these new groups coalesced around the resurgent lifestyle celebrated on 4 chan like it was 2005. 4 chanas populated by a group of the class individuals, set so far apart from society and so lacking, they began to obsess of it, they clung to race as a means of self-definition. these fascist movements emerge much as the first ones have out of decontextualized people. and it was a cruel power struggle because they were constantly losing it, and they converted to this ideology and in 2015 a teamed up with steve bannon and milo young up a list to back the candidacy of donald trump who promised american users they would win so much they would get sick of winning. the youth counterculture, orbited around another popular image sharing website, 4 chan's arrival, tumbler.com. youth were so deeply steeped in screen world, means and fantasies, they created a new counterculture to match. the countercultural marketer with self-definition. and bannon and you not bliss precipitated. a catastrophic clash that snowballed into street demonstration and brawls and violence of charlottesville. in the wake of

which is to chan or need chan these issues are in demick in almost every online society on earth right now and i think that having these conversations and focusing on one particular country is what we kind of trip over every time because what we could be doing is what we're kind of doing right now which is talking about how different countries are facing this problem and maybe if america was a little more open to acknowledging the. there is a problem and that this problem is one that everyone is sharing we can start talking about how we can address it on a systemic level that can actually start to fix things right i see your point mr here's the reason why we're we're talking about the need for the u.s. to step in if you remember back into after the 911 the americans were the forefront telling the world that you know want with al qaida and with isis later we need to take action particularly with draining the resources of these groups online financially to be able to defeat them and we see what happened later now it comes to white. nationalist extremism new york times is talking drawing

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one user linked to chan's video in a subtweet, commenting: another user accused chan of using his platforming they expected and hoped for more. more now on our top story, the decision by israel to ban two us members of congress from visiting the country. well, yousef munayyar from the us campaign for palestinian told me earlier why the israeli government needs to be held acountable for what he called discriminatory decisions. yes, well, unfortunately the united states continues to give billions of dollars annually to israel, and in this situation they are denying entry to some of the people who are making decisions over those very apportionments of money. and this kind of discrimination is certainly not limited to members of congress who are american citizens. i think it's important to remember that the experience of being denied entry to israel and to palestine is something that palestinians experience co nsta ntly, a nd that palestinians experience constantly, and have since the beginning of the israeli state. what's happening now, increasingly, is we are seeing this experience, this exp

which is to chan or need chan these issues are in demick in almost every online society on earth right now and i think that having these conversations and focusing on one particular country is what we kind of trip over every time because what we could be doing is what we're kind of doing right now which is talking about how different countries are facing this problem and maybe if america was a little more open to acknowledging the. there is a problem and there's a problem is one that everyone is sharing we can start talking about how we can address it on a systemic level that can actually start to fix things. mr here's the reason why we're we're talking about the need for the u.s. to step in if you remember back into after the 911 the americans were the forefront telling the world that you know want with al qaida and with isis later we need to take action particular with draining the resources of these groups online financially to be able to defeat them and we see what happened later now it comes to white. nationalist extremism new york times is talking drawing parallels between the 2

>> shep, 8 chan is trying to get back on line but they're running up against big obstacles.r, the service provider, cut off their access with the cloud fair chief executive saying here, we've seen a pattern where this lawless community has demonstrated its ability to create real harm and real damage. if we see a bad thing in the world and we can get in front of it, we have some obligation to do that. but then early today, 8 chan found a new service provider and went back online for a short time until the new provider also shut it down. 8 chan is now tweeted, there might be some down time in the next 24 to 48 hours while we find a solution that includes our e-mail. so timely compliance with law enforcement requests might be affected. these sites have a tendency to find a new home. some years ago a neo-nazi white supremacist site called daily stormer was shut down, was back up a couple days later, shep. >> shepard: on 8 chan, what more are we hearing from the founder? >> the founder is frederic brennan. he said the site doesn't make any money and is a negative. he said i tried

i actually resigned from 8 chan in april 2016. before like any shooting or anything was related to it or any great big act of violence. i know some people might consider the gamer gate controversy. >> pas far as i know there was no actual violence that occurred because of that. >> what i'm trying to understand is what made you change your mind? you didn't think it would actually ever become real and then you realized the power of those words or was it something else? >> i would just say that i have realized that the current administrators of 8 chan don't care that this is happening. they just feel like because of supreme court cases or whatever or whatever their reasoning is that they don't have to do anything. but it's going to affect the world at large in other communities. i wouldn't be surprised if the next administration is democratic if new laws are passed which make it impossible to run not only 8 chan but other sites like it. so the other community is going to be affected by this. >> can i just ask you one question before

