when the troops came to tiananmen square, liu xiaobo negotiated a term with the troops to avoid massacree square. for him to get the nobel peace prize, this is definitely one of the most important conditions, i believe. did you try to speak to any of the soldiers yourself? no. i was, earlier, i went to one of the front line on the east side, trying to see what's happening there, but it was way too chaotic, there was no way to speak to anybody at the time. the shooting has already begun. i've seen people shot down. and the voice of bullets travelling in the air is something that i can still remember vividly. people's blood, the smell of the people's blood also, that is a bona fides massacre, so. did you believe you would get out alive? no, i did not believe this. after the massacre, there were rumours afterjune the 11th day, we were hiding in cities. for me, the idea is for me to turn myself in. but there were rumours in beijing to say, wang dan, ok, number one most wanted. they want him alive. that is the order given to the soldiers and police. wu'erkaixi, they don't want me alive. the r

following the tiananmen square crackdown liu xiaobo was offered asylum inside the australian embassy,stay in his country and try and change it from within. for this he's paid a terrible price. that'sjust about within. for this he's paid a terrible price. that's just about it for this edition of outside source. we've been covering the new deal between the conservative party and democratic unionist party in the uk. this is an arrangement which means the dup will support theresa may and her government on key pieces of legislation like the budget and on multiple bills relating to brexit. we have also had some breaking news in the last few minutes, a significant announcement in the us from the congressional budget office saying if the proposed republican health—care reform comes in, we could be looking at 22 million americans becoming uninsured by 2026. that will intensify the debate around the health care reform before some of the key hills. thank you for watching and i will see you tomorrow at the same time. bye bye. hello. this time last week we were talking about record—breaking temper

the park to mark 20th anniversary of crackdown of pro democracy protests in and around beijing tiananmen squareheld candles, sang songs and listened to speeches to beijing calling to atone for the crackdown. it drew 110,000 people. >>> tv host bill maher using an apology for using racial slur during his live show. he referred to himself using n word in conversation with senator ben sasse. after swift social media backlash maher apologized saying i regret the word i used in the banter of a live moment. the word was offensive, i'm sorry. senator sass tweets he wishes he would have been quick to call him out in the moment. they will remove the word in future airing. >>> arrested on spegs of drunk driving, derrek fisher. he flipped his car early sunday. he and his girlfriend former "basketball wives" star was not injured. fisher was arrested after officers discovered he had been drinking. the couple released a statement saying we are beyond grateful that we are both okay and no one else was involved. >>> take a look at this demolition video of a power plant in belgium. four towers what down in cont

kong to mark the twenty—eighth anniversary in hong kong to mark the 28th anniversary of the tiananmen square the only place in china where people are allowed to mark the incident. the gathering came after taiwan's president used the anniversary to offer china the island's experience of transforming itself from a one—party state into a democracy. now, india's cricket captain virat kohli produced a match—winning innings to insure they won their first match of the champions trophy in england. to make things even better for them it was against their rivals pakistan. a full report in sport today in around half an hour. as you can appreciate, lots of new details coming through on this investigation, this is london bridge, the active crime scene, where seven people lost their lives in the attack. so—called islamic state has made a claim for this attack. of course we need to be very cautious about that. on here with oui’ cautious about that. on here with our terrorist expert. doctor ashraf, of course islamic state, they have a tendency to make these claims, what should we make of this? we should kee

. >>> 1989 tiananmen square massacre in beijing, some 110,000 participated in a vigil, holding candlesng on beijing the crackdown pro democracy protest. the number of fatalities unknown ranging from several hundred to several thousands killed. >>> egypt, saudi arabia, bahrain, saudi arabia have severed ties with qatar. egypt accusing qatar of supporting muslim procedure hood which it views as terrorist organization. bahrain says qatar has been interfering and giving citizens 14 days to leave. uae set 48 hour deadline. comments on state run media contributed to -- called for easing of tensions to iran describing hamas as, quote, legitimate representative of palestinian people. qatar says those were fake remarks posted by hackers. however, that has been rejected by several gulf states. ambassador to qatar retweeted a tweet from u.s. embassy in qatar from last october which says, quote, u.s. supports qatar's efforts combating terrorism, financing and appreciates its role in coalition against isil. couple of things playing here. have you a major u.s. base in qatar. now we're on the heels o

