-simon: i'm simon. -dawn: dawn. -simon: nice to meet you. -lemonis: isn't it cool-looking?s, all of the furniture. lemonis: have you ever thought about having a gazebo? woman: absolutely. lemonis: we have an arrangement with true value where this one will sell for under $10,000. woman: oh, wow. woman #2: i've always wanted a gazebo, actually. lemonis: there's been more people in the first half-hour of standing at true value than there was in four hours standing at the fair. the number of buyers that could potentially buy this product tripled, quadrupled, times 10. -how are you? -rick: i'm rick. lemonis: i'm marcus. how are you, sir? i'm marcus. nice to meet you. what do you think of the product? -tom: it's gorgeous. -lemonis: okay. tom: what i'd like to do is keep it with our nursery products outside. lemonis: thank you. we're ready. let's move it. i'm excited. simon: watch the roof. we're gazebo surfing. ♪ jack: where we are today, kind of start pinching yourself every day. if there is an issue, we speak about it. there's no raising the voice. there's no argument. it's exc

for simon's dog-rescue shelter.says one of simon's last requests was that he take columbo when simon died. >> one thing that sam said is that, "every animal's life has value." >> tyson assumes simon's multi-billion-dollar trust will pay for columbo's costly medical treatments, including acupuncture and electromagnetic therapy. >> was there some sort of verbal agreement between you and sam? >> sam took care of everything while he was alive. when sam said, "will you take columbo?", i didn't say, "hey, how much, buddy?" i just said, "of course. i'll take care of it." >> then, in june 2015, three months after sam's death, tyson learns that those vets and therapists will no longer be paid and all those hollywood-style treatments will be discontinued. tyson reaches out to the executor of the simon trust. now, i'm a dog lover -- don't get me wrong -- but tell me how much you were asking, money-wise, to take care of columbo in the style sam had -- >> i didn't ask for money. i was asking for them to send the vets over. i was

in the simon is in charge of the auditions like many others. here simon lost family members in the genocide in rwanda as young people know the history of the massacre but on days like this they try to forget about it for a while still you know let's just say. that we're moving on we're moving along we don't not be held by what's up in the past we want to move on we want to look for the future and it doesn't but the odds you all know we are in the period of 100 days of the ritual and just this thing is part of it so we remember we are night and then didn't you so we have a new ourselves and this is part of the new york that about what what what what one of my one people are called up to audition. and this one was a has come here with a friend who is an aspiring singer. for nasa herself is too shy to sign up for the show she's a survivor of the genocide. that what that. movie made and i think this show is great there aren't many jobs for young people in rwanda but they all want to black can make their dreams come true well this might give them a

simon: they handcuff me like this. john: your hands are cuffed and simon: yes, exactlomething? they start to torture. for example, like to put my handsr up, handcuff foveral hours. you feel very painful. john: held in this detention center for 15 days, he says he was accused of inciting hong kong's unrest on behalf of theve british ment. simon: they regard me as the i said you don't need to torture me. i will say anything you want to say, but i want to make 100% clear that i didn't -- u.k. did not assign any resources or materials to the prote john: the u.k.'s hong kg consulate, where he worked as a trade and investment officer, is now at the center of an escalating diplomatic row. >> we are outraged by the disgraceful mistreatment that detention in mainland china.in i summoned the chinese ambassador to see me, and we made clear not only that this is outrageous and disgracefulor behabut also that expect the chinese authorities to review and to hold to account those responsible. john: china's reaction was equally forthright. >> the chinese ambassador will summon the british side

for nasa and simon 1st met at a support group for genocide survivors. he's become a surrogate father to her. the effects of the genocide are reflected even today in various aspects of rwandan culture the a on. a performing arts group called rehearses a play that deals in part with bonus a story. all i have left. bloodstained to. you. witnessed cruelty the role of a national as played by my own assange international's parents died in the genocide when she was just an infant i don't know much about you know on. what did you look like. you don't have your eyes. your fingers. perhaps even your smile. she's such a confused young fragile child she represents a lot of these days we have a lot of questions and that's basically what i'm doing in the scene with orson she's asking her mom about her history did you know it's it's difficult because her mom is new to the. sound of. a singer named rosetta plays vanessa's mother as the woman lay dying she asked the young girl to take the baby to safety. for tuesday evening. did you know marie was a would to. god. it wa