sandler can thank netflix for most of his earnings. >> yeah, he got himself a chan. >> jackie chan hasapparently. you wouldn't know. you don't go to the movies. >> i don't, i don't. >> regardless of jackie chan. >>> finally taylor swift made a special delivery. >> so, no, it's not another album but it is something fans can sink their teeth into. her father and members of her team hand delivered pizza to her superfans camping out in central park ahead of her concert later on "good morning america." >> the nypd tweeted it feels like one of those nights we won't be sleeping. rest assured, swifties, the nypd never sleeps and our officers will be around all night long keeping you safe. >> so we're missing a big party in central park right now. the party before the party. >> i've got a feeling that the officers are happy to be there for the swift concert and they're playing it off like they're not that interested. >> i think you're right. let's go to central park. >> deal. >> all right. see you guys there, no, but everyone will be looking forward to taylor. >> going to be a blast. >> we got

and 4 chan are allowed to sinister under tones of white nationalism to go mainstream >> this is a placeo hang out, and even urge each other to commit crimes, even worse, mass murder. >> reporter: minutes before the carnage in el paso, the suspect posted a pdf of his plans on 8 chan but that wasn't enough time for the fbi to react >> clearly there was not enough time for law enforcement to be able to use that information to intercept this mass killer it's not fobl. >> reporter: nbc law enforcement expert jim kavanaugh says federal surveillance of internet forums is restricted >> federal agents cannot go and monitor those boards just because there's hate speech. >> reporter: in that online posting detailing his plans before the el paso massacre, the suspected shooter expressed his support for the shooter in new zealand at a massacre earlier this year. that shooter targeting muslims and killing over 50 people in christchurch, posted his own diatribe on the anonymous forum with a link to a live stream of the slayings on facebook a month later a copy cat posted his speech on a similar site b

. >> now a website security company in san francisco cutting thais with 8 clete chan. 7 news reporter anser hassan is live outside cloudflare's headquarters with more. >> reporter: good morning, guys. cloudflare offers millions of website and cyber security protections against hackers. at midnight the cyber security company cut access to 8chan. chief executive matthew prince says the el paso shooter appears to have been inspired by discussions on 8chan where white supremacists have glorified previous massacres. prince writes that 8chan has repeatedly proven itself to be, quote, a cesspool of hate. prince says even if 8chan may not have violated the letter of the law in refusing to moderate their hate-filled community, they've created an environment that revels in violating its spirit. cloudflare has been condemned in the past for providing technical support to online hate groups citing free speech. in this case they say the rationale is simple. 8han has proven to be lawless and it's resulted in death. they add they'll be working with governments around the world on tou

you sent a letter to the owner of 8-chan calling on him to testify.t do you want to hear from him and what do you think the problems with the platforms are? >> the platform is being used to push so much of this terrorist philosophy. i am a civil rights advocate, but i understand there are some things, given the times we are in, that we have to monitor, and some things, in the interest of keeping america safe, we have to not allow over our cyber security systems and platforms. so, we contacted 8-chan, and they come as you know, have already pulled the platform. we have been in communication with the owner, and i am happy to report that we are creating an opportunity to get information from him, whether it be an committee or in a session with his attorney present. but it appears we are getting general agreement that there will be a discussion between the homeland security committee and the owner of 8-chan. emily: all right. the president has called on federal agencies to work with social media companies to try to identify shooters before they pull the t

hong kong activists including joshua wong and andy chan are arrested prompting protest organizers to cancel a mass rally this weekend. hello again i'm peter told me you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up yemen's president accusing the weight of launching airstrikes against his forces in aden and calls on saudi arabia to intervene. the u.n. security council considers calling for a truce in syria's didley province a move russia is likely to oppose. going to be a whole different ball game u.s. president donald trump launches a space command part of efforts to maintain american dominance in orbit. pitting activists have been arrested in hong kong a day before more protests that were supposed to happen this weekend they have now been called off the party of the pro-democracy campaigner joshua warm says he was forced into a car as he walked along the street hours earlier vocal hong kong independence activist and he chan was arrested at hong kong airport another pro-democracy campaigner is also in custody sarah clarke is in hong kong sara do we know where these people are

