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00:00The yeas are 50, the nays are 50, the Senate being equally divided, the vice president votes

00:09affirmative and the point of order is sustained.

00:14Trump is no longer constrained. He does not need permission. He does not await authorization.

00:21The U.S. Senate has given him the green light to carry out additional military action in

00:26Venezuela without returning to Congress.

00:30The result, 51 to 50, a tie that nearly stopped the decision. Were it not for vice president

00:37J.D. Vance's tie-breaking vote, the authorization comes after a swift operation in which Venezuela's

00:45president was arrested to be tried in New York on multiple charges said to have harmed the United

00:52States. The move was preceded by intensive strikes on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean aimed at

00:59halting drug trafficking to the United States. As Trump now seeks to invest in Venezuelan oil

01:06in a country he said is under temporary U.S. administration.