ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Jan. 4, 2026

IS THE STUNNING CAPTURE OF. VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS. MADURO, NOW BEHIND BARS IN THE. U.S. SET TO FACE CHARGES IN. COURT IN NEW YORK CITY, 24. HOURS AFTER THE PRESIDENT SAID. THE U.S. WOULD RUN VENEZUELA. PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO AND. HIS WIFE HANDCUFFED AS THEY. ARRIVED IN NEW YORK CITY. MADURO SHOWING TWO THUMBS UP, WISHING FEDERAL AGENTS HAPPY. NEW YEAR. >> HAPPY NEW YEAR. >> MADURO IS EXPECTED IN COURT. TOMORROW TO ANSWER NARCO. TERRORISM CHARGES. NEW DETAILS. EMERGING ABOUT THE. EXTRAORDINARY U.S. MILITARY.

OPERATION TO EXTRACT MADURO. FROM HIS SAFE HOUSE INSIDE A. HEAVILY FORTIFIED MILITARY. INSTALLATION. 150 U.S. AIRCRAFT. TAKING OFF FROM 20 LOCATIONS, EXTRACTION TEAMS FLYING LESS. THAN 100FT ABOVE THE SURFACE. A. COVERT CIA TEAM ON THE GROUND. TRACKING MADURO'S EVERY MOVE. AND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S NEW. THREAT TO VENEZUELA'S VICE. PRESIDENT, SAYING SHE WILL PAY. A VERY BIG PRICE IF SHE DOES. NOT COOPERATE. MARTHA RADDATZ. WITH THE LATEST REPORTING 24. HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP. CLAIMED THE U.S. WOULD NOW RUN.

VENEZUELA. WHAT THE. ADMINISTRATION IS NOW SAYING. TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT WHO. CAMPAIGNED ON GETTING AMERICA. OUT OF FOREIGN WARS, NOW SAYS. HE WILL NOT RULE OUT AMERICAN. BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN. VENEZUELA TONIGHT. THE SCENE. INSIDE VENEZUELA, A MIX OF. CELEBRATION AND FEAR OVER THE. COUNTRY'S FUTURE. MANY RELIEVED. MADURO IS GONE, BUT ASKING WHAT. COMES NEXT? AND TONIGHT, THE. HUMAN TOLL FROM THE U.S. OPERATION. JAMES LONGMAN AT THE. BORDER WITH VENEZUELA. TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FOCUS ON. VENEZUELA'S OIL RESERVES, THE.

LARGEST IN THE WORLD. THE. PRESIDENT SAYS U.S. OIL. COMPANIES WILL REBUILD. VENEZUELA'S OIL INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OIL IN THE. MEANTIME? WITH RUSSIA AND CHINA. GETTING OIL FROM VENEZUELA, MAJOR AIRLINES ARE NOW. SCRAMBLING TO GET BACK ON. SCHEDULE AFTER FLIGHTS WERE. CANCELED IN THE CARIBBEAN, STRANDING THOUSANDS OF. TRAVELERS. WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. BEGINS NOW. >> FROM ABC NEWS WORLD. HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. THIS. IS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH.

DAVID MUIR. >> GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY NEW. YEAR. THANKS SO MUCH FOR. JOINING US ON THIS BUSY SUNDAY. NIGHT. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING. NEWS, MAKING GLOBAL HEADLINES. AMERICA'S PRECISION OPERATION. TO CAPTURE VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT. NICOLAS MADURO AND HIS WIFE, BRINGING THEM TO THE U.S. TO. FACE CHARGES IN AN AMERICAN. COURT. MADURO AND FIRST LADY. CILIA FLORES ARRIVING IN NEW. YORK IN HANDCUFFS. BOTH ARE. EXPECTED TO MAKE THEIR FIRST. COURT APPEARANCE TOMORROW. THE. COUPLE IS NOW BEING HELD. SEPARATELY AT THE SAME. NOTORIOUS JAIL IN BROOKLYN THAT. HOUSED GHISLAINE MAXWELL, SEAN.

