playing out in venezuela. [ gunfire ] >> geez louise. protests turning deadly reeling from a controversial election, one called by some a sham that gives the country's president sweeping powers. critics say democracy is now eroding there moving closer to a dictatorship there, and now president trump may hit them where it hurts. oil. go to cnn's paula newton in caracas, venezuela following all of this. paula, the protests are about to start back up. what are they preparing for now? >> reporter: yeah. at noon the opposition wants people back out on the streets to make it clear they believe that democracy is over here in venezuela. the president can do what he wants to run the dictatorship that president trump thinks he wants. now, the trump administration had a back down briefing last week. looking at a million different options. one not on the table, though,