Trump briefed on Venezuela strike options: Reports

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00:00New developments this morning in the Trump administration's escalating standoff with

00:06Venezuela. CBS News was first to report that President Trump has been briefed on updated

00:11military options, including possible strikes on land, according to multiple sources familiar

00:17with the high-level White House meeting on Wednesday. ABC News later confirmed that Defense

00:22Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Cain led the briefing, which included a range

00:27of options, from no action at all to targeted airstrikes on seaports, airports, and military

00:33facilities. The discussions come as the USS Gerald Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier,

00:39has arrived in the region under U.S. Southern command. The Ford joins a flotilla of destroyers,

00:45warplanes, and special operations forces, boosting U.S. troop strength in Latin America to about 15,000.

00:52Defense officials say Trump has been weighing his options for weeks, but no final decision has

00:57been made. The briefing follows two months of U.S. strikes against vessels the Pentagon claims were

01:03ferrying drugs from South America, strikes that have killed at least 80 alleged drug traffickers.

01:08The White House and Pentagon declined comment on the briefing, first reported by CBS.