they are meeting in biarritz, france, more on strategy and we will be talking with asia expert gordon changand we will get his thoughts and where the tariff battle goes from here, you will want to see gordon in a few minutes when he talks to molly. >> powerful gas explosion outside of washington, d.c. this morning destroying office complex in maryland, that blast collapsing the front of the building, witnesses say they felt shock waves a mile away, no injuries have been reported but garrett tenney, colombia, maryland and he has the details, garrett. >> molly, that's the amazing thing when you look at the scene, images of it, 20 to 30 businesses and yet so far doesn't appear that there were any injuries, i'm going to step out here so you can see the front of the building of what it likes like now, the first indication appears of trouble this morning shortly before 7:00 a.m. when calls came in of fire alarm went off, firefighters were responding, several more calls came in of gas leaks and when they got here they found a crack in the parking lot where gas was hissing out, they cleared the are

let's turn to our asia expert, gordon chang.s place next month in new york during the united nations general assembly, will it be fruitful? >> i don't think so, cheryl. you have to remember that xi-jinping is under tremendous pressure in beijing. he owns the trade war. it's also his hard line policies that caused the problems in hong kong. if he doesn't have 100% wins on both of them, he could lose not only his political position, but much more. he's not going to be in a position i think to take a reasonable deal from president trump either on trade or on hong kong. cheryl: the big story this morning and we don't know where this is going is the satellite images of the paramilitary troopers over in shinzen. there is a bridge over to hong kong and the concern is the chinese military will step in, how likely is that? >> if we were talking a year's timeframe, i think it would be likely. i don't think we'll see any movement from the people's army for quite some time. got to remember, october 1st is the 70th anniversary of the foundin

and asia expert gordon chang. we begin tonight with president trump. ordering the department of homeland security to end its 20 day catch and release policy for illegal immigrants and their families caught crossing the border. mike emmanuel with the story from washington. reporter: trump administration moved to end a controversial agreement over how long migrant children can be kept in detention, flores agreement, has been in effect since 1997, requiring the government to keep children in least restrictive setting potential -- possible and release them after 20 days. >> i'm the one that kept the families together, with what we're doing now, we'll do more of that, but it will make it almost impossible for people to come into the cun w country ill. reporter: earlier his acting secretary of homeland security spoke about the need for this change. >> human smugglers advertise and migrants know well even if they cross the border illegalling well arriving in -- across the border with a child means they will be remain in united states this a significant step i

gordon chang, who we talk about all the time with these issues, china might be sending a signal to do what, gordon? what do you think is happening here? >> certainly we'll see the talks in washington next month. 13th round of negotiations. there was doubt they would go through. what we heard from the vice premier, the lead trade negotiator they are unnerved by what they heard from the president and seen since then. i think right now xi xinping is in a world of hurt. connell: how do you know they want to do versus what liu he basically said, we want things to be calm? he said things like that in the past during the negotiations. not like he hasn't said things like that before. what is different now? >> what is different, hong kong is unraveling. china has lost control. the chinese economy is much worse shape than it has been in a very, very long time. there are signs of political discord there is nothing that we can say with certainty but things are happening in beijing that normally wouldn't happen in a period of stability. connell: in the mainland, not just hong kong? >> the mainland

heather: asia analysts gordon chang joins me now on what we can expect with new dialogue that apparently happened overnight, you and i were discussing before the show started and you said this is very good news. >> this is very good news for the united states. actually don't think trade deal is long-term interest, most people do, china coming to the table and being realistic for the time being, when they want calm that's chinese for i surrender. heather: how significant is that, attitude moving forward? >> this is really important and i think that's not just, you know, trump's twitter pieces, what the most important thing is the japanese agreed to buy additional $7 billion of u.s. agriculture, primarily corn, that took away china's card, china has been going at farm belt by not buying u.s. soybeans and other products trying to convince trump to give up, well, didn't work because japanese have now come to the rescue of the united states, they are going the buy the stuff and china just completely out in the cold, so, yeah, they have to have calm, by the way, heather, so many other problems

joining us tonight, gore to be chang, columnist -- gordon chang, chummist, and k.t. mcfarland, former deputy national supervisor to president trump. great to have you both here. optimism at the g7 summit. about what? >> i think for several reasons. one, i think that trump -- because of the american economy -- is in a much better position. the german economy is slowing, they're probably in recession, the french economy -- lou: we're saying we should be optimistic because germany's going down -- >> no, it puts us in a negotiating position whether it's with the british, the europeans on the chinese. lou: but respectfully, the german economy was in contraction before the g7 summit. >> right. lou: what was accomplished that should lead to optimism here? >> i think that trump is, should he choose to get his priorities right where he's got a trade agreement with south korea -- he's just gotten one with japan, he's got one with canada, with mexico -- the prospect of one with britain is standing out there, and i think trump is in the position then to get all those coalition p