COMBS AND EL CHAPO, ALONG WITH. LUIGI MAGLIONE. MADURO GIVING. TWO THUMBS UP AS HE WAS BEING. ESCORTED BY FEDERAL AGENTS. REMARKABLE NEW DETAILS ARE. EMERGING ABOUT THE U.S. MILITARY OPERATION TO EXTRACT. MADURO FROM HIS SAFE HOUSE. INSIDE A HEAVILY FORTIFIED. MILITARY INSTALLATION. THE PLAN. MONTHS IN THE MAKING, INVOLVING. 150 AIRCRAFT EXTRACTION TEAMS. FLYING LESS THAN 100FT ABOVE. THE SURFACE, AND A COVERT CIA. TEAM ON THE GROUND TRACKING. MADURO. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS. THE U.S. WILL NOW RUN VENEZUELA,

AND 24 HOURS AFTER SAYING. VENEZUELA'S VICE PRESIDENT WAS. COOPERATING WITH THE U.S. WHY. TRUMP'S NOW THREATENING THAT. SHE WILL, QUOTE, PAY A VERY BIG. PRICE IF SHE DOES NOT. NEW. IMAGES EMERGING FROM INSIDE. VENEZUELA. MADURO SUPPORTERS IN. THE STREETS CONDEMNING THE U.S. AND DEMANDING THE RETURN OF. THEIR PRESIDENT. TONIGHT, LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH PARTIES ARE. CALLING FOR A BRIEFING FROM THE. WHITE HOUSE. MANY ARE UPSET. CONGRESS WAS NOT NOTIFIED. BEFORE ANY MILITARY ACTION WAS. TAKEN. OUR TEAM IS STANDING BY. ABC'S CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS. CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ.

LEADING US OFF TONIGHT. >> REMARKABLE NEW VIDEO SHOWING. THE MOMENT OUSTED VENEZUELAN. PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO AND. HIS WIFE ARRIVED IN NEW YORK. FACING FEDERAL NARCO TERRORISM. CHARGES. >> TONIGHT. >> THE ONCE DEFIANT LEADER IN. HANDCUFFS, SURROUNDED BY. FEDERAL AGENTS WISHING EVERYONE. HAPPY NEW YEAR. IN VIDEO SHARED. BY THE ADMINISTRATION. MADURO. SEIZED IN A BOLD AND DANGEROUS. MILITARY OPERATION USING THE.

ARMY'S ELITE DELTA FORCE TO. REMOVE HIM FROM POWER, WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAIMING THE. U.S. HAS NOW TAKEN OVER. VENEZUELA. >> WE'RE GOING TO RUN THE. COUNTRY UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE. CAN DO A SAFE, PROPER AND. JUDICIOUS TRANSITION. >> REPORTER BUT QUESTIONS. TONIGHT OVER WHO IS REALLY IN. CONTROL AFTER MADURO'S. HANDPICKED VICE PRESIDENT, DELCY RODRIGUEZ, WAS SWORN IN. AS THE NATION'S ACTING. PRESIDENT AND BLASTED THE U.S.

INTERVENTION, SAYING MADURO WAS. ABDUCTED. PRESIDENT TRUMP, AFTER INITIALLY SIGNALING. RODRIGUEZ MIGHT BE COOPERATIVE, TODAY ISSUING A NEW THREAT, SAYING IF SHE DOESN'T DO WHAT'S. RIGHT, SHE IS GOING TO PAY A. VERY BIG PRICE, PROBABLY BIGGER. THAN MADURO. VENEZUELA'S. DEFENSE MINISTER ALSO DEFIANT, SAYING THE MILITARY STANDS. UNITED IN THE FACE OF IMPERIAL. AGGRESSION AND VENEZUELAN LIVES. WERE LOST. AND TONIGHT WE'RE.

LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT. EXTRAORDINARY U.S. MILITARY AND. LAW ENFORCEMENT RAID TO CAPTURE. MADURO. THE ELITE DELTA FORCE. HAD BUILT AN EXACT REPLICA OF. MADURO'S SAFE HOUSE INSIDE A. HEAVILY FORTIFIED MILITARY. INSTALLATION, PRACTICING THE. RAID FOR MONTHS AND A COVERT. CIA TEAM ON THE GROUND WAS. TRACKING MADURO'S EVERY MOVE, WHERE HE SLEPT, WHAT HE ATE, EVEN THE PETS HE HAS. PRESIDENT.

TRUMP GIVING THE GREEN LIGHT. FOR OPERATION ABSOLUTE RESOLVE. AT 1046 FRIDAY NIGHT. >> THE WEATHER BROKE JUST. ENOUGH, CLEARING A PATH THAT. ONLY THE MOST SKILLED AVIATORS. IN THE WORLD COULD MANEUVER. THROUGH OCEAN MOUNTAIN LOW. CLOUD CEILINGS. >> MORE THAN 150 U.S. MILITARY. WARPLANES, FIGHTER JETS, BOMBERS LAUNCHING FROM 20. DIFFERENT BASES AND SHIPS,

VIDEOS ONLINE SHOWING. EXPLOSIONS LIGHTING THE NIGHT. SKY OVER CARACAS AS U.S. WARPLANES TARGETED AIR DEFENSES. AND MILITARY BASES. GUNFIRE. HEARD AS LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT. STRUCK MULTIPLE FACILITIES. THEN, NEARLY A DOZEN U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS HELICOPTERS. ROARING THROUGH THE NIGHT, SWOOPING IN, CARRYING THE. EXTRACTION TEAM, FLYING BARELY.

100FT OVER THE DARK WATERS. THOSE HELICOPTERS ARRIVING AT. MADURO'S COMPOUND AROUND 101. SATURDAY MORNING IN THE DEAD OF. NIGHT. >> ON ARRIVAL INTO THE TARGET. AREA, THE HELICOPTERS CAME. UNDER FIRE AND THEY REPLIED. WITH THAT FIRE WITH. OVERWHELMING FORCE. IN SELF. DEFENSE. ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT. WAS HIT BUT REMAINED FLYABLE. >> THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS. FORCES MOVING IN JUST AS MADURO. HEADED FOR A SAFE ROOM,

GRABBING HIM AND HIS WIFE. MOMENTS BEFORE THEY COULD CLOSE. A STEEL DOOR BEHIND THEM. >> HE WAS TRYING TO GET INTO A. SAFE PLACE. YOU KNOW, THE SAFE. PLACE IS ALL STEEL, AND HE. WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE. DOOR BECAUSE OUR GUYS WERE SO. FAST. >> THE OPERATION, LASTING. ROUGHLY 2.5 HOURS OVER. VENEZUELA, WITH ONLY MINOR. INJURIES TO U.S. PERSONNEL. PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTING THIS. IMAGE OF MADURO ON BOARD THE. USS IWO JIMA, HANDCUFFED AND. BLINDFOLDED. AND TONIGHT, WITH.

MADURO NOW IN U.S. CUSTODY, SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE. U.S. PLANS TO CONTROL OIL RICH. VENEZUELA UNTIL, IN THE. PRESIDENT'S WORDS, THERE CAN BE. A PROPER, JUDICIOUS TRANSITION. AND LINDSAY, THAT IS THE BIG. QUESTION. WHAT NEXT IN. VENEZUELA AND WHO WILL REMAIN. IN CHARGE? PRESIDENT TRUMP. SAYING HE'S NOT AFRAID OF BOOTS. ON THE GROUND, BUT INSISTING. VENEZUELA'S OIL WOULD BE A. PRIORITY. LINDSAY. >> A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THERE. MARTHA. THANK YOU. 24 HOURS.

AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP DECLARED. THE U.S. WOULD NOW RUN. VENEZUELA, WHAT THE. ADMINISTRATION IS NOW SAYING, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO. SUGGESTS THE U.S. WILL PUSH FOR. GOVERNMENT CHANGES THROUGH OIL. BLOCKADES, AND WHAT PRESIDENT. TRUMP IS SIGNALING ABOUT. POSSIBLE AMERICAN BOOTS ON THE. GROUND IN VENEZUELA. HERE'S. ABC'S RACHEL SCOTT. >> 24 HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT. TRUMP DECLARED THE U.S. WOULD. RUN VENEZUELA, A COUNTRY OF 31. MILLION PEOPLE TONIGHT, IT'S. STILL UNCLEAR HOW THAT WILL. HAPPEN, WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE, AND WHO WILL BE IN CHARGE. THE.

PRESIDENT WAS BLUNT. >> WE'RE GOING TO RUN THE. COUNTRY, RIGHT? IT'S GOING TO. BE RUN VERY JUDICIOUSLY, VERY. FAIRLY. IT'S GOING TO MAKE A. LOT OF MONEY. >> BUT TODAY, SECRETARY OF. STATE MARCO RUBIO, AN ARCHITECT. OF THE PLAN, SEEMING TO DIAL. BACK THE U.S. ROLE. >> IS THE UNITED STATES RUNNING. VENEZUELA RIGHT NOW? >> WHAT WE ARE RUNNING IS THE. DIRECTION THAT THIS IS GOING TO. MOVE MOVING FORWARD. AND THAT. IS WE HAVE LEVERAGE, THIS. LEVERAGE WE ARE USING AND WE. INTEND TO USE. WE STARTED USING. ALREADY.

>> RUBIO, IMPLYING THE U.S. WOULD SIMPLY PRESSURE THE. CURRENT VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT. WITH A MILITARY BLOCKADE TO. QUOTE, QUARANTINE OIL LEAVING. THE COUNTRY. THAT'S A DEPARTURE. FROM WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID, THAT RUBIO, ALONG WITH DEFENSE. SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH AND THE. CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF. STAFF, WOULD ACTUALLY RUN THE. NATION THEMSELVES. >> WHAT'S THE GROUP YOU. MENTIONED THAT WOULD RUN. VENEZUELA? >> IT'S LARGELY GOING TO BE FOR. A PERIOD OF TIME, THE PEOPLE. THAT ARE STANDING RIGHT BEHIND. ME ARE GOING TO BE RUNNING IT. WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING IT. BACK TODAY. >> RUBIO HEDGED ON JUST WHO WAS.

IN CHARGE. >> IS IT YOU? IS IT SECRETARY. HEGSETH? WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE. WHO WILL BE RUNNING THE COUNTRY. SPECIFICALLY? >> WELL, IT'S NOT RUNNING THE. POLICY, THE POLICY WITH REGARDS. TO THIS. WE WANT VENEZUELA TO. MOVE IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION. >> DEMOCRATS ACCUSED THE. PRESIDENT OF LEADING AMERICA. INTO ANOTHER US LED REGIME. CHANGE, LIKE THE WAR IN IRAQ, A. MOVE PRESIDENT TRUMP HIMSELF. HAS LONG CRITICIZED. >> WE HAVE LEARNED THROUGH THE. YEARS WHEN AMERICA TRIES TO DO. REGIME CHANGE AND NATION.

BUILDING. IN THIS WAY, THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE PAY THE PRICE. IN BOTH BLOOD AND IN DOLLARS. >> THE PRESIDENT, WHO. CAMPAIGNED ON A PLEDGE TO GET. AMERICA OUT OF FOREIGN WARS, NOW SAYS HE WON'T RULE OUT. SENDING AMERICAN TROOPS TO. VENEZUELA. >> WE'RE NOT AFRAID OF BOOTS ON. THE GROUND. >> THE PRESIDENT SPOKE OPENLY. ABOUT THE COUNTRY'S OIL AND HIS. INTENTION TO SEND U.S. OIL. COMPANIES IN, WHILE ALSO SAYING. THE MISSION IS TO CRACK DOWN ON. DRUG TRAFFICKING. BUT TONIGHT, ONE REPUBLICAN CRITIC, CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE,