last night cloud fair dropped 8 chan.s and caused multiple tragic deaths and another service provider earlier today also dropped 8 chan. it hasn't responded to cnn inquiries. one of the administrators said we will be moving to another service. please excuse any down time. for their part, law enforcement is grappling with how to keep up with the forums. in july the fbi put out requests for bids for social media monitoring companies. investigators can mitigate threats. but if the sites are shut down it could make it harder for law enforcement to monitor. >> the fbi can't troll through web sites there has to be a predicated investigation. they would be hampered by the fact there was so much garbage. >> in a congressional hearing on domestic terrorism this year, homeland security officials were asked about how to deal with the sites. the response, uncomfortable silence. >> do you have any recommendation for what can be done? found on sites like 8 chan and gab. for any of you? >> no suggestions for us? that's scary. >> experts

chan leaves behind a wife and two teenagers.you can imagine, neighbors are in shock. >> as a neighbor and as a school board member, we have a profound sense of loss. >> police say they also have surveillance video of the actual attack, but that has not been released. >>> when you see this next video it might be hard to believe that no one was seriously hurt, happened yesterday in los angeles when a dump truck slammed into an apartment building. the driver walked away unhurt and the crash is under investigation. >>> 4:49 and former vice president joe biden is opting out of a bay area appearance this week to go to new hampshire instead to campaign. that means biden will not attend the democratic national committee's summer meeting. the three-day conference kicks off tomorrow in san francisco. 13 other presidential hopefuls will be there, including senators elizabeth warren, kamala harris and bernie sanders. you might remember biden also did not attend the california democratic party in june. >>> happening today, activists in san f

of service denial of service attacks to bring down these whichever site you may be talking about 8 chan would certainly have been a target of these and that means they chant just along like many other i mean hundreds of millions of websites have protection from web security companies that's where they they they are protected from these these attacks there's a big one called cloud fair that was protecting a chan child fer now says it stopped it stop protecting and that should then give opens a chat up to all these kind of millions a little fishies on the internet that would actually slow it down and bring it to a grinding halt the question is now why why now everybody's known for a long time a chinese host of these horrible things it just so happens and this is where we get cynical methods and they're talking about money that cloud is in september jus to launch an initial public offering which means it's going on to the. to the stock market and that will mean that people will be looking much more carefully at what it does and who it which sites it protects and the reputation of this secu

hong kong activists including joshua wong and andy chan are arrested ahead of more protests planned for this weekend. hello malcolm i'm peter double you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here and also coming up yemen's president accuses ally the u.a.e. of launching air strikes against his troops in aden and calls on saudi arabia to intervene. it's a political enemies unite to form a new government in italy blocking a power grab by the right wing firebrand tayo cell bini plus. it's going to be a whole different ball game. u.s. president donald trump launches the space command part of our 1st to maintain american dominance in orbit. our top story leading activists have been arrested in hong kong one day before more planned protests that have been banned by the police the party of the pro-democracy campaigner joshua wank says he was forced into a car as he walked along the street hours earlier local hong kong independence activist and the chant well he was arrested at hong kong airport another pro-democracy campaigner agnes child is also in custody sara clark joins us live

financial secretary paul chan 0% --dp will expand our by 0% to 1% at best. that's well below the forecast of 2% to 3%. the outcome comes as protests keep pressure on hong kong commerce and tourism. >> people might ask if these measures are in response to political pressure as a result of the extradition bill. i can tell you it's clear the two things are not related at all. these measures are a result of our settlement of the economic situation. >> private home sales in singapore jumped to the highest level in eight months as the wider economic slowdown spurs investors to park their money known in a -- in a market known as a haven. developers sold 100 78 apartments in july, an increase of 48% from the previous month and the most since november. purchasers by foreigners more than doubled to 82 units, the highest in a year. two muslim congresswomen are being denied entry by israel after president trump said letting them visit would be a sign of weakness. the netanyahu government says democrats omar and tlaib are , angering democrats and at least one prominent r

police say 57 year-old steven shake chan was stabbed. times before he was found dead inside his car in the university parking lot yesterday. the skaters say they found a backpack underneath the car. the contain a crude incendiary device in items that could be used in a kidnapping and authorities believe that backpack belong to the attacker. there's no word on a lice say they do believe it was a targeted attack. those students were on campus is classes don't start until saturday. chan was retired, but he had he had returned to campus this year as a special consultant. >>san mateo high school is taking a bold step this year requiring their students to go cellphone pray during the school day. the school has provided students with special pouch is to lock up their devices. teachers help the students unlock their new cellphone pouch is using a magnet since the start of the new school year the students have had to secure their phones before their first class and leave them in those pouches all day long even at lunchtime. the assistant principa

