Calls for a military uprising against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro have led to violent clashes in Caracas on Tuesday. CBS News State Department reporter Christina Ruffini joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” to discuss how the Trump administration is responding. Source

WH carefully monitoring Venezuela crisis; China connection to Trump’s 2020 campaign Source

A North Carolina university police chief says officers arrived within minutes to the room in a campus building where a shooting happened, disarming the gunman. University of North Carolina-Charlotte Police Chief Jeff Baker said that a call came in at 4:40 p.m. Tuesday that a suspect armed with a pistol had shot several students. Two of them died. Source

U.S.-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó called for civilians and Venezuelan military to back him Tuesday in an uprising against President Nicolás Maduro. This led to violent clashes between the opposition and troops who support Maduro. The Trump administration stands by Guaidó and recognizes him as Venezuela’s rightful leader. Foreign Affairs columnist Markos Kounalakis joins CBSN to discuss the latest. Source

Companies in the “gig” economy maintain that their workers aren’t employees. Source

Special counsel Robert Mueller “expressed frustration over the lack of context” in Attorney General William Barr’s four-page letter summarizing the findings of Mueller’s nearly two-year investigation into President Trump’s conduct and Russian interference in U.S. elections, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Paula Reid reports. Source

Will Guaido’s uprising save Venezuela?; NASA prepares for asteroid exercise Source

“The group wants consumers to know how hard it is for essential workers to show up to work every day so that shoppers can get their goods,” she said. Source

The seagull repeatedly perched in front of a London traffic camera this week Source

The White House says President Trump is closely monitoring a “very serious situation” in Venezuela. Politico White House correspondent and associate editor, Anita Kumar; and Bloomberg national political reporter, Sahil Kapur, join CBSN’s “Red and Blue” to discuss the country’s ongoing turmoil and the rest of the day’s top political headlines. Source