election results speaks for itself however the district councils in hong kong cannot operate without stability and evaluations prevailed none of the 18 district councils can really serve the primary purpose they are set up for you are missing the point of my question perhaps intentionally i don't know but the point is that this was the largest probating party which was forced to declare defeat for this major defeat we said we do not want to find any excuses and reasons this was starring the chair of the largest probating party this is a big blow to china's best pieces and that no my reading is very different hong kong is a democracy and there is universal suffrage in hong kong for the people of hong kong for the district council elections therefore the fact that the election results are such speak loudly for the favor of hong kong has democratic rights people can volta whatever they want to do for the results speak for themselves because none of the persons are running for the described district council had a in the courage to stand out for violence they stood for legal and l

none of the 18 district council the largest probating party which was forced to declare defeat for this major defeat we said we do not want to find any excuses and reasons this was star chair of the largest probating party this is a big blow to turn this best piece is that no my reading is very different home closer to marcus c. and there is universal suffrage in hong kong for the people of hong kong for the district council elections therefore the fact that the election results are such speak loudly for the favor of hong kong has democratic rights people can volta whatever they want to do for their vote speak for themselves because none of the persons are running for the described district council had a in the courage to stand out for violence they stood for legal and lawful means of exercising their democratic rights i think that counts so so long as democracy democratic rights are exercised the peacefully and lawfully everyone is a winner no one is a loser what we need to pops in hong kong is violence you that is the key you ignore the fact that china's plan has been to chip away at

activist and now district councillor kamil ja is one of nearly 400 local politicians elected to a district councilseat in a wave of support for pro-democracy candidates last november district councillors have no direct governing role and deal mainly with local issues but yam is hoping to change things i feel we are. about 70 to 80 percent more time to do the work and then 10 to 20 percent for the meetings in district council and 2. to the olympic training. antigovernment protests into the 8th month and while the intensity of demonstrations has reduced approachable crecy march or new year's day still attracted hundreds of thousands of people many pro-democracy district councillors have vowed to press on with demands of anti-government protesters and one of these is that the government set up an independent commission to investigate allegations of police brutality during the protests. so far the government has agreed to one of their demands the withdrawal of an extradition bill that sparked the protests the government has repeatedly said an independent inquiry into allegations of police misconduct i

these district councils don't have a lot of power. and so, the elections generally don't see much in the way of turnout. but sending the clearest possible signal on the value they place on democracy, nearly 3 million turned out to vote. the highest turnout in hong kong history. pro-democracy candidates captured 17 of the islands 18 district councils. some would argue that none of this is american concern. we certainly did not push hong kong into the streets. reality, we all realize the health and freedom of democracy does affect our own interests. history tells us that states with more democratic characteristics are usually more prosperous, stable, and reliable partners. better economic partners because they possess the characteristics and conditions that we believe are vital for economic vibrant city and sustainable growth. they are better strategic partners because they are citizen centered, making them less likely to produce terrorists, proliferate weapons of mass destruction, or engage in armed aggression. conversely, authoritaria

pro democracy candidates captured 17 of the islands 18 district councils. some would argue that none of this is an american concern, we didn't bring kabila to power, we certainly didn't push hongkongers into the streets but i think in reality we all realize the health, freedom, democracy does affect our own interest and our own fortunes. history tells us that states with more democratic characteristics are usually more prosperous, stable, and reliable partners. they are better economic partners because they possess the characteristics and conditions that we believe are vital for economic vibrancy and sustainable growth. they are better strategic partners because they are citizen centered, making it less likely to produce terrorists, proliferate weapons of mass destruction or engage in armed aggression. conversely, authoritarian regimes are our best unreliable partners and at worst posting efficient risk to peace and stability. authoritarian regimes like maduro give rise to forest migration and refugees burning and potentially the stapling their neighbors. a

when hong kong held its district council elections amidst all of this, on the results were historic unambiguous, councils don't always district councils, face it, do not have a lot of power, and so he elections really generally do not sending the seems much of a turnout, six ending the clearest possible signal democracy, the value they place on democracy million, target for 3 million turned out about, all the highest turnout in hong kong's history. pro to or see candidates captured 17 of the islands 18 district councils. someone argued the moment some would argue that none of this we didn't bring could be a little power is america's problem sure. we did not bring people it across. into the streets but i think in, real we certainly did not publish before the streets are but i think in reality, we all realize the health of freedom democracy does affect our own interests, and our unfortunately. charleston states history crosscut states which more democratic characteristics stable and are usually more prosperous, stable, and reliable partners because. we are better economic partners because they po