i am not going to let that happen he says, here is gordon chang saying oh china gdp is only half what. maria: wow. >> quite harmful portray china is weak. >> i understand your point great to see you thanks very much we will keep watching hope you come back soon. >> dale earnhardt, jr., speaks out first public statement since he surviving a fiery plane crash. that is next. -i'm not calling him "dad." -oh, n-no. -look, [sighs] i get it. some new guy comes in helping your mom bundle and save with progressive, but hey, we're all in this together. right, champ? -i'm getting more nuggets. -how about some carrots? you don't want to ruin your dinner. -you're not my dad! -that's fair. overstepped. who used expedia to book the vacation rental which led to the discovery that sometimes a little down time can lift you right up. expedia. everything you need to go. ♪ corey is living with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of her body. she's also taking ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor, which is for postmenopausal women or for men with hr+ / her2- metas

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. >> neil: john, a number of people follow china closely including gordon chang. they said they will always respond in a military way. that's what worries him. what do you think? >> well, i lived in hong kong in the late 1990s. one of the first things i learned about the chinese government and chinese powers is that what the government values more than anything else there is social stability. we may see instability as they demonstrated in the tiananmen square, they will act brutally if they need to. in the case of these protests, we're going through a transition right now. a couple of weeks ago what was going on is the protesters were protesting against a specific law, an extradition law that they didn't like. the chinese government backed down. now i think this is taking on a broader and more chaotic tone. i think you have to think that the government could act very forcefully to calm it down. >> there's a couple of developments, larry, that may be raised some concern about how the chinese would handle this. not only reports that they have troops on the border, b

asian analyst gordon chang is the author of the coming collapse of china. he worked in china and hong kong for nearly two decades. joining me now on "overtime." gordon, you and i have talked for years. what it looks like we have one country and subsidiary. hong kong thought it would get special treatment. will it? >> no. and hong kong they've got what is called the one country, to systems formula. it's supposed to apply for 50 years until 2047. the reason you have these protests -- and it's not just these kids you see, but you have too many people on the streets on june 16th -- is because people believe that beijing is encroaching on its promise of autonomy. and carrie lam, the hong kong chief executive, is seen basically as beijing's person. not a somebody represents people and hong kong. there is this contest of wills right now. between let's say two-thirds and three quarters of the people in hong kong, and beijing. >> harris: so what happens when beijing -- historically it has done this -- decides, "we won't play anymore, we are taking your back. you won'

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i want to bring in gordon chang. he wrote the book "the coming collapse of china" and from "the daily beast" and written extensively about the relationship between china and hong kong. this is the tenth week of the protests. they started in june. why do you think they've lasted so long. >> i think most of the people, two-thirds or three quarters believe this is the last stand. this is the -- where they protect their homeland and autonomy. beijing has been encroaching on that one country two systems promised in 1997 when britain handed hong kong to china. so it is a feeling across society that this is where they determine their future. >> the protesters are taking on the very powerful chinese government. what are the potential repercussions for the protesters? >> well, repercussions could be that the chinese send in the people's armed police or the people's liberation army. right now chinese leaders are in beta, the resort close to beijing and this is what they do most august. and if they follow the pattern, they'll b

you have gordon chang. a lot of this was mitigated, the lol surprise goal and american import, and $.90, 2 things are mitigated to lower the price in chinese government and chinese exporter. the devaluation -- anyway we travel we get more for the bang for the buck. as long as currency goes down and keep subsidizing that it will be mitigated. notion it had the consumer. every retailer wou bin there is not a lot of room in this country to raise business but why are manufacturers -- they have got to eat it. they don't care about the consumer. neil: it is not government eating it. >> china's government subsidizes chinese exports. and devaluing their currency means flight of capital, and for china -- neil: it rings on that. >> longer-term china's goal of the preeminent country in the world had a massive speedbump. >> i think tariffs are bad thing when used against a country like germany that makes them appliance pays workers will and follows environmental and they are making a better product than us. when you ar