chang solicited prostitutes something he denies but simon story of being tortured in chinese custody isn't an exception correspondent matures bullinger spoke to another hong kong whose account of detention is chillingly similar to simon's. it started like a routine business trip and indeed in china 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 cannot show his face stanley wong is not his real name his accounts cannot be very fide independently but his story is in line with accounts from other detainees. at that time border police had begun systematically searching the phones of hong kong was crossing the border between hong kong and the mainland a photo of wong attending a peaceful march in june court their attention he explained it was unauthorized march and that hong kong allowed him to participate but they wouldn't listen. the

simon cheng has had to resign. the u.k. sis exposure to chinese state security as too much of a risk. and he is living in fear told me his interrogators said if he spoke out, they would john sudworth, bbc beijing.an laura: how oneot caught up in a diplomatic orw over the hong kong protests. now to australiawhere bushfires are having a it is feared that ds of koalas may have died in the blazes. g now people are try help animals that survived. . volunteer rescue operation is to save the koal just to warn you, you may find some of these images upsetting.o reer: it has been one of the worst seasons f bushfires in m australia y years. millions of hectares have burnt. hundreds of homes have been destroyed. and there has been a devastatine toll on wild other animals can run from the flames. the koala can't. this slow-moving marsupial is trapped.e man behind that voice takes the shirt off her back and rescues the animal, taking care to avoid getting ht herself. >> can you get water out of my car?th reporter: and she gives him try t

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simon: that is right. a big music show.re will be an orchestra, a dj, and i don't know who else. a spectacular. there is also a big arts display here, 30,000 messages of hope for the future knitted together in a big carpet. it is called the cloud of freedom. that is on display just a short distance from where i am as well. it is all something to see. carl: simon young at the brandenburg gate for us. thank you very much. we continue our special coverage of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. there is no doubt that it brought about huge changes, but were they all for the better? that depends on whether you are from eastern germany or from the west. reporter: the events that unfolded on november 9 30 years ago were life for millions of gegermans. how do germans feel today about the fall of the berlin wall, and all that came afterward? germans from both sides of the former border were asked about the impact of german reunification on their lives. people in both east and west agreed that the advantages outweigh

. >>> simone biles is reacting to a report revealing she was kept inhevestigation into sexual abuse by former team doctor larry nasser here is kate snow. >> reporter: an explosive report in the "wall street journal" says usa gymnastics knew simone biles had concerns about former team doctor larry nasser in 2015 but never asked to be interviewed and never alerted biles the fbi was investigating. biles tweeting late today did everyone know but me? earlier tweeting can't tell you how hard this is to read and process, the pain is biles was a rising star winning gold for the u.s. in rio. it was only after the olympics in 2016 that biles was interviewed by the fbi, that fbi investigation now under review itself for taking so long biles went public with her story last year saying she, too, was a victim of nasser's. >> we did everything they askeds you have one job, you literally have one job and you couldn't protect us. >> reporter: ally braiseman is one of the other athletes and demanding the doj inspector general release findings whether the fbi mishandled the investigation. saying she was

simone biles was also among .hose voicing concerns then. she described feeling uncomfortable, according to sh cctes submitted to congress by edonda faehn, then head of the u.s. women's gymnastics program. so did aly raisman, who spoke with "60 minutes" two years ago. "the wall street journal" uneorts that in june 2015, faehn nold steve penny, then head of u.s.a. gymnastics, that biles felt uncomfortable with nassar, but in a statement to cbs news, penny's lawyer said he didn't know biles was a victim until she came forward publicly almost three years later. as new facts about the handling of nassar's abuse continue to emerge, athletes like simone biles and aly raisman are demanding to know the whole truth. as raisman tweeted yesterday, "how much longer will this nightmare go on?" norah. >> o'donnell: all right, jon, thank you. there is still much more ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." how a couple says their dream cruise ended being held hostage in a mexican hotel. tonight, the celebrity now coming to their rescue. plus the email mix-u

