bradley is covering the developments. it's almost 6:30 p.m. there. what have you seen develop today? >> reporter: cause way bay one of the busiest urban centers really in the world and as far as the eye can see, this street is totally occupied. filled with protesters. you know, not only is this the 8th straight week of protests here in hong kong, this is the third straight protest this weekend. all of that to say that the protests aren't going away. folks are still pressing their cause, but the cause and the mood has shifted slightly. as you remember, before, this was about an extra bill that could see anyone arrested here in hong kong extradited to mainland china to trial or to be detained for a long period of time. now because of violence, this happened repeatedly the last several weeks. especially last week. the focus has changed and so is the mood. as you can see a lot of the guys are kind of more ready. they're wearing helmets, carrying gas masks masks, they're carried anything. a lot of the young people are tearing apart the safety barriers, the railings between the road and the sidewalks and they're bui