expressising objectionon to thew nationonal security rule is not supported by the city's constitution. they denied the rule is censorship. let's cross now to oliver in hong kong. a dramatic move by the hong kong government. talk us through their announcement. it was something that people were not terribly surprised by for the last few weeks. the pro-democracy siside speculated all 31 of the candidates could find themselves disqualified. 12 of them did get disqualified today. is the most high-profile of those. also five district council members. is in support of the hong kong secession. another is a liaiaison with forereign government. joshua wong has had a number of high-profile meetings with members of u.s. congress. nancy pelosi encouraged her to support sanctions on hong kong. another is in opposition to the national security law. one disqualified candidate was speaking out against opposition to the national security law. the hong kong government issued a prepared statement that supportetethe returning opposition. that opposition was to spare you from running in the election. this