now this protest is all the nies by local district council of many of whom were just recently elected into office at local district council elections last november now the purpose of this protest is to demonstrate the un happiness that people here feel against the practice of power allow trading past the practice of mainland chinese traders who come over to hong kong many of whom here shop here this is the northern territory's and it's close to mainland china they come over here they take advantage of lower taxes that hong kong has they buy items in bulk and to sell them back in china for a profit now locals here dislike this practice because they say causes them difficulties sometimes shortages of goods it also drives up the price of goods now people here say they don't like the practice of parallel trading because it they believe it's something that benefits mainly mainland chinese trade is rather than the people here but it's this protest is also an example of how a local issue is being used by pro-democracy protesters to highlight the wider unhappiness they feel against the hong k

now this protest is organized by a local district council of many of whom were just recently elected into office at local district council elections last november now the purpose of this protest is to demonstrate the un happiness that people here feel against the practice of power allow trading past the practice of mainland chinese traders who come over to hong kong many of whom here shop here this is the northern territory's and it's close to the mainland china they come over here they take advantage of lower taxes that hong kong has they buy items in bulk and to sell them back in china for a profit now locals here dislike this practice because they say it causes them difficulties sometimes shortages of goods it also drives up the price of goods now people here say they don't like the practice of parallel trading because it they believe it's something that benefits mainly mainland chinese trade as rather than the people here but it's this protest is also an example of how a local issue is being used by pro-democracy protesters to highlight the wider unhappiness they feel against the

activist and now district councillor kamil ja is one of nearly 400 local politicians elected to a district council seat in a wave of support for pro-democracy candidates last november district councillors have no direct governing role and deal mainly with local issues but yeah is hoping to change things i feel we are. about 70 to 80 percent time to do the work and then 10 to 20 percent for the. district and to. change. the antigovernment protests ha ha into the 8th month and while the intensity of demonstrations has reduced the pro-democracy march on new year's day still attracted hundreds of thousands of people many pro-democracy district councillors have vowed to press on with demands of anti-government protesters and one of these is that the government set up an independent commission to investigate l. . asians of police brutality during the protests. so far the government has agreed to one of their demands the withdrawal of an extradition that sparked the protests the government has repeatedly said an independent inquiry into allegations of police misconduct is unnecessary. and that the existi

>> the safety meeting was organized by the district council member following the death of a customer at the starbucks coffee shop last week. >> i wanted to come together with not myself but with the district attorney as well as community leaders. >> flowers and the victim's photo shows what the man was killed during a laptop robbery.>> did come to a place where you should be comfortable. now, everyone is on the uneasy edge. >> the council members session was the city to have more police on patrol.>> that is just basically saying there should be at least one officer in every police area. >> the police captain says the neighborhood has seen the increase in crime. he also added the police department is facing a staff shortage. he says there are 792 officers budgeted to have 60 vacancies. >> at times we are redeploy th differently. depending on crime problems. resource meets. >> they said they just want city hall to hear their concerns.>> we want to feel like we can have that kind of service. some type of coverage in the area. all of the resources. there are put downtown. the call and the

at local district council elections last november now the purpose of this protest is to demonstrate the un happiness that people here feel against the practice of power allow trading past the practice of mainland chinese traders who come over to hong kong many of whom here shop here this is the northern territory and it's close to mainland china they come over here they take advantage of lower taxes that hong kong has they buy items in and has to sell them back in china for a profit now locals here dislike this practice because they say causes them difficulty sometimes shortages of goods and also drives up the price of goods now people here say they don't like the practice of parallel trading because it they believe it's something that benefits mainly mainland chinese trade is rather than the people here but it's this protest is also an example of how the local issue is being used by pro-democracy protesters to highlight the wider unhappiness they feel against the hong kong government and protests in hong kong have been going on for 7 months now entering into the 8th month and reall

he had to assume responsibility for the severe defeat of the probating united front in their district council you know actions in november last year there is no doubt that these officials who have been responsible for hong kong affairs after being. sought to be wrongly interpretating the hong kong situation to the chinese leadership and probably looking in the wrong policy recommendations and their removal certainly we. will reduce their anger. is the destruction of our of the people won't come but we don't know whether this mean a softening of the jinns approach to hong kong and the good very good indication they the weather the carry lemme ministration this will set up an independent commission of inquiry and he has refused to do so up to today the hong kong's health authorities on high alert due to an outbreak of a new type of violent ammonia in china 8 suspected cases have been reported in the city which has now activated at serious response level chief executive kerry lam visited a railway station to extraordinary health checks for incoming passengers $44.00 cases have been detected in m

