in the last hour, hong kong chief executive carolann has held an emergency press conference —— carryed the violence. nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong so i hope the community at large will agree with us that with these violent acts that we have seen, it is right for us to condemn it and hope society will return to normal. this graffiti because the government dogs. another says, "you. to do this". hong kong is now more polarised than at any time since the handover. many are worried this has now gone too far. but others are asking, what has driven hong kong's youth to such violence? it is now early morning here and the streets of hong kong are quiet again. but this society is now more deeply divided, probably more than it has ever been since the handover of hong kong to beijing and maybe for longer than that. and underneath all of this, driving this discontent, is what is called one country, two systems, the system imposed on hong kong by britain and china after the handover. it doesn't give people here the representative democracy they so strongly desire. it

carolann wicks the our transportation secretary for a a number of years. a 28 career year cereal and at dell gof but welcome especially. it's my hope today that our conversation will serve to inform the committee's ongoing work as we proceed with negotiating the reauthorization of nation's surface transportation program. and i want to begin by sharing why i believe this particular reauthorization is so important. this last week we sbrited 243rd anniversary of the signing of our nations declaration of independence. 243 years. i remember that day. but -- not really. a day on which our founding fathers asserted americans inalienable rights. and i think the three rights with the work we do on this committee because americans cannot be guaranteed life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness without clean air to breath or safe water to drink. and the fact is americans cannot truly noinl life liberty or pursuit of happiness wutt a safe transportation system that nurt urs our economy protects our environment and enhances mobility. over the fourth of july holiday week

in terms of carolann's position.from that side. in terms of carolann's position. so much pressure on her to either shelve the bill permanently or to stand down. is there any chance of movement on either of those things? from past experience, i can't see how immediately any of this will happen, because that would be a major lose of face for beijing. so we see more police pushing, inching forward towards the building. sealing off more of the outside road, clearing the outside of the building, this is the outside of the building, this is the feed we are getting. but in terms of what the endgame would be, if we look back towards the two previous governments ago in hong kong, we had fighting and losing the article 23 fight, it was also about the police criminal bill reform bill, at that time he lost, he suspended the bell and later on, after a few months, he claimed he had health trouble and then resigned on health grounds. so that is one of the face—saving ways out. but whether that will happen this time nobody knows. re

i would say more, in the late 19th century, that is when carolanne harrison was very interested in the china service at the white house. she came up with a plan to display some of the china but passed away before it could take place. allen and edith wilson followed up on the project and made sure the china room was created and that people could see different pieces of various presidential state services. as you move forward, you get to coolidge, hoover, both of which are very interested in the collection of antiques but also cataloging what the white house already had. by the time you get to jacqueline kennedy that is when there is a question about should the white house have a museum standard. that means having a full curatorial staff on board and having a preservation committee to help with renovation projects. that is where we see the turn of it. it is something that was building for about 50 years before that. >> what is your very favorite spot in the white house? this question is for both of you. >> my very favorite spot would be the blue room. the shape and the furniture. as an e

demonstrators are maintaining their demand for chief executive carolann to resign. - carrie lam to resigncessive force by police. beijing refused her offer to step down, telling her she is to blame for the situation. now, the turkish president is promising get lower interest rates by the end of the air. this, week after firing the governor of the central bank. he says the aim is to bring digits,n down to single and cut borrowing costs. last month, erdogan complained that while the u.s. is moving toward a cut, turkey's rate of 24% was on acceptable. a new survey says the threat of it recession in the u.k. is at its highest in more than a decade. independent think tank the resolution foundation uses government bond yields as a measure, and says the chance of a dramatic slump, get this now greater than since before the financial crisis. weakening warns of sterling, a widening current account deficit, and poor economic growth. meanwhile, the u.k. banking industry is seeing more job losses. societe generale has started cutting positions in london. sources say 30 people have been dropped, and c