crowd and spared only by colombian police and if the symbolic bid to get aid in peacefully failed, then these scenes are what venezuelans are left with. the question really is what opposition leader guaido is no longer in venezuela and detract from his ability to meet with vice president mike pence in the colombia capital and will i look like a leader on the world stage in we are going to see probably more venezuelan soldiers defecting. the real issue is how do you get food into a starving people? none of this standoff has fixed that issue. back to you. >> nick paton walsh, thank you for you and your crew, we hope you're safe today as well. a little dicey yesterday. >> indeed. thank you, nick. our next guest grew up in venezuela and left and came to the united states as a student back in 2016. >> daniel demartino wrote an