7 months ago comes 6 weeks after probation candidate suffered a humiliating defeat at local district council elections so while it may be a little bit too soon to tell whether this signals how china is going to be handling the protests in hong kong we know that the interest the timing of this it's interesting for is really that well let's speak now to joseph jenkins retired professor of political science at city university of hong kong also a political activist joins us on start from hong kong and welcome to the program. the most senior mainland official in hong kong now he's gone what do you make of it . this is gender being interpreted as a puppet acknowledgment of the favor of the fund 9 officials running a james hong kong policy when openly advocated the cross of cooperation between the central asian office and the hong kong government and he were most responsible for running the party machinery in hong kong as well as the difference in hong kong and default he had to assume responsibility for the city if he of the probating united front in their district council you know actions in nove

beginning of this movement that goes back tojune, but i think the catastrophic thing was the recent district councilp to 90% of the seats. what do we think about his successoi’, what do we think about his successor, what do we know about him? not a lot. he seemed to be on the verge of retirement. he came out of xaanxi where he was part of the anti—corruption purges, but he has very little collection to hong kong. so we don't know what to expect of him yet. will he be a change in policy or a tougher implementation of the old policy? i think, i wouldn't be surprised if we see more. i don't think that carrie lam's position is very tenable. i predicted about a month ago that this would be about the time that they would stop rolling heads for they would stop rolling heads for the terrible performance, here. do you think the beijing leadership has a good sense of what is happening in hong kong, or are there arguments that the leadership in beijing has been misled by misinformation or not the right information?” been misled by misinformation or not the right information? i think they have always been react

now the district councils don't have a lot of power so they generally don't see much in the way of turnout sending the clearest possible signal and the value they place on democracy 3 million turned out to vote, the highest turnout in hong kong history. they captured 17 of the district. some would argue this. we certainly didn't push hong kong into the streets, but i think that in reality we realized the health, freedom and democracy does the fact our own interests and fortunes. history tells us states with more democratic characteristics are more prosperous, stable and reliable partners for my bitter economic partners because they possess the characteristics that we believe are vital for economic vibrancy and sustainable growth. or strategic partners because they are citizens an citizens cg them less likely to produce terrorists, provo surveyed weapons of mass destruction or engage in armed aggression. conversely, authoritarian regimes are at best unreliable partners and at worst for the significant risk to peace and stability. authoritarian regimes may give rise to the forced migration a

began 7 months ago comes 6 weeks probation candidate suffered a humiliating defeat at local district council elections where pro-democracy candidates won 87 percent of the seats up for election and this also comes about 9 months before the next legislative council elections in september and the other interesting timing is the fact that this is on offer is one of its roles is to. handle relevant issues that touch upon taiwan and taiwan is going to be holding its elections in about a week's time on january 11th so while it may be a little bit too soon to tell whether this signals how china is going to be handling the protests in hong kong we know that the interest the timing of this it says any interesting lawrence joining us there live from hong kong florence thank you. now one of the launches evacuations in a still years history is on the way as strong winds in hot weather worsen bushfires 2 people were killed when their car caught fire on kangaroo island in south australia 6 are still missing in the state of victoria tens of thousands of people are feeling at risk times in new south wales a

began 7 months ago comes 6 weeks after a probe candidate suffered a humiliating defeat at local district council elections so while it may be a little bit too soon to tell whether this signals how china is going to be handling the protests in hong kong we know about the interest but the timing of this is interesting. now hong kong health authorities are on higher due to an algebraic of a new talk of why would an ammonia in china 8 suspected cases have been reports of the city which is now activated its serious response level chief executive carry lab visited railway station to review extraordinary health checks for incoming passengers $44.00 cases have been detected in mainland china so far and the outbreak has revived memories of the sols epidemic which killed 700 people across china in 2003. still ahead on the bulletin a number state of emergency in southeastern australia after catastrophic bush fine conditions for 10 and why mining for cobalt and democratic republic of congo are comes at a high cost for many. but . we got more disturbed weather making its way into the middle east particularly