POSTING, WAKE UP, MAGA. VENEZUELA IS NOT ABOUT DRUGS. IT'S ABOUT OIL AND REGIME. CHANGE. THIS IS NOT WHAT WE. VOTED FOR. THE CONGRESSMAN. MORNING LIVES OF U.S. SOLDIERS. ARE BEING RISKED TO MAKE OIL. COMPANIES, NOT AMERICANS, MORE. PROFITABLE. AND, LINDSEY, THERE. ARE STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS. TONIGHT, THE PRESIDENT SAYS THE. U.S. IS GOING TO RUN VENEZUELA, BUT THE SECRETARY OF STATE, MARCO RUBIO, DID NOT GO THAT. FAR. HE DID INSIST THE U.S. IS. NOT AT WAR WITH VENEZUELA. LINDSEY. >> RACHEL SCOTT FROM THE WHITE. HOUSE FOR US. THANK YOU. RACHEL.

HERE IN NEW YORK CITY, EXTREMELY TIGHT SECURITY WILL. BE IN PLACE WHEN NICOLAS MADURO. AND HIS WIFE MAKE THEIR FIRST. SCHEDULED APPEARANCE IN FEDERAL. COURT IN LOWER MANHATTAN. TOMORROW. MADURO AND HIS WIFE. ARE BEING HELD SEPARATELY AT. THE SAME NOTORIOUS JAIL USED. FOR GLENN MAXWELL, SEAN COMBS, EL CHAPO AND LUIGI MANGIONE. ABC'S WHIT JOHNSON IS OUTSIDE. THE FACILITY IN BROOKLYN. TONIGHT. >> VENEZUELAN LEADER NICOLAS. MADURO AND HIS WIFE, CELIA. FLORES, ARE BEHIND BARS INSIDE. THIS NOTORIOUS FEDERAL JAIL IN. BROOKLYN. KNOWN FOR ITS POOR. CONDITIONS AND HIGH PROFILE.

INMATES. THE METROPOLITAN. DETENTION CENTER, ONCE HOME TO. DRUG LORD EL CHAPO. GHISLAINE. MAXWELL, SEAN DIDDY COMBS AND. CURRENTLY ACCUSED KILLER LUIGI. MANGIONE. TOMORROW, THE OUSTED. VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT WILL BE. TRANSPORTED TO THE FEDERAL. COURTHOUSE IN LOWER MANHATTAN. TO FACE CHARGES. FEDERAL. PROSECUTORS LAYING OUT THEIR. CASE IN THIS NEW FOUR COUNT. INDICTMENT ALLEGING MADURO WAS. AT THE FOREFRONT OF A NARCO. TERRORISM CONSPIRACY TO. TRANSPORT THOUSANDS OF TONS OF. COCAINE INTO THE U.S. >> PEOPLE SHOULD READ THIS.

INDICTMENT. THEY SHOULD READ. WHAT THIS MAN DID FOR 15, THE. LAST 15 YEARS OF HIS LIFE. AGAINST THE UNITED STATES. HIM. AND HIS WIFE. >> MADURO, ALLEGEDLY SOLD. VENEZUELAN DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS. TO INDIVIDUALS HE KNEW WERE. DRUG TRAFFICKERS, SEEKING TO. MOVE DRUG PROCEEDS USING. PRIVATE PLANES UNDER DIPLOMATIC. COVER. THE INDICTMENT, HIGHLIGHTING MADURO'S WIFE, CELIA FLORES AS A KEY PLAYER IN. THE CORRUPTION, ALLEGING SHE. ACCEPTED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. OF DOLLARS IN BRIBES. THE. GOVERNMENT SAYS THE COUPLE. MAINTAINED STATE SPONSORED. GANGS AND ORDERED KIDNAPINGS,

