i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us on kong's police chief is urging the handful of protesters still barricaded inside the polytechnic university there to surrender peacefully now they've been there since occupying the campus over the weekend it's the latest confrontation hong kong's 6 months now of anti-government protests mainland china has issued a series of increasingly tough warning against the demonstrators and although beijing has not directly intervened in the territory authorities have been targeting individual protesters our correspondent mathias building met with one of them he says he was arrested and beaten by police at the hong kong china border to protect his identity we've riva waste his remarks. it started like a routine business trip and indeed in china a secret detention system stanley was crossing the border to mainland china when he was stopped. police searched his phone and questioned him for several hours. then in the evening 2 police officers came they handcuffed me and put a black hood on my head. then they took me away. for fear of retribution we canno

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i'm brian thomas great to have you with us a key witness has given potentially damaging testimony at the impeachment hearings in the u.s. gordon saw the u.s. ambassador to europe addressed the house committee he detailed alleged attempts by the president to pressure ukraine's leader into investigating his democratic rival joe biden. u.s. ambassador gold in sunderland now writing for the impeachment hearings. the question everyone wants him to answer did president trump hold back financial a.t.u. crane in exchange for a corruption probe into his democratic rival joe biden and his links to energy fund the research the own says he was following instructions from trump's attorney rudy giuliani thank you please as i testified previously mr giuliani's requests were a quid pro quo for arranging a white house visit for president selenski mr giuliani demanded that ukraine make a public statement announcing the investigations of the 2016 election d.n.c. server and or recent mr giuliani was expressing the desires of the president of the united states and we knew these investigations were import

i'm brian thomas great to have you with us some 100 protesters remain barricaded inside a hong kong university as the standoff there with police continues now that's according to the territories. chief executive kerry lamb clashes have been raging of course for days now with 600 people who were inside that university building there already surrendering to police others made a bold escape by climbing out of buildings terry lamb called on those remaining inside to surrender saying the hong kong government was trying to find a peaceful solution to end the standoff meanwhile china says hong kong's high court does not have the power to end the ban on protesters wearing masks now that move could add even more fuel to the ongoing protests. for the very latest let's bring indeed abuse phoebe kong she joins us now from hong kong good day to you phebe could you give us a sense of what's happening in those buildings behind you there who's inside and and what are the conditions lie for them. now brian now i'm standing right next to the university campus that you can see the building right behind me still

i'm brian thomas great to have you with us some 100 protesters remain barricaded inside a hong kong universities the standoff with police there continues. now that's according to the territory's chief executive carrie lamb clashes have been raging for days now with 600 people who were inside the university already having surrendered to police now others made a bold escape by climbing out of buildings with rope plotters called on those remaining inside to surrender saying the hong kong government was trying to find a peaceful solution to end the standoff meanwhile china says hong kong's high court does not have the power to end the ban on protesters wearing masks now that move could even could add even more fuel to the ongoing protests let's get the very latest now from our correspondents fee because in hong kong and mathias billing for us in beijing today to both of you if evie hong kong police are saying that surrender is now the only option for the students trapped inside the polytechnic university where you are it will the students turn themselves into police and what happens once they do. we

brian thomas great to have you with us australian firefighters are on high alert for a catastrophic threat from bushfires dozens of fires are burning at this hour in new south wales which includes the city of sydney residents of some 100000 homes near sydney are being urged to leave their homes. well one local fire chief said conditions are so bad that when a fire takes hold quote we're not going to stop it. i. protect life. protect property. and sure everybody is a safe as possible. these are the principles guiding austerities on australia's east coast bracing themselves for the worst bushfires in the nation's history more than 50 blazes are burning across the state of new south wales authorities are expecting conditions to get even worse. another. developing and one of those worst was leads to follow the drilling in the direction all else all the house got it and that's what you know if you haven't already done so now since i was on to the fires are expected to spread quickly due to high temperatures and strong winds all stories are warning of catastrophic fire danger for to city of sydn

i'm brian thomas great to have you with us climate activists around the world are taking to the streets in the 4th global climate strike today they're demanding that governments step up their efforts to further cut carbon emissions now demonstrators in australia kicking off the day. test planned in cities around the world in sydney . skipping school for a rally outside the city hall in march they were joined by victims of the bushfires that have been ravaging parts of australia. i always take. a look at it stating my link to mankind action will say it's a great many pushing their labor they see me being affected by these people a lot of people have lost their lives we cannot count on the type of round up and finally. i thought everything through and i would like anything to be straight looks. like. it was. my right to think that. i was. really boring. ok the global climate strike now underway in australia kicking off here in germany in a few hours time let's talk about that now with climate activists clara meyer from the fridays for future move in germany good morning to clarke good mor