began 7 months ago comes 6 weeks after a probe candidate suffered a humiliating defeat at local district council elections so while it may be a little bit too soon to tell whether this signals how china is going to be handling the protests in hong kong we know about the interest but the timing of this is interesting. now firefighters in the strait bracing for a difficult night as hot and windy conditions continue to spread bush fawaz if you want a 150 five's a burning in new south wales alone tens of thousands of people have fled the worst affected areas jessica washington reports. for these fire crews conditions are bad and quickly getting worse thousands of firefighters are on the ground battling unforgiving weather. the extreme heat and volatile winds make a deadly combination as bush fires burn at emergency levels in 3 astroland states in new south wales one local government minister described it as like an atomic bomb hitting the region fires already caused major devastation here on new year's eve they making a frightening return with conditions even more unpredictable. citing. property. co

began 7 months ago comes 6 weeks after a probe candidate suffered a humiliating defeat at local district council elections so while it may be a little bit too foon to tell whether this signals how china is going to be handling the protests in hong kong we know that the interest the timing of this it's interesting. now the fate of at least 700000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the u.s. as children could become one of the defining issues of the 2020 presidential election president trump is trying to end a program that temporarily protected them from deportation the supreme court is set to make a decision on the future just months before election day on the got a good report. norma ramirez was 5 years old when her parents brought her to the u.s. illegally she says that she didn't feel different growing up but like hundreds of thousands of others she's on documented scared and uncertain about the future and have a social security number. and. really devastating because i had done everything right i was you know model student in 2012 president barack obama introduced the deferred action

began 7 months ago comes 6 weeks after a probe candidate suffered a humiliating defeat at local district council elections so while it may be a little bit too food to tell whether this signals how china is going to be handling the protests in hong kong we know that the interest the timing of this it's interesting. 5 of the world's biggest tech giants are being sued by a human rights group on behalf of the families of children killed or injured while mining in the democratic republic of congo international rights advocates accuses apple google microsoft dell and tesla of knowing the cobalt used in their products could be linked to child labor permit us or courts. in the mining town of kuwait the dispersed and poor are looking for cobalt it's a vital component in batteries used in goods ranging from electric cars to phones and laptops more than half of the world's cobalt is produced in the democratic republic of congo tens of thousands of children are estimated to be used to dig for the toxic metal without protective clothing. they're here with their parents who say the whole family has to work to

7 months ago comes 6 weeks after probation candidate suffered a humiliating defeat at local district council elections so while it may be a little bit too soon to tell whether this signals how china is going to be handling the protests in hong kong we know that the interest in the timing of this it says an interesting. and the rights campaigners in france say hundreds of migrant children and teenagers a sleeping on the streets of paris many of them by themselves as winter temperatures plummet they are edging the government to do more to help natasha butler reports now from the french capital. it's a cold night in paris and these young children and their families are spending it outside the people here are asylum seekers who say they fled violence and poverty for a better life in europe but few imagine that they'd end up on the street relying on charities for survival the 6 year old girl is from iran her and says they've been homeless for months. we have so many problems we want to send her to school but we can't as we don't have a home these children and their mother who didn't wish to be id

>> the safety meeting at the church was organized by the district council member following the death ustomer of the starbucks coffee shop.>> i wanted to come not myself with the district attorney as well as the community leaders to really come in and really be here and attentive to some of the concerns they're going to. >> flowers and the victim photo shows with the man was killed during a laptop robbery. >> to come to a place where you should be comfortable. not everyone is only uneasy. >> the councilmember session was the city to have more police on patrol.>> it is just basically saying there should be at least one officer in every police area.>> the police captain said the montclair neighborhood has seen an increase in crime. he also said the police department is facing staff shortages.>> at times, you're forced to make decisions to redeploy them differently in another place depending on the crime problems.>> in a statement, the association sent a statement criticizing the councilmember saying during his first year in office, the resided over the crime rate increasing in almost eve

>> reporter: the safety meeting was organized by the district council member following the death of a customer at a starbucks coffee shop last week. >> after such a tragedy, we wanted to come together, with the district attorney and the community leaders. >> reporter: flowers and the victims photo outside show where the man was killed during a robbery. >> you come to a place where you should be comfortable. now, everyone is on an uneasy edge. >> reporter: this councilmember says she wants the city to have more police on patrol. >> my policy is just basically saying there should be at least one officer in every police area. >> reporter: at the safety meeting, the police captain, chris bolton, that the montclair neighborhood has seen an increase in crime. he also added the police department is facing a staffing shortage. he says there are 792 offices budgeted, but they have 60 vacancies. >> at times, we are forced to make decisions to redeploy them differently in a different place. depending on crime problems, resource needs, >> reporter: community members say they just want city hall t

