opposition chief one goh i don't know is seen internationally is venezuela's rightful leader but he has so far failed to oust madeira oh he's banned from standing and urged voters to boycott the election that has not proved popular. we're against those who are calling for a boycott they've already done it 3 or 4 times and the people have rejected it. yet. he defended them an independent of a persons political position it's a civic duty to vote they teach is that when you're young in the 6th grade you have to go and vote it's your duty. and since it i'm an abstention does not promote democracy change the chief through the will of the people and mass participation i believe in democracy but as you must you why do and is planning an immediate weeklong campaign to seek support for fresh elections my dear is near certain victory will be hailed by his allies russia and china. venezuelans will have less to celebrate. i'm now joined by journalists in van as well as capital caracas oscar good to see you this election is widely regarded as a farce with little standing in the way of a landslide wh

backed one goh i don't know who declared himself interim president last year but following this election with terror has consolidated his power in a way that he insists was democratic. we have complied with the constitution that we have complied with this constitution 5 years later i have to say we have a new national assembly the product of a popular vote the people have elected their new lawmakers and we have had a tremendous and gigantic electoral victory. washington rejects the legitimacy of the current government demands fair and democratic elections and while being recognized by many foreign powers as interim president they serve our struggle to gain significant political traction within the country that the view of ph d. candidate in public policy under king. there's a ridiculous charge and. this accusation was just to be expected it is of course the same louis it is we have of piracy coming from the drug administration which is in the middle of the new power grab the war against the venezuelan people has been bipartisan foreign powers these down instrument is bipartisan the penta

well in the home and abroad her voted in a non-binding poll organized by the opposition leader one goh i don't know is asking people whether they want to end the president nicolas maduro is rule and hold new elections the poll was organized to counter last week's parliamentary elections of physician groups had boycotted the vote calling it fraudulent media as governing party regained a majority in the national assembly the only state body the opposition had controlled latin america to lucy in the human has more from santiago. i've been keeping a very close eye on both the turnout inside venezuela and outside of venezuela remember there are more than 5000000 venezuelans most of them here in latin america a large number here in chile and even more 2000000 just in colombia in. this country was shall we say disappointing from the point of view of the of the opposition here in santiago there's a there's a 48 hour total lockdown people aren't even allowed to go out of their homes without a special permit so the polling stations have been set up by the opposition were not able to open another

not, and of foreign policy as geopolitics, whereas holbrooke was more of an operative who would two gohtry to solve a -- go in and try to solve a problem. he in the post-cold war he was at his best and the mose compelssive and got himself into some trouble he he had hard time getting out of. >> peter, i'd like you pick up on that. there was one line i wrote down, about baker, in the end when you were write bought how much he wanted to be seen as a diplomat, working on the book, but i'm quiting he was of all a fixer. no matter how much he tried to break out of that straight jacket but a fixer who shaped world events. it -- george is saying, james baker was in some respects more like kissinger but there was a difference. >> that's right. bakers likes kissinger in the sense they took on the big thursday. baker was not -- decide not thick east timor was worth his time and was very calculating in that sense but not like kissinger in the didn't heal a great world strategy, geopolitical view of things. he was a fixer, lawyer who knew how to negotiate, political operative who knew how to get le

forward for both companies and early investor in both, airbnb and doordash, ron conway, companieshas seen gohogle and facebook public. all the talk right now is about whether the price for both of them is just too high. what is your reaction and your take on that? i would like to comment on what might be even more significant for our country, how apropos is it that california put joe biden over the edge to be the next president of this country, so that we can have some civility and productivity? that is as exciting as the ipo's last week. very involved in local politics, i know. do you think having president biden in office will change the way business is done in silicon valley, over the last four years? what will change for tech? think for a while joe biden has really big fish to fry. he has to resolve the covid pandemic, and he has to get the economy off the ground. i don't think joe biden is going to be thinking about the tech community and silicon valley for a while. given thehould he, priorities this country needs work on. let's talk a little about airbnb and doordash. they have been par