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us police in hong kong are warning that though resort to live ammunition if armed activists among the protesters there fail to lay down their weapons now groups of students have been barricading themselves inside hong kong's polytechnic university they've been trying to leave that campus but fear being arrested by police if they do so. the police move in. but protesters sit the entrance to hong kong polytechnic university ablaze as the police retreat. the police make some arrests and a few students were injured. although the standoff remains tense it's without serious bloodshed something many had feared over the weekend. but it remains a fiery stalemate hundreds of students inside the university versus the police. the protesters are using a host of weapons including molotov cocktails and slingshots. and even bows and arrows to keep the police at bay. the students are determined. just as a war is more war. i have already written my will. but i trust that my fellow students will keep the protests going. many of us here are exhausted just like

i'm brian thomas great to have you with us australian firefighters. are on high alert for a catastrophic threat from bushfires dozens of fires are burning in the states of queensland and new south wales especially this stretch some 1000 kilometers along the east coast from president britain to sydney residents of about 100000 homes near sydney are doing their best at this hour to take shelter after authorities warned that it was too late for them to leave their homes. while a fire that erupted in sydney's northern suburbs late in the afternoon immediately cut off exit routes for a number of residents one local fire chief saying conditions are so bad that when a fire takes hold we're not able to stop and. protect life. protect property. and sure everybody is a safe as possible. these are the principles guiding austerities honest trail yes east coast bracing themselves for the worst bushfires in the nation's history more than 50 blazes are burning across the state of new south wales authorities are expecting conditions to get even worse. and out of almo

our brian thomas great to have you with us some 100 protesters remain barricaded inside a hong kong university as the standoff there with police continues now that's according to the territory's chief executive kerry lamb. clashes have been raging of course there for a number of days with 600 people who were inside the university all ready having surrendered to police others made a bold as. rope ladder called on those remaining inside to surrender saying how the hong kong government was trying to find a peaceful solution to the standoff meanwhile china says that hong kong's high court has no power to overturn the controversial ban on the wearing of face masks during demonstrations now that move by beijing could add even more fuel to the ongoing protests let's get the very latest now from our correspondents fee because in hong kong and mathias billing for us in beijing to date of both of you phebe hong kong police are saying that surrender is now the only option for the students trapped inside the polytechnic university where you are it will the students turn themselves into police and what hap

i'm brian thomas great to have you with us and as the international is reporting that more than 100 people have been killed in a government crackdown on protests in iran the unrest rocking after hikes and fuel prices authorities responded by shutting down the internet supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has described the protest as a security matter. very little information reaches the outside world from iran authorities have shut down the internet whether there are still protests there and where they may be taking place is difficult to verify. videos from monday evening show angry demonstrators some are demanding that the government step down the protests were sparked by a drastic increase in the price of gasoline u.s. sanctions and mismanagement are the main causes of iran's economic crisis. also president i have 3 jobs to support myself of course people are upset and now they found a reason to show their dissatisfaction everyone does it in their own way. but of course the pictures of men who have been arrested are shown on state television they're accused of initiating the protests at

i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us a standoff at the polytechnic university in hong kong is continuing at this hour after students barricaded themselves inside during anti-government protests now some debt. pursuits attempted to flee but police appeared to trap them inside the university by firing tear gas and rubber bullets on those who attempted to leave up to 800 protesters gathered on the campus some of them carrying homemade weapons petrol bombs and bows and arrows police threaten to use live ammunition if they failed to disk arm themselves. for the very latest let's go live now to our correspondent on the ground charlotte till our charlotte what's the latest where you are. brian this is without doubt one of the most highly charged 24 hours of this 5 month protest movement so far now what i'm standing is a few 100 meters away from the university where that standoff is still ongoing where i'm standing there are still numerous riot police walking around we've seen a number of people at being arrested 2 or led away with their hands tied behind their back to the universi

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i'm brian thomas great to have you with us violence has been escalating on the israel gaza border following the killing of a top commander of the palestinian militant group as long. israel says babu a top was behind a series of rocket attacks on its territory israeli forces killed him in a rare targeted air strike on his home in the gaza strip palestinian militants responding by firing rockets at israeli cities including the commercial capital tel aviv authorities have instructed citizens across southern and central israel to remain indoors. for the very latest let's bring indeed obvious tanya kramer following this for us in jerusalem good morning to you donna what's happening in the border area right now. well since the early morning hours since this targeted strike on the islamic jihad leader there have been by the minute red sirens or learn so-called you read alarms. asking people to run for bomb shelters and that's not just happening and the sounds of it is about that also further up north towards the center and also in tel aviv in the coastal cities of ashkelon and start as well and th

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speaking of thomas, i felt like a was a brian to lead talk.nis, a lot of comments about the weather today. it is colder. >> especially in tampa, florida. it was 75 °, a beautiful day and we come back to freezing temperatures in the northeast, the reality sets in. we have 16 in minneapolis, 17 in chicago, 25 in kansas city, cold air moving in. the 24 hour temperature change is quite evident on this map with a 17 ° difference in new york city, 24 ° difference in memphis and dallas, 23 ° difference from this time yesterday. you see this front moving through bringing some snow. it did bring some snow to part of the interior northeast but i want to show you the arctic air that is yet to come into sunday, monday and tuesday. that means we have the cold air in place, any kind of moisture will mean a snow event. if we go 7 days out, i don't like to go 7 days out because that gets sketchy but you can see especially the interior northeast with measurable snow. rob: you posted that on twitter. i gave at the office. >> i didn't understand that. todd: a gi