council. i know district 11 has and i believe. commissioner jones that there is a d10 youth council in the works i am not part of that but i know that there has been evidence strides to make sure that the youth in the district 11 are represented because district 11 is representative of many marginalized communities, big families, immigrants, so there is a lot of political -- there is a big political culture there so to have that space -- i think with anybody, it is difficult to get the word out because of accessibility and who can hear these things. we have a little bit of accessibility for some communities. i think the youth commission has done a lot to help aid them around anything that they need of getting outreach and connecting with each other. >> absolutely did. thank you for that. i think that is worth noting just to see how active our youth commissioners are. the fact they have taken the time to say that they know either youth cannot come down to city hall, so we need to create councils within the district to make sure thei

began 7 months ago comes 6 weeks after a probe candidate suffered a humiliating defeat at local district council elections so while it may be a little bit too foon to tell whether this signals how china is going to be handling the protests in hong kong we know that the interest the timing of this is interesting. and hong kong health authorities have activated the most serious response level after an outbreak of a new type of viral pneumonia from china 8 suspected cases of now being reported in hong kong chief executive kerry visited a railway station to review health checks for incoming passengers 44 cases have been detected in mainland china so far. thank you most all to come including indonesia are suffering from its worst flooding in a decade the situation expected to get worse before it gets better. the children forced to live on the freezing streets of paris rights groups call for urgent action. and joke of it delights the fountains at the a.t.p. cup be to have all the action sports. hello chua picture across much of your the spend your clowder and some fog in the morning hours but for the

7 months ago comes 6 weeks after probation candidate suffered a humiliating defeat at local district council elections so while it may be a little bit too soon to tell whether this signals how china is going to be handling the protests in hong kong we know that the interest the timing of this it's interesting. to the united states with the fate of about 700000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the u.s. as children could become one of the defining issues of the 2020 presidential election president trump is trying to end a program that temporarily protected them from deportation the supreme court is set to make a decision on the future just months before election day and he gallica as a reporter. norma ramirez was 5 years old when her parents brought her to the u.s. illegally she says that she didn't feel different growing up but like hundreds of thousands of others she's on documented scared and uncertain about the future and how the social security number and. really devastating because i had done everything right i was you know model student in 2012 president barack obama introduc

district to hire one latinx achievement oversight coordinator. this person would also be able to serve as the liaison between the community council and the oversight committee. thank you. >> both of my daughters are spanish-english bilingual, from my perspective, but from the district's perspective, she is an english learner. i am here to speak on behalf of the resolution. there are many community-based organizations clearly partnering with sfusd and i actually work for one of them and i'm proud to say it. and to support the latinx students and the families, reduce achievement gap, reduce barriers to achievement such as health and wellness and poverty and provide comprehensive college and career readiness support. this resolution commits the district to pursue more and deeper collaborations with these organizations. the community school's models are exemplified in the models that we might achieve. as a parent, i see the gaps that my kids experience in their schools. i am fortunate to be involved in their conversations and know what my child needs and how can i advocate, but i'm only, only one parent that's doing it, and there's a lot of parents th

i'm really happy that the sfpd has partnered with the council of district merchants. it couldn't be a better fit, so thank you. >> thank you very much. >> president adams: okay. we're going to open this up for public comment. do we have any members of the public that would like to make comment on item number four? >> hi, commissioners. first of all, i'd like to congratulate the new commissioners. i'm the cochair of this forum. we're really thrilled when we were asked to join this forum and to be part of the police involvement of what happens in small business. there's no doubt that this is a partnership between then and us. without the police, we wouldn't be able to even stay in business, and they've been really great responding to us. we just -- as president adams said, the beat cops are the big thing. but the great thing we're doing about these meetings is we're having them in different places each time. we've had them in the sunset, we've had them in the bayview, and they bring the police and everybody else in there, so we get to know these folks. so when you get t

council. i know district 11 has and i believe. commissioner jones that there is a d10 youth council in the works i am not part of that but i know that there has been evidence strides to make sure that the youth in the district 11 are represented because district 11 is representative of many marginalized communities, big families, immigrants, so there is a lot of political -- there is a big political culture there so to have that space -- i think with anybody, it is difficult to get the word out because of accessibility and who can hear these things. we have a little bit of accessibility for some communities. i think the youth commission has done a lot to help aid them around anything that they need of getting outreach and connecting with each other. >> absolutely did. thank you for that. i think that is worth noting just to see how active our youth commissioners are. the fact they have taken the time to say that they know either youth cannot come down to city hall, so we need to create councils within the district to make sure thei