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CNN Transcripts for January 04, 2026

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CNN Newsroom
• Venezuela's Maduro In New York After Capture By U.S.; White House Defends Maduro Capture; Congress Sharply Divided Over U.S. Military Operation In Venezuela; Court Declares VP Delcy Rodriguez The Acting President. Aired 2-3p ET
• Venezuela's Maduro In New York After Capture By U.S.; Interview With Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA); Over 30,000 Troops Positioned Along Border With Venezuela. Aired 3-4p ET
• Maduro Detained In New York As Trump Says The U.S. Will "Run" America; Maduro Set To Make First Court Appearance At Noon Monday; How The U.S. Assault On Venezuela Unfolded; Top Dems Seethe Over Trump Administration's Actions In Venezuela; GOP Largely Cheers Trump Removing Venezuela's Maduro From Power; What Is The Role Of The U.S. In Venezuela's Future?; Thirty Thousand Troops Positioned Along Border With Venezuela. Aired 4-5p ET
• Maduro Faces Mounting Legal Case; Trump's Venezuela Operation Draws Mixed Reactions From Congress; Venezuelans And Former Hostage React To Maduro's Ouster; Jury Selection To Begin In Trial Of Former Uvalde Officer. Aired 5-6p ET
• Trump Threatens Venezuela's Acting President In A New Interview; Maduro In New York After Capture By U.S.; Maduro Capture Leaves Questions About Venezuela's Future; Colombian Troops Now Along Border With Venezuela; Global Reaction To Maduro's Stunning Capture; Interview With Representative Kevin Kiley (R-CA). Aired 6-7p ET
• Trump Says U.S. To Run Venezuela, Rubio Claims It's Policy; Interview With Senator Chris Coons (D-DE); Maduro Set To Make First Court Appearance Tomorrow; Oil Markets React To Maduro's Capture. Aired 7-8p ET
• Trump Says the U.S. "In Charge" of Venezuela; Trump Dismisses Opposition Leader Maria Corina Machado to Replace Maduro; Interview with Representative Mike Quigley (D-IL); Legality of U.S. Attack on Venezuela in Question; U.S. Officials Describe Monthslong Plan to Capture Maduro. Aired 10-11p ET
• Venezuela's Maduro Set For First Court Appearance Monday; Sources: WH To Brief Select Lawmakers On Venezuela Monday; U.N. Security Council Calls Emergency Meeting On Venezuela; Venezuelan Opposition Leader Asks Military To Honor 2024 Vote; Trump Claims Machado Doesn't Have Respect In Venezuela; Trump Says The U.S. Is "In Charge" Of Venezuela; Denmark Pushes Back After Trump Says U.S. Needs Greenland; Maduro's Capture Sparks Concern Across Latin America; Global Oil Prices Dip Slightly After U.S. Action In Venezuela. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Venezuela's Maduro Arrives At Brooklyn Detention Center; Trump: U.S. Will "Run" Venezuela After Capturing Maduro; Venezuela's VP Calls Maduro Capture A "Kidnapping"; Maduro Indicted On Drug And Weapons Charges After U.S. Capture; World Leaders Respond To Maduro's Capture; Venezuelans Abroad Respond To Capture Of Maduro; Aired 12-1a ET
• Trump: U.S. Will "Run" Venezuela After Capturing Maduro; Court Declares VP Delcy Rodriguez The Acting President; Venezuela's Maduro Arrives In NY After Capture By U.S.; Top U.S. General: 150+ Aircraft Used In Venezuela Operation; Maduro Indicted On Drug & Weapons Charges After U.S. Capture; Venezuelans Who Fled Maduro Cheer His Ouster; Anti-Venezuela War Protests In New York. Aired 1-2a ET
• Venezuela's Maduro Held At Brooklyn Detention Center; Trump: U.S. Will "Run" Venezuela After Capturing Maduro; Venezuela's Maduro Arrives In New York After Capture By United States; Trump: U.S. Will "Run" Venezuela And Rebuild "Oil Infrastructure"; Paramilitaries Make Show Of Force After Maduro's Capture; Nicolas Maduro: A Politician's Rise And Fall. Aired 2-3a ET
• Venezuela's Maduro Held at Brooklyn Detention Center; Venezuelans Abroad and Across U.S. Celebrate Maduro's Capture; Trump Says, U.S. Will Run Venezuela After Capturing Maduro. Aired 3-4a ET
• Venezuela's Maduro held in New York; Trump Says U.S. Troops Would be in Venezuela to Secure Oil; Trump Claims Machado Doesn't Have Respect in Venezuela; China Calls for Maduro's Immediate Release; Rise and Fall of Maduro's Reign. Aired 4-5a ET
• Venezuela's Maduro Held At Brooklyn Detention Center; Court Declares V.P. Delcy Rodriguez the Acting President; Top Dems Demand Immediate Briefing on Venezuela Operation; Nationwide Protests Over U.S. Military Operation in Venezuela. Aired 5-6a ET


CNN This Morning
• Maduro Indicted On Drug And Weapons Charges After Capture By U.S.; Venezuelans Abroad And Across The U.S. Celebrate Maduro's Capture; Venezuela's Maduro Held In New York After Capture By U.S.; Venezuelan Court Directs Vice President Delcy Rodriguez To Assume Duties Of Acting President; Trump: U.S. Will Run Venezuela After Capturing Maduro; United And Delta Airlines Set To Resume Caribbean Flight. Trump: U.S. Will "Run" Venezuela And "Fix Oil Infrastructure; Venezuelans React To Maduro Arrest; Court Declares VP Delcy Rodriguez The Acting President. Aired 6-7a ET
• Trump, U.S. Will "Run" Venezuela After Capturing Maduro; Maduro Indicted On Drug & Weapons Charges After Capture By U.S.; Some Lawmakers Voice Concern After U.S. Forces Captured Maduro Without Trump Seeking Congressional Approval; Trump: Not Afraid Of "Boots On The Ground" In Venezuela. Maduro in Brooklyn Detention Center; Trump: U.S. will "Run" Venezuela; Maduro Indicted on Drug and Weapons Charges; Venezuelans in U.S. React to Maduro's Capture; World Leaders Respond to Maduro's Capture. Aired 7-8a ET


Fareed Zakaria GPS
• Why the U.S. Attack Venezuela; What America's Venezuela Operation Means for the World. Interview With Carnegie Endowment For International Peace Senior Fellow Karim Sadjadpour; Interview With Breakout Capital Founder And Chief Investment Officer Ruchir Sharma. Aired 10-11a ET


Inside Politics
• Trump On Venezuela: "We're Going To Run The Country"; Fallout Brews In D.C. After U.S. Captures Venezuelan President. Venezuela's Maduro in New York after Capture by U.S.; Interview with Former U.S. Envoy to Venezuela; Trump Adds Venezuela to Long List of U.S. Interventions Abroad. Aired 8-9a ET
• Rubio: U.S. Is "Running Policy" In Venezuela; Inside The Operation: How Venezuela's President Was Captured; Democrats Livid Over trump's Venezuela Actions And Lack Of Info; Maduro Being Held at Detention Center in New York; Trump Attacked Venezuela, Arrested Its President, Is It Legal? Aired 11a-12p ET


State of the Union
• Interview With Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH); Interview With Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT); Interview With Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT); Interview With Sen. Tom Cotton. Aired 9-10a ET


The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
• Did Not Air 8-9p ET