BEATINGS AND MURDERS AGAINST. THOSE WHO OWED THEM DRUG MONEY. OR UNDERMINE THEIR OPERATION. MADURO HAS LONG DENIED DRUG. TRAFFICKING. >> NARCOTRAFICO. >> IN A FINAL INTERVIEW ON. STATE TV TWO DAYS BEFORE HIS. CAPTURE, HE SAID THE U.S. GOVERNMENT KNOWS THAT IF THEY. WANT TO SERIOUSLY DISCUSS AN. AGREEMENT TO COMBAT DRUG. TRAFFICKING, WE'RE READY. BUT. BY THAT TIME, U.S. FORCES WERE. ALREADY POISED TO SEIZE MADURO, JUST WAITING FOR THE RIGHT. CONDITIONS. AND THE ORDER FROM. PRESIDENT TRUMP. AND THE MADURO.

ARE BOTH SCHEDULED TO MAKE. THEIR INITIAL COURT APPEARANCES. IN THE SAME COURTROOM TOMORROW. MADURO'S 35 YEAR OLD SON IS. ALSO NAMED IN THE INDICTMENT, BUT SOURCES TELL ABC NEWS HE IS. NOT IN U.S. CUSTODY. >> LINDSAY WITH JOHNSON FOR US. THANK YOU. NOW TO THE IMAGES. INSIDE VENEZUELA, A MIX OF. CELEBRATION AND FEAR OVER THE. COUNTRY'S FUTURE, MANY. EXPRESSING RELIEF. MADURO IS. GONE, OTHERS CONDEMNING THE. OPERATION. ABC'S CHIEF. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT. JAMES LONGMAN, IS AT THE BORDER. WITH VENEZUELA.

>> TONIGHT, THE WORLD REACTING. TO AMERICA'S STUNNING OPERATION. IN VENEZUELA. A NUMBER OF. PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE US. STRIKES THAT ACCOMPANIED. MADURO'S CAPTURE. THIS. APARTMENT BUILDING RIGHT NEXT. TO A MILITARY COMPLEX. ALTHOUGH. THE GOVERNMENT WON'T CONFIRM. THE NUMBER OF DEAD. >> CONTRA VENEZUELA. >> THE DEFENSE MINISTER STILL. DEFIANT, SAYING TODAY IT WAS. AGAINST VENEZUELA. TOMORROW IT. COULD BE AGAINST ANY STATE OR. ANY COUNTRY. BUT AFTER THE. CELEBRATION IN THE STREETS AT. THE FALL OF AN AUTOCRAT, MILLIONS WONDER WHAT NOW? THIS.

IS CUCUTA ON THE COLOMBIAN SIDE. OF THE BORDER, AND THAT THERE. IS VENEZUELA, AND IN NORMAL. TIMES, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF. VENEZUELANS CROSS THIS BORDER. TO BUY GOODS HERE. BUT THEY. CAN'T GET BACK HOME NOW, THOUGH, IT'S A PATH, PERHAPS, TO A NEW. FUTURE FOR THE MILLIONS OF. PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN FORCED INTO. EXILE. WE MEET NERVOUS FACES. LIKE JOSE LUIS AND HIS MOTHER. YOU GET THE SENSE THAT PEOPLE. DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO FEEL. HAPPY THAT MADURO IS GONE, BUT. THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING.

TO HAPPEN NEXT. WE MEET. SO. WHAT DID YOU. WHEN I HEARD THE. NEWS ABOUT MADURO, I STARTED. CRYING WITH JOY. SHE SAYS, I. HAVE FAMILY IN EXILE. MAYBE. THEY CAN COME HOME. SHE SHOWS. US HER GROCERIES CHEAPER HERE. THAN IN VENEZUELA. THE SOL IS. HOPING THAT IN THE FUTURE, SHE. WON'T HAVE TO COME TO COLOMBIA. TO GET HER SHOPPING. AND IT'S A. BUSY NIGHT TONIGHT. LINDSAY ON. THE BRIDGE TO VENEZUELA. HAPPINESS. THE OVERWHELMING. EMOTION WE ENCOUNTERED ABOUT. THE END OF MADURO. BUT FOR MANY. OF VENEZUELA'S NEIGHBORS, THEY. ARE STILL OFFICIALLY CONDEMNING.

