NEW DETAILS: Trump to meet with Venezuelan leader as US finalizes historic oil deal

♪. RACHEL: THIS TUESDAY PRESIDENT. TRUMP MEETING WITH VENEZUELA'S. INTERIM PRESIDENT AT THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR THE FIRST. MEETING SINCE MADURO'S CAPTURE. BACK IN JANUARY. IT COMES AS THE ADMINISTRATION. FINALIZES A MAJOR OIL DEAL WITH. VENEZUELA AS THEY WORK TO BRING. DOWN GAS PRICES. GOP SENATOR BERNIE TO MORENO. SITS ON THE SENATE HOMELAND. SECURITY COMMITTEE AND JOINS US. NOW. WELCOME, SENATOR. SO LET'S GET RIGHT INTO THIS.

THERE'S A POSSIBILITY, WE. TONIGHT KNOW FOR SURE, BUT. THERE'S -- WE DON'T KNOW FOR. SURE, BUT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY. WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP GOES TO THE. U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY, HE COULD. DO A SET-ASIDE MEETING, RIGHT? A PULL-ASIDE MEETING WITH THE. INTERIM DICTATOR OF VENEZUELA, DELCY RODRIGUEZ. IF YOU WERE ADVISING PRESIDENT. TRUMP, WOULD YOU ADVISE HIM TO. TAKE THAT MEETING, OR WOULD YOU. SAY, NO, BETTER NOT BECAUSE. SHE'S SO DISLIKED, DESPISED BY. SO MANY VENEZUELANS? >> WELL, SHE'S NOT A LEGITIMATE.

LEADER OF VENEZUELA. SHE WAS PART OF THE MADURO. REGIME. SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER. OF THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF. INNOCENT VENEZUELANS. SHE HAS NO CREDIBILITY IN HER. HOME COUNTRY. OBVIOUSLY, SHE'S BEEN SOMEBODY. WHO DOES EXACTLY WHAT WE TELL. HER TO DO, IN THE CASE OF THE. LAST FEW MONTHS SINCE WE'VE. LIBERATED VENEZUELA. BUT I WOULD CAUTION PRESIDENT. TRUMP, SHE'S NOT OUR FRIEND. SHE'S SOMEBODY WHO WILL TELL US. WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR BUT DOESN'T.

ALWAYS FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS. THAT --. RACHEL: YEAH. >> -- THE THINGS SHE SAYS SHE'S. GOING TO DO. RACHEL: YEAH. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DEAL, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT. HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEK IN. VENEZUELA. WE DID LIBERATE VENEZUELA, AND. YET IT APPEARS THE. INFRASTRUCTURE OF REPRESSION IS. STILL IN PLACE. AN OPPOSITION LEADER -- NOT. MARIA, SOMEBODY ELSE -- CAME. BACK INTO THE COUNTRY, AND HE. WAS IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED. AND THEN THERE WAS SUCH AN. OUTCRY THAT SOMEBODY, I DON'T. KNOW IF IT WAS MARCO OR. SOMEBODY, DEMANDED HE BE. RELEASED. WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ABOUT.

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT. REPRESSION INFRASTRUCTURE INSIDE. OF VENEZUELA? THAT THAT EVEN HAPPENED IN. >> WELL, IT TELLS YOU THAT. THEY'RE TRYING TO BIDE THEIR. TIME. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A BRUTAL. REGIME. DELL CITY WAS AT THE CENTER OF. ALL OF THIS, CABELLO WAS ANOTHER. ONE. MADURO IS THE ONE GUY THAT'S IN. JAIL. THE PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS THIS. WE OBVIOUSLY NEED THEM TO DO TO. DO THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE. DOING, AND IT'S ONLY BEEN EIGHT. OR NEIGHBOR MONTHS, AND IN THAT.

R -- OR NINE MONTHS, AND WE'VE. BROUGHT ENORMOUS INVESTMENT INTO. VENEZUELA. I'LL GO BACK TO WHAT I SAID. EARLIER, DELCY'S NO FRIEND TO. THE UNITED STATES, AND WE SHOULD. BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL IN DEALING. WITH HER. RACHEL: SHE'S PROBABLY JUST. WAITING OUT FOR TRUMP TO LEAVE. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT DEAL AND ITS. LEGITIMACY SINCE IT'S BEING MADE. WITH A COMMUNIST WHO HATES US. WHO DOESN'T HAVE LEGITIMACY WITH. HER OWN PEOPLE. DO YOU THINK THAT THE DEAL IS IN.

