demonstrates demonstrators say is intended to keep the momentum going over the china extradition bill frist held a crowd funding exercise on wednesday to pay for advertisement in newspapers around the world they raised more than $800000.00 in just 9 hours sarah clarke has more now from hong kong. this is one of a number of rallies held by those opposed to hong kong's extradition bill at this particular rally targeting concerts more than 10 all up europe canada the united states and japan are included and the aim of this.

former capital hill staff tore senator frist. he knows the defense industry well because he worked for raytheon. he's been instrumental along with general millie and others coming up with the army vision the last 2 1/2 years, which holds together well. so very workman-like sort of guy. he's not going to be competing with mattis-like charisma for public name recognition and the like. i think he can do a solid job. meantime, we have dunford, mackenzie. so i have my concerns about this administration, but it's not so much about pentagon leadership. >> shepard: esper, 25 years in the army and the virginia national guard. he and pompeo got out of west point and knew each other back in the day. >> yeah. the close relationship, the one that i'm aware of, is between secretary esper and he is secretary of the army even though he's not been confirmed as secretary of defense. esper and general millie, the army chief of staff. the nominee to become the new joint chairman replacing general dunford earlier this fall. those two have worked hand

to spend its one year on from the remarkable thailand's king frist today as the rescued boys take part in a charity run the country remembers the moment when a near tragedy turned to try.

yeah we you know a lot of marshallese frist do you have a lot of respect for the ocean because you know i can take lives away any moment. i didn't want to follow the news anymore on climate because i was just so disheartening all of the news. it would barely mention us if it did mention us and then when did mention us it was comparing us to like so atlanta is or it's not like what should we do to help them it's all about well this is going to happen and you know poor marshallese people. also when i look at my daughter you know she's just a baby when i wanted to tell her give up you know you don't want to yell at a baby and to or like carry your baby and tell her that everything's going to nothing's going to work out you want to comfort her you want to make them feel better and you want to believe that things will get better. thank. the. i. a small part of the changes you will see are already the. simple toss. in the marshall islands and also here in california where 5 schools by the us tried to in the state's history blankets the landscape and smart. we are on our way to a climate summi

he also was the national security advisor to senate majority leader bill frist on the hill. so he has a lot of hill experience. he served on the house armed services committee as policy director. he has a storied family history. his uncle was a very famous journalist with the associated press in vietnam, george esper. so this is a very interesting decision. but i think all eyebrows -- many eyebrows were raised when it was clear the secretary of state was heading down to briefings and the acting secretary pat shanahan was not. so a lot of questions surrounding that. we know the reasons now, and now they will want to move relatively quickly with the confirmation hearing for acting defense secretary esper. >> melissa: so you would say that, previously, some i thought the reason why secretary pompeo was going down there -- and we've heard this in the past hour -- was to make it clear that things are being led by the state department, that it was policy first and military second. and he wanted to make sure everyone was on the same page. do you still think that was part of it, or

our former secretary of state madeleine albright and two former majority leader's, republican bill frist and senator tom daschle. we want to hear from all four of our cochairs and leaders from around the country. here -- dan: here is the thing. candidates do not want to here from us. they want to hear from you. norm was a great mayor and i spent time in public service as well. there are many aspiring public servants in the audience. they want to hear from business leaders, military veterans, civic officials, and community activists. they have to know this is important to you -- that you care about it. need from you. at candidates visit your cities, states, and towns, tell us why you support elevating america's civilian tools of development and diplomacy in our foreign-policy toolkit. the man they articulate a clear and compelling vision for why it is important for the u.s. to be a leader on the world stage. show them that in the midst of the daily partisanship which can often seem insurmountable, there is one area where republicans and democrats have historically gotten along together, a

has a great relationship with the hill, including working on the hill for senator bill frist and then hagel. it's not a big surprise. what we heard so far today, we've not gotten the official statement from the acting secretary of defense but we heard from the -- from president trump that he wants to spend more time with his family. we should note he's not married. his average ended in divorce about a decade ago and his children are grown. >> courtney, thank you for that. hans, this is interesting because we're moving a thousand troops to the middle east. under normal circumstances, the movement of 1,000 troops isn't necessarily a big deal except we're moving them at a time when we're talking about increased tensions with iran. we're moving from one acting defense secretary to another. give me the relevance of this troop deployment. >> the relevance is being generated from the centcom commander. courtney is out in the region. this is what officials will tell you is signal demand. they have a demand for more defensive troops to serve as a deterrent to iran's aggressive behavior. this w