simon, thanks. we just simon, thanks.there about scrapping business rates, something that some in this hall will be happy to hear. questions, though, over exactly what will replace it, and someone who might be able to give us answers is jo swinson. talking about a landowner levy, how will that work? basically, it is about not taxing businesses on the basis that they have invested in property and so they will have to pay more, but on they will have to pay more, but on the underlying value of the land, so landowners will be paying that levy. that will save 92% of businesses money, they will be paying less under these plans, and of course we have seen the huge problems in a high streets with, you know, even re ce ntly we high streets with, you know, even recently we have seen clintons and mothercare are going to the wall, businesses have been struggling, lower footfall, finding it harder, and business rates has been part of that, so this change will help struggling businesses. as i understand it, the plan would be that whoev

new political correspondent simon young is there that welcome simon we've just been looking at scenes of jubilation from the 30 years ago what's the scene that now. well not quite the same level of jubilation but of course people are free here now to mill around come have a look see what they'd like to do and you have to imagine 30 years ago up to that point where i'm standing right now is in the middle of the death zone it was an absolute no go area you couldn't cross from the east where i'm standing to the west or vice versa and you know there was a lot of pain associated with that it was a symbol of german history the brandenburg gate behind me an important building and everybody recognizes it around the world but you know nobody could really come and visit it up close and i think for that reason people come down here now to take a look remember those days and of course one of the things we've been doing in recent days is looking through some of that emotional archive footage from 30 years ago in particular one piece we've dug out let's have a look this is an east german woman who

are for more joining me now in studio is political correspondent simon young i mean simon we saw there you know this day of course still resonating here in germany how is the country marking these events from 30 years ago well it's a week long celebration really especially here in berlin as we saw there are projects polities speeches films discussion panels and of course the t.v. networks are full of all that famous archive footage of the opening when the opening points between east and west. you know opened almost without planning and suddenly the streets of berlin were you know a one big sort of party so the authorities i think of trying to recapture some of that atmosphere from back then remembering the victims of german division as well of course. it's all going to culminate on the 9th of november the actual adverse 3 of the fall of the wall with a big show and plenty of razzmatazz. at the brandenburg gate now we see of course behind as you know all these happy faces the celebrations you mentioned for those the living in former east germany at the time i mean life after the wall ca

have both electing a new party leaders today to tell us more i'm joined by political correspondent simon young here in the studio and our chief political editor. at the f.t. party congress in the city of brown try welcome to you both some i'll come back to you in a moment. tell us 1st of all about the i have to new late is. because well the 2 new leaders that are elected certainly will be welcomed by alexander gallant one of the founding fathers of the party who got his wish list your voice in an older professor from west germany he was reelected as co-head of the party he has a very long track record of also trying to be a moderate if he has successively shifted further to the right in the past elections also and also a rift in the party with the far right extreme right wing. being led by. someone who can legally be called a fascist according to a court ruling here in germany and with mr pardo who's from the east who's from saxony the f.t. very much feels that it's been able to complete the picture have a stronger representation of the east and voter base also at the very top of the par

well i'm joined now by our political correspondent simon young hi simon people are calling the election of a late as a shock what's surprising about it i think it is a shock because you know the polls are pointing in the other direction these 2 relatively unknown s.p.d. politicians of pushed aside scholtz who is the finance minister and chancellor merkel's deputy in the current government so obviously he's very well known and you know they've won now on the basis of this vote of the membership these are left leaning politicians who want to see a change of course and are generally speaking skeptical about the future of the coalition between social democrats. conservatives and so what this could lead to is a change in that in germany's national government what let's talk about that these people are critics of this coalition how what is this bill for the longevity of the government right what they have sadie's the they want to renegotiate the coalition agreement that is the basis of the government they want to see much more much. or a social democrat policies in that things like massive pr

simon cheng has had to resign.ear. he told me his interrogators said if he spoke out, they would find him. john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. jose mourinho has been named as the new spurs manager, a matter of hours after last night's sacking of mauricio pochettino. mr mourinho, the former boss of chelsea and manchester united, praised the quality of spurs' squad and their "world class" stadium, as our sports editor dan roan reports. he brings trophies, but often trouble too. for almost a year, jose mourinho has been on the sidelines, but now, in a move that surprised many, one of football's most divisive figures is back. tottenham hotspur today unveiling the portuguese coach as their new manager. mourinho's appointment came less than 12 hours after the sacking of mauricio pochettino. in his five and a half years at the club, the hugely popular