in a writes that 8 clete chan has proven to be a cesspool of hate.e draw the lines at platforms that demonstrate they directly inspire tragic events and are lawless by design. many argue when a company kicks off websites that allegedly promotes violence it denies the freedom of speech guaranteed by the first amendment. prince says the first amendment does not obligate them to do business with everyone. 8chan executives -- cloud fair executives say they know 8charn can reemerge. they'll work with governments around the world with tougher rules to regulate content. anser hassan, abc 7 news. >>> people impacted by the deadly gilroy garlic shooting are reacting to the two mass shootings over the weekend. that happened one week after their own. a birthday party was held yesterday in san jose for keyla salazar. she would have turned 14 years old. a 25 man from new york and 6-year-old boy from san jose were also killed. those affected call the deaths here and elsewhere senseless. >>> at the family assistance center at rutger elementary school in gilroy, mor

the chan's expanded attic locations in sunnyvale and santa clara among others.hile there is still demand for their legendary chocolate on chocolate and carrot cakes they can't find enough people willing to bake them. a cake decorating position for example has been open for five months. >> a huge staff shortage that we haven't been able to find help let alone good help. it's just been accumulation of things and we don't see the situation getting better unfortunately. >> is it going to be at a later date. >> reporter: since they announced the closing the phone hasn't stopped ringing with people like barry bremmer stockpiling favorites. >> we've ordered three big chocolate cakes. we'll put them in the freezer and save them for special occasions. >> reporter: it's the cake he has used for birthdays and he's not alone. the chans have found people writing to tell them how they are part of the family. they had hoped to keep these traditions going for future generations. >> it's been really wonderful to be reminded and to have tangible proof that we actually affected th

todos tienen algo en comÚn, la peligrosa web i chan.o. jairo: quiÉn no ha ido de compras a walmart, un cine, a una escuela, una universidad, a una iglesia, aunque un nocturno, un concierto o a una feria? esos lugares ha sido recientemente blanco de tiroteos masivos. charo castellanos piensa en sus hijos. >> me preocupa el hecho de pensar quÉ sigue para mis hijos, verdad? como madre de familia, lo que le estamos dejando a los niÑos. si ahorita estamos en el tiempo de que hacen matanzas por donde sea. jairo: tal especialista en terapia familiar es mejor no hablar con coraje a sus hijos sobre estos hechos. >> es bueno tomar un poco de tiempo, tranquilizarse un poco y pensaren quÉ mensaje queremos mandar. un mensaje de tristeza, un mensaje de cÓlera, un mensaje para que aprendan el balance entre estar preparados y no crear miedo e incertidumbre. jairo: charo considera que todo se debe a una ola de racismo. >> se ha desatado una ola de racismo, de falta de amor entre nosotros mismos de cualquier raza. estamos rompiendo los valores mÁs import

i believe we have amy chan. >> good morning, chair and supervisors. item number 4 before you is a resolution related to the tax-exempt bond financing for the maceo may apartments. this resolution would require the city to conduct a bond financing application which is not to exceed $50 million. the proposed bond issuing will be conduit financing and not require the city to prejudice any of its funds for repayment of the bonds. about the project, it will be a 105-new unit supportive construction to be located at 401 avenue of palms and treasure island. it's being developed by china town development corporation. 42 apartments in the building will serve as replacement housing for formerly homeless veterans. the remainder will house formerly homeless or low-income veterans. all units will serve extremely low and low income households. we intend to return later to the board for the bond issuance approval and we anticipate it will close next here. here i have my colleagues with me if you have any further questions about the project and we ask that the commit

. >> reporter: co-owner regina chan loves hearing those stories. she say it's hard to fill open positions because many choose work for in-house catering departments at nearby tech companies that can command a higher wage. >> everything done by hand. it's very labor intensive rfr add in the rising cost of doing business in silicon valley, and it's easy to see why all this became a recipe for disappointment, leaving chan no choice but to close. despite that, she has no regrets. >> i was 8 years old when my parents took over the prolific oven. >> many customers stopped by to savor the goodbye. >> five grandchildren now. i have two girls that i raised here, they always wanted a carrot cake from prolific oven. >> making the bay a sweeter place blue out the years. chris nguyen, abc news. >> awe, should we go? >>> one company is hoping to make frat parties and tail gates a little more eco-friendly, making reusable beer pong cubs. the aluminum cups are shaped by the infamous cups typically used. ball says they're going to cost 25 cent each. they're also te

