it's just a different path of going about it. >> reporter: frances holmes, who's seen her wages riseonly one dollar an hour over the last three years, hopes state lawmakers will understand her point of view. >> what i have to say to the legislators, i mean, just for one week try to live on what i live on. >> sreenivasan: for the past three weeks in venezuela, protesters have demanded president nicolas maduro schedule new elections, and do more to address the country's long-running economic crisis. public anger has been brewing amidst triple-digit inflation and shortages of food, medicine, and basic supplies. protesters blame maduro's socialist policies. there's also been a steep global drop in venezuela's key export: oil." reuters" reporter brian ellsworth is in the venezuelan capital of caracas and joins me now via skype. >> sreenivansan: brian, last week we heard so many more stories about the looting running rampant with the protests on the street. >> the looting has been happening after protests mostly in working-class areas and what has happened and specifically we had an incide