from me, simon calder, the global guru, bye for now, and see you next time.rica destination list, and i am here in the capital, kigali. the city is a hub for start—ups, it has a buzzing art scene, and great local entertainment. but while most travellers whizz through here to get straight to the rwandan wildlife, i have come to see what the capital has to offer. welcome to rwanda! the city is impressively spotless, there is wi—fi everywhere, and perhaps most importantly, there is a real sense of pride bursting from every single person i talked to. this is thanks in no small part to the national made in rwanda initiative, a movement to support and inspire local businesses, and the made in rwanda label is now a badge of honour. this all reflects the new rwandan identity, no longer divided along ethnic or tribal lines. i am at the house of tayo, where designer matthew rugamba set up shop years ago. he has seen his brand grow in popularity since the launch of the made in rwanda label. he has even seen his clothes strutted on the red carpet for the launch of the bl

as of now, simone biles is training for tokyo as larry nasser serves his sentence. kate snow, nbc news. >>> there is a health alert we want you to know about tonight, romaine lettuce may make you sick a new outbreak sickened 40 people in a dozen states the cdc warning people to avoid romaine grown in california. if the label doesn't say where it was grown, throw it out. >>> it was supposed to be the rollout of tesla's battery powered pickup truck by tesla but it was a smashing failure than a success. >> i present to you the cyber truck. >> reporter: with fog, fire and strobe lights, elon musk unveiled the cyber track, a mad max version. made of ultra thick stainless steel but when the chief designer used a metal ball to demonstrate it was shatter proof, things didn't go so well. not at once but twice. [ laughter ] >> oh, man. >> little room for improvement [ laughter ] >> musk insists the cyber truck is strong with batteries able to go up to 500 miles starting price, 39,900. while the crowd cheered, a lot of online reaction has been mixed at best. from the cyber tru

anna: simon, thank you very much. simon fraser, from flint partners and formally at the foreign office. very interesting polling data overnight.ets coming up on the program, a threat of retaliation from china as president trump signs a bill backing hong kong protesters. what it means for trade and the outlook for markets. that conversation is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ this welcome back to special edition of "bloomberg market." president trump has signed a bill in support of democracy hong kong protesters. trump released a statement, saying the bills are being enacted in the hope that leaders and representatives in china and hong kong will be able to amicably settle their differences, leading to long-term peace and prosperity for all. china threatened retaliation over the passage of the bill just as the two nations get close to signing a phase one trade deal. bloomberg's international executive editor going this now with analysis. this latest development over hong kong, i suppose, threatening to derail trade talks.

simon thanks so much for coming in. but another german party the far right alternative to germany also elected new late is at a party conference in the city of brown try the pair include. a 44 year old house painted turned politician from eastern germany. as a compromise candidate who has support from right wing as well as the extreme right wing factions of the party and incumbent was re-elected. outside the conference whole large crowds protested against the party. germany's biggest opposition party in terms of parliamentary seats and its main focus now is to gain control of government. well they have his cheek chief political editor has been covering that party conference and sent this assessment. the f.t. was become more professional more stable more mainstream its new leadership team of old and new the professor from the west you know more in tune into local power from the east these 2 leaders will be able to deliver that too is so degree the hope is that the a of d. come the general elections and 2021 or earlier co

well for more i'm joined by our political correspondent simon young simon thanks for coming in this announcement is quite a shock tell us a little bit more about these 2 candidates or these 2 sort of later new late is and why it was such a shock yes it is a shock you're right and these 2 relatively unknown. skin and no but both a boy they pushed aside the better known finance minister and vice chancellor currently older shoals and his partner to a man woman teams up for this. in this vote this evening and this more left leaning pair of one out of that wasn't really what was expected according to the polls and it's potentially a short going forward because these 2 are much more skeptical about the future of the coalition government the social democrats are in coalition of course at national level with chancellor merkel's conservatives and they say you know they may not stay with that arrangement so it could be an early end to the era of methyl and her government and the pip the party in particular has been in payday i'm talking about obviously has been you know in freefall and crisis of recent mo

i'm simon mccoy.st seniorjewish leader has questioned jeremy corbyn‘s fitness to be prime minister, saying that a new poison of anti—semitism had taken root in the party, sanctioned, as he put it, from the very top. in an outspoken intervention in the general election campaign, the chief rabbi ephraim mirvis described labour's claim to have dealt with allegations of anti—semitism as a fiction and he urged people to vote with their conscience. launching labour's race and faith manifesto, jeremy corbyn said his party will not tolerate anti—semitism. jess parker reports. not the backdrop the labour party wanted outside the launch of its race and faith manifesto. it comes as this man, the chief rabbi ephraim mirvis, questioned jeremy corbyn‘s fitness to be prime minister. in the times, the chief rabbi writes that, "a new poison, sanctioned from the top, has taken root in the labour party." he adds, "i ask every person to vote with their conscience. be in no doubt, the very soul of our nation is at stake."