JEOPARDY IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE. OF THAT IN AND THEN WOULDN'T IT. BE BETTER TO HAVE THIS DEAL WITH. A LEGITIMATE LEADERSOME WHY NOT. CALL FOR ELECTIONS AND --. LEADER? WHY NOT CALL FOR ELECTIONS AND. AND SEE WHO GETS LEKKED? I PREDICT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE. MARIA CORINA, BUT WOULDN'T THAT. BRING LEGITIMACY? IS A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE. CONCERNED, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF. TRANSPARENCY AND INPUT FROM THE. VENEZUELAN PEOPLE. WHAT DO YOU SAY? >> IT'S DEFINITELY A PHENOMENAL. DEAL FOR THE PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA. AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY FROM OUR.

PERSPECTIVE, FOR THE PEOPLE OF. THE UNITED STATES. BUT, ABSOLUTELY, WE NEED TO HAVE. ELECTIONS IN VENEZUELA. OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE NOT READY FOR. ELECTIONS TODAY, BUT I THINK. IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO SET. A DATE. I'VE SUGGESTED JULY 24TH OF NEXT. YEAR, THAT'S SIMONE BOLIVAR'S. BIRTHDAY. PREVIOUS ELECTIONS HAD IT BEING. CHAVEZ'S BIRTHDAY. BOWL VERY WAS THE LIBERATEERER. OF A MATTEN AMERICAN, AND. PRESIDENT TRUMP -- LIBERATOR --. RACHEL: YES.

MARIA CORINA, WHEN HE GAVE HIM. HIS NOBEL PRIZE, SAID HE WAS THE. MODERN-DAISY MOAN BOWL VERY. --. DAY SIMONE BOWL VERY. YOU'RE SAYING YOU SHOULD CALL. FOR ELECTIONS ON JUNE OR JULY? >> SIMONE BOLIVAR'S BIRTHDAY WAS. JULY 24TH, SO LET'S DO IT JULY. 24TH OF 2027, SET THAT DATE SO. EVERYBODY CAN SHOOT FOR THAT. DATE TO GET THINGS DONE. RACHEL: ONE LAST QUESTIONS. A MARIA CORINA MACHADO SAYS SHE.

PLANS TO RETURN TO VENEZUELA IN. ORDER TO CAMPAIGN FOR WHENEVER. THOSE ELECTIONS ARE. DO YOU THINK SHE SHOHOULD DO SO? AND IF SO, WHEN SHOULD SHE. RETURN? >> SHE SHOULD GO BACK WHENEVER. SHE FEELS SHE WANTS TO TO GO. BACK. SHE'S A FREE PERSON. IT'LL CERTAINLY TEST THE. REGIME'S GRIP ON POWER. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOTTEN. DRAMATICALLY UNTO POPULAR SINCE. THE EARTHQUAKE. IF NOT FOR THE U.S., VENEZUELA. WOULD BE COMPLETELY A. NONEXISTENT NATION, AND DELCY,

AGAIN, SMILES AND WAVES FOR THE. CAMERAS, TELLS US WHAT WE WANT. TO HEAR BUT, ULTIMATELY, TRYING. TO BIDE HER TIME HOPING THAT. THERE'D BE SOME CRAZY DEMOCRAT. ADMINISTRATION THAT WOULD. RESTORE SOCIALISM TO VENEZUELA. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I THINK SETTING THAT ELECTION. DATE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. WE CAN DO, BUT IT'S ALSO. IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO. UNDERSTAND, HAD PRESIDENT TRUMP. NOT ACTED, VENEZUELA WOULD BE A. COMPLETELY FAILED NATION. SO THE ABSOLUTE OPPORTUNITIES. FOR THE PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA, FOR. THE UNITED STATES WITH THIS OIL.

DEAL ARE IMMENSE, BUT WE NEED TO. HAVE THAT ELECTION DATE. RACHEL: