"During Monday's installment of the show, Dokoupil wrapped up a segment on Venezuela by suggesting it serves U.S. interests if it means the influence of China, Russia, and Iran is lessened in the country. What is actually about? he said, Well, if you zoom out a bit, you can maybe see the outlines of an answer. For decades, Russia, China, and Iran have been building a presence in Venezuela, a base of power and influence in the hemisphere."
"All right, to other news, he said. As you just heard from Jill, well, to other news now. Uh, to Governor Walz. No, we're gonna do Mark Kelly. First day, first day, big problems here. Uh, are we going to Kelly here or are we gonna go to Jonah Kaplan? The question was succeeded by about four seconds of dead air."
Tony Dokoupil began his official run as CBS Evening News anchor after being appointed by CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss. He hosted a special Saturday edition following U.S. action in Venezuela and the reported abduction of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife. During Monday's broadcast he suggested that Maduro's removal could reduce the influence of Russia, China, and Iran in Venezuela and framed that as potentially serving U.S. interests. While transitioning to other stories, Dokoupil fumbled cues, repeated segment names, and produced several seconds of dead air. The program then covered a segment involving Sen. Mark Kelly and a related censure issue. Reports also indicate internal pushback at the network and plans for Weiss to accompany a multi-city broadcast tour.
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