EA eighteens, E twos, 224 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 3: B one bombers, and other support aircraft, as well as 225 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 3: numerous remotely piloted drones. As the force began to approach Caracas, 226 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 3: the Joint Air Component began dismantling and disabling the air 227 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:36,520 Speaker 3: defense systems in Venezuela, employing weapons to ensure the safe 228 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 3: passage of the helicopters into the target area. The goal 229 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 3: of our air component is was and always will be 230 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 3: to protect the helicopters and the ground force and get 231 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 3: them to the target and get them home. As the 232 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 3: force crossed the last point of high terrain where they'd 233 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 3: been hiding in the clutter, we assessed that we had 234 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 3: made maintained totally the element of surprise. As the helicopter 235 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 3: force ingressed towards the objective at low level. We arrived 236 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 3: at Maduro's compound at one one am Eastern Standard time 237 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:18,080 Speaker 3: or two to one am Caracas local time, and the 238 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:24,160 Speaker 3: apprehension force descended into Maduro's compound and moved with speed, precision, 239 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 3: and discipline towards their objective and isolated the area to 240 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 3: ensure the safety and security of the ground force while 241 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 3: apprehending the indicted persons. On arrival into the target area, 242 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 3: the helicopters came under fire and they replied with that 243 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 3: fire with overwhelming force and self defense. One of our 244 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 3: aircraft was hit but remained fliable, and as the President 245 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 3: said earlier today, all of our aircraft came home, and 246 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 3: that aircraft remained fliable during the rest of the mission. 247 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 3: As the operation unfolded at the compound, our air and 248 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 3: ground intelligence teams provided real time updates to the ground force, 249 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 3: ensuring those forces could safely navigate the complex environment without 250 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 3: unnecessary risk. The force remained protected by overhead tactical aviation. 251 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 3: Maduro and his wife, both indicted, gave up and were 252 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 3: taken into custody by the Department of Justice, assisted by 253 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 3: our incredible US military with professionalism and precision, which with 254 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 3: no loss of US life. 255 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 4: Truly incredible. That is the story of American resilience, of leadership, 256 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 4: of President trumping the right people to be in the 257 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 4: right positions of power, and also I think in God 258 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 4: protecting them. God bless America. God bless our President, God 259 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 4: bless his cabinet, and God bless our men and women 260 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 4: in uniform. 261 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 262 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 2: with Ben Ferguson. Please make sure you hit subscribe wherever 263 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 2: you're listening to this right now and for more in 264 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 2: depth news. Also subscribe to the Ben Ferguson podcast and 265 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:07,880 Speaker 2: we will see you back here tomorrow.