Oil Stocks' Venezuela Rally, Maduro Heads to Court, Versant Media's Debut 1/5/26

Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber led off the show with the U.S. strikes on Venezuela over the weekend, which resulted in the capture of that country's president Nicolas Maduro.

His federal court hearing on drug and weapons charges is slated for Monday in New York. Oil stocks such as Chevron rallied on the prospect of U.S energy companies gaining access to Venezuela's oil reserves. Hear what Cramer is saying about the AI trade in 2026. At the Nasdaq, CNBC parent Versant Media rang the opening bell — celebrating its debut as an independent publicly traded company after being spun off by Comcast. Also in focus: The Dow's new record high, what to expect from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's news conference at CES.

Disclosure: Versant is the parent company of CNBC.

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