they found steven chan inside his car.e was bleeding from his head, and he had been stabbed multiple times. chan was the university's budget and finance director. a backpack believed to be the attacker's was found under the car. it contained items including an incendiary device. police say this was not a random attack, and a motive for the killing has not been released. >>> the el paso shooting suspect is on suicide watch according to our cbs el paso affiliate, kbbc. authorities said the decision to put patrick cruisus on suicide watch was made by medical staff. he's accused of opening fire at a walmart this month killing 22 people and injuring dozens. investigators say he was targeting mexicans. >>> two democratic congresswomen are denouncing israel's travel restrictions. during a press conference yesterday, they discussed the israeli government denying them entry into the country. laura podesta is here in new york. what else did the lawmakers have to say? >> reporter: they made it clear their fight for the palestinian pe

chan was already well known for trafficking in anonymous hate speech and incitement to hate crimes. the site's creator who doesn't own it now. it's also calling for that site to be shut down. >>in a matter of days, dozens of people were killed in multiple mass shootings. now 2 democratic candidates are pointing fingers at president trump. cnn's jessica dean reports, joe biden and senator cory booker said the president is inciting racism and violence. >>our president is aligned himself with a dark us forces in this nation. >>in his strongest rebuke of president trump yet, former vice president joe biden told a crowd in iowa today. trump has fanned the flames of white supremacy in america and lacks the leadership of presidents before him george hw bush. >>we now see is membership in the nra. after oklahoma city. george w bush going to a mosque. after 9.11. after charleston. >>biden also laying out what he would do as president on gun control 6 and reminding people of his support the brady bill in 1993 which mandated background checks and his work to pass the assault weapons ban in the

begin with breaking news from hong kong this hour where prominent activists joshua walang and andy chan have been arrested it follows weeks of sometimes violent on thai government protests as speak to al-jazeera is wayne hay in hong kong 4 is away and what more you hearing about these arrests. will fully 1st of all joshua wall news coming out that he was arrested according to his policy very much a pro-democracy party here in hong kong that he was arrested at 7 30 in the morning local time so 2 and a half hours ago and is being held at a police station on 3 separate charges his party not saying exactly what those charges zob he of course a very high profile pro-democracy activist and has been high profile throughout this current anti-government protest movement but he's not an organized or a leader all of that movement but he very much walls if we go back to 2014 when we had the upkeep i protest action on the streets of hong kong that lasted $79.00 days he was arrested for his role in those protests and spent some time in jail only being released in june this year after these current pr

chan was targeted. cal state fullerton says chan retired in 2017 but came back to campus earlier this year as a consultant. >>> uc days is opening a first of its kind research center that will focus on cannabis. it's calledthe center for cannabis and hemp research. the chair of the school's plant sciences department says more cannabis research is needed because the plant is complicated with different strains affecting poo. in people in different ways. >> we need to understand the chemistry of the plant so we can understand how to link that to making better drugs to treat some of these medical conditions. >> uc davis says the center will serve as a centralized resource to ensure compliance with current cannabis laws and policies. >>> today uc berkley welcomes new freshmen and transfer students. it's move in day at the cal campus, 5200 under grads and families are arriving dropping off belongings and taking a tour. move-in day goes from 8:00 this morning to 6:00 tonight. incoming students have designated

the chans have found people writing to tell them how they are nearly part of the family. they had hoped to keep it going for future generations. >> its been wonderful to be reminded and just have tangible proof that we affected their lives. it's just -- really sad we won't continue to do so. >> reporter: they are rushing to fill the cake orders they are getting. they will close its santa clara location on the 24th, the other will shut for good on the 31stful. >>> bart said it's doing a better job keeping its stations clean. riders rated it and more than58% gave elevators a good rating. about 5,000 were polled. bart is crediting the you attendant program for improved cleanliness. >>> san francisco the long awaited park connecting the main post to chrissy field is a step closer to being feel. dump trucks there with loads of dirt for the 14-acre project. the park will be built on top of the eastern tunnels of the parkway. it'll include a new transit center, a learning out post and a youth campus. it'll be three overlooks giving fantastic views of the bay. it's expected to be