when you're going tucker spoke to gordon chang about the system. what we have in china is there so many people there of course the government wants to control them and so what they are doing as they are collecting data. they are collecting data from 600 million cameras that they have in place in 2020. they are going to have traffic checks, all of the rest of it. this is being rolled out and it's being rolled out very quickly. so for instance, you've got people who are not allowed to board planes and trains because their social credits car is far too low. >> brian: i'm not getting burned for example, if you have frivolous spending, they will work against you created smoking and a smoke free zone, that will cost you points. guess what, is coming to america courtesy of silicon valley. brett larson says it's true and he is on fox news headlines 24/7. but, that is scary stuff in china. they are rolling in it out now hear what you mean it setting here? >> it's kind of already here. it when you think about it, we share a lot of personal information on fac

called a beautiful letter from kim and that he wasn't bothered by the recent missile launches of gordon chang is the author of nuclear showdown north korea takes on the world he thinks the u.s. needs to do more to put pressure on north korea. well the north is up to a 1000000 in the present the united states you know just hours after the president boasted about that letter from kim kim fires off these missiles and you know on one level you can say well the president's not perturbed he's letting the north koreans just play this out but we've got to remember that this is the 1st stage of it as going toward a cycle the north koreans will continue up that stage and when they do it will be much more difficult in the later parts of the cycle to stop it and certainly much more dangerous so i think president trump needs to sort of changes policies and impose some costs on north korea for violating these u.n. security council resolutions on missile launches this sort of harks back to his predecessor president obama's policies of shooting patients you just ignore what the north koreans do and don't app

called a beautiful letter from kim and that he wasn't bothered by the recent missile launches of gordon chang is the author of nuclear showdown north korea takes on the world he thinks the u.s. needs to do.

tomorrow victoria toensing, joe digenova and gordon chang among our guests. you join us as lauren: it is 5:00 a.m. here are your top stories at this hour. from trade war to currency war, will president trump hit back at beijing. cheryl: hours from now, the president will visit with victims and first responders from el paso, texas and dayton, ohio h. will his message of unity be enough? lauren: disney takes a third quarter hit. will new streaming service be a sweet spot for the mouse house. cheryl: losing a job is never easy. a surprising study reveals who you lose it to may soften the blow. it's wednesday

joining us, gordon chang, senior fellow at gates stone institute. your reaction to huawei, and google relationship? what happened to zte . why are we pussi footing with the chinese. >> clearly . >> you mean like amazo amazon, n opt out by the way, that is big of bezos, and amazon. >> yeah. but this is point because the chinese will listen in, they will take this information feed to their artificial intelligence systems. lou: the ones they worked on with google, that system. >> yes, that ai system, and google has been involved in the aie searc research in beijing, a institute in chinese capital this information is pipelined to the chinese military in china, they don't have civilian ai research. lou: they don't have civilian, they are all working for the pla, and with the pla on everything they are involved in, this i -- in this country. let's turn to strong letter sent by 3 senators, i am not criticizing the senators, i think that is terrific they sent a letter, but it amounts to nothing in response from google. >> the important point is that the u.s

gordon chang is the author of the book, the coming collapse of china. he joins us now. lam the chief executives of hong kong gordon has said that we may be going past the point of no return. they have taken it to the next level in seizing and shutting down one of the world's ten busiest airports. >> yes. and clearly, it's a line of increasingly dire threats. just across the border from hong kong and what they are trying to do is intimidate the protesters. on occasion that does work and for instance two days ago they got the protesters to leave the airport when they call them terrorists. but it didn't do beijing any good because the protesters as they said, they just floated out to somewhere else and had their protest they are. so it's hard for beijing to control this. >> mark: what do you think they actually want? there have been protests, and it's amazing to think people have evidently kept that in their cupboard since 1997. what do you think the protesters on the streets bottom line, they actually want? >> ultimately the protesters in the streets including not just th

with me now is gordon chang, the coming collapse of china gordon good to see you thank you very much.is, let me take the second part of that first this is the week the president began tweet ing about hong kong and kind of linking it to his discussions with china. was he right to do so? >> i actually would have separated them out largely because hong kong is a different issue. in china's attacking not only democracies but the concept of democracy so they are going after us and also the chinese on hong kong have actually been saying that we instigated the protest so there's nothing we can do, they want an enemy and also when you look at it china is in the streets of hong kong because they are trying to limit their freedom, so we've got a common enemy. this has nothing to do with trade. i would have kept the two separate. david: let's think of worst case scenario. if beijing sends in the troops starts killing people on the streets how do we respond? >> well i think before that what we do is we make it very clear to china, with our friends and allies saying look there's going to be severe

