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Voices In The News: Shutdown Ends, Trump Confidant Indicted, Venezuela Crisis Continues

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UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: (Chanting) Hey hey, ho ho, shutdown has got to go.

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AMY FELLOWS: I was able to pay for my rent and my utilities for the first of the month. But now I have nothing in my bank.

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government.

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NANCY PELOSI: Today, we have come to a way to go forward to debate the best ways to protect our border. I don't see this as any power play.

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SEAN HANNITY: I know some of you say, well, he didn't get any money for the wall. He didn't get any money for the wall. No. He didn't. But he's going to.

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ALISYN CAMEROTA: Longtime Donald Trump associate informal adviser Roger Stone has been arrested and indicted by a grand jury on charges brought by the special counsel Robert Mueller.

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ROGER STONE: I will plead not guilty to these charges. I will defeat them in court. I believe this is a politically motivated investigation.

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SARAH SANDERS: What I do know is that this has nothing to do with the president, has nothing to do with the White House.

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JUAN GUAIDO: (Speaking Spanish).

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MICHAEL POMPEO: The regime of former President Nicolas Maduro is illegitimate.

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MIKE PENCE: We say to all the good people of Venezuela - estamos con ustedes. We are with you.

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:

Those are some of the voices in the news talking about Venezuela, the indictment of the president's friend and ally Roger Stone and, of course, the end of the government shutdown - for now. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

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Lulu Garcia-Navarro is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. She is infamous in the IT department of NPR for losing laptops to bullets, hurricanes, and bomb blasts.