>>we're channing and telegraph for they found a man who is down on the ground. >>get serious injuries. police say they still don't know what led to tuesday morning's assault but believe a weapon may have been used berkeley in general we have a fairly low level of violent crime of course it does happen, but that's where you we just urge people to take basic safety precautions and look out for themselves and each other. >>it's not a surprise just kind of pressing a lean says she'd already heard of crimes happening in and around campus from current students just 2 days ago of sexually battery was reported at the martin luther king junior building. >>it was a factored against becoming a berkeley just like the safety thing. university police say as they move in students are reminded of the public safety resources already available including night safety escorts and 911 emergency phones across campus. alene says she's planning to be proactive to may join a couple sitting groups i can help future generations field. like that's not a. are in their decision-making outwei

. >> reporter: co-owner regina chan loves hearing those stories. she says it's been tough to fill open positions because many talent had been choosing to work for in-house katering departments at nearby tech companies that can pay a higher wage. >> everything is done by hand, the weighing, mixing, decorating e cake. it's very labor intensive. >> add in the rising cost of doing business in silicon valley and it's easy to see why all of this became a recipe for disappointment leaving chan no choice but to close. despite that, she has no regrets. >> i was eight years old when my parents took over the prolific oven, not even tall enough to look over-the-counter. >> reporter: today many customers stopped by to say goodbye. >> five grandchildren. two girls i raised here. i always wanted a carrot cake from prolific oven. >> making the bay a sweeter place throughout the years. >> reporter: so i tried to get a cake for myself, but i was denied. they have left in the bk have already been called for. sadly they're not taking anymore free orders. live in the s

holmes. >> tim chan, group manager, stations planning. >> good morning, supervisors. a great job. i feel like i don't have to say a lot, but i will add more information. so i'm not going to go through a lot of information that was provided at the briefing on monday. so what i can do is i can take questions towards the end. this is really just a list of the process that we went through. the information has not changed, so i'm going to move to the next slide. we did add this slide in providing an overview of the market street canopy project. so i have 22, but it is 21 plus two options. it is anticipated for that construction program to be completed over the next seven years. now, the benefits of the canopy program is to provide safety for bart and muni patrons as well as employees who have to close early in the morning and late at night. when we took a look at the performances of the entrances at the 19th street station with and without the canopy, we saw, in fact, an 80% improvement on the operational reliability. so that is significant. of course, you know, by closing

i would like to invite darius chan. i'm thrilled today to be recognized dennis chan. he started his career at munimobile about four years ago and he is in our maintenance training unit. what i want to recognize him about is the work that he has been doing to support the new flyer training program. as you know, we have put in an massive investment in our fleet and the commitment we made to this board and to the writing public was that we would maintain that fleet to the absolute highest standard and making sure that staff has all the training and the support they need to make those changes is a critical part of that commitment. dennis was assigned to help coordinate all of the filming logistics over the last several weeks. we have him making training videos for our hybrid and traditional coach fleet. they were out in our system. the film crew had such a positive experience that they wrote praising his work. i just want to quote them because i don't think i could have said it better. they said, i have been producing training videos for new fire across north american --

next speaker, please. >> my name is stella chan. we've been in chinatown, the wonderful famous chinatown, for 51 years. tourists from all over the world want to come to our chinatown. it's famous. all you have to say is make it sweet and simple, chinatown. they'll find their way here. rose pak? are you talking about a rose garden? a park? what's rose pak? that doesn't say a thing. it's got to say chinatown. that says it all. keep it sweet and simple. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name's shen' zhen. naming the station is a serious matter. rose pak is such a controversial figure, so don't waste our time and insult the chinese community. i would encourage you to read a report called china's influence on america. you know why you should not honor rose pak, and we should not have her name on our subsway station. chinese nation has a long history of suppressing the people. rose pak helped the chinese government to actively carry out its policy. why do we honor her in america. >> my name's tony wong. i'd like

. assigned an open letter, celebrities went on tv such asjackie chan. —— 41 tycoons signed a letter.government, there were advertisements taken out on every newspaper. china has a huge economic muscle... and it hasn't had that much international criticism. in the uk's case, it is the sound of silence. consequences for china economically of a serious crackdown in hong kong, all the more so if it involves casualties of significant numbers, which it could very easily do. it seems to me the consequences, economically, would be severe, and once again, would not be limited to hong kong itself, but would blow back into china. and for the chinese government, the history lesson they learned from tiananmen was that the short—term pain was worse than the long—term gain. they cracked down on tiananmen and they created what they call stability for the next 30 years. china saw the most unprecedented development in the world that the world has not seen for a century. they are actually primed to think that even though hong kong might suffer in the short time, if necessary, they are going to interven