tomorrow victoria toensing, joe digenova and gordon chang among our guests.rk. [♪] trish: as we continue to digest the tragedies in el paso and dayton we have evidence that some politicians are using this tragedy to line their pockets for 2020. the cost of competition from 2020 dems to out fre freebie one another is bribery for votes. one social hid d one

heather: asia analyst gordon chang said the world should be watching the demonstrations in china verylosely calling this the last stand for protesters against the oppression of beijing. >> ultimately the protesters in the streets, not just the kids but middle-class people want china out of their lives. china promised 50 years of one country two systems and beijing is not made good on that pledge and people have said this is our last stand, we are protecting our home so that is why you see this fervor which has lasted into 11 straight weeks. by the way these protests go back to april. this is something people are not going to compromise on. heather:'s for pro-democracy demonstrations that began in march when thousands marked against a bill that would allow extradition to mainland china. two california counties sued the trump administration over its green card policy. san francisco and santa clara counties responding to the announcement that immigrants on medicaid, food stamps and other federal assistance could be the later prevented from getting green cards. in a statement the san fran

tomorrow victoria toensing, joe digenova and gordon chang among our guests. we hope you join us as well. good night from new york. [♪] trish: as we continue to digest the tragedies in el paso and dayton. we have evidence that some politicians are using this tragedy to line their pockets for 2020. the cost of competition from 2020 dems to out fre freebie one another is bribery for votes. one social hid d one social medt employee says it's trying to do whatever they can to prevent donald trump from winning in 2020. >> google executives literally tried that trump won. they wranlt to use the power and resources they have to control the flow of information to the public and make sure trump loses in 2020. trish: find out what happened when the cabin in a british airways plane filled with smoke. we have learned that just hours after two mass shootings that left 31 people dead over the weekend, the democratic party sought to fundraise after the bloodshed. the emails to supporters signed by former congresswoman gabby gifford who survived an assassination attempt. the

gordon chang was with us two days ago.'t going well china is encouraging kim to do this. do you buy into this? >> it's possible. probably more likely the iranians and north koreans are getting together here knowing that the president is a year out from an election. he doesn't want to get into another major conflict in one of these two parts of the world and therefore they're both escalating in their own ways to build leverage in the hopes they can intimidate the united states into giving them some kind of sanctions relief in exchange for very little on the other side. >> bill: let's see where that goes. you are following what's happening with russia, right? we withdraw from a treaty negotiated during the reagan presidency. the rub. for years the u.s. has been trying to get russia to sit back and come to terms with the agreement and mike pompeo, president trump have concluded that's not happening. dan hoffman earlier today on what this means. watch. >> for russia, they do want to portray the united states and the west at la

that's it for us tonight, we thank you for being with us, tomorrow gordon chang among our guests, weu will join us as well. thanks for being with us tonight goodnight from new york. it is 5:00 a.m. here are your top stories at this hour. no end in sight with the trade war. president trump cashes out. the next round of talks will happen. it will prove how much of an impact the trade troubles have on the u.s. economy. >> jeffrey epstein's death investigation getting more bizarre. the reports of a jail staffing shortage that has everyone demanding answers this morning. will his accusers ever see justice. >> 2020 democrat taken to the political soap box at the iowa state fair.

jillian: gordon chang explained the motivation and why people are backing down. >> protesters in thetreet, not just the kids but middle-class people want china out of their lives. china promised 50 years of one country two systems, in other words autonomy and beijing has not made good on that pledge. people now have said this is our last stand. we are protecting our homes. that is why you see this fervor that has lasted 11 straight weeks and these protests go back to april. this is clearly something people will not compromise on. jillian: washington watching this with a careful eye, a line between supporting democracy and impacting the already fragile trade relationship between the superpowers. rob: a friend who bought body armor and 100 round magazine, the dean shooter is due in federal court today. prosecutors say he lied on firearms forms when he bargained for himself and he could face 15 years in prison now. police release new surveillance video that showed the moments before the deadly shooting. the gunman seen arriving at a bar with his sister and her friend. he then goes to ot

