greg palkot is on the ground with the latest. greg? reporter: hi, melissa. officials are calling it one of the most violent and chaotic days ever in hong kong. we were out in the tear gas-filled scene. here is a bit of what we saw. after a peaceful start the violence comes. it is now kicking off here. the police are firing in all directions, not just at protesters but at media. they see us too as a target. main crowds are down there. they're holding in place in fact right here, the police with water cannons and tear gas and rubber bullets want to get the crowd out. all across hong kong there were factions. 6,000 police deployed trying to rein in the chaos. 10,000 pro-democracy protesters came out. the more militant threw gas bombs and rocks. they smashed buildings and started fires. including a protester shot. he is 18-year-old student. he came at the police officer with a pole. the cop came at him with a revolver and shot him at point-blank range. he is reported to be in critical condition. as beijing officials rolled out missiles and deployed thousands of

not an easy fight, bret. >> bret: greg palkot early thursday morning, greg, thanks.hem air pollutant has not exactly sweating over speculation his country may try again to interfere in u.s. elections next year. here is what he had to say today. >> here is a russia has robert mueller alleged, attempting to influence the 2020 elections of the united states. >> strict confidence, yes, we are definitely going to do it to make you finally laughed properly. don't tell anybody, okay? >> bret: putin has denied past allegations of election interference. up next, a member of palestinian heritage said black people should only be allowed to operate an important tool for law enforcement. we will explain and tell you why. but first beyond the borders, great britain with european union a new brexit deal. the plan represents a compromise for both sides. british prime minister using -- to hold rapid negotiations towards a solution after years of wrangling. friends of slain journalist khashoggi met towards the consulate and in sampled turkey on the first anniversary of his death at th

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greg palkot live for news hong kong with the latest from there, greg?r: connell, you're right absolutely. a lot of trouble friday night. skirmishes all across the city. the prodemocracy protesters here are very angry about that face mask ban. we were out in the middle of it for a bit. take a look what we saw and what we heard. people here in hong kong had pretty fiery response to the face mask ban and they have gathered in the streets to give a definitive answer. they are not taking them off. >> totally rubbish. it is total rubbish. >> very bad. >> why? >> because we have freedom to wear masks. >> i think that is the they're totally abusing their right and their power. reporter: now embattled hong kong chief executive carrie lam utilizing emergency ordnance not used for 50 years when this was a british colony. now china as we all know, firmly in charge. locals finally took to the streets. another young protester friday night was shot an injured by a plainclothes police man. most demonstrators at the protest do wear masks mostly to hide their identities

senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is in hong kong early wednesday morning. >> blood straightn his streets of hong kong into the night and for most of the day is clashes between democracy protesters and police on the 70th anniversary of founding ofa turned up bandaging territory into a tear gas filled. >> after a peaceful start, the violence came. it is now taking off year. the police are firing in all directions. not just our protesters but at media. it they see it, too, as a targe. the main targets are down there. they are holding but police with loaded cannons and tear gas and rubber bullets go against the crowds. >> violence is leading to a new level with the point-blank shooting by a police officer of an 18-year-old student. the first incident, nearly four months of unrest. he has reported incredulous conditions. over 60 people were entrance and 180 arrested in a thousand police tried to rein in chaos. active us drawing gas bombs and bombs sending fires and barricade smashing buildings. some of the worst thing in hong hong kong's history. >> the ongoing escalating violenc

jon: greg palkot has more with the latest. >> jon it is early sunday morning in hong kong. in a couple hours a court will hear the legal challenge to the new face mask ban. on saturday pro democracy protester decided to test it out for themselves and in one case there was a nasty result. take a look at what we saw >> we're looking at possibly what is the first enactment of this face mask law. pretty peaceful scene here. protests in the center of hong kong. a moment later, these riot police came in and they're pinning down possibly arresting some young people with face masks. >> again those protesters had staged a peaceful march when they gathered at the end, that's when the riot police charged in. the young couple detained were in fact later released. we spoke with them. they were shaken up as were a lot of people who were experiencing the whole scene. take a listen. >> i'm so angry. >> you're so angry? >> when we we are the mask in the protest, i think it is a way to protect ourselves. >> to protect yourselves? >> yeah. >> meanwhile what the government here calls a dark ni

senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot files listen tonight. >> another night of clashes inng after one of the worst weekends of unrest this chinese territory has seen. that triggered by the beijing government enactment of a ban on face masks. they plan to hide their entities from authorities. >> we are marching with the police as they try to clear this area around the police station. it has been a hot spot for at least a month now. they want everybody to leave including us. they're not taking any chances tonight. >> here is what president trump had to say. >> i would like to see a humane deal be worked out and i think he has the ability to do it. >> far from hong kong there is another crisis, the houston rockets general manager tweeted a pro-democracy slogan, "fight for freedom, stand with hong kong." that trait wasn't popular with beijing. chinese broadcasters and sponsored severed ties with the rockets and he ventilated the post writing, i did not intend my tweet to cause any offense to the rockets fans and friends of mine in china. in a statement they called has original

elizabeth: greg palkot in hong kong thank you. >> there is an arrow that president trump has in his quivequiverward off impeach. president trump does need to get a china trade deal. that is what wall street is telling us. will democrats try to ruin that? trigger a downturn? hurt the economy? would they dare. joining us dennis garthman and joelle griffith, dennis, can president trump get a deal with china now? >> i hope he can get a trade agreement passed, i think it will be difficult. china will think that president will be weakened without pressing through, i pray we get something done. my fear is that nothing will happen, they will wait until the election next year. that will be detrimental to stock prices and the economy. elizabeth: the president will survive impeachment, win a second term if the u.s. avoids a recession, trade war looks to be hitting factory activity, bigger service sector grew for 115 consecutive month. what do you think? >> i think that president's likelihood of achieving a trade deal with china are higher than getting north american free trade agreement passed. a lot of t

greg palkot there as tens of thousands still take to the streets. . >> reporter: hi, leland. yeah, we watched firsthand as riot police swarmed all over a young couple for the crime of, yes, wearing a face mask. we'll show it all to you next coming up. ♪ ♪ dinner's almost ready. but one thing we could both agree on was getting geico to help with our renters insurance. yeah, switching and saving was really easy! drink it all up. good! could have used a little salt. visit geico.com and see how easy saving on renters insurance can be. my bladder leak underwear.orried someone might see so, i switched. to always discreet boutique. its shape-hugging threads smooth out the back. so it fits better than depend. and no one notices. always discreet. you may be at increased risk for pneumococcal pneumonia - a potentially serious bacterial lung disease that can disrupt your life for weeks. in severe cases, pneumococcal pneumonia can put you in the hospital. it can hit quickly, without warning, making you miss out on what matters most. giuliani out there almost eve

correspondent greg palkot is an hong kong life where it is four in the morning. hello greg. >> hi eric. another interesting day in the fact it was raining through most of sunday and well into tonight and it didn't stop pro-democracy protesters from coming out. here here's a bit of what we saw. >> sunday afternoon and we are looking at protesters on one street there. we have seen a lot of tear gas. police are trying to put them back but just in case we are looking at the line of riot police on the overpass ready to act. >> the police did move in with tear gas and a whole bunch of other tough tactics. protesters they were also fighting as strongly as well. most were in fact wearing masks and that is aimed at hiding their identity from the authorities. well over a dozen people it is reported were arrested. we saw a few detained and now as legal efforts stall they try to fight the spam on congress speaking out. take a listen. >> i see you have a face mask on. >> that's to protect my face. >> you don't care, you're going to take the mask off. you don't care what the go

connell: we're joined live in hong kong by fox news correspondent greg palkot early in the morning there accustomed to talking about greg, what is the latest as you sit there early in the morning, greg? all right. obviously a little trouble hearing. i only waited a extra second, thought maybe it was delay in the satellite. james, let's continue our conversation. we would talk about what is next that is the question. they're throwing stuff at the wall, seeing what sticks. and we had a guest on yesterday, a couple days ago from hong kong, one of organizers, how will this end up? nobody really seems to know. it keeps going? how does it end up? >> nobody really knows. we have a good analogy for this. think back earlier this year when we had kind of attempted coup in venezuela. they tried, there was a big standoff, how will this end? it is still going on because, it was like a road accident. nobody really expected to be there. nobody really knew how to get there from there. that is the situation of all three sides, hong kong government, chinese government and protesters nobody knows a way out