and our political correspondent simon young is at the brandenburg gate simon this is the site of festivities of course tonight and tomorrow but you know the berlin wall as we saw it once cut right through the area where you're standing so how did the brandenburg gate become a symbol of unity rather than one of division well call of course the brandenburg gate is one of the most iconic symbols of the german nation it was built by the prussians later it was misused by the nazis as a backdrop for their parades and marches and the east german communist regime closed it off because just on the other side of the brandenburg gate on the western side. was the berlin wall for 28 years into where i'm standing was a complete no go zone you could come from here you couldn't cross from the east where i am to the west or the other way and that in that way it was a symbol of division but on the noise of the 9th of november 1909 of course people were able to come here and. within a few hours of the unexpected announcement that people would be allowed to leave east germany they were dancing on the berkeley a

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and tell us what's happening there tonight simon. what's annoyed is mainly preparations going on i think you can perhaps see through the gate there's the stage for a big goal our event that's happening tomorrow the 9th of november that of course is actually the anniversary so tonight we've got a sound checks the light checks and they'll be more of the projections of images of the time that we've been seeing all this week around berlin as people gather they remember they tell each other the stories and i think they celebrate on the streets once more simon young there outside the brandenburg gate thank you so much. and one of the darkest activities of the former east german regime was forcing parents consider disloyal to give up their children for adoption hundreds of such cases have been documented you don't hear reporter anya call has been talking with one woman who spent decades searching for her daughter's. 'd when evers have been at subfields despair she takes a walk in the forest during the past 35 years she's felt this way off.

zipporah kuria talking to our reporter simon browning.tion between the duchess of sussex and associated newspapers, reported by the website byline investigates. our legal correspondent clive coleman is here. what more do we know? very serious allegations by the duchess of sussex that in effect, associated newspapers, publishers of the daily mailand newspapers, publishers of the daily mail and the mail on sunday launched a fake news against her, that they lied when they said they showed the full text of a message from her father when they left out key parts of the letter because they didn't conform to the negative image that the paper wanted to portray of the duchess, that there were false stories about her baby shower and relationship with her mother and the refurbishment of her home with prince harry, frogmore cottage, for insta nce prince harry, frogmore cottage, for instance spending £5,000 on a copper bath, £500,000 on soundproofing, a lot of money on a yoga studio and tennis courts, none of which, she said, existed. she says they fal

switched around right side whatever the immigrants simon how about you i mean you see this is it is a deeper shift i mean because right now we're looking at kentucky we see the republicans lost there but they want to cross the slate across the state of mississippi they won every every every seat in a if you saw a red or a blue wave coming you would have seen some slippage there so so i mean just i just talk back to me if you're getting i think and using data and facts is that the biggest divide in the country right now is really among people over 45 and under 45 people over 45 you're saying that you know aging formally or division here right is that you know they're marginally republican right i mean they remember reagan right who is one of the most powerful presidents we've ever had in certainly in recent memory and their view of the republican party is very generous right if you look at people under 45 who have experienced the 2 bushes clinton obama and now donald trump right in 2018 democrats won that world by plus $25.00 i mean this is why she's such a contrarian right she's not o

simon: it will probably be a sentiment play.here are companies that incited the trade war as a -- that cited the trade war as a reason not to hire. the question is how big is this if it is going to deal with some of the real issues between the u.s. and china. these deeper issues like ip will remain. for the moment, we have markets at the point where they are keen for any kind of deal to stop the rot we are seeing through most of this year. taylor: between the u.s. and china, who needs a deal more? simon: is a good question. both sides argue the other. we have seen suggestions from china they are willing to play the long game. president donald trump one some form of deal in election year and the chinese are aware of that. in the longer term economically, china needs a deal. the chinese economy to some extent is built around trade more than the u.s. it will be one they will want to get a trade deal with the u.s. a little more. you are starting to see that in markets, markets tending to outperform in the u.s. rather than in china.