gordon chang is author of the book "the coming collapse of china," he joins us now.ve ofof hong kong, gordon, has said that we may be going past the point of no return. they have taken it to the next level in seizing and shutting down one of the world's ten busiest airports. >> yes. and clearly carrie lam is touting beijing's line of a nomadic dire threats. we've seen the videos amassing in shenzhen just across the border from hong kong and what they're trying to do is intimidate the protesters. on occasion and that does work. for instance, two days ago they got the protesters to leave the airport when they called them terrorists, but it didn't do beijing and a good because the protesters just, as they said, do you like water? they just floated out. it's very hard for beijing to control this. >> mark: what you think they actually want? there have been american flags in these protests and the old red from the colonial area. amazing to think people kept that in our cupboards since 1997. what you think the protesters on the streets, bottom line, they actually want? >> u

that's it for us tonight, we thank you for being with us, tomorrow gordon chang among our guests, wednight from new york. and god night from new york. trish: we obtained bombshell new evidence exposing the bias at the fbi. why did the fbi use the dossier to obtain fisa warrants when the fbi clearly knew christopher steele was biased himself and anti-trump. president trump saying there is strong congressional support for background checks on guns. why one radio talk show host says the president needs to tact now in order to keep republican seats in congress. might this be his ticket

gordon chang, former vice to vice president dick cheney, john hannah. this is the first time the administration spoke out what is happening in hong kong, to the degree it is urging both sides to provide some calm here. things are not calming down. what do we do? >> i think, what claudia said, neil is right. that the united states is actually very late to this extraordinary series of events we've seen happening in hong kong over the last 10 weeks. and i just say in the context of what is also happening in russia, the free world needs to stand up and take notice. without giving people undue belief we'll somehow ride to the rescue, we need to be sending a very strong message to the chinese, both publicly, especially privately together with whatever posse we can organize in europe and in asia. the strongest economies in the world telling china there is only a political solution to this. that if we see anything approaching tianamen 2.0, it will be devastating for the west's relationship with china. for at least a decade to come this china is economy demonstr

tomorrow victoria toensing, joe digenova and gordon chang among our guests. we hope you join us as lauren: it is 5:00 a.m. here are your top stories at this hour. from trade war to currency war, will president trump hit back at beijing. cheryl: hours from now, the president will visit with victims and first responders from el paso, texas and dayton, ohio h. will his message of unity be enough? lauren: disney takes a third quarter hit. will new streaming service be a sweet spot for the mouse house. cheryl: losing a job is never easy. a surprising study reveals who you lose it to may soften the blow. it's wednesday, august 7th. "fbn: a.m." starts right now. ♪ ♪ i want to dance, you and me alone. ♪ i want to capture the feeling. ♪ oh, yeah. cheryl: welcome to "fbn: a.m.." good morning. i'm cheryl casone. lauren: good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. let's take a look at how your money is moving this morning. dow futures gaining 69 points, s&p up 8, nasdaq adding 40. cheryl: we're seeing stabilization in asian markets overnight. we've seen a moc a move on the . the

that's it for us tonight, we thank you for being with us, tomorrow gordon chang among our guests, weus tonight goodnight from new york. monday night. maria bartiromo's wall street is next. maria: happy weekend everyone. welcome to the program that analyzes the week that was an helps position you for the week ahead. i am maria bartiromo. what a week it was!in a few moments, former federal reserve chairman allen greenspan is my special guest this weekend. we're going to talk about the economy and this week that was wild in terms of the stock market. also ahead, we will talk with not one but two golf superstars this weekend. brooks kept a and rory mcllroy, coming up right here. but first the dow halting is losing

let's listen to what gordon chang has said about this. >> that language i thought was inappropriate on the part of the president. this is not just a dispute between hong kong and china. china is attacking freedom and democracy, including ours, across the board, and this is the front line of freedom in hong kong. we need a ringing declaration from the president of the united states which says that, essentially if china uses force in hong kong, it will result in the most severe sanctions that the united states partners and friends will impose on the chinese. we need to stop this. this is a leader of the free world. this is not just some -- another country. >> and wendy, president trump is behaving in the weakest possible way that we have ever seen a president in a situation like this. this is the same guy who tries to pretend that he plays tough with china. >> without a doubt. there is no china policy. there is no china strategy. there's a trade strategy. for the president, everything is a commercial transaction. it has nothing to do with empathy. it has nothing to do with people. it has

so china has to be careful but, i talked to a number of, you know, china experts, gordon chang, among them, who predicted way back in 2001, china at its core would be a military entity, than economic one. when push comes to shove it would push the dominance more than its economic dominance. do you agree with that? is that something we should worry about? >> absolutely. this whole one country, two systems thing would never work out indefinitely. we're seeing two forces here. one, that china knows at a time where there is a big trade war, the world is watching to see if china honors its agreements. right now china is not honoring its agreements. on the other hand how do you have one country, two systems, one hand, mainland china, where you say things the government doesn't agree with, you end up in some sort of reeducation camp a couple years or disappear entirely? on the other hand you have hong kong where they don't even, as opposed to the united states, they don't even have their taxes withheld from their paychecks. they hold their government so accountable they write the checks out