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greg palkot in hong kong with the latest. >> hi, neil. officials are calling it one of the most violent and chaotic days ever for hong kong. out for a bit in the scene and take a look at what we saw. >> after a peaceful start, the violence comes. it's taking off. police are firing in all directions, not just at protesters but it media. the acs is a target. police with water cannons and tear gas and rubber bullets. all across hong kong, there were clashes. some 6,000 police were deployed. the more militant of the protesters were throwing gas bombs, rocks, smashing billings. 180 people were arrested, well over 60 people were injured including the protesters shot, an 18-year-old student. he was coming at a police officer and a cop came at him with a revolver and shot him at point-blank range. officials in beijing deployed thousands of soldiers into big military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the people's republic of china, communist china. president xi jinping said stability was good. it's early wednesday morning. we'll have a clear

senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot looks at growing tensions in the region. >> north korea. officials tell fox news they two small or medium-range missiles from a mobile launcher. it happened with the regime tested a sophisticated rocket system in september. missiles flew across the north before landing in the sea of japan. short of that country, still menacing. north korea's act threatens our regional peace and safety and i strongly condemn it. >> it's a 12 times since early may north korea has tested rockets. president trump last met with kim jong un in late june and talks are not going well. negotiations with the u.s. and north korea broke down earlier this month and sweet end. a message that the u.s. cannot take the north koreans for granted. they continue to be very well armed and frankly very dangerous. >> north korean officials are demanding the u.s. give up its hostile policy of sanctions. chairman kim has declared at the u.s. doesn't find a new approach by the end of the year, it will face the consequences. that could be more launch range missiles or tests. relatio

senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is live in london with that. ight. julian assange back in a london court today. rambling session and from his standpoint not a successful one. he is fighting ex extradition to the united states to face something like 18 different counts of espionage and hacking into government computers of leaked classified pentagon and diplomatic information, he had been at the ecuadorian embassy in london since 2012 hiding out not just from the united states but also swedish authorities. he faced sex charges there as well. he was kicked out in april and ever since he has been in a u.k. jail. his lawyer's argument today is all part of the trump administration's efforts against whistleblowers and journalists and three more months to prepare the case. the formal extradition case will be in february. the judge denied any kind of delay to that. according to those who were in the court today julian assange didn't seem himself. mumbling, rambling. couldn't get his words together. he said he can't work properly in his jail cell on his c

greg palkot is there, joins us live from hong kong with the latest after another violent weekend.resident, connell. we'll see if something comes at that. another night of unrest after one of the most violent weeks this chinese special territory has ever seen. take a look what we saw. we're marching with the police as they try to clear the area around the monkok police station. it has been a hot spot for a month. they're not taking any chances. remember this latest unrest was triggered by a ban on face masks by the beijing-babbed government. those masks are used by protesters to hide their identities from the authorities. in the process this massive metropolis was shut down over the weekend, stores, shopping malls, banks, were closed and huge subway system which is beginning to be reopened. there are dozens of arrests past couple days, dozens of of injur. and still a little hope. listen to some of the folks we spoke with. >> i think the government is unreasonable. >> unreasonable. >> it's not making any sense. thefrjts are just redick they are just ridiculous. >> ridiculous. >> wha