he worked on the house and senate side for senate majority frist. he was west point classmates with mike pompeo. one of the dynamics to look for going forward is how pompeo and esper interact. you clearly see pompeo in some ways acting like the current secretary of defense. where was he today? he was down there at centcom at socom talking to troops getting a briefing and update. that's highly unusual for the secretary of state to visit an army base or a cocom, a base like that when there's an acting secretary who is thinking about withdrawing his name. as we know now, shanahan will leave the pentagon. there had been some confusion on that. he'll leave the pentagon. there are two open positions. the acting secretary of defense level and the deputy level which is where shanahan had been. so there are vacancies throughout the pentagon, and you can argue at a very crucial time. >> yeah, it's a very critical point when everything is very much on edge, especially in the region where courtney is reporting from today. hans nichols, courtney kube, thank you.

she worked for the obama administration and amy holmes, former speechwriter for bill frist.ou, welcome, as we jump into this starting with aliana first here. how significant is that we're not talking about one or two democratic candidates, we're talking about a group of them and ways to close the wealth gap. who will voters believe can deliver that promise and how can they make their message stand out with so many of them? >> i think black voters are testing the waters and going to kick the tires on each of these candidates. i think it is remarkable and fantastic that we are in a place where the democratic candidates are recognizing that structural discrimination does exist, and that the average black household only has about 10% of wealth of the average white household. and that -- the reasons for that are because of generations of structural discrimination that have been executed by an american government that has been complicit in this experiment. and so we are -- we're excited we have candidates that are speaking to ways to have racially conscious policies to affect gene

shaquille brewster, amy holmes former speech writer for bill frist and former chief of staff to senator joe manchin. we begin with garrett haake who is there in the midst of the convention. a lot of excitement, where you are now bellies full with fish and beer from last night. >> reporter: there's really a party atmosphere down here. it feels like the center of the political atmosphere this weekend. in the hallways of this convention center here, 22 of the 23 candidates slated to be a part of the program today, we've heard from some of the big names already, kamala harris started the morning off. elizabeth warren. some of the candidates who have benefited the most from being here today are those candidates who a lot of voters haven't heard much of yet, or much from yet. andrew yang, marian williamson, these candidates who are introducing themselves to the rest of the country and the rest of the democratic party get a great opportunity higher. this hall behind me is packed with activists, delegates, and local leaders of all stripes. the folks you need to know if you are serious about try

former national security advisor for senate majority leader bill frist, served on active duty for a decades he steps into that role for now? >> he is incredibly smart. i have had nothing but productive interactions with him as a member of the armed services committee and steeped in all the issues related to the defense strategy and secretary of the army. there are a lot of qualified candidates out there as i alluded to before. my bias lies who understands our strategy is a naval one. i hope rich and spencer gets consideration. the president needs someone to share his views and advance the military rebuild and modernization. i hope they make that choice quickly. >> sandra: we appreciate your time, congressman, thank you. >> thank you. >> bill: another alert. protestors in hong kong forcing the government to back down and they want the city's leader to step down. the latest in a live report on the streets of hong kong coming up here. >> sandra: first evangelical christians playing a big part in president trump's 2016 victory. how will they help him win a second term? we'll ask ralph reed nex

ainsley: a little flan frist pittsburgh proving you are never too yowng make a difference. >> kayley car twoosh raise money for local police department. steve: kayley wants to protect and serve one day all because she and her father watched the tv show cops. here with more is 7-year-old kayley and police sergeant jump bouch of the harrison township police not far from pittsburgh. good morning to both of you. good morning. ainsley: i don't think they can hear us. steve: can you hear us. [kayley, can you hear us? >> good morning, how are you? steve: there is a super delay. kayley, why do you want to help the police officers? >really long delay. ainsley: kayley, can you hear us? this is a skype transmission. and there is such. ainsley: i didn't know it delayed this long. all right. well, let's tell you her story. she is 7 years old she lives in pittsburgh and trying to raise money to buy bullet proof vests and a k 9 for this local police department. steve: right. they have -- she has already raised more than 3500 towards her goal of 10,000. her mom says that the money raised from events