gordon chang, thank you, you are such an assessor of this. thank you.friday it so it's time for the dan bongino news explosion. our favorite former secret service angel enjoins us ahead with his stop top stories of the week. next. ♪ >> tucker: it's friday so of course we want to cap off the week as we always deal with a dan bongino news explosion. our former new york city cop is here with a rapid rundown of the top stories from the past week. dan bongino, the ladies and shuttle men. >> always good to see. i have my three phase for the week. new stories for the start with number three. oh, boy, is this a doozy. listen, there's no better way to establish credibility as a news now is when you promoted the collusion hoax for two years. and then to hire the guy who basically has been investigatedt the collusion hoax for about two plus years. cnn income in case you missed her today, hired annie mccabe, former deputy director of the fbi. you know, tucker, i wonder who went into the room with a focus group at cnn and said yes, this is a great idea. let's hire t

gordon chang, thank you, you are such an assessor of this. thank you.or the dan bongino news explosion. our favorite former secret service angent joins us ahead with his top stories of the week. that's next. ♪ ♪[upbeat music] ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma ♪that i'm a traveller ♪i'm gonna follow the sun transitions™ light under control™ new transitions™ gen 8™ lenses ask your eye care professional today and learn more at transitions.com ♪ >> tucker: it's friday, so of course we want to cap off the week, as we always do, with a dan bongino news explosion. our favorite former new york city cop is here with a rapid rundown of the top stories from the past week. dan bongino, ladies and gentlemen. >> tucker, always good to see you. i have my three favs for the week. let's start with number three. oh, boy, is this a doozy. listen, there's no better way to establish your credibility as a news network when you promoted the collusion hoax for two years cnn, in case you missed it, folks, hired andy mccabe, former deputy director of the fbi. you know, tucker, i wond

but as long as we belief it, and gordon chang here is the leading advocate that china's going to collapsesoft, give them a break, not be too tough. i think that's just tragically wrong -- trish: but you're okay with the president backing off the tariffs? >> that's right. i think the president has said china would be surpassing us now if hillary clinton had won the election. it's not going to happen on my watch. i think he's even said that to you directly, trish. trish: yeah. >> he really believes this is a strong economy in china, and he's got to take very crafty measures to get them to go straight -- trish: i see. so a little bit here, a little bit there. >> yes. [laughter] they're not going to collapse. trish: michael, the path we were on and the path, frankly, that's one of the concerns about if you get a democrat that doesn't quite recognize or understand the threats of china -- and, by the way, historically democrats have, so it's a shame that they're not right now, but if they don't understand or recognize that, then we're going to have big, big problems. because you can't wake up t

connell: gordon chang, coming collapse of china author.out the news susan reported on today. facebook and twitter taking down accounts. combine them what we're seeing in the media from china, seems like a little bit of a shift from when the protests began they were ignoring it, censoring coverage of the protests. now state media trying to spin it. the social media companies are finding accounts that were clearly trying to influence it. who is winning the propaganda pr war? >> the people of hong kong are. despite what beijing is doing. there are a lot of tactics which are underthe radar, you had more than a million people come out. as many as 1.7 million. maybe a bit fewer. remember this was in a torrential downpour this crowd is. what they're really saying to the international community they will defend their homeland. beijing doesn't know what to do. it is putting troops on the streets of hong kong in guise of hong kong policeman. it is taking over the hong kong government from carrie lam, the chief executive, it can do all these things,

i have to agree disagree with gordon chang. all of his books to my red coming collapse of china.hey still haven't collapsed yet but i don't think china is that just were here but i have to be honest with you though they agree they are stalling and they want to push trump's buttons. i think they know how to do it. i think they don't care if they suffer some economic malay and some job losses because president xi has a much more stinging power as far as where he sits in his global position with respect to where he said its forces in election that trump has coming up so to me china can play this thing very long and i think that's what they are doing and that's why we are saying them not accept the fact that they did make that phone call over the weekend. if >> charles: weeded see what the vice president did just make this overture in a speech and what the journals will be reported on so i think both sides of agree that they are in constant communication on the time here what i'm thinking about though is that maybe china isn't as strong or invincible ao be. her report today said they