THE OPERATION. BIG QUESTIONS. ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT. LINDSAY. >> LOTS OF MIXED EMOTIONS THERE. JAMES. THANK YOU. NOW TO THE. U.S. TAKEOVER OF VENEZUELA'S. OIL INDUSTRY, PRESIDENT TRUMP. IS AIMING TO TAP INTO THAT. COUNTRY'S VAST OIL RESERVES, THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD. ABC'S. MATT RIVERS REPORTS FROM BOGOTA, COLOMBIA. >> WITH PRESIDENT MADURO OUT, PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS AMERICAN. OIL COMPANIES IN SAYING THE. RUNWAY IS NOW CLEAR FOR U.S. CORPORATIONS TO REVITALIZE A, QUOTE, BADLY BROKEN OIL.

INDUSTRY THEY ONCE DOMINATED. BUT TONIGHT, SOME QUESTIONING. IF THAT PLAN IS REALISTIC. >> THE OIL COMPANIES ARE GOING. TO GO IN, THEY'RE GOING TO. SPEND MONEY. THEY'RE GOING TO. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE BACK THE. OIL. >> VENEZUELA, A KEY ALLY OF. RUSSIA AND CHINA, SITS ON THE. LARGEST SUPPLY OF OIL RESERVES. WORLDWIDE, A SUPPLY U.S. COMPANIES TAPPED FOR DECADES. BUT AFTER VENEZUELA. NATIONALIZED ITS OIL INDUSTRY, OUTPUT PLUMMETED. SANCTIONS AND. DECADES OF MISMANAGEMENT MEANT. THAT THE COUNTRY NOW ACCOUNTS. FOR JUST 1% OF GLOBAL. PRODUCTION. BUT SO FAR, SOME.

AMERICAN OIL COMPANIES LIKE. CONOCOPHILLIPS AND CHEVRON NOT. OVERTLY SIGNING ON TO THE. PRESIDENT'S PLAN. >> THE TASK ALONE IS A MASSIVE. ONE AND WILL BE A VERY. EXPENSIVE ONE FOR ANY COMPANY. TO UNDERTAKE. >> U.S. OIL COMPANIES SAY THEY. LOST BILLIONS WHEN THEY WERE. FORCED OUT BY VENEZUELA'S. GOVERNMENT, LEAVING BEHIND. ASSETS AND LOST PROFITS. TRUMP. SAYS THAT WILL CHANGE. >> WE'RE IN THE OIL BUSINESS. WE'LL BE SELLING OIL PROBABLY. IN MUCH LARGER DOSES NOW. >> RIGHT NOW, CHINA IS THE. LARGEST BUYER OF VENEZUELAN OIL. PRESIDENT TRUMP DOESN'T LIKE.

THAT. INSTEAD, HE WOULD RATHER. SEE THAT OIL SOLD WITHIN THE. UNITED STATES OR TO OTHER. FRIENDLY COUNTRIES. BUT BOTTOM. LINE, LINDSAY, IS THAT WE ARE. LIKELY AT LEAST YEARS AWAY. BEFORE WE SEE A TRULY. SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN. VENEZUELAN OIL PRODUCTION. LINDSEY. >> MATT RIVERS REPORTING FROM. COLUMBIA. THANK YOU. NOW TO THE. MAJOR AIRLINES SCRAMBLING TO. GET BACK ON TRACK, THOUSANDS OF. FLIERS STRANDED AFTER FLIGHT. CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS IN THE. CARIBBEAN. HERE'S ABC'S MORGAN. NORWOOD TONIGHT. >> THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS. STRANDED ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN. AFTER THE MILITARY OPERATION.

