News. Views. Hughes -May 01, 2019 (17:00 ET)

Maduro’s fall ‘would be cataclysmic for all Latin America’ – historian

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared victory over anti-government rioters on Tuesday when the military failed to join in the “uprising” as opposition leader Juan Guaido had promised. US national security advisor John Bolton and State Sec. Mike Pompeo attribute Cuban and Russian influence for Maduro’s continued to hold on power. RT America’s Rachel Blevins has the details. Then the professor and cold war historian Jeremy Kuzmarov joins Scottie Nell Hughes to weigh in.

US-China talks ‘can’t go on forever’

The latest round of US-China trade talks concluded in Beijing on Wednesday, with further negotiations expected in Washington next week. White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said that the talks will likely conclude within the next two weeks but didn’t offer a prediction as to what a final deal will look like. RT America’s Sara Montes de Oca reports for News.Views.Hughes.

Democrats go after AG Barr during testimony  

Talk show host Andrea Kaye and former Florida Democratic Party chair Mitch Ceasar joins News.Views.Hughes to discuss AG William Barr’s Wednesday testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Did Barr salvage or further tarnish his reputation?