. >> thousands in hong kong, to mark 2 years since the crackdown in tiananmen square.elight vigil honored hundreds of student protestors killed by the chinese military in 19 # 9. taiwan, renewed a call for beijing to facing up to history. and largely censored. >> the venezuela violinist, whose images went viral. continuing his protest amid the turmoil. ortega took part in a street concert for life yesterday. in caracas. last month pictures of him crying, after national guardsmen destroyed his violin. filled the internet yesterday. he used one of many violins he received since then. >> very cool. >> we will go back to the uk. ariana grande's star-studded benefit concert for the manchester bombing victims. see the powerful moment a 12-year-old girl brought them to tears. >>r ns. find us on facebook. you're watching "world news nesses to run. they have passions to pursue.hey avoid tripsto the? stamps.com ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. get a 4 week trial, plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com

he did not know anything about the anniversary of tiananmen square in china.he uprising, building of the century. as he can be summed about the brave uprising in china a quarter-century ago? >> alas. they you guys very much. >> harris: shawn spicer just wrapping up 30 seconds before the top of the hour, taking questions. many of them about tweets. our own john roberts was there. you can imagine, it sean have to talk about the present with tweets. whether or not they were officially present or white house. he said they were official statements on twitter by the president. no doubt, more to come, but we have other things to talk about reform, obama here. i am harris, >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 at the white house. president trump is meeting with republicans and congress. trying to figure out how to get healthcare and tax reform back on track. we'll look at their plan action coming up. we mark 73 years since d-day. allied forces launching another key operation. ahead, the battle for the islamic state's so-called capitol, raqqa. not only did the

he did not know anything about the 25th anniversary of tiananmen square in china. is there going to be any statement about the brave uprising of china. >> with that, guys, i know the house and senate leadership are here. thank you, guys, very much. >> i'm ana cabrera. you've been watching the white house press briefing as the president is scheduled to meet with top ranking lawmakers about his agenda, an agenda his own aides have admitted are stalled, whether the trump campaign colluded with russian officials. a few headlines coming out of that briefing. let's talk about them with mark preston. again, the question about whether the tweets from president trump, are they official statements? here is how sean spicer answered that question. >> this obsession with covering everything he says on twitter and very little of what he does as president -- >> that's his preferred method of communication with the american people. >> that's not true. >> of course it is. >> it's social media. >> it's not social media. it's his words, his thoughts. >> it's not policy. it's not an e

he did not note anything about the 25th anniversary of tiananmen square in china.ing to be any statement about the brave uprising in china of a quarter century ago? >> i'll look into that, john, for you. with that, guys, the house and senate leadership are here, so thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] >> we waited so long. [laughter] cheryl: sean spicer just wrapping up the daily press briefing talking about major items on the president's domestic agenda, health care and tax reform, also taking questions about leaks, national security, the travel ban. oh, and the trump tweets. they keep piling in, leaving reporters in the room and investors asking, do they get his message out or do they impede his agenda? thank you so much for joining us, and we have breaking news right now. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell saying just moments ago thatop replicans are, quote, getting closer to having a health care proposal. mcconnell declined to give an exact timeline for the health care plan going to the senate floor for a vote. all of this coming as republican con

. >>> thousands gathered in hong kong to mark 28 years breakdown in tiananmen square. in 1999. taiwan renewed a call for beijing to face up to its history. the prodemocracy protest has been largely sensored in mainland china. >>> the violinist is continuing his peaceful protest amid that country's turmoil. he took part in what was called a street concert for life yesterday in caracas. last month pictures of him crying after guards men destroyed his violin filled the internet. yesterday he used many violins he received since then yesterday. >> very cool. >>> coming up, we'll go back to the uk. ariana grande's star-studded benefit concert for the manchester bombing victims. see the moment a 12-year-old girl brought the crowd to tears. >>> but first see what sparked a stampede that injured 1,500 soccer fans. >>> find us on facebook. and on twitter. you're watching "world news now." now." you won't see these folks at the post office. they have businesses to run. they have passions to pursue. how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com mail letters, ship packages

laws and he has called the american press -- and admires these guys, including chinese -- at tiananmen square-- i think he's sim patco with ideas of being tough on the press. >> if what rick is saying, the immediate reaction rick had, sme are covering stuff up. why is somebody in the white house not going into the oval office and saying to the whole of the white house team, we need every single meeting ever had with any russian, we need it out now before it comes out next week on the front page of the "po "post"? >> nobody crosses trump. second secondly, there are six people around him at all times vying for his loyalty. if somebody says something he doesn't like, they step back and others walk forward. they are disorganized and unprofessional. they weren't ready for this. they didn't expect to win. sean spicer and reince priebus didn't expect to win. nobody expected to win. >> the russians didn't expect to win. >> i wanted to follow really quickly, kat ty had asked rick what was the meeting? what was the issue? what was the lie? from what you've seen julia, what is the one thing if you're bo