THAT CAPTURED VENEZUELA'S. NICOLAS MADURO FORCED AIRLINES. TO CANCEL HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS. ACROSS THE REGION. THIS. FLIGHTRADAR24 ANIMATION SHOWING. FLIGHTS AVOIDING VENEZUELAN. AIRSPACE. YESTERDAY, AFTER THE. FAA BANNED U.S. AIRLINES FROM. FLYING OVER VENEZUELA AND. PORTIONS OF THE CARIBBEAN, CITING ONGOING MILITARY. ACTIVITY. LUIS MUNOZ MARIN. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN SAN. JUAN, SEEN EMPTY AFTER THE. AIRSTRIKES. REPORTER NYDIA HAN. FROM OUR PHILADELPHIA STATION. SAYS SHE AND HER FAMILY COULD.

BE STUCK FOR DAYS. >> UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF. MADURO'S CAPTURE AND AIRSPACE. BEING CLOSED, WE ARE STUCK HERE. IN VEGAS. >> OVERNIGHT, THOSE. RESTRICTIONS LIFTING. BUT NOW. MAJOR AIRLINES RACING TO GET. BACK ON TRACK. MANY HANDING OUT. TRAVEL WAIVERS. AMERICAN. AIRLINES ADDING NEARLY 5000. EXTRA SEATS TO THE REGION, DEPLOYING ITS BOEING 777, ITS. LARGEST PLANE. SOUTHWEST, UNITED AND JETBLUE ALSO ADDING. FLIGHTS TONIGHT, AND AIRLINES.

ARE URGING PASSENGERS TO CHECK. THEIR FLIGHT STATUS BEFORE. HEADING TO THE AIRPORT, WARNING. THAT THESE FLIGHT SCHEDULES. COULD REMAIN FLUID IN THE. COMING DAYS. >> LINDSEY MORGAN, THANK YOU. WHEN WE COME BACK TRACKING A. FAST-MOVING SYSTEM, SNOW AND. ICE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST, COASTAL FLOOD ALERTS IN THE. WEST, AND THE POPULAR ACTRESS. FROM LOST IN THE MARVEL MOVIES, WHICH SHE'S NOW. >>> NEXT TONIGHT, SOME DANGEROUS. WEATHER. A CLIPPER SYSTEM BRINGING ICE. AND SNOW FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO. THE NORTHEAST THROUGH MONDAY.

MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY IN THE. WEST. POSSIBLY SEVERAL INCHES, WHILE. CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COULD GET UP. TO TWO FEET OF SNOW. AND MORE FLOODING FROM THE. RECORD KING TIDES IN NORTHERN. CALIFORNIA. BIG WAVES CRASHING ON THE SHORE. IN PACIFICA. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE. POPULAR STAR FROM THE MARVEL. MOVIES REVEALS. >>> TO THE INDEX NOW. ACTRESS EVANGELINE LILLY REVEALS. SHE SUFFERED A TRAUMATIC BRAIN. INJURY IN A FALL LAST SPRING. LILLY, WHO IS 46, GOT HER BIG. BREAK IN "LOST" IN 2004. SHE ALSO STARRED IN MARVEL'S.

ANTMAN SERIES. POSTING ON INSTAGRAM, SHE. DESCRIBED FALLING FACE-FIRST. INTO A BOULDER AND ADMITS SHE. FACES ANPHILL BATTLE TO REGAIN. HER HEALTH. >>> BEFORE WE GO, A FEW OF THE. REMARKABLE IMAGES EMERGING OVER. THE LAST HISTORIC 24 HOURS. PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO NOW. BEHIND BARS IN BROOKLYN. HIS WIFE ALSO THERE. THEY'RE BOTH SCHEDULED TO MAKE. THEIR FIRST COURT APPEARANCE. TOMORROW. A HUGE CROWD OF VENEZUELANS. COMING TOGETHER, PACKING THE.

STREETS IN BARCELONA. VENEZUELANS LIVING IN SOUTH. FLORIDA CELEBRATING MADURO'S. ARREST, HAPPY, THEY SAY, BECAUSE. VENEZUELA IS FREE. THANKS FOR WATCHING. DAVID MUIR BACK HERE TOMORROW. I'M LINSEY DAVIS.