zipporah kuria talking to our reporter simon browning. could damage the monuments in the square, which is a unesco world heritage site. the flooding is still among the worst in the last 100 years in the region. there‘ve been more developments today in the court action between the duchess of sussex and associated newspapers, reported by the website byline investigates. our legal correspondent clive coleman is here. really serious allegations by the duchess of sussex, which in effect associated newspapers, the publishers of the male and the mail on sunday, launched a fake news war against her, but they lied when they said they had published the full text of a handwritten letter to her father when in fact they had only published up and they left out key parts of that letter because they didn‘t conform to the negative image that the paper wanted to portray of the duchess, but there were full stories about her baby shower, about her relationship with her mother, and about the refurbishment of her home with prince harry, frogmore cottage, but f

need tila appointed to the post while still in her twenty's rather like one of a pretty discusses simon rattle now just $33.00 she's the 1st female conductor to have an exclusive contract with a leading classical record company deutsche grammophon and is in much to mom as a guest conductor as here with the door. never heard kashi need to teach is one of the most exciting conductors working today here at dortmund they call her my strum yoga the 33 year old lithuanian will be a regular exclusive guest artist there for 3 years her repertoire includes a rhapsody by polish composer mischa's one of finding. i've. seen the secret vine bag the music of vine basque is marked by the cut us trophies of the 20th century when he got those tall findus sponsors in the hundreds and he said nothing they asked so many apparently some of the strangest to understanding on not on the standing for him to feeling at home somewhere on nots. to housing really begin what would initiate so many sparrow that it's so here and now that it's just shocking that's the sign but it shouldn't just that's why she devoted h

republican party is co-founder of speak georgia a town hall forum for people to talk about politics and simon rosenberg is strategist for the democratic party and advisor to former president bill clinton and the president of the new democrat network so good to have you all here today uproar congratulations i know you just want to election as the youngest person ever to win a race in virginia so what's all that about what is motivating you right now to throw your hat in the ring and congratulations on your win thank you and thank you for having me you know it's a testament really to where we are and where oh where are we where are we so you know i would even throughout my work on the campaign knocking on doors while being a member of the party and having to navigate those kinds of relation to the democratic party. the democratic party who endorsed of course because we were i ran as an independent realizing that this connect oftentimes between what the elites are talking about what folks you know who are in power talking about versus just the basic conversations that are happening at the doors

of china's ambassador over allegations a former employee at his consulate in hong kong was tortured simon chang he says chinese secret police beat him to bribe him of sleep and chained him up he says they were trying to get information about activists leading the protests in hong kong he was detained for 15 days during a trip to the mainland in august and are thomas is in beijing with the latest. in the daily briefing at the foreign ministry here in beijing a spokes person denied asylum in chains accusations of torture he said that while he was detained in august all his legal rights were guaranteed and it referred to a statement put out by the shans in place back in august when he was detained which essentially said that he was detained for soliciting a prostitute nothing to do with any activity he was or wasn't involved with in hong kong and the spokes person at the foreign ministry also said that the chinese ambassador in london will not be going and seeing britain's foreign minister they'll be refusing that invitation if that's the right word at the same time earlier in the day the fo

here's simon king. good morning.een in the news that we've had some flooding through yesterday and overnight come across northern areas of england. currently still over 100 flood warnings in force across northern england, you can get all the details on the website for those. i'm fully today in terms of

summoned the chinese ambassador over allegations a consulate employee in hong kong was tortured he simon chang he says chinese secret police beat him deprive him of sleep and chained him up was pressing him for information about activists leading those protests in hong kong with the chain was detained for 15 days during a trip to the mainland in august to beijing and our correspondent andrew thomas and do we know any more details about these claims from mr chang. well the claims were put to a spokesperson for the foreign ministry here in beijing about 2 hours ago now and the response from beijing was essentially to send up deny them completely and say that mr chen yes he was detained but he was detained for soliciting a prostitute nothing to do with what happened in hong kong nothing to do with the situation there and while he was detained all his legal rights were respects it well that of course goes against everything that this the chain has said in his interviews with the wall street journal and others which essentially say that he was tortured for the 2 weeks or so that he was held i