back to you. >> bill: thank you, greg palkot in hong kong.. >> president trump: we have the whistleblower that reports things that are incorrect. you have probably figured it out the statement i made to the president of ukraine was perfect. it was perfect. the whistleblower reported a totally different statement like the statement it was not even made. this whole thing is a disgrace. there has been tremendous corruption and we're seeking it. it is called drain the swamp. >> sandra: president trump pushing back against the whistleblower who filed a complaint over the phone call with the ukrainian president. we'll bring you through this story this morning. the headliner sarah sanders former white house press secretary and house news contributor. good morning and welcome to "america's newsroom." great to have you here. >> good morning. >> sandra: you heard from the president there and we're multiple days on in this and we watch the fallout from that whistleblower complaint. how is the white house handling this? >> i think in the best way that th

senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot live in london on this. >> very strong words from theled teenager. now they are bringing their case to the states to try to apply pressure. the mother and father of 19-year-old harry dunn hoping to get the woman thought responsible for the death of their son sent back to the u.k. to face justice. a bit more of what she had to say today. >> she needs to do the right thing and come back and face what she has done. face us as a broken family. face our u.k. system and just do the right thing. >> very strong stuff, bill. dunn was killed riding his motorcycle in late august in central england. hit by a car driving on the wrong side of the road. police say that american diplomat's wife was at the wheel of the car. her husband is a u.s. intelligence officer at a british air base. she left the u.k. under diplomatic immunity. she said she is sorry and wants to meet the parents. they are refusing until she returns. over the weekend the u.k.'s foreign secretary says that he feels and thinks the u.s. feels that diplomatic immunity no longer applies t

greg palkot has been on the ground there for the past weeks covering these disturbances that continue with democracy very much on the line. greg? >> absolutely, eric. actually early sunday morning here in hong kong. guess what? we're going to have a few more protests on sunday, more clashes. saturday, eric, was relatively peaceful as the pro democracy demonstrators tested out this new face mask ban. but it was a little bit rough where we were. take a look, what we saw. we are looking at possibly what is the first enactment of this face mask law, pretty peaceful scene here. protests in the center of hong kong. a moment later, these riot police came in and they are pinning down, possibly arresting some young people with face masks. again, after a calm march through the city, the protesters had gathered again out of nowhere, the riot police, we were totally surprised came charging into the park. the young couple detained were in fact later released. we spoke to them, a 20-year-old man, an 18-year-old woman, they were both shaken up. that's where a whole lot of people that we were talking

greg palkot doing incredible reporting in the middle of hong kong in the meantime back in the u.s. today, reportedly an early account of the whistleblower's accusations against the president. is that an edge for the president? i'm going to give you a hint. and disappear. this is what you live for. it's your season. now save on the gear you need from brands you trust during great outdoor days at bass pro shops and cabela's. neil: the washington post getting the house intel committee chairman adam schiff, for saying that there was no prior contact with the whistleblower before he or she, it's looking like a he, filed a complaint. johning me now the former u.s. attorney, guy lewis. what did you make of that guy, that again and then, adam schiff said kept denying it and pushing it off when in fact certainly his staff, there were advanced communications, and that might be that it's the first of others what do you think? >> well, i think that it's a big problem for the whistleblower and the allegation s and the information contained in the complaint. not only did they have contact, neil,

greg palkot is live in hong kong for us. measures are interesting but could be dangerous, and we are getting more skirmishes across hong kong tonight. there was a peaceful gathering of about a thousand pro-democracy protesters, they are angry about the shooting of another protester on tuesday, a police officer fired a close range had an 18-year-old student. he is in stable condition, self-defense, but now charging him with assault. he could face a 10-year sentence. in an effort to rein in all of this, the government is set to approve on friday those emergency measures including a mask band. protecting against tear gas, but most importantly use to hide the identity of the protesters from the authorities. finally, sandra, we are getting word of a big protest on sunday. probable clashes in a real test at these get stricter measures by the authorities. we will be watching. back to you, sandra. >> sandra: we will indeed, thank you. a >> bill: the rest of the world as well, we appreciate your viewership on your mobile device, where