Michelle Martin

Okay, so how is the European proposal different from what we've discussed in recent days?

What does Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, think about all this?

Well, what kinds of conversations do you hear when you're able to get out on the street or you're crowded in the safe room?

OK, what do the Russians say about that?

Wow.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley is in Kiev.

Thanks so much, Eleanor.

The United States redefined the president of Venezuela.

NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordonez has been covering the entirety of this administration.

He's with us once again.

Franco, good morning.

What's it matter if the United States calls Maduro a terrorist?

OK, so we have reported in recent days about how the United States has positioned an aircraft carrier and other assets.

Now they're bringing four stars to the area.

General Dan Kaine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is visiting.

What's the significance of that?

I want to think this through a little bit, Franco.

Maduro obviously is not well liked by the United States.

He appears to have fraudulently won election after election.

Brutal leader.