How tensions with Venezuela have unfolded amid boat strikes controversy

“CBS Evening News” reports on deepening tensions with Venezuela after the U.S. began strikes on alleged drug boats in September.

00:00 U.S. military strikes alleged drug-carrying boat from Venezuela
3:03 Trump announces second strike on alleged drug boat from Venezuela
5:53 Trump declares U.S. in "armed conflict" with drug cartels
8:09 Trump says 6 killed on "narcotrafficking" boat
9:40 Trump says he authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela
12:17 U.S. flew B-52 bombers off the coast of Venezuela
14:23 Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro offered oil to U.S. amid escalating tensions
16:31 U.S. to repatriate survivors of strike on submarine
17:47 Pentagon releases footage of another strike on an alleged drug boat
20:00 U.S. military targets first alleged drug boat in Pacific
22:24 Trump warns land strikes against alleged drug traffickers may be next
24:31 U.S. sending aircraft carrier strike group to Latin America
27:32 U.S. destroys 4 more alleged drug boats in Pacific
29:38 Venezuelan opposition leader "convinced" that Maduro will soon fall
31:49 Pentagon preparing for possible military action in Venezuela
33:42 U.S. ramps up military power in Puerto Rico
36:05 Trump says he’s "sort of made up my mind" on Venezuela military action
37:28 USS Gerald R. Ford arrives in Caribbean Sea in striking distance of Venezuela
40:06 Trump says he won’t rule out sending troops to Venezuela
42:11 Coast Guard seizes $360 million in cocaine
44:23 U.S. continues to beef up military presence in Caribbean
46:44 Trump officials meet to discuss Venezuela
50:41 Trump defends boat strikes
52:33 Lawmakers react to video of U.S. strikes on alleged drug boat
54:53 Questions swirl around Sept. 2 boat strikes
56:22 Pete Hegseth doubles down on boat strikes: "We will find you and we will sink you"
58:38 Calls grow for video of second U.S. strike on alleged drug boat
1:01:10 U.S. fighter jets fly near Venezuela coast as military costs add up for taxpayers
1:03:29 U.S. seizes oil tanker off Venezuela coast

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