As America approaches its 250th birthday on July 4, a new Gallup poll found that 77% of Americans think the country’s founders would be disappointed by its current state. CNN spoke with descendants of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and other Founding Fathers, who shared their perspectives on the nation today. Meanwhile, Venezuela was hit by two back-to-back earthquakes on Wednesday evening, with a 7.5-magnitude quake — the strongest in over a century — following a 7.2 foreshock. Dozens are dead, hundreds are injured, and search-and-rescue teams are racing to